It's incredible. We have alarm systems to protect our cars and homes. We carry mace to ward off would-be attackers and travel in groups at night for safety. There are surveillance cameras on street corners, in stores and in many buildings. On the internet we have 128 bit encryption to protect our personal information.
But while cardiovascular disease (CVD) continues to be the number one killer in the world, no one is policing, ticketing, fining and throwing in jail the producers of the products that are killing us in huge numbers.
It's because treating it makes big profits. No disease? No treatment and no profits.
In the US, CVD is responsible for 40 percent of all deaths – more than all forms of cancer combined. Now that's big profits right there.
The long time explanation of CVD and how it occurs has pointed the finger at high cholesterol levels. This has, of course, made billions for pharmaceutical companies from their sales of statins, as well as lots of cash for the food manufacturers for their "low cholesterol" offerings.
But studies have consistently shown that there's another little-known yet emerging factor that contributes to heart disease as well, and explains why people with normal cholesterol still get CVD... INFLAMMATION. Narrowing of blood vessels often begins when the vessels become inflamed. Here's how that happens:
Your arteries can be damaged from an injury, infection or even from bad bacteria such as Streptococcus mutans (the bacteria that causes tooth decay). When this happens, your immune system senses something is wrong with the artery and sends droves of white blood cells to the area.
As part of their healing efforts, the white blood cells create inflammation, and these inflamed areas pull cholesterol from the blood...sort of like using glue to repair a cracked dish. This is one reason why cholesterol by itself is not as bad as Big Pharma wants you to believe it is. It does have some very valid purposes.
However, the problem arises when this cycle continues too long. Then the cholesterol can begin to accumulate too much in the inflamed area. Eventually the blood vessel begins to narrow and can completely close. And you're a candidate for heart attack or stroke again.
But here's some GOOD news in the midst of all this grim CVD talk. Bile acids help your body digest fats, and your liver manufactures these bile acids from cholesterol.
Usually your liver recycles bile acids and uses them over and over. So your liver has to make more...and so it uses up more cholesterol in the process. More cholesterol used by the liver to make bile acids means less to flow through your bloodstream.
There are targeted supplements that have been shown to break down cholesterol and use it for nourishment. That's less to build up and narrow your arteries. The most important thing, however, to remember is just like any other supplement found in retail stores, most supplements out there are junk – cheap junk with beautiful, expensive labels. Like spraying perfume on a pile of dung, it might smell better, but it's still dung. Don't let yourself become one of the Heart Association's statistics.
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