Affairs of the Heart
Heart disease remains the No. 1 killer in the US,
taking out over 720,000 individuals each year.... This is far more people than
cancer and infectious diseases combined. High cholesterol levels remain a risk
factor for heart disease. In addition, another, perhaps superior, marker for
risk is gaining recognition. This marker is homocysteine.
A study in JAMA in 1992, a part of the
Physicians’ Health Study, alerted researchers to a new marker for heart
disease. It showed that over a five year period, healthy physicians, with no
prior history of heart disease, who had highly elevated homocysteine levels
were more than three times as likely to have heart attacks as their colleagues
with normal levels. There is growing evidence that homocysteine may
be a prime factor in causing heart disease
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Keywords: B12, B6,
Calcium, Cholesterol, Chromium, Diet, Electrolytes, Fats, Fiber, Folacin,
Folic acid, Garlic, Gugulipid, HDL, Heart disease, Homocysteine,
Hypercholesterolemia, LDL, Magnesium, Plaque, Potassium, Supplements, TMG,
Vitamin E, Vitamin C, VLDL
Topics: Continuing Concern with
Cholesterol, Know Your Cholesterol Levels, Know the Implications, Necessary
Lifestyle Changes, A New Marker for Heart Disease?, Supplement Your Health!
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