Category Archives: Heart Disease

Whole Grains Reduce Risk of Heart Attack

Posted on December 15, 2017 by Robert Barrington

The currently accepted definition of a whole grain is a cereal grain for consumption that retains its original plant form. In this respect, the cereal retains its original composition of fibre, micro nutrients and starch. Refined grains undergo a manufacturing … Continue reading →

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Saturated Fat and Cardiovascular Disease

Posted on October 13, 2016 by Robert Barrington

The mainstream medical establishment became obsessed with saturated fat over the course of five decades. During this time, propaganda in the form of poor quality ‘science’ was used to vilify dietary saturated fat. In particular, dietary saturated fat was implicated … Continue reading →

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Insulin Resistance and Cardiovascular Disease

Posted on December 14, 2015 by Robert Barrington

The lipid theory of cardiovascular disease states that atherosclerosis, lesions and inelasticity in artery walls, was caused by dietary lipids including saturated fat and cholesterol. However, the scientific evidence does not support this contention and the lipid theory of cardiovascular … Continue reading →

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Fish or Red Meat : Do they Modify Cholesterol Levels?

Posted on October 15, 2015 by Robert Barrington

The lipid hypothesis of cardiovascular disease states that atherosclerosis is caused by elevated levels of blood cholesterol, and that dietary cholesterol and saturated fatty acids can in turn influence blood cholesterol. According to this hypothesis, foods high in cholesterol and … Continue reading →

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The Eskimo Diet: A High Omega-3 Diet

Posted on October 13, 2015 by Robert Barrington

The lifespan of the Greenland Eskimos is around 60 years of age, yet their death rate from ischaemic heart disease (coronary heart disease) is only around 3.5 %. This compared to the United Kingdom and the United States where ischaemic … Continue reading →

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High Quality Mediterranean Style Diets are Cardioprotective

Posted on October 2, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Nutritional research has undergone a paradigm shift in recent years. In this regard, diet quality as a whole, rather than any individual component of that diet, is starting to be understood as the defining factor in health. That is not … Continue reading →

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Alcohol and Left Ventricular Hypertrophy

Posted on September 5, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Consumption of high intakes of alcohol can cause damage to the liver if consumed in high amounts over long periods of time. In addition alcohol can induce certain vitamin deficiencies, particularly thiamine, and can cause changes to cognition, motivation and … Continue reading →

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Cholesterol: More Natural Fluctuations

Posted on September 1, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Cholesterol is a lipid substance found in foods of animal origin. The idea that dietary cholesterol is the cause of cardiovascular disease is based on the premise that dietary cholesterol is able to affect blood cholesterol levels. In turn high … Continue reading →

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Taurine and Blood Pressure

Posted on August 30, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Taurine is a non-essential non-protein forming amino acid. It is non-essential because it can be synthesised in humans from methionine and cysteine. Both methionine and cysteine contain a sulphur atom and so it is no surprised that taurine is also … Continue reading →

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Alcohol Alters Eicosanoid Metabolism

Posted on July 18, 2015 by Robert Barrington

Alcohol is known to have health benefits in humans. Consuming alcoholic beverages may provide some health benefits because of the phytochemicals within the drinks. These phytochemicals are derived from the fruits used to make the drinks. For example, cider contains … Continue reading →

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