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Cardiovascular Disease
- The Five Top Cardioprotective Nutrients
- High Quality Diets Prevent Cardiovascular Disease
- Trans Fats and Cardiovascular Disease
- Do High Fat Diets Protect From Cardiovascular Disease?
- Walnuts And Cardiovascular Disease
- The Five Top Cardioprotective Nutrients
- Abdominal Obesity And Cardiovascular Disease
- Garlic Is The King of Cardioprotection
- Is Fructose A Cause Of Cardiovascular Disease?
- Calcium And Cardiovascular Disease
- Lipoprotein(a) and Cardiovascular Disease
- Omega-3 Fish Oils For Cardiovascular Disease
- Tocotrienols For Cardiovascular Health
- The Maasai, Genetics, Eggs and Cholesterol
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- Homocysteine and Cardiovascular Disease
- A New Paradigm For Cardiovascular Disease
- Five Ways To Avoid Cardiovascular Disease
- Metabolic Poisons: Cardiovascular Disease
- Beans and Oats: Cholesterol Control
- Aspirin: Does It Prevent Cardiovascular Disease?
- Vitamin C Lowers Blood Pressure
- Does Exercise Protect From Cardiovascular Disease?
- How Does Alcohol Prevent Heart Attacks?
- Niacin and Cholesterol Levels
- Cayenne Pepper Protects From Cardiovascular Disease
- Grapes And Walnuts: Cardioprotective
- Antioxidants In Oats: Cardioprotective?
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- Can Cardiovascular Disease Be Reversed?
- High Fat Diets: Cardioprotective?
- Glucosamine: Anti-inflammatory and Cardioprotectant?
- Olive Oil For The Heart
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- Wine And Other Alcohol
- Five Misconceptions About Cardiovascular Disease
- Bear Belly Versus Sugar Belly
- Cardiovascular Disease And Inflammation
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- Vitamin E For Cardiovascular Health
- Coenzyme Q10, Statins and Cardiovascular Disease
- Carotenoids And Heart Health
- The Acai Berry: Cardiovascular Superfood?
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- Wine: Cardioprotective. But How Much Is Too Much?
- Anthocyanins And Arteries
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- Why Being Fat Can Seriously Damage Your Health
- The Bland Diet
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- Choline, Betaine and Phosphatidylcholine: Fat Loss Trio
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Tag Archives: Vitamin B
Vitamin B Insufficiencies In The Elderly
It is often assumed that an ageing person has an inevitable slide into functional disability. Proponents of such an idea can readily find data from the literature showing reductions in muscle mass, deteriorations in cognitive function and increases in blood … Continue reading
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Vitamin B6 Supplements: How Much?
Vitamin B6 (here) is a group of vitamers made up of pyridoxine, pyridoxal and pyridoxamine, which are required in human metabolism for amino acid metabolism. Food sources of vitamin B6 include meat and whole grain foods, but supplements containing the … Continue reading
The B6 Essential Fatty Acid Connection
eficiencies of vitamin B6 are known to increase the risk of developing cardiovascular disease. The mechanisms for this was first described by Kilmer McCully in his seminal paper in the 1960’s, in which he investigated cardiovascular disease risk in young … Continue reading
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Total Body Stores of Vitamin B6
The concentration of vitamins in the diet is significantly larger than the total body pool for most vitamins. This is particularly true for the water soluble vitamins that are not stored in body tissues to any great extent. The reason … Continue reading
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Low Fat Diets: More Confounding Variables
roponents of the cholesterol theory of cardiovascular disease believe that dietary cholesterol and saturated fatty acids are the cause of cardiovascular disease. The mechanism for this we are told is based on the erroneous belief that dietary cholesterol and saturated … Continue reading
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Pharmacological Action of Biotin
Biotin is part of the B group of vitamins and is important in the energy producing reactions because it is a co-factor for a number of carboxylase enzymes in fatty acid and amino acid metabolism, as well as gluconeogenesis. Vitamins … Continue reading
Niacin and Cholesterol
ccording to proponents of the cholesterol theory of cardiovascular disease, dietary cholesterol raises plasma levels of certain lipoproteins, which leads to the development of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease. The treatment for this problem is claimed to be the administration of … Continue reading
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Riboflavin for Migraines?
he treatment and management of migraines is challenging because the underlying causes are not fully understood. However, patients with mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episode show reduced mitochondrial energy transfer which causes migraine-like headaches. Riboflavin, vitamin B2, is effective … Continue reading
Niacin Vs Lovastatin: 2-1 to Niacin
iacin, vitamin B3, is an effective cholesterol lowering agent. In a 26 week study published in Internal Medicine in 1994, niacin performed better than one of the best drugs the pharmaceutical giants can produce; lovastatin. Lovastatin produced a 26, 28 … Continue reading
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