Study provides new evidence that cranberry juice may help fight CVD. This is good news to know. 2-3 glasses per day lowered CVD risk by 40% and contains some of the highest levels of protective compounds among its fellow fruits. It is interesting to note that some of these compounds found in fruits are designed […]
Six-Year Effect of Vit C, E on Atherosclerotic Progression. Whenever a study comes out showing no benefit of antioxidants on progression/prevention of CVD, one has to look at the totality of the evidence. The evidence (not to mention that it makes sense from a physiology/pathology standpoint) is quite plentiful that antioxidants protect against CVD. Circulation […]
Ascorbate Restores Vasodilation Impaired by Acute Hyperglycemia Where do we start with this one? It’s always good to see our old friend Vit C supported in the medical literature. In this study, Vit C protected against the vasoconstriction caused by high glucose levels in the bloodstream. This information can have a major impact on the […]
S-adenosylhomocysteine more sensitive for CVD than homocysteine Remember where you heard it first!! The laughable part of this is that few physicians have accepted homocysteine as a risk factor for CVD (and lowering therapies with Vit B12, B6 and folic acid) and yet the rest of the research field is moving on to bigger and […]
Infectious Burden and Long-Term Prognosis of Atherosclerosis I think it is safe to add an infectious mechanism to the list of contributors to cardiovascular disease. A few interesting things here. H. pylori is included in the list of possible infectious agents. Could it be that the infectious agent is there because of some depression in […]
