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by James Bogash
Joint Effects of CRP, Glycated Hemoglobin in Predicting Future Cardiovascular Events of Patients With Advanced Atherosclerosis
Cholesterol? Didn’t somebody say cholesterol? Please?? I thought I heard someone, somewhere say cholesterol…
Circulation — Abstracts: Schillinger et al. 108 (19): 2323.
by James Bogash
Comparison of Apolipoprotein B and LDL-C with Other Cardiovascular Risk Factors in the Insulin Resistance Atherosclerosis Study (IRAS)
Whoa!!! Slow down here!! Mainstream medicince is still trying to swallow the idea that CRP and homocysteine are major risk factors for CVD!! We really shouldn’t throw too much research at clinicians all at once. Besides, if we start realizing that cholesterol isn’t the major risk factor for CVD, than what are we going to do with the billions and billions of dollars spent on statins??
Circulation — Abstracts: Williams et al. 108 (19): 2312.
by James Bogash
Lower Toenail Chromium in Men With Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease Compared With Healthy Men
Hair and nails are an effective way to check for heavy metals and certain micronutrient status. Chromium is very effective for helping insulin do its job (chromium’s nickname is Glucose Tolerance Factor or GTF), so the findings in this study are really not a big surprise. But it is nice to see that higher chromium status (as measured by its presence in the nails) protects against diabetes and CVD) Lower Toenail Chromium in Men With Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease Compared With Healthy Men — Rajpathak et al. 27 (9): –
by James Bogash
Current Perspectives in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
It is pretty much settled in the literature that PCOS is strongly linked to insulin resistance. However, the direction of clinical studies to address this factor usually include insulin sensitizing agents such as metformin.
This article suggests that weight loss via control and awareness of carb intake and exercise alone is powerful enough to fix menstrual irregularity and infertility. So many times women with fertility problems run off to fertility “specialists” who prescribed fertility drugs that force the system to perform a function (ovulation) that it is not ready for. This approach also ignores the underlying physiological defect that can lead to chronic diseases such as diabetes and CVD later in life.
Current Perspectives in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome — August 15, 2003 – American Family Physician
by James Bogash
High Pressure Induces Superoxide Production in Isolated Arteries
Wow! This article suggests that increased blood pressure alone is enough to start a cascade of damage in the cells lining the arteries. Increased super-oxide without ample antioxidants to quench this free radical will result in further damage to the cell. This damage can begin the infiltration of white blood cells that begin plaque formation. This lends more support to the idea of antioxidant supplementation such as Vit C, E and CoQ10 to lower risk of CVD.
Circulation — Abstracts: Ungvari et al. 108 (10): 1253.
by James Bogash
Omega 3 fatty acids and CVD—fishing for a natural treatment
You’ve probably heard that omega-3 fatty acids are good for lots of stuff. The reason is that these fatty acids effect such a basic level of physiology that their benefits extend outwards in several directions. We know that a healthy balance of omega-3 to omega-6 affects the end products of inflammation or anti-inflammation depending upon which fatty acid is available for an enzyme to work on. Also, omega-3 fatty acids seem to affect our genetic expression of a family of receptors that alter the way fats break down in our bodies. So, the intake of the right type of fat may actually stimulate the overall breakdown of fat. So, this fanaticism with “low fat” and “fat free” has never been a good idea–the types of fats are much more important then their absence.
bmj.com Din et al. 328 (7430): 30 –
by James Bogash
Normal Fasting Plasma Glucose Levels and Type 2 Diabetes in Young Men
Remember that progression to diabetes is a continuum–a patient is not normal on Thurs and then diabetic on Friday when their labs finally tip over to abnormal. I can’t tell you how many patients come through my office with elevated triglycerides, low HDL, elevated LDL, hypertension, abdominal obesity and strong family history of diabetes and CVD, and tell me that they’re not diabetic because their family doc checked “that.” If physicians learned what to look for, we could be catching these patients literally DECADES before they get a diagnosis of diabetes or have their first heart attack, and starting them on a lifestyle management program. But alas, the status quo prevails…
by James Bogash
gamma-Glutamyltransferase as a Risk Factor for Cardiovascular Disease Mortality
GGT is normally thought of as a marker of liver or gall bladder dysfunction (it is called a liver “function” test, but is actually looked for dead cells spilling more of the enzymes into the bloodstream–hardly a marker of “function” if you ask me…), but has been gaining increased popularity as a marker of CVD and insulin resistance. So, chalk yet another marker up for risk of insulin resistance and CVD. One thing I have not seen mentioned, however, is whether the relationship is direct or indirect.
Insulin resistance is known to cause an elevation of liver enzymes and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (or called non-alcoholic fatty liver disease- NAFLD). So, is this just another marker of the damage that insulin resistance is doing, or does the GGT have a direct relationship to CVD? And does it matter??
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