Heart Disease
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Monday, 08 October 2007 13:54 |
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 High cholesterol can lead to atherosclerosis, a process in which the build up of plaque inside the artery walls leads to the hardening and narrowing of blood vessels. The blood flow through these narrowed arteries is reduced.
If the coronary arteries that supply the heart are affected, it can cause heart pain and feelings of constriction such as angina pectoris, especially in times of physical or psychological stress. |
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Last Updated on Friday, 14 November 2008 04:56 |
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Friday, 14 November 2008 09:21 |
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 ... and HDL is good.
As you can see in this article, LDL (or HDL) cholesterol are actually indicators of how many LDL and HDL 'particles' are present in the blood. This is the function of LDL and HDL particles: |
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Last Updated on Saturday, 15 November 2008 02:10 |
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Monday, 26 November 2007 12:52 |
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Professor Law and his colleagues of the University of London searched scientific literature in order to calculate the effect of LDL cholesterol reduction on the risk of a heart attack. Given a pre-treatment LDL cholesterol level of 190 mg/dL (4.8 mmol/L), which was the average value of all the patients investigated, they discovered the following: |
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Last Updated on Friday, 14 November 2008 07:22 |
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National Cholesterol Eduation Program:
Omega-3 fatty acids (= "n-3 fatty acids") probably reduce the risk for atherosclerosis and heart attack .
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