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that this is to primarily heal damage to our arteries . So unless we ’ re eating a metabolically unhealthy diet , the main issues relating to harmful cholesterol in an unhealthy metabolic diet is insulin resistance , and poor metabolic health . Typically from years and years of primary carb based diets and irresponsible sugar intake . Yup the food pyramid ! So this coupled with oxidized vegetable oils , found in most carbohydrate packaged food products . That ’ s right , when a product is labelled Omega-3 and Omega-6 and it is not RAW , it is full of oxidized chemically altered Omega fats . Oxidized vegetable oils ARE POISON , just like refined , simple high fructose corn syrups are poisons . Vegetable oils , when added to food products , are one of the main components of the populations rising atherogenic cholesterol . Atherogenic cholesterol IS THE CULPRIT , it all comes down to this , we must know our APOB to APO1A ratio ! What we must focus our attention on is the ooverwhelmingly high amount of sugars , with oxidized oils , simple carbohydrates , refined processed food products , hyper palatable , enriched white flour , calorie dense insulin potent and nutritionally vacant food is most significant in creating this risk , surging insulin production and forcing these materials into our body to battle with . Yes you guessed it , creating sticky atherogenic cholesterol while storing it in our arteries . Most people are never doing enough exercise to burn off the carbohydrates eaten . Individuals that are not heavily muscled legitimately need to have equal exercise expenditure to carbohydrate intake ratio . In a carb rich environment , the more muscle we have the more room we have to replace carbohydrates burnt from the muscles in the form glycogen . We have a significant amount of room in muscles and a nominal amount of room in our liver that feeds the brain .
One thing I find very interesting is over the years since this is been available , I haven ’ t had one client or met anyone that has done these tests On their own recognizance , nor have I known of , or heard of any doctors who have recommended that this test be administered . Obviously for very , very important and critical purposes . The APO1A test as well as the Omega-3 ratio test needs to be at the forefront . These give insight on what risk we are at , for certain factors of heart disease and conversely how we can protect ourselves from any of these risk factors . So let ’ s get on this !
Last but not least of the Heart of the Matters is , calcification of our arteries or calcium deposits , aka Atherosclerosis , a brood term for the hardening of the arteries calcium plaque building up inside our arteries , along with atherogenic lipoprotein particles . The specific test for this is our calcium score , The amount of plaque observed in a CT scan . I have to say this is troubling , in our western culture , we lead the world in calcium intake through the root of dairy consumption , but we also lead the world for the highest rate of Atherosclerosis and Osteoporosis , this means that we have calcium in our arteries but not in our bones . Inadequate calcium intake can lead to decreased bone mineral density , which can increase the risk of bone fractures , our medical industry has for many years promoted and have always told us to drink milk “ It does a body good !”. Hell , we are hammered by that advertisement for the last six decades and it is fed to us like it is religion / science . When in fact , it ’ s total B . S ! What ? Yes , I just said that . Read on my nerds … Calcium in milk does not get to our bones ; the highly acidic “ lactose ” in milk actually lowers our pH . As we know from basic chemistry , to neutralize an acid we need a base and minerals like calcium , so we are literally leaching calcium from our bones to compensate for the high amount of acidic materials and the largest amount of this is coming from milk . For example there ’ s about 13 g of lactose sugar in a cup of milk and about 100 mg of calcium . Supplemental calcium promotes bone mineral density and strength this can prevent osteoporosis , yet in recent studies , scientific evidence suggests that elevated consumption of calcium through dairy and supplements may raise the risk for heart disease and can be connected with accelerated deposit of calcium in blood-vessel walls and soft tissues . So what ’ s the deal ? We need help , we aren ’ t getting the calcium to go where it needs we need a transport for the calcium , that happens to be , vitamin K2 . It is associated with the inhibition of arterial calcification and arterial stiffening , an adequate intake of vitamin K2 has been shown to lower the risk of vascular damage because it activates matrix GLA protein ( MGP ) which inhibits the deposits of calcium on the walls . Vitamin K , particularly as vitamin K2 , is nearly nonexistent in junk food , with very little being consumed even in a healthy Western style diet . Vitamin K deficiency results in inadequate activation of MGP , which greatly impairs the process of calcium removal and increases the risk of calcification of the blood vessels , an increased intake of vitamin K2 could be a means of lowering calcium-associated health risks .
Calcium ’ s ability to lower blood pressure and lower levels of atherogenic blood cholesterol strongly contributes to heart health . I found this reference to a prospective cohort study of postmenopausal women from Iowa , which connected higher calcium intake to a lower risk of death due to heart disease through the controlled supply of calcium in the blood ; this had been propped up by industry to promote the sales of the food product , MILK . Most recently , several studies have cast doubt on the notion that “ more is better ” when it comes to calcium intake and prevention of cardiovascular disease . In contrast , vitamin K2 is
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