I feel that in most cases the majority of the initial
artery wall damage is done my insulin but other factors, mainly hypertension alone can cause the initial injury as well in some individuals.
Not exact matches
Such antibodies, when attached to DNA in complexes, get lodged in the
walls of
arteries and in tissues to cause inflammation that
damages blood vessels, skin, joints and the kidneys as part of the most severe type of lupus, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).
When these fatty deposits
damage an
artery wall, immune cells flock to the scene — notably macrophages, which gobble up dying and
damaged cells all over the body.
The reasoning behind this is that the antioxidants found in coffee are offering protection against the
damage occurring in the cells found in the
arteries»
wall, caused by aging and the outside environment.
It is deposited in the
artery wall to repair
damage from the inflammation which is the real cause.
High Insulin causes the body to hold on to salt, high insulin inhibits the body from absorbing magnesium, high insulin
damages artery walls; high insulin causes Diabetes, high insulin is highly correlated with several cancers; high insulin causes high cortisol — which is
damaging in it's own right; high insulin upsets our sex hormone production and balance.
5) Heart disease is caused by several conditions initiated by sugar and insulin: excess sugar thickens the blood; excess sugar robs the heart of it's favorite mineral — Magnesium, and it's favorite vitamin — the Bs (that's because digesting / metabolizing sugar requires an enormous amount of Magnesium and B vitamins); and excess sugar and insulin severely
damage artery walls, in several ways.
Linus Pauling looked at weakened
arteries as a form of low level or sub-clinical scurvy and realized the importance of ascorbic acid vitamin C for healing internal arterial
wall damage, where the inflammation occurs.
Studies suggest that catechins protect the
artery walls against the
damage that causes heart disease and prevents formation of blood clots.
They may bump into the
walls of your
arteries which causes
damage, which research suggests, could lead to inflammation.
It's easy to understand why balanced blood pressure is critical for optimal health and wellness; as blood pressure increases, your heart has to work harder, cumulatively
damaging the
walls of your
arteries and creating inflammation.
Some say its a numbers game, the more LDL particles crashing the
walls of the
arteries... some say the LDL is only a sign of vascular
damage, but if my LDL goes down on a low fat diet, then that is bs, some say that it may be a problem metabolizing LDL, intake / production is outpacing LDL receptor activity, some say its not LDL but LDL that stays in the blood too long and oxidizes, some say about 20 % carbs (I was less than 5 %) will produce just enough insulin to help metabolize cholesterol, but the hard core low carb guys, say the whole cholesterol thing is a scam and cholesterol under 500, without insulin resistance is nothing to worry about.
Researchers are increasingly finding chronic inflammation, not healthy dietary fats,
damages the
walls of the
arteries and raises the risk of heart disease.
The epithelial cell
wall surrounding your blood vessels and
arteries repairs and never becomes
damaged.
Besides taking Vitamin C to rebuild the
artery wall from the
damage scurvy causes he suggests taking Phosphatidyl Choline.
Damaged, or «oxidized» cholesterol can injure arterial
walls and lead to a pathological plaque buildup in the
arteries.
Carbon monoxide from smoking
damages delicate
walls of the coronary
arteries and
arteries found in the brain.
Almonds strengthen and protect the
artery walls against any
damage that may occur in them.
When these B vitamins are not available, levels of homocysteine increase in the bloodstream — a bad idea since homocysteine
damages artery walls and is considered a serious risk factor for heart disease.
Walls of branching
arteries are also more likely to be more
damaged in women.