Not exact matches
The researchers analyzed how the changes affected indicators of cardiovascular health, such as
blood pressure, heart rate and other
markers for heart disease and stroke, like high «
bad» cholesterol levels.
Further, the researchers determined that obesity leads to higher
blood pressure, higher insulin levels,
worse cholesterol values, increased inflammation
markers, and raised the risk of diabetes.
Additionally, an analysis of 22 studies showed that eating berries was associated with reductions in «
bad» LDL cholesterol, systolic
blood pressure, body mass index and certain
markers of inflammation (15).
Jake, in addition to the
blood sugar issue that grain / cereals can create (way to much glucose entering the
blood stream) it would be very interesting to see people's reaction in regards to seeing what occurs with their body temperature and pulse rate, i think those two
markers can also provide a very good insight on how well or
badly a person is reacting to grains / cereals, mainly oats in this case.
Through this body of literature, we have identified that depression can be induced, in animals and in humans through inflammatory agents, that it is correlated with
blood levels of inflammatory
markers, in a linear way (more
markers =
worse depression), and that symptoms can be reversed through pharmaceutical anti-inflammatories.
In fact, a study out last week found that oat consumption doesn't just help lower LDL (
bad) cholesterol levels, but that it also brings down two other
markers of cardiovascular risk — non-HDL cholesterol (total cholesterol minus HDL) and apolipoprotein B, a protein that carries
bad cholesterol through the
blood.