Endothelial function refers to how well the endothelial cells lining the blood vessels are working. These cells play a crucial role in maintaining the health and function of blood vessels. Good
endothelial function means that the cells are able to regulate blood flow and keep the vessels flexible and responsive. Conversely, when
endothelial function is compromised, it can lead to conditions like high blood pressure and heart disease.
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Red wine stimulates the formation of endothelium - dependent relaxation factors such as nitric oxide, which
improve endothelial function in coronary arteries possibly because of the high phenol concentration in red wine.
The effect of diet and exercise on markers
of endothelial function in overweight and obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome.
Alpha - lipoic Acid Improves
Vascular Endothelial Function in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Placebo - controlled Randomized Trial Eur J Clin Invest.
Perimenopausal women had higher FMD, and their blood vessels dilated faster — indicating
better endothelial function — compared with postmenopausal women, when both aerobic fitness groups were combined.
These effects indicate that coffee components may support the maintenance of
normal endothelial function and play an important role in the prevention of metabolic syndrome.
Additionally, another study shows that the leafy, flavonoid - rich green helps
enhance endothelial function, which is a marker of cardiovascular health.
Leading expert Dr. Cate Shanahan, calls vegetable oils «liquid death» and warns that if consumed on a regular basis, they can cause cellulite,
decrease endothelial functions in arteries, facilitate rapid aging, bring on gene mutation as well as brain problems.
Diets with a high glycemic index were shown to increase the risk of CAD and to
affect endothelial function adversely by several mechanisms, including oxidative stress, inflammatory factors, protein glycation, LDL oxidation, and procoagulatory and antifibrinolytic activities (28).
Even more encouraging is evidence that polyphenols in olive oil can interact with a hereditary gene variant of endothelial nitric oxide synthase (the NOS3 Glu298Asp polymorphism, which is a risk factor for hypertension and coronary artery disease), to improve
endothelial function after meals.19 So, even if genetics are not in your favor, olive oil may help.»
By using this technique, we demonstrated that the telomere G - tail length of leukocytes is significantly correlated
with endothelial function and severity of ARWMCs,» said Professor Hidetoshi Tahara, a principal investigator of this study at the Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hiroshima University.
As for the heart disease we now from very recent peer reviewed in field intervention treatment study that the sat fats including extracted oils but more especially in the animal proteins
damage endothelial function, we can see in the calcium heart scans.
In recent years, as increasingly sophisticated techniques, such as radionuclide imaging techniques and the measurement of
coronary endothelial function, have been applied to the laboratory study of acute stress, an understanding has emerged as to how such acute stress causes deleterious effects in CAD patients, as schematized in Figure 3 ⇓ and elucidated below.
Reversing vascular dysfunction in rheumatoid arthritis: improved augmentation index but
not endothelial function with peroxisome proliferator - activated receptor γ agonist therapy.
They measured blood vessel function with a standard test of
arterial endothelial function, a flow - mediated dilatation test (FMD) that uses ultrasound.
Endothelial function assessed by flow - mediated vasodilation and plasma concentration of 8 - isoprostanes were measured at baseline and at 1 and 2 h after coffee intake.
Additionally, ghrelin has been shown to be controlled by body composition, Circadian rhythmn, a host of peptides, hormones and and enzymes in the stomach and gut where it is produced and has a role in Growth Hormone release and
proper endothelial function.
Bodybuilders specifically need to concern themselves with how their heart is functioning when they are forcing massive amounts of calories, influencing superfluous high body weights, partaking in ergogenic aid usage that may augment blood pressure, high cholesterol, increase blood viscosity, and
hinder endothelial function.
I explain
why endothelial function affects your ability to concentrate, among other things, and discuss the antioxidant issue in Chapters 7 and 8 of Deep Nutrition and include citations to support all claims.
Fish oil supplements may not affect
endothelial function much, but they do often contain mercury, and have not been shown to have beneficial effects for cardiovascular disease, as was once thought.
Elsewhere in the body (the gut mostly) it's converted to nitric oxide (NO) which
supports endothelial function and protects your mitochondria (the cellular energy generator).