Sentences with phrase «sticky plaque forming»

Heart Healthy Benefits: Coconut oil, like other healthy oils can shift the ratio of goood HDL cholesterol to the sticky plaque forming LDL cholesterol, thus lowering the formation of plaque in the arteries and lowering the risk of stroke and heart attack.

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The classic villain in Alzheimer's disease is ß amyloid, a protein fragment that can misfold and form sticky plaques around neurons in the brain.
A definitive diagnosis of Alzheimer's includes dementia and two distortions in the brain: amyloid plaques, sticky accumulations of misfolded pieces of protein known as amyloid beta peptides; and neurofibrillary tangles, formed when proteins called tau clump into long filaments that twist around each other like ribbons.
Ambrosia also reported a 20 per cent fall in the level of amyloids — a type of protein that forms sticky plaques in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease.
If the precursor proteins can be cut in such a way as to make the resultant amyloids shorter and less sticky, then they resist clumping and won't form plaques.
Amyloid protein forms clumps in the brains of patients, creating sticky plaques that lead to brain cell death.
Tartar or calculus forms when plaque — a sticky film that forms over teeth mere hours after your pet eats — combines with the salts found in your dog's or cat's saliva.
Caused by bacteria which, if left unchecked, form a layer of a sticky residue called plaque over the teeth of an animal, Periodontal disease (PD), will often begin very early in a pet's life.
It results from the buildup of sticky plaque, which includes bacteria, proteins, and food that solidifies to form calculus on the teeth.
Plaque is a sticky, colorless film that is constantly forming on teeth.
Problems start with the build up of plaque, a sticky film that's regularly forming on the teeth.
Problems usually start with a buildup of sticky plaque that hardens to form tartar.
The accumulation of sticky plaque, made up of bacteria, proteins and food, hardens to form calculus on the teeth.
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