As a natural substance (amino acid) made by the body, homocysteine has an impact on various conditions and areas of our health. It affects the metabolism of key enzymes, hormones, and nutrients vital to our system.
However, homocysteine can play both positive and negative roles in the body.
Its beneficial influence takes place only when this homocysteine is broken down completely in the body. Unfortunately, many people lack this ability, creating a gradual homocysteine buildup in the body.
At this point, homocysteine becomes a dangerous substance that can exert harmful effects.
Numerous studies have shown that higher levels of homocysteine in the blood are associated with increased risk of heart disease, stroke or brain attack, and peripheral vascular disease - up to 70 percent.
- The higher the homocysteine level - greater then 14 micromoles per litre - the higher the level of risk.
Toxic buildup of homocysteine becomes especially harmful to the blood vessel walls. It damages the artery and then oxidizes cholesterol before cholesterol infiltrates into the artery. In this way, homocysteine precedes the creation of atheromatous plaque.
Therefore, homocysteine toxicity can explain many observations and has much more clear-cut scientific evidence than cholesterol-as-cause theory of atherosclerosis.
If you have a stressful lifestyle (who doesn't?) or poor eating and/or cooking habits; or if you don't exercise enough or too much, or if you take prescription drugs regularly - you should know your homocysteine blood levels. It's possible that you have a problem with this natural and necessary, yet dangerous amino acid.
So, if you haven't checked your homocysteine yet, do it at your next physical checkup. And don't be afraid to ask your doctor for it!
Considering the amount of commercial "junk" or processed commercial food we tend to eat every day, there is an increased possibility of a homocysteine buildup in everyone's body.
Fortunately, the science of nutrition has an answer. Numerous scientific medical studies have shown that several vitamins, particularly B6, B12 and folic acid (folacin), can reduce blood levels of homocysteine.
Do you need to wait ten years for researchers to tell us that it seems wise to take nutritional supplements to lower a clearly established risk factor for heart disease?
Eating Plan For Arterial Health
As atherosclerosis, to a great extent, is intimately related to what you eat, your diet has a strong impact on the levels of homocysteine in the blood.. Therefore, your food choices should be given serious consideration.
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Gentle Exercise For Arterial Health
There is strong evidence that exercise and stress reduction - if done regularly - are both protective of the cardiovascular system and supportive of the immune processes. For adults, elevated levels of homocestyine are almost always a sign of not enough exercise.
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Arterial Cleansing Formula
Nutritional arterial cleansing goes far beyond the standard "cut or medicate" treatments. Its goal is to improve and/or restore the impaired body's metabolism.
Only optimum nutrition can boost the body chemistry, helping the cells to
- receive more vital nutrients - nourishment needed for their optimal function (and survival), and
- undergo the ongoing process of detoxification - an essential factor in preventing and fighting all health problems.
This is especially important for those, who have a family history of diabetes, heart disease or stroke due to atherosclerosis.
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An Opportunity
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