The Body Chemistry behind heart attacks
Quick summary of the science :
Heart attacks strike when clots obstruct arteries, cutting off vital blood supply to the heart and causing potentially fatal tissue damage. Understanding the formation and behavior of these clots is crucial to mitigating their deadly effects. Explore various strategies that can prevent or reduce the severity of a heart attack, empowering you with knowledge to safeguard your heart health.
Tips & strategies to prevent/survive a heart attack
Cholesterol clogs up blood vessels because blood vessels fail
A cell lining a blood vessel suffers a catastrophic event AND IS NOT REPLACED, because you’re short of EPCs – cholesterol then fills the leaking pipe, and so it begins.
The cholesterol that’s clogging your arteries doesn’t come from the blood
The war on cholesterol, although laudable, is not going to “fix” atherosclerosis, because the blockage starts deep inside the blood vessel, the vasa vasorum is to blame
When to take an aspirin to lower your cardiovascular risk
The time of the day, you want to stop platelet MOBBING is FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. To do this, you should be taking aspirin with dinner, NOT breakfast.
Blood vessels clog up when they become sticky
A special non-stick layer, known as the glycocalyx, prevents things from sticking to the sides of blood vessels. When it’s not there, atherosclerosis happens.
When you GO POSTAL, your bacteria dispatch a letter bomb
Bacteria need iron to grow, so iron levels are ALWAYS kept low, except during STRESSFUL moments, when iron is made available……. bacteria come out to play
Insulin steers the assembly of killer blood clots
The details are still a little fuzzy but insulin is definitely part of the story of atherosclerotic plaque formation in the carotid artery
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