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  1. haidut

    Zero-calorie sweetener (erythritol) linked to clotting, heart attacks and strokes

    A striking finding but this new study below, and it is even more striking due to the fact that it involves erythritol - one of the non-caloric sweeteners thought to be the most harmless. You see, many studies have already demonstrated negative health effects from artificial zero-calorie...
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    • clotting cvd erythritol heart attack stroke sugar alcohol sweetener
    • Replies: 27
    • Forum: Scientific Studies
  2. haidut

    Declining DHT in aging linked to cardiovascular disease (CVD)

    Yet another study demonstrating that the "villain of all males around the world" - the dastardly androgen dihydrotestosterone (DHT) - actually is, in all likelihood, beneficial for males, at least when it comes to their cardiovascular health. However, since CVD is one of the risk factors for...
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    • androgen calcification cvd dht dihydrotestosterone inflammation stiffness vascular
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Scientific Studies
  3. haidut

    Atherosclerosis linked to high estrogen/cortisol/serotonin, low androgens

    The findings of the study are not surprising, but I wanted to post it on the blog since it is one of the few studies I have seen that examined more than one of the "sickness" mediator levels in a major chronic conditions such as cardiovascular disease (CVD), and found all of them to be elevated...
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    • 5-ht atherosclerosis cortisol cvd estrogen hypogonadism pulmonary disease serotonin
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Scientific Studies
  4. haidut

    Mitochondrial dysfunction is a major cause of cardiovascular disease (CVD)

    At a first glance, mitochondrial dysfunction (a "functional" problem) has little in common with the build-up of plaque on arterial walls (a "structural" problem). However, as my readers know quite well, structure and function cannot be separated and a functional pathology is perfectly capable...
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    • cvd heart disease inflammation metabolism mitochondria plaque ros
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Scientific Studies
  5. haidut

    Blocking serotonin, promoting dopamine may reverse cardiovascular disease (CVD)

    The claim in the title stems from the fact that bromocriptine - the drug used in the study below - is an approximate 5-HT antagonist while also being full agonist on several dopamine receptors. IMO, the study is a monumental success since CVD is largely considered a progressive condition, for...
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    • blood pressure bromocriptine calcification cvd diabetes dopamine serotonin stiffness
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Scientific Studies
  6. haidut

    Pregnenolone (P5) blocks stress-induced anxiety, hypertension and cocaine cravings

    A great new study, and with humans too! As the study aptly demonstrates, the primary driver of cocaine cravings is likely stress and the anxiety it causes. This finding is another corroboration of the findings of the great Rat Park experiment/study on "addiction". In the study below, the...
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    • addiction anxiety cocaine cvd hypertension p5 pregnenolone stress
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Scientific Studies
  7. haidut

    Low vitamin D levels linked to premature death

    Another way to phrase the findings of the study is that vitamin D deficiency increases the risk of death from any cause. Another important finding of the study is that it was the levels of 25-OH-D (calcifediol, a biomarker of of cholcalciferol (vit. D3) supplementation) and not 1,25-OH-D...
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    • calcifediol cancer cholecalciferol cvd lifespan mortality vitamin d vitamin d3
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Scientific Studies
  8. haidut

    Iron drives heart failure by fattening the heart; iron chelators may prevent/cure

    Recommending high intake of iron is one of the most common dietary recommendations of registered dieticians, as well as many doctors. The fact that lipofuscin - a highly insoluble complex of iron and PUFA peroxides - increases with age is conveniently ignored in those recommendations. The...
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    • chelation cvd heart attack heart failure iron lipofuscin pufa vitamin e
    • Replies: 43
    • Forum: Scientific Studies
  9. haidut

    NSAID drugs, except aspirin, linked to heart failure

    The link between NSAID usage (except aspirin) and heart attacks is not new, but I decided to still post this study due to the fact that it is the first to suggest those non-aspirin NSAID may actually damage the heart themselves rather than cause CVD events indirectly. Notably, once again...
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    • cox cvd damage heart failure inflammation nsaid prostaglandins
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Scientific Studies
  10. haidut

    Endotoxin (LPS) - a reliable biomarker of cardiovascular disease (CVD)

    It looks like more and more medical groups are waking up to the important role LPS plays in many chronic diseases. In the body, LPS is transported back to the liver for processing/excretion by the so-called lipopolysaccharide binding protein (LBP) and by measuring serum levels of LBP, one can...
  11. haidut

    Low-dose aspirin may prevent most dementias (even Alzheimer's)

    Over the last couple of months, a few studies came out arguing (again) that aspirin is not worth the risk and that people should stop taking it. It seems that Big Pharma has a schedule of pumping propaganda out every year or so against the main "threats" to its dominance - aspirin, vitamin D...
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    • alzheimer alzheimer's aspirin brain cognitive cvd dementia inflammation
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Scientific Studies
  12. haidut

    "Endurance" exercise ages the vascular system of males by more than a decade

    A very interesting study, though I don't really agree with its findings that while "endurance" (in this case running) exercise damages male vascular system it is beneficial for the female one. The majority of intervention studies that looked at both sexes, across all age groups found that...
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    • aging calcification cortisol cvd endurance exercise running vascular
    • Replies: 23
    • Forum: Scientific Studies
  13. haidut

    Eating vegetables does nothing to protect against heart disease

    The bad news for vegans keep piling on. Yesterday, I posted about meat-eating extending lifespan, unlike eating vegetables. In corroboration of the latter, the study below now claims that eating vegetables does nothing good for the heart. Now, I don't endorse completely shunning vegetables...
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    • confounding cvd diet heart heart disease ineffective unhealthy vegan vegetables
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Scientific Studies
  14. haidut

    Endotoxin (LPS) drives obesity, diabetes and CVD in young people

    It looks like medicine is starting to change course on its attitude to endotoxin (LPS). After claiming that LPS is not an issue at all for any human with a functioning liver, a number of high profile studies have come out recently demonstrating chronic endotoxemia (even low-grade) is a causal...
  15. P

    My Gratitude... Cardiovascular Disease REVERSED.

    Hello guys. December 2020, I posted about my CVD and desperately asked for help: Cardiologist Report: Thickening of My Heart Wall I carefully analyzed the comments, plus ideas gleaned from personal research and went all out to fight this deadly ailment. And... I CONQUERED May 2021: I met my...
  16. haidut

    Estrogen associated with arterial stiffness in women

    Blood pressure rises with age, and most people over the age of 50 are on some type of blood pressure controlling medication. It is well-known that blood vessels calcify/stiffen with age and that such stiffness is what leads to increased blood pressure - i.e. the inability of vessels to...
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    • artery blood pressure blood vessel cvd estradiol estrogen fsh menopause stiffness
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Scientific Studies
  17. UG Krishnamurti

    Wishing this man the best but what can we learn from looking at his markers?

    "How the f*ck did I have three blocked arteries?? I fasted, ate low carb, cut seed oils, did cardio and weights at least 5x a week. End result…. My widow maker was 95% blocked?? thank the Lord I just happened to go to cardiologist after iwatch reported afib" LINK TO THE TWITTER POST Take a...
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    • atherosclerosis calcification cardiovascular cvd k2 vdr vitamin d vitamin k
    • Replies: 86
    • Forum: Diet
  18. haidut

    Omega-3 increase risk of atrial fibrillation (afib)

    It looks like Big Pharma is just living the dream. Considering doctors left and right are recommending massive doses of omega-3 to everybody and their cat, Big Pharma selling drugs that treat afib seems like the perfect conspiracy of "sell them the poison and then the remedy". Hopefully, the...
  19. haidut

    For most individuals, the risks of keto diets outweigh the benefits

    The title is the actual conclusion of the study, in the authors' own words. Among the diseases they claim keto diets cause are colon cancer, CVD, kidney disease, liver disease, Alzheimer Disease (AD) and...diabetes! If there is one disease keto diets are supposed to help with preventing and even...
  20. S

    Bajau People - Seaborne lifestyle

    These people are known for their exceptional abilities in free-diving. They spent on average 5 hours a day in the sea and mostly underwater trying to hunt fish. Previously, I have read some articles regarding health benefits of regular physical activity in water. So when I saw info about the...
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