In this episode Dr. Ladd McNamara discusses vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and essential fatty acids: a real an alternative way to reduce the risk of death from heart disease and stroke.
- Chapter 33: Vitamins, Minerals, Antioxidants, and Essential Fatty Acids: The Real Way to Reduce the Risk of Death from Heart Disease and Stroke – Part 1
Chapter Excerpts
The answer to lowering the risk of arteriosclerosis, heart disease and stroke is to reduce the oxidative damage to the LDL cholesterol, triglycerides, and the arterial lining so that plaque does not form.
The Cholesterol Conspiracy is about the makers of statin drugs hiding the truth that antioxidants work better than the statin drugs to reduce the risk of cardiac death. Antioxidants appear to be much more effective in reducing the risk of death from heart disease than current treatments using aspirin or cholesterol-lowering drugs combined.
There is a balance of D-alpha tocopherol and gamma tocopherol that is required to protect the fat and the protein components, respectively, or LDL cholesterol from oxidation. LDL that is not oxidized does not stick to the arterial walls.
Ladd McNamara, M.D.
Chapter References
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Ladd McNamara, M.D.
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