This article presents a study showing why people not previously diagnosed with diabetes get heart attacks.[1] Diabetes is a risk factor for Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS). ACS includes those with heart attacks and those who almost have heart attacks suffering chest pains due to an occluded coronary artery. Having diabetes increases the risk factor for…
Author: Jesse Santiano, M.D.
Two-Hour After-meal high blood sugar predicts Atherosclerosis better than Fasting blood sugar and HbA1c
This article presents a study that showed the best blood test to predict the development of atherosclerosis. One thousand eight hundred fifty-two patients scheduled for coronary angiography were classified into Normal Glucose Tolerance (NGT), Impaired Glucose Regulation (IGR), and diabetes based on Fasting blood sugar, Post-prandial blood glucose (PBG), and Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c).[1] Blood Sugar…
How often do you do the post prandial sugar test?
How often do you do the post-prandial sugar test? A FB friend inspires this article. She asked, How often do I check my two-hour after-meal blood sugar? Does it have to be every day? It’s a good question. The answer depends on the situation. If I have diabetes or prediabetic, I will do it at…
Testing Post Prandial Glucose Level after a Feast
This article is about the result of a technique to lower post-prandial blood sugar. After-meal glucose spikes or post-prandial hyperglycemia leads to atherosclerosis formation. Atherosclerosis can happen to anyone, even if they do not have diabetes. Post-prandial hyperglycemia predicts atherosclerosis formation better than fasting blood sugar and hemoglobin A1c. Read about it at After meal…
Happy Ressurection Day!
May the meaning of Jesus Christ’s Resurrection fill your hearts. Jesus Rises from the Dead Matthew 28 The day after the Sabbath day was the first day of the week. At dawn on the first day, Mary Magdalene and another woman named Mary went to look at the tomb. 2 At that time there was a…
Thoughts on Natto Making, Eating and Clean-up
This article contains suggestions on making natto. Natto is traditionally made from fermented soybeans cultured with the Bacillus Subtilis bacteria. Natto is the source of nattokinase which has many health benefits. Insulin Resistance and Atherosclerosis and the Nattokinase Solution The Outstanding Vascular Effects and Dose of Nattokinase Another Study shows Nattokinase can Destroy the S1…
Vasospastic Angina after Pfizer mRNA COVID-19 Shots
This article presents two case reports, an adult and a child with vasospastic angina after a COVID mRNA injection. Angina is chest pain due to an arterial blockage. The most common cause is atherosclerosis and a blood clot (thrombosis) in the coronary artery. Angina can also be due to a spasm of the coronaries due…
The Modified German Volume Training
This article is about a study showing that five sets of German Volume Weight Training are as effective as the typical ten sets. German Volume Training (GVT) is a weight-lifting method to increase muscle size without using the heaviest weight you can lift. Larger muscle fibers can consume more glucose while exercising. The downstream effects…
High blood sugar causes Metabolic Memory
This article presents a study that showed that high blood sugar could change macrophages and cause atherosclerosis. The study was published in the journal Circulation in Sept 2021. The authors are from Oxford, UK; the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, the Radboud University in the Netherlands; and the Life and Medical Sciences Institute (LIMES) at the…
A Healthy Lifestyle is as effective as Voglibose and Nateglinide in Lowering 10-year Cardiac Mortality
This article presents two studies that show the superiority of a healthy lifestyle in lowering cardiac-related deaths compared to diabetes medications. And second, the importance of managing early diabetes to prevent cardiovascular deaths. The first study, Effects of voglibose and nateglinide on glycemic status and coronary atherosclerosis in early-stage diabetic patients, or the DIANA (DIAbetes…
Intermittent fasting Reverses Endothelial Dysfunction
This article presents three studies showing intermittent fasting could improve endothelial function. The endothelium is the inner lining of the blood vessels, and the cells in it do a full-time job of keeping it smooth, distensible, and open to maintain adequate organ perfusion, and lower blood pressure, resulting in less work for the heart. The…
Walk After Meals to Prevent Sky High Blood Sugars
This article discusses studies showing that physical activity can lower blood sugar levels after eating. Post-prandial hyperglycemia (PPH) exists if the blood sugar is above normal (hyper). Post-prandial glycemia (PPG) is the blood sugar (glucose) level after eating (prandial). Different professional diabetes associations have their definitions of PPG. Any value above the normal PPG is post-prandial…
After meal blood sugar spikes as a cause of vascular failure
This article is about the damaging effects of high blood sugar on the blood vessels after a meal. Post Prandial Hyperglycemia Post-prandial hyperglycemia (PPH) is the medical term for increased blood sugar after eating. It occurs if the blood sugar is 140 – 200 mg/dl two hours after eating. PPH can damage the arteries. The…
How to Prevent Hyperglycemia with the Vegetables-Meat-Carbs Sequence
This article presents a study that shows how to prevent the rapid rise of blood sugar after a meal or Post-Prandial Glycemia (PPG) After-Meal Blood Sugar and atherosclerosis High blood sugar after meals is a risk factor for developing diabetes and atherosclerosis. It injures the inner lining of the arteries and starts or continues atherosclerosis.[1]…
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease and COVID-19 in a Man
Doctors from the Harvard Medical School published a case report of a man who developed Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) after contracting COVID-19. CJD is considered the human form of mad cow disease. Misfolded proteins or prions are seen in CJD. Did the SARS-CoV-2 cause the CJD, or is it something else? The history went like this….
Multiple Sclerosis after the COVID shots
This article discusses the multiple sclerosis cases that happened after COVID-19 jabs. Mindy, a reader, asked me to look into Multiple Sclerosis relapses after COVID injections after her daughter developed more MS lesions in her brain after her shots upon advice by her physicians. Below are the search results from VAERS Data on how many…
VAERS Data: Neurodegenerative Diseases after COVID Jabs
This article shows VAERS data I obtained today, March 23, 2023. I looked for the number of cases of neurodegenerative diseases after all types of COVID jabs in the US from 2021 to present. Before looking at the VAERS data it is essential to remember the Lazarus report by Harvard Pilgrim Health Care that said…
Parkinsonism resolved by Nattokinase
Recently, I published Prostate and Vascular problems relieved with Nattokinase. In it, I described a case of a man in his mid-60s whose symptoms of long-standing prostate pain and vascular problems in the legs improved after one month of a nattokinase and serratiopeptidase combination. His doctors are at a loss on what is happening with…
Nattokinase Degrades Amyloids and Prions
This article discusses the research that showed that nattokinase could dissolve amyloids and prion proteins. What are Amyloids and Prions? Both are abnormal proteins because they are misfolded. Proteins in the different parts of the body serve many functions. Proteins can be structural (bone), related to movement (muscles), and protection (skin). Proteins are also found…
Prostate and Vascular problems relieved with Nattokinase
This article concerns a man with severe prostate pain and leg discoloration whose symptoms were relieved with nattokinase. The Problem A man in his mid-60s had two doses of the Pfizer shot in November 2021. He needed it to travel to attend a wedding. After that, he started to have lower abdominal and prostate pain….