Never Give Up—Fight Illness With Strength And Science
This article is a segment of the series about the diseases associated with Metabolic Syndrome (MetS). Part 1 describes the top ten causes of deaths that are related to MetS. Shortness of Breath Metabolic Syndrome is associated with reduced lung function and higher chances of deaths from cardiovascular and all other causes. Difficulty breathing at rest and…
Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) leads to chronic inflammation throughout the body. The inflammation manifests as slow, progressive development of aches and pain, high blood pressure, and high blood sugar. Many people will blame aging and heredity for those symptoms and are unaware that it can be reversed. The article, The Metabolic Syndrome, gives a short description…
Disease prevention does not last forever. We can only postpone it for so long. Eventually, blindness, kidney failure, heart attacks, and stroke will happen. What was reversible before is now permanent. Disease prevention should be dealt with posthaste. The attempt to reverse or prevent obesity and metabolic syndrome should have started yesterday. Cold Calling…
What Is Resistance Training? Resistance training is muscle contraction against an external force. Weight training using barbells, weight machines, and bodyweight exercises are all resistance exercises. For this article, we will focus on barbell training and the effect on the different organ systems. Central Nervous System – The Brain Improves cognition and strength. High‐intensity progressive…
Nitrates for Chest Pains Nitrates have been used in medicine decades before the biomolecular basis for its functions were known. Cardiac patients are advised to take a nitroglycerin tablet under the tongue (sublingual nitroglycerine) if they feel any angina. The sublingual nitroglycerin dilates the blood vessels and lessens the work of the heart to causing…
Inflammation is the body’s response to injury, marked by pain, redness, swelling, and heat. While external symptoms are recognizable, internal inflammation often goes unnoticed, leading to severe health issues like insulin resistance and diabetes. Regular blood sugar monitoring can help detect and prevent chronic inflammation before serious damage occurs.
Nitric Oxide is Essential for Normal Blood Flow Blood is ejected in spurts in every heartbeat. The vascular system requires flexible arteries that can expand to accommodate the high pressure and volume of blood. This dilatation is made possible by the rubber-like properties of the smooth muscle cells that are found in the middle layer…
Not really. Pre-diabetes occurs when the fasting blood sugar (FBS) is 100 – 125 milligrams/deciliter (mg/dl). FBS is a blood test done after at least eight hours without food. A FBS of ≥ 126 mg/dl diagnoses diabetes. Less than 100 mg/dl is considered normal. In 2015, 84.1 million, or 33.9% of the U.S. population, had pre-diabetes….
Statins are the common name for the class of medications that lower cholesterol. They have been recommended to lower LDL to reduce the risk of heart attacks. However, after several years of usage, it has been shown that the positive effect of statins is not secondary to the lowering of the “bad” cholesterol, LDL but…
LDL, the so-called “Bad Cholesterol” is not really cholesterol. LDL stands for Low-Density Lipoprotein. Role of Lipoproteins Whenever we eat fat or oil in our meal, they have to be transported with the blood. But blood is similar to water, and we know that water and oil do not mix. To be transported, the fat…
Carbohydrates, Glucose, and Glycogen In all cultures in the world, there is always a source of starch for every meal. It may be rice, bread, pasta, noodles or tubers like potatoes, and cassava. It is commonly believed that you have to have starch as a source of energy. That is true. All of the above…
Part 1: Deranged Apoptosis of the Endothelium All good things come to pass. Like the cells in our body. Cells that are old and lose their functions die. Apoptosis is programmed cell death. It is built into the genes. In ancient Greek, apoptosis means “falling off.” A type of white blood cell called the macrophage…
Erectile Dysfunction as a sign of Heart Disease
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M.T. is a 46-year-old female who used to have obesity and hypertension I saw M.T. 7 months ago during a family get together. I was aware of her long-standing weight problem. She told me that she has been trying very hard to get the weight off. We talked about the benefits and how to do…
The pyramid graphs below show the age and sex distribution in the U.S. and the Philippines. Notice that from 0 to 54 years old, the males always outnumber the females from both countries. However, at 55 years and above, the women begin and continue to outnumber the men. United States 0-14 years: 18.73% (male 1,255,995/female 29,919,938)…
Our body can also burn fat for fuel.
The arteries that supply blood all over the body has an inside lining called the endothelium. The endothelium has anti-atherogenic properties. Anti-atherogenic is the ability to prevent atherosclerosis. If everybody has protection against atherosclerosis, why is it that atherosclerosis is so preponderant that the number one and two cause of deaths in the whole world are…
How to avoid gaining extra pounds during the holidays.
Start with Why? Why are you fasting? You have to know the answer. You have to write it down. Is it to make your abdomen smaller? Is it to get rid of all those bad stuff inside you making you insulin resistant? Is it to control your blood sugar and take fewer medications? Is it…
