This article discusses the relationship between insulin resistance and atherosclerosis formation and how nattokinase improves both. In a study that I previously referred to by Ren et al., they compared nattokinase (NK) 6,000 units with simvastatin 20 mg in 72 patients. After 26 weeks, it showed that nattokinase (NK) and simvastatin could decrease total cholesterol…
This article is Round 3 of Intermittent Fasting (I.F.) vs. Sulfonylureas Recap: Round 1 went to I.F. because it protects and renews the cells that produce insulin. Sulfonylureas try to squeeze insulin out of burned out insulin cells. Round 2 also went to I.F. as it resolves the hidden high insulin levels of type 2…
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…
