First Link Found Between Obesity, Inflammation And Vascular Disease

ScienceDaily ^ | 2005-09-17

[sourcery]

Ping

[tbird5]

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[Jeff Chandler]

Is this true, or just a load of CRP?

[JimDingle]

This from the Medical Journal, Duh!

[sourcery]

Is this true, or just a load of CRP?

That's an inflammatory question :-)

[sourcery]

This from the Medical Journal, Duh!

The point is that the key piece of evidence that convinced the medical establishment that "cholesterol clogs your arteries" was the fact that the statin drugs lowered the risk of heart attacks. However, the evidence that the mechanism by which the statin drugs work is by reducing inflammation strongly calls the "cholesterol is the culprit" theory into question.

Reference: The Cholesterol Myths.

[SweetCaroline]

just a load of CRP!

[satchmodog9]

fat bloated bump

[muawiyah]

Cholesterol is a personal problem ~ statins don't work with some people (because of a so-called "rare" cellular metabolic difference) ~ and with some men, unless they get a regular input of "new fat" in their diet, their cholesterol production increases!

Best bet is a diet high in walnuts, walnut products, and salmon.

[tryingtomakesenseofthis]

More CR*P from the idiots that gave you statins and introduced the idiotic notion that you have "good" cholesterol and "bad" cholesterol. C-reactive-protein is released in response to inflammation, it does not cause it. Blocking it's production with a medication will do nothing to reduce whatever caused the cellular injury thats calling in the troops, but it will sell lots of pills, because doctor will be happy with the numbers they see on a chart.

[neverdem]

Thanks for the ping. I linked to your thread on Trauma unit is Iraq's version of MASH .

[zarf]

The Life Extension Foundation has been preaching this gospel for years.

The facts related to this study have been known for over a decade via data from international studies.

It's amazing how many deaths could be avoided if the FDA and doctors just opened their eyes.

[RichRepublican]

I'm saved--I just put walnuts in the chocolate chip cookies I made today! ;)

[muawiyah]

Now, chop off a small filet from that salmon you just baked in your oven, and make a walnut/chocolate chip cookie salmon sandwich!

[SunkenCiv]

Ping!

[Coleus]

thanks, very interesting, explains a lot.

[ladyinred]

The nanny liberals are off cigarettes and on to food! Run for your lives. (not for exercise!)

[ladyinred]

Just you wait, next they will be warning us about "second hand fat" !!!:-)

[dalebert]

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