Arteriosclerosis - It’s preventable!

Arteriosclerosis is a general term describing any hardening (and loss of elasticity) of medium or large arteries. Arteriosclerosis refers to a stiffening of arteries. It may be one of the most easily preventable diseases of the modern civilization in the 40 to 70 age group.

It is characterized by the constant accumulation fatty substances called plaques on the arterial walls. The blockage mainly consists of plaques or fatty deposits containing large quantities of cholesterol and triglycerides. Evidence has increased that people with diabetes, despite certainly not having clinically detectable Arteriosclerosis disease, have more severe debility from Arteriosclerosis events over time than even non-diabetics.

Arteriosclerosis typically begins in early adolescence but is rarely diagnosed until late in life usually due to a stroke or heart attack.

Research has shown that lowering cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood will lower the chance of coronary arteriosclerosis.

Vitamin C has show to reduce cholesterol levels and lowers high blood pressure.

Vitamin E improves circulation and promotes normal blood clotting.

Studies of the Greenland Eskimos lack of heart attacks have show that Eico-Sapentaenoic Acid lowers blood cholesterol considerably, even more than polyunsaturated fat does.

Sytrinol are known to be useful in helping maintain a healthy cholesterol level in the body by reducing triglycerides and low-density lipoprotein (LDL) levels.

Oat bran muffins lower blood cholesterol among healthy college students by almost 10 percent.

Pantothenic Acid is another form of nontoxic B vitamins.

Niacin is the closest thing available to a perfect treatment that corrects most causes of coronary heart disease. Niacin blocks the release of fatty acids from fat cells. Niacin also tends to shift LDL particle distribution to larger particle size and improve HDL functioning.

Policosanol is a natural supplement derived from sugar cane.

Natural antioxidants are abundant in fruits and vegetables such as, apples, blueberries, broccoli, cherries, cranberries, grapes, spinach, and Spirulina a blue-green algae.

Patients at risk for arteriosclerosis-related diseases are increasingly being treated prophylactically with low-dose aspirin.

Lifestyle changes can also lower the risk of medical emergencies do to arteriosclerosis.

Practice a healthy lifestyle without cigarettes, alcohol, caffeine, eat plenty of fruit and vegetable and get more physical activities in order to loose or maintain a reasonable weight. Those treatments are never out-of-date in order to prevent many serious modern diseases.