The End of Heart Attacks

The Daily Beast ^ | 4-25-2014 | Dale Eisinger

[willk]

Scientists at Johns Hopkins University may be one step closer to eradicating debilitating heart diseases in humans, particularly those caused by excessive buildup of cholesterol.

[fso301]

They live a hard life with polar bears in a frozen wasteland. They do not die from heart disease.

First Nations people and Inuit face some serious health-related challenges, such as high rates of chronic and contagious diseases and shorter life expectancy. For example, 15 per cent of new HIV and AIDS infections occur in Aboriginal people.

Compared to the general Canadian population,

* Heart disease is 1.5 times higher;

* Type 2 diabetes is 3 to 5 times higher among First Nations people and rates are increasing among the Inuit

* Tuberculosis infection rates are 8 to 10 times higher.

http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fniah-spnia/diseases-maladies/index-eng.php

[FatherofFive]

But don’t eskimos get most of their fat from fish?

Yes, their diet is very high in fat from eating foods like whale, seal, and salmon. And other wild game. Almost no carbs. No sugar. No processed foods. No grains. No veggies. No heart disease. No cancer.

[TEXOKIE]

You are absolutely correct about the sugar. And more specifically, fructose, especially the high fructose corn syrup.

For those who have heard about what Arlis is saying about sugar, accepted it, but don’t know the details, and nevertheless have allowed themselves to choose to eat it, knowing “it’s bad, but I want it anyway!” (Like I was for too long!) - here is some I-guarantee-you-eye-opening information:

Read anything by Dr. Robert Lustig.
One of our favorites is “Fat Chance.”

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_0_12?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=dr.%20robert%20lustig&sprefix=Dr.+robert+L%2Caps%2C480

There is also a wonderful series of lectures of his which can be found on youtube. In his lecture “The Bitter Truth,” he actually proves that high fructose corn syrup is a long acting poison with 8 out of the 12 problems we associate with the poisoning caused by ethanol (drinking alcohol.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM

It is about 1 1/2 hours long. Worth every minute.

You might also want to view “Sugar, the Elephant in the Kitchen.” It is only about 20-23 minutes long.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmC4Rm5cpOI

I am sorry to hear about your recent surgery, but grateful to hear you are well on the way to mending!

[jcon40]

Thinking of having a Kaluha and Cream instead

[ConservativeMind]

Check out Vitamin K2 MK-7. It does what these people are claiming, according to studies.

[FatherofFive]

First Nations people and Inuit face some serious health-related challenges

They combine on-reserve with off-reserve stats. Alcohol plays a role.

[fso301]

That’s a good one.

See post #21

[metmom]

ping

[NoAmnestyEver]

“#1 culprit being sugar.”

I’d call it #2, with wheat, specifically today’s wheat being #1. Stay clear of wheat and 80% of the issues go away (and just to be clear, that includes “whole grain”). Stay clear of processed sugar too, it’s 95%.

[cherry]

but why grains?....why?.....its a perfectly natural food straight from the fields...

I know cavemen didn't eat grains....but they lived in CAVES....

our diets have changed, and we are living longer....we live in buildings and drive cars and send people to the moon....

if the human diet has evolved, so has the human race, for the better....

its like pork....the use of pork as I understand it saved western civilization in Europe...now, in the world, which populations have prospered and grown, and which populations remain in the dark ages (mid east) and who eats pork and who doesn't...???

[NoAmnestyEver]

“but why grains?....why?.....its a perfectly natural food straight from the fields...”

It’s the modifications since made, due to hybridization. There are books on it - it’s bad. For example, wheat used to grow to 6 feet throughout history - until about, now it grows to 18”, and that’s just the part of the physical changes. The chemical changes are horrendous. Look it up.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

Raw fish. Green tea.

[Rembrandt]

“What then explains their much lower life expectancy?”

Polar bears.

[TigersEye]

Polar bears will eat you. Manbearpig will give you a heart attack!

[biff]

You’re late. I just ate a whole pack of Oreos along with a pint of whole milk.

Thought about going down to the donut shop and sending Wide Load a dozen in D.C. since all the heat is off on her proper diets now.

[Catmom]

I’d be willing to take any medication that comes out of this research, so long as it doesn’t give me the troubles statins do. I can’t handle the side effects from them.

[Gene Eric]

>> What then explains their much lower life expectancy?

I think there’s a diabetic connection.

[DAC21]

“The best guarantee against heart disease is a high HDL. As close to 100 as you can get it. Best produced by ingesting enough Omega-3’s.”

More specific EPA, Amarin Corp. is about 2 years in on a 5 year study with their high EPA no DHA purified Fish oil pill. Trigs and inflammation seem to be the real Cardiac issues that need to be resolved which Amarins Vescepa does. Currently Vescepa is only approved for High Trigs over 500, but many Doctors feel anything over 100-150 should be addressed. Amarin is out to prove them right.

[fso301]

I think there’s a diabetic connection.

See post #21.

[xp38]

I don't know. If I saw one of these while in the arctic wasteland it would probably give me a heart attack.