It's the hats. Those cool hats. And the hot chicks.
Posted on 12/12/2008 1:18:15 PM PST by metmom
WASHINGTON — A rare genetic abnormality found in people in an insular Amish community protects them from heart disease, a discovery that could lead to new drugs to prevent heart ailments, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.
About 5 percent of Old Order Amish people in Pennsylvania's Lancaster County have only one working copy rather than the normal two of a gene that makes a protein that slows the breakdown of triglycerides, a type of fat that circulates in the blood, the researchers wrote in the journal Science.
"People who have the mutation all have low triglycerides," said Toni Pollin of the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore, who led the study.
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Well, my triglycerides are really low (62) and my HDL is high, but my LDL calculates high as well. So my dr wants me on statins even though ALL my other risk factors put me in the normal to negative risk factor category.
I’d rather not, really. I’ve looked into it some but still need to see if it’s worth the risk of going on statins.
I dont understand anything you just said there but I do know one thing. Cholesterol tastes good.
Thanks for that info. I will certainly look into it further.
In googling high HDL, high LDL, and low triglycerides, I saw mention of the LDLa and LDLb.
The articles I found indicated that LDLa is the harmless kind associated with high HDL and low triglycerides.
If that’s the case, I see no need to go on statins.
I believe that is the key. Plowing the south 40 is more helpful for your heart than denying yourself carbohydrates. Besides the Amish eat a lot of carbs.
They start working on the farms at an early age and walk to school or use scooters
I bike (pedal type )in Lancaster county Amish country about 15-20 times a year since 1985
I have NEVER seen a FAT Amish kid
It is the HDL/TRI ratio that is critical NOT LDLs
Since yours is good stay AWAY from the statins
My wife has longevity in her family —She is now 73 her LDLS are high but her HDLs and TRIs are great
Doc tried to get her to go on statins over 10 years ago
She told him NO WAY
It's the hats. Those cool hats. And the hot chicks.
“I bought a homemade blueberry pie and a shoo-fly pie.”
STOP IT !! I am an insulin dependent diabetic and you’re driving me crazy!!
When God wants to call you home, He will. No matter what you eat or don’t eat, no matter how much you exercise or don’t, no matter what your genes say.
Eating olive oil is guaranteed to make you live longer.
I bought a homemade blueberry pie and a shoo-fly pie. I’m the one getting fat...
Oh Man love that Shoo-FLy Pie have to get back up to PA again soon.
I bought a homemade blueberry pie and a shoo-fly pie. I’m the one getting fat...
Oh Man love that Shoo-FLy Pie have to get back up to PA again soon.
Two centuries of intermarrying with close-ish relatives.
"You mean that plowing hot chicks would be good for muh heart? I need to move my office to Amish country..."
Thank you. Comment# 32 has a link to the a link to the abstract.
The title of this is a joke; they don’t use drugs; that’s the reason for their health.
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