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Statins may worsen blood sugar control by disrupting gut bacteria that produce helpful compounds for insulin function.
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A Comparison Of The Mouse And Human Lipoproteome Suitability Of The Mouse Model For Studies Of Human Lipoproteins
Researchers compared cholesterol-carrying particles in mice and humans to determine if mouse studies accurately reflect human heart health research.
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A Definition Of The Intima Of Human Arteries And Of Its Atherosclerosis Prone Regions. A Report From The Committee On Vascular Lesions Of The Council On Arteriosclerosis, American Heart Association
This American Heart Association report establishes scientific definitions to help doctors distinguish between normal artery wall changes and early atherosclerosis (plaque buildup).
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A High Fat Meal Enriched With Eicosapentaenoic Acid Reduces P 2008 The Journ
Adding EPA (a healthy omega-3 fat from fish) to a high-fat meal improved blood vessel flexibility in healthy men within 6 hours.
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A Low Fat Diet Decreases High Density Lipoprotein (HDL) Cholesterol Levels By Decreasing HDL Apolipoprotein Transport Rates
Low-fat diets reduce "good" HDL cholesterol levels by decreasing the body's production of HDL particles, not by increasing their breakdown.
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A Mediterranean Diet Supplemented With Dairy Foods Impr 2018 The American Jo
Adding dairy foods to a Mediterranean diet improved blood pressure and cholesterol levels in adults at risk for heart disease.
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A Mediterranean Style Eating Pattern With Lean Unprocesse 2018 The American
A Mediterranean-style diet with moderate amounts of lean, unprocessed red meat provided heart health benefits for overweight adults, challenging the idea that red meat must be avoided.
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A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial Of A Plant Based Nutrition Program To Reduce Body Weight And Cardiovascular Risk In The Corporate Setting The GEICO Study
A study of corporate employees found that following a low-fat plant-based diet for 18 weeks led to significant weight loss and improved cholesterol and blood sugar levels.
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A Novel Hypothesis For Atherosclerosis As A Cholesterol Sulfate Deficiency Syndrome
Researchers propose that atherosclerosis (artery hardening) may be caused by a deficiency of cholesterol sulfate rather than too much cholesterol itself.
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A Platelet Dependent Serum Factor That Stimulates The Proliferation Of Arterial Smooth Muscle Cells In Vitro
Researchers discovered that platelets (blood clotting cells) release a factor that causes arterial wall cells to multiply, which may help explain how atherosclerosis develops.
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A Protein Extract From Chicken Reduces Plasma Homocysteine In Rats
A study found that feeding rats a protein extract from chicken lowered their blood levels of homocysteine, a compound linked to heart disease risk.
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A Protein Extract From Chicken Reduces Plasma Homocysteine In Rats
Researchers found that feeding rats a protein extract from chicken significantly lowered their blood levels of homocysteine, a compound linked to heart disease risk.
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A Randomized Controlled Feeding Trial Based On The D 2018 The American Journ
Following the official U.S. Dietary Guidelines for 8 weeks lowered blood pressure but didn't improve blood sugar control or cholesterol levels compared to a typical American diet.
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A Review Of The Evidence Of Total Dietary Fat On Vascular Function
This review examined how different types of dietary fats affect blood vessel health, finding that high-fat meals impair vascular function but evidence for which specific fats are best remains unclear.
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A Standard Lipid Panel Is Insufficient For The Care Of A Patient On A High Fat, Low Carbohydrate Ketogenic Diet
Standard cholesterol tests may not accurately assess heart health risks for people following ketogenic diets, requiring more detailed lipid analysis.
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A Very Low Fat Diet Is Not Associated With Improved Li 1999 The American Jou
Very low-fat diets (10% fat) don't improve cholesterol levels better than moderate low-fat diets and may actually worsen heart health markers in some men.
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A Western Type Diet Attenuates Pulmonary Hypertension Wit 2011 The Journal O
A study in rats found that a Western-style high-fat, high-sugar diet unexpectedly helped protect against severe heart failure and weight loss, challenging common assumptions about diet and heart health.
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ACC AHA ESC 2006 Guidelines For The Management Of Patients With 2006 Journa
Major medical organizations released comprehensive guidelines in 2006 for doctors on how to diagnose and treat atrial fibrillation, a common heart rhythm disorder.
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Adherence To Emerging Plant Based Dietary Patterns And I 2022 The American J
A large Canadian study found that while plant-based diets were associated with healthier lifestyle habits, they didn't significantly reduce cardiovascular disease risk.
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Adiposity Significantly Modifies Genetic Risk For
Your body weight significantly influences how your genes affect your cholesterol and triglyceride levels, meaning genetic risk for heart disease varies based on whether you're lean or overweight.
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Adventitia Reinforcement Surgery To Treat Atherosclerotic Disease And Aneurysm
Researchers propose a new surgical technique that wraps diseased blood vessels with protective material to treat atherosclerosis and aneurysms more effectively than current methods.
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Alcohol Mediated Enhancement Of Postprandial Lipemia A 2003 The American Jo
This study found that moderate alcohol consumption with meals increases beneficial HDL cholesterol by enhancing the body's natural process of moving cholesterol from cells to the liver.
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Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 2 Inhibits Inflammatory Response And Regulates Atherosclerotic Plaque
Researchers found that a specific enzyme called ALDH2 helps protect against dangerous arterial plaque buildup by reducing inflammation in blood vessels.
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An International Atherosclerosis Society Position
International heart experts created new guidelines for managing unhealthy cholesterol levels, focusing on non-HDL cholesterol as the main target for preventing heart disease.
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Analysis Of Arterial Intimal Hyperplasia Review And Hypothesis
Researchers propose that thickened artery walls (intimal hyperplasia) may actually be a normal part of human artery structure, not just a disease process.
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Animal And Plant Protein And Mortality Risk
A large study found that neither animal nor plant protein intake was associated with increased risk of death from heart disease, cancer, or other causes.
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Animal And Plant Protein Usual Intakes Are Not Adversely Associated With All Cause Mortality Risk
A large study found that eating either animal or plant protein is not linked to higher risk of death from any cause, including heart disease or cancer.
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ApoC III Content Of ApoB Containing Lipoproteins Is Associated With Binding To The Vascular Proteoglycan Biglycan
Researchers found that cholesterol particles containing higher levels of a protein called apoC-III are more likely to stick to artery walls, potentially increasing heart disease risk.
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APOC3 Loss Of Function Mutations, Remnant Cholesterol, Low Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol, And Cardiovascular Risk Mediation And Meta Analyses Of 137 895 Individuals Anders B. Wulff, Børge G. Nordestgaard, Anne Tybjærg Hansen
People with genetic mutations that reduce APOC3 protein have 40% lower risk of heart disease, likely due to lower triglycerides and remnant cholesterol levels.
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Apolipoprotein B Containing Lipoproteins In Atherogenesis
This research explains how certain cholesterol-carrying particles called apoB lipoproteins get trapped in artery walls and trigger the inflammatory process that builds dangerous plaques.
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Appearance Of Lipid Laden Intima And Neovascularization After Implantation Of Bare Metal Stents Extended Late Phase Observation By Intracoronary Optical Coherence Tomography
Researchers found that bare metal heart stents develop fatty deposits and new blood vessels over time, which may increase the risk of future heart problems.
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Are Serum Concentrations Of Vitamin B 12 Causally Rela 2018 The American Jou
This study found that vitamin B12 levels in the blood are likely not a cause of weight gain or most heart disease risk factors, contrary to what previous studies suggested.
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Assessing The Respective Contributions Of Dietary Flavanol 2018 The American
Researchers found that epicatechin, a specific compound in cocoa, is responsible for cocoa's heart-healthy benefits like improved blood vessel function and lower blood pressure.
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Assessment Of Adverse Effects Attributed To Statin Therapy In Product Labels A Meta Analysis Of Double Blind Randomised Controlled Trials
A large study found that most side effects listed on statin medication labels are not actually caused by the statins themselves.
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Association Between Fish Consumption, Long Chain Omega 3 Fatty Acids, And Risk Of Cerebrovascular Disease Systematic Review And Meta Analysis
This large study found that eating fish 2-5 times per week may reduce stroke risk by 6-12%, but omega-3 supplements showed no clear protective benefit.
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Association Between Salt Sensitivity And Insulin Concentrations In Patients With Hypertension
A study of Ecuadorian adults found that women following lower-carbohydrate diets had better blood pressure control and blood sugar levels compared to high-carb, low-fat diets.
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Association Between Statin Associated Myopathy And Skeletal Muscle Damage
Researchers studied whether statin medications that cause muscle pain and weakness actually damage muscle tissue at the cellular level.
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Association Between The Triglyceride Glucose (TyG) Index And Increased Blood Pressure In Normotensive Subjects A Population Based Study
Researchers found that people with higher TyG index scores (calculated from blood sugar and triglyceride levels) had an increased risk of developing high blood pressure, even when starting with normal blood pressure.
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Association Between Total, Processed, Red And White Meat Consumption And All Cause, CVD And IHD Mortality A Meta Analysis Of Cohort Studies
This large study found that eating processed meats increases risk of death from heart disease and all causes, while red meat shows a weaker link to heart disease deaths.
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Association Between Triglyceride Glucose Index And Arterial Stiffness And Coronary Artery Calcification A Systematic Review And Exposure Effect Meta Analysis
Researchers found that higher levels of the TyG index (a blood test measuring triglycerides and glucose) are linked to increased artery stiffness and calcium buildup in heart arteries.
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Association Between Triglyceride To High Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Ratio And Prediabetes A Cross Sectional Study In Chinese Non Obese People With A Normal Range Of Low Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol
Higher ratios of triglycerides to "good" HDL cholesterol are linked to increased risk of prediabetes, even in non-obese people with normal "bad" cholesterol levels.
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Association Of Elevated Blood Pressure And Impaired Vasorelaxation In Experimental Sprague Dawley Rats Fed With Heated Vegetable Oil
This rat study found that eating repeatedly heated vegetable oil raised blood pressure and damaged blood vessel function compared to fresh oil.
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Association Of Habitually Low Intake Of Dietary Calcium With Blood Pressure And Hypertension In A Population With Predominantly Plant Based Diets
A large Chinese study found that low calcium intake from mostly plant-based foods was not strongly linked to high blood pressure or hypertension risk.
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Associations Between Diet And Cancer Ischemic Heart Di 1999 The American Jo
A large study of Seventh-day Adventists found that eating more nuts and less red meat significantly reduced heart disease risk, while vegetarian diets lowered cancer rates.
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Associations Of Calcium Intake And Calcium From Various Sources With Blood Lipids In A Population Of Older Women And Men With High Calcium Intake
Higher calcium intake, especially from low-fat dairy products like milk, was linked to better cholesterol and triglyceride levels in older adults.
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Associations Of Fat And Carbohydrate Intake With Cardiovascular Disease And Mortality Prospective Cohort Study Of UK Biobank Participants
This large UK study found that the relationship between different nutrients and heart health isn't straightforward - very high carbohydrate intake may increase death risk while moderate amounts of healthy fats appear protective.
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Atherosclerotic Plaque Progression And Vulnerability To Rupture Angiogenesis As A Source Of Intraplaque Hemorrhage
Researchers found that bleeding inside artery plaques from weak, leaky blood vessels is a key factor that makes plaques more likely to rupture and cause heart attacks.
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B Hydroxybutyrate Alleviates Atherosclerotic Calcification
Research shows that beta-hydroxybutyrate (a ketone body produced during fasting or ketogenic diets) may help prevent dangerous calcium buildup in arteries that contributes to heart disease.
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