Tag: "oxidized" at medical news

Fat findings

...ou than once thought.A recent study has shown that oxidized fat- found mostly in meats, deep-fried and process...atherosclerosis or clogging of the arteries. The oxidized fat is formed when the cholesterol in foods is exposed to heat and air and it rapidly promotes the b...

The Link Between Oxidized Phospholipids And Coronary Artery Disease

... first causal connection between concentrations of oxidized phospholipids and the risk of coronary artery dise...osis may be partly mediated by the proinflammatory oxidized phospholipids that are bound to it. Lp(a) lipoprotein is composed of apolipoprotein (apo) B-100, t...

Fat fighters’: Whole-grain foods’: under the microscoe

...main in your VLDLs, the more likely they are to be oxidized or to infiltrate your arteries. Neither outcome is good," says Keim William F. Horn and Manuel C. Tengonciang, Jr., of the Davis center, and Tara A. Hembrooke, formerly at the centre collaborated with Keim in the study and reported preliminary findi...

High Blood Pressure Can Be Treated With Grape Seed Extract

...grams of grape seed extract also had reduced serum oxidized LDL cholesterol levels. "Generally, the higher their initial oxidized LDL level was, the greater the drop by the end of the study," he said. The extract has received the ...

Nanotechnology Could Revolutionize Cardiac Treatment

...g organisms healthy, their interaction with highly oxidized LDL molecules has quite the opposite effect,’ he s...lains that macrophages accumulate large amounts of oxidized LDL and secrete chemicals that can damage the neighboring tissues and, ultimately, become fatty foam...

Coffee, Tea-Beneficial or not?

...ecrease in mortality. Such teas besides being more oxidized in processing, not only darkens the color of the leaves but also changes their flavor and reduces their polyphenol content. The kind of green tea that the Japanese have access to is of better-quality than that of most North Americans’. The benefits ...

Pomegranate juice may cut atherosclerosis risk in diabetics

...ice daily for a period of 90 days. The uptake of oxidized LDL or “bad” cholesterol by immune cells called macrophages helps in the development of atherosclerosis. Pomegranate juice seems to prevent this uptake. According to the lead researcher Professor Michael Aviram of the Technion Faculty of Medicine, ...

Blood Protein may Hold Key to Why Healthy People Get Heart Attacks

...nsity-lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol into a harmful oxidized form that cause atherosclerosis and the 'bleach' produced by MPO damages the arteries directly, causing cell death and erosion of the arterial lining, a process that can create unstable plaques. MPO also hampers the protective effects of high-dens...

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