Heart disease and brain health: Looking at the links

But she gives absolutely no information on clearing your arteries. My ideas here with no medical training;

Watermelon juice reverses hardening of the arteries 

Pomegranate juice consumption for 3 years by patients with carotid artery stenosis reduces common carotid intima-media thickness, blood pressure and LDL oxidation 

 

Good News: Coffee Could Be Cleaning Out Your Arteries.

New study shows aged garlic extract can reduce dangerous plaque buildup in arteries

Heart disease and brain health: Looking at the links

PCSK9 Drug Regresses Coronary Plaque

But is it better than watermelon juice or pomegranate juice or coffee or aged garlic extract ? A simple question that will never be answered because we have NO fucking stroke leaders or strategy.

Watermelon juice reverses hardening of the arteries 

Pomegranate juice consumption for 3 years by patients with carotid artery stenosis reduces common carotid intima-media thickness, blood pressure and LDL oxidation 

Regular coffee drinkers have 'cleaner' arteries

New study shows aged garlic extract can reduce dangerous plaque buildup in arteries

 

 

PCSK9 Drug Regresses Coronary Plaque 

The PCSK9 inhibitor evolocumab (Repatha) reduces atherosclerosis volume as measured by intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) compared with placebo atop statin therapy, Amgen announced in topline results from the GLAGOV trial.
Along with that positive finding for the primary endpoint at 78 weeks, the trial also met the secondary endpoints of percent and total atheroma volume regression from baseline.
The findings were encouraging, Pablo Corral, MD, a lipid specialist at the Instituto de Clinica Medica in Buenos Aires, and Sekar Kathiresan, MD, of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, agreed in a conversation on Twitter.
It might make positive findings more likely from the pending large cardiovascular outcomes trial, due out early in 2017, suggested Ethan Weiss, MD, of the University of California San Francisco, in the same conversation. "Anecdotally, IVUS correctly predicted torcetrapib results," whereas carotid intima-media thickness did not, Weiss added.
However, "I wouldn't declare victory too early," responded Harlan Krumholz, MD, of Yale University in New Haven, Conn., noting that the outcomes trials haven't been stopped prematurely for efficacy.
The phase III GLAGOV trial included 968 patients getting cardiac catheterization, who were on optimized background statin therapy and randomized to double-blind treatment with evolocumab (420 mg monthly) or placebo subcutaneous injections.
Amgen said no new safety concerns emerged in the trial nor was there a difference in treatment-emergent adverse events between groups.
Detailed results are slated for presentation at the American Heart Association meeting in November.term

New study shows aged garlic extract can reduce dangerous plaque buildup in arteries

I bet this won't get into a diet stroke protocol for at least 50 years. I wonder what the aged part is that is more helpful that non aged garlic? We'll never know because we have NO stroke leadership or strategy. You're screwed along with your children and grandchildren.

New study shows aged garlic extract can reduce dangerous plaque buildup in arteries

The supplement Aged Garlic Extract can reverse the buildup of deadly plaque in arteries and help prevent the progression of heart disease, according to a new study scheduled for publication in the Journal of Nutrition.

The research, conducted at LA BioMed, found a reduction in the amount of low-attenuation plaque, or "soft plaque," in the arteries of patients with metabolic syndrome who took Aged Garlic Extract. Metabolic syndrome is characterized by obesity, hypertension and other cardiac risk factors.
"This study is another demonstration of the benefits of this supplement in reducing the accumulation of soft plaque and preventing the formation of new plaque in the arteries, which can cause heart disease," said Matthew J. Budoff, MD, an LA BioMed lead researcher. "We have completed four randomized studies, and they have led us to conclude that Aged Garlic Extract can help slow the progression of atherosclerosis and reverse the early stages of heart disease."
The study involved 55 patients, aged 40 to 75 years, who had been diagnosed with metabolic syndrome. All the participants underwent screening at the beginning of the study to measure the total coronary plaque volume as well as dense calcium, non-calcified plaque and low-attenuation plaque. The screening was conducted using Cardiac Computed Tomography Angiography (CCTA), a noninvasive imaging technology that accurately measures calcium deposits and plaque buildup in the arteries.
Following evaluation, the participants were given either a placebo or a dose of 2,400 milligrams of Aged Garlic Extract every day. A follow-up screening conducted a year after the initial screening found those who had taken Aged Garlic Extract had slowed total plaque accumulation by 80%, reduced soft plaque and demonstrated regression (less plaque on follow-up) for low-attenuation plaque.

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Journal reference: Journal of Nutrition
Provided by: Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor