Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Can anyone explain why it is that cigarettes get the only real bad rap for heart disease

Can anyone explain why it is that cigarettes get the only real bad rap for heart disease?
What about all the chemicals in food now days. I know alot of people who don't do drugs, drink or smoke, don't go to the bars and avoid as much smoke as possible. There has to be something we the public are not hearing about and we do need to be informed.
Other - Society & Culture - 3 Answers
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Too much of anything will kill you. Cell phones give you brain cancer. Colored toilet paper gives you rectal cancer. Too much sugar, diabetes. Too much salt, hypertension. And onandonandon. The basic rule is "everything in moderation".
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Because its no fun for a**holes who like to b*tc* and moan about it if theyre fat and just want to lay blame somewhere else. Not to mention hereditary. Smog(big one) causes more damage than second hand smoke but I bet the talkers are willing to jump in and drive in a heartbeat. etc,etc. Sounds kind of like salem witch trials. If people choose their own path step off. At least they choose how they will go if not interupted by an accident. If its a womans choice to abort life because its her body why not for the rest of all individuals.
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Its the toxic combination of fast food, radiation, and sluggish activitiy that kills you

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Friday, March 4, 2011

Can alcholism cause the heart disease Cardiomyopathy

Can alcholism cause the heart disease Cardiomyopathy?

Heart Diseases - 5 Answers
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I don't think so. I think that is caused by viruses and maybe certain autoimmune diseases. Alcohol in excess slowly destroys your liver.
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It absolutely can but you have to be drinking heavily for several years before it begins to affect the heart.
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Cardiomyopathy is heart disease. I have it and mine was caused by a virus. It can be caused by other things. If you go to http://www.webmd.com/ you can get all sorts of information on this and you can ask professionals questions in there.
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yes it can - alcoholic cardiomyopathy. Alcohol is a negative inotrope (decreases force of contraction) and it is directly toxic to cardiac muscle - people with established alcoholic cardiomyopathy is strongly advised to avoid alcohol.
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Cardiomyopathy can be caused by viral infections, heart attacks, alcoholism, long-term severe high blood pressure, nutritional deficiencies (particularly selenium, thiamine, and L-carnitine), systemic lupus erythematosus, coliac disease, and end-stage kidney disease

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Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Does non-hydrogenated margarine still lead to heart disease or clogged arteries

Does non-hydrogenated margarine still lead to heart disease or clogged arteries?
Or just make you fat?:p I know hydrogenated is really bad...
Heart Diseases - 2 Answers
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Eat satured (natural) fats...that is what everyone did a century ago and a heart attack was rare. Also up your intake of vitamin B6, vitamin B12 and folate. This lowers homocysteine (an amino acid in the blood) that at high levels is toxic. This amino acid is the leading cause of heart attack and stroke. Homocysteine - the silent killer: http://www.squidoo.com/homocysteine-hcy
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Hydrogenated fats (trans fatty acids) If you pick up a packaged product (crackers, cookies) from the supermarket and read the label on the side you will probably learn that the product contains hydrogenated fats. The food industry routinely takes the fats that are going to be added to packaged foods and adds hydrogen to them in the laboratory. This way the fat doesnâ€™t go rancid so quickly and the product will last a long time on the shelf. The process of hydrogenation causes the molecule to twist over on itself so that the structure of the molecule changes. What starts as a cis formation turns into a trans formation. http://altmedcabinet.com/heart_disease.htm

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