FRUITFUL THINKING: Coronary artery disease experts are in agreement that the inception of this disease occurs with injury to the endothelial lining of arteries. It is the Western diet of oils, meat, fish, foul, dairy products, sugar, caffeine, heavily cooked and fried foods which initiates endothelial injury and depletes mechanisms that protect endothelium. First, such a diet diminishes production of nitric oxide, a gas which is the guardian and lifejacket of our blood vessels, starting A spiraling cascade of injury and disease of the arterial wall. While diets rich in fruits and vegetables have the opposite, beneficial effects. The enzyme dimethyl arginine dimethyl amino hydrolase (DDAH) is essential to enhance nitric oxide production. This enzyme function is reduced by high cholesterol levels, high triglyceride levels, high homocysteine levels - which may mean you have a vitamin deficiency which is primarily caused by waste congestion and inflammation. Elevated homocysteine increases your risks for dementia, heart disease and stroke. DDHA function is also caused by insulin resistance (high fat diets), diabetes, and smoking, all of which (with exception of smoking) are often the consequence of eating a Western diet and may be improved by eating the plant-based diet. Nevertheless smoking also causes high LDL cholesterol levels and lowers your HDL cholesterol levels. Also leading to inflammation in your blood vessels and arteries, and lack of nitric oxide production. Added to the acid waste deposits, plaque forms in your arteries. This plaque can harden and break off, which can lead to blood clots and strokes. https://www.instagram.com/p/Cp4DzulPS7_/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
















