how can you prevent arteriosclerosis?
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1)  Don't smoke or take tobacco products.  2)  Keep your blood pressure down to normal.  3)  If you are diabetic, control it extremely well.  A deficiency of chromium has been proven to cause some type II diabetes.  A supplement of 200 micrograms a day of chromium picolinate will remedy this.  4)  check your cholesterol, your good cholesterol (HDL) and the bad cholesterol (LDL).  You want to maximize the HDL and minimize the LDL.  Also, check the triglycerides, and minimize them.  If fat, you want to get the weight down and keep it down.  Regular exercise, even just walking a mile nonstop 3 times a week will help your cholesterol.  GET OFF ALL trans fats.  Trans fats are partially hydrogenated oils, contained in shortening, margarine, and many processed foods. Keep the total amount of fat in your diet fairly low.  Keep off all trans fats.  Next most important is to keep the saturated fats low.  Then the total fats low.  Don't eat junk food, which is food high in sugar, refined flour, and fat.  Eat lots of whole grain cereals and breads and pastas.  Eat lots of vegetables and fruits, and some lean meats and fish.  5) check your homocysteine level.  If high, take 2 mg of folic acid per day (3 of the big 800 microgram tablets).  6)  If you can't drink alcohol without drinking heavy, then abstain totally from alcohol.  Otherwise, take one or two glasses of dry red wine each evening.  7)  consider taking one adult aspirin per day to reduce blood clots, esp. if over 50 years old or strong family history.  8)  Get plenty of the essential (required in diet) omega 3 oil.  You can do this by eating 3 servings of cold water ocean fish per week, such as salmon, sardines, or white albacore tuna, etc.  or you can take 1-2 tablespoons of cold pressed flax seed oil daily, either added to cold cereal or salad or fruit or mixed into low fat cottage cheese (this is rec. by Dr. Johanna Budwig, the doc who has done extensive research on it.  the cottage cheese provides sulfur containing amino acids which complement the omega 3)  9)  Get plenty of all your vitamins and minerals.  If you eat well, this shouldn't be a problem.  It's hard to get too much vitamin C.  Dr. Linus Pauling, the Nobel winner, recommended 10-15 grams of vit C per day.  1 gm = 1000 mg.  Other important antioxidant vitamins are vit A and its precursor caratenoids, and vit E.  Coral calcium is a good natural source of calcium, as well as all the other minerals.  The bioflavenoids, such as those found in grape seed extract and in elderberry concentrate or wine seem to be important antioxidant vitamins.  10)  Don't get real stressed out!  The old expression about "something breaking your heart" has some truth in it.  11)  Keep your teeth and gums clean.  When you develop rotten teeth and gums, it may somehow spread inflammation to cholesterol placques.  We don't really know, but we do know that inflammation is part of the heart attack condition, of thrombosis of placques.  12) The monounsaturated oils, either olive oil, or canola oil, are considered to be your best oils for cooking, from an arterial standpoint.  I think real butter is better for you than margarine, since it doesn't have any trans fats, but go easy on it.
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Hi.. I am working in Oman and observed the same situation here. Actually  due to sedentary life style, high calorie food, lake of physical exercise increases the chances of diabetics.\nBest way to delay or prevent diabetic is include regular exercise in your daily routine and avoid high calorie food and try to take green vegetables and whole wheat products instead of refined floor products like bread etc.
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Keep cool, exercise often, and eat a balanced diet.
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Check for high blood pressure, eat high fiber foods such as grains & vegetables and cut down on fatty foods. Take fish oil daily. Drink plenty of water. Exercise regularly - and even a half hour of brisk walking creates significent change. Avoid stress - and plenty of sleep creates significent change. DO NOT SMOKE- a major contribution to circulatory damage.
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Eat cabbage, oatmeal, apples, etc. for soluble fiber and of course some type of exercise.\n\nAlso, here's some all-natural supplements that are very effective.\n\nOmegaGuard:  reduces the risk of heart disease/stroke, lowers triglycerides and cholesterol\n\nSoluble Fiber (e.g. Fiber Plan):  prevents fat absorption; reduces stress on heart by minimizing fat accumulation\n\nLecithin:  converts serum cholesterol to good HDL\n\nCoQHeart: Reduces LDL oxidation\n\nGarlic Complex:  prevents clotting; dilates small blood vessels; dissolves fatty deposits & thins blood\n\nHope this is useful and feel free to contact me with questions.
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drink plenty of water, stay away from all junk food, eat lots of fruits and vegetables.  exercise, and rest.
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I can suggest the following steps to avoid heart attack. I will answer your question staright assuming you have all the information you need about diabetes.\n\n1. Lose weight. Even if you don't lose down to the recommended levels, studies have shown that losing 5-7% can reduce risk of heart attack by up to 35%\n\n2. Exercise regularly as directed by your MD. Remember you should take a snack before exercisng and carry life saver candies with you at all times\n\n3. Avoid food abuse: Eat healthy, avoid blood sugars above 125mg/dl whenever possible. This will reduce the rate of fat plaque formation in your veins. Eath a lot of soluble fibres that help to lower cholesterol and triglycerides.\n\n4. Follow your MD treatment regimen faithfully. The doctor may prescribe some ACE inhibitors and other hypertension drugs in attempt to prevent Nephropathy (kidney destruction) which in returns overloads the heart. \n\n5. Makew regular visits to your MD and consider consulting a registered dietician
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There is no 100% fool proof way to prevent a heart attack.  Eat right, get enough exercise, and dont smoke are the best ideas, but even then, its still possible to have a heart attack.
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keep healthy (exercise and eat right) and avoid doing stupid or dangerous things
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Dr Blaylock is reporting contrary to the findings of just about every other cardiologist. Current thoughts are that statins in high dosages can actually reduce ateriosclerosis, and therefore help greatly in the prevention of MI.
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Thi biggest killers of otherwise healthy people are heart attacks and stroke, followed by cancer, then any number of inflammatory diseases and diabetes. Looking at the major risk factors for these, and especially which factors put you at risk for more than one, is a good way to go about deciding what to focus on:\n\nSmoking\nObesity\nHigh blood pressure\nHigh LDL, low HDL (cholesterol)\nPoor diet\nLack of exercise.\n\nTake care of these, and you cut your risk of serious disease over 50%, increase your lifespan, and more importantly, increase the number of years of health.
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I'd say diet is probably key.  Watch your fat intake - especially trans fat.  Eat less red meat. Exercise. Drink red wine.  Check with your Doctor or nutritionist.  It's good to get a baseline bloodwork check and then make some diet changes and get the bloodwork done again to see if you lowered your cholestrol.  Some people still need cholestrol lowering meds to help.  HTH's
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Exercise and eat healthy.
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The doctors will tell you to follow  a low fat diet and increase you intake of things like oatmeal, or Cheerios. Exercise also helps. If you take the more medical way, the doctors can prescribe medications like zocor, lipitor of crestor to help bring down the cholesterol numbers. Hope this helps!!
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Drink plenty of water and don't smoke cigarettes (the worst for blood flow)or drink alcohol. Also Aerobic exercise will make your lungs better able to get oxygen into the bloodstream.
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Exercise is so important to health because it keeps your heart in shape, and unless you're looking for a heart attack at 30, clogged arteries [sic] and what not. I recommend exercise :)
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Avoid saturated fats, that's more important than avoiding cholesterol. Also diet and exercise. Replace butter with a heart healthy margarine and increase fiber intake.