The AHA and Folic Acid
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Folic acid is a B vitamin… B-6.
What you’ve heard for a long time is cholesterol, cholesterol, cholesterol.
Funny (not really) thing is, statin drugs are the most prescribed drugs and heart disease is still the number 1 killer.
There is another view of heart disease cause. Not one a pharmaceutical company has been able to capitalized on. And that is the inflammation view.
Homocysteine is a toxic amino acid that irritates the blood vessel lining and causes inflammation. Too much homocysteine and your blood vessels can’t dilate adequately… not enough blood flow to heart… heart attack. (Also, not enough blood to the brain… stroke).
Folic acid (as well as B-12) help break down homocysteine.
Folic acid is in leafy greens, beans, grains.
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