The health of your heart is determined not only by what you eat but by what you know? Learn what is not in any Harvard medical textbook, and what most cardiologists don’t know about atherosclerosis, the leading cause of heart disease, stroke, and other vascular-related complications!
Watch the interview to get the answers to this True or False Quiz!
True or False?
- A typical red blood cell is larger than a capillary and therefore has to deform to pass through the capillary.
- Excessive dietary saturated fats stiffen Red Blood Cells making it harder for the Red Blood Cells to pass through the capillary.
- It takes higher blood pressure to move stiff Red Blood Cells through the capillaries.
- A Red Blood Cell, after about 120 days, is removed from circulation by the spleen.
- Older Red Blood Cells are more stiff.
- The thicker the blood the higher the blood pressure, the more prone a person is to clotting.
- Pre-menopausal women rarely have heart attacks.
- There are more Red Blood Cells than White Blood Cells.
- The higher the LDL cholesterol, the higher the blood viscosity.
- Atherosclerosis begins as a blood clot.
- Each Red Blood Cell has a negative charge on its outer surface which help to repel them from each other.
- LDL cholesterol is a bridging molecule that makes Red Blood Cells stick together
- Oils, high fructose corn syrup, meats like beef, chicken, pork, fish, alchohol get converted in the liver into fat and leads to elevated ldl cholesterol.
- Stress and stress equivalence like a lack of sleep, dietary caffeine and tobacco causes high blood pressure.
- The most common cause of blindness in adults over 50 are related to atherosclerosis.
- The Red Blood Cells have difficulty passing through a capillary if they can’t deform and if the blood is thicker.
- Chronic high blood pressure damages arteries.
- Pathologists know more about atherosclerosis than most cardiologists or vascular surgeons.
- You can cure atherosclerosis with diet.
- Atherosclerosis typically starts at the arteries to the heart and the carotid artery.
- A stagnant cup full of blood will thicken after sitting for a period of time.
- The endothelial cells that line the arteries can get confused and react as if there is a vascular injury.
- Excess sodium inhibits endothelial nitric oxide production.
- Atherosclerosis is partially reversible.
- The vast majority of patients with coronary artery atherosclerosis is caused by eating too much fat, salt & oils.
- Endothelial cells are the lifejacket of the arteries and they produce nitric oxide.
- Nitric oxide is like a gas that goes out into the blood and prevents platelets from clotting.
- Excessive dietary sodium, like what is in processed food, can inhibit nitric oxide production.
- Potassium and magnesium, found in vegetables and fruits, are vasodilators which keep arteries open for optimal blood flow.
- In order to have a heart attack you need to have elevated ldl cholesterol.
- Over treated hypertension can result in a stroke.
- Heart disease is an inevitable consequence of aging.
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