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Sep 20, 2011, 12:52 pm
The real challenge in going wheat free is to find suitable food alternatives. I've had little problem with lunch or dinner. I love sub sandwiches and Jimmy Johns make the UnWich (lettuce wrap instead of bread) and a good Cobb salad always works for me. Dinner is even less problematic with lean... Comment - Like
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Sep 17, 2011, 10:41 am
This just in! A new strain of genetically modified wheat ("GM Wheat" as they euphemistically call it in the industry) is about to hit the fields for testing. You can read more here. But, let me synopsize the report for you.
I kid you not, a new genetic modification is being introduced to wh... Comment - Like
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Sep 17, 2011, 12:13 am
The numbers don't lie. Nature's own original wheat has 14 chromosomes. Modern wheat has 42! Those extra 28 chromosomes are all genetic codes cross-bred and genetically engineered to produce proteins to kill fungus, bugs, bacteria, make wheat shorter, faster growing etc. We all know abouts t... Comment - Like
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Sep 15, 2011, 11:36 am
Just yesterday, the Associated Press reported that, "An estimated 366 million people world-wide now suffer from diabetes, and the global epidemic is getting worse ..." This is according to the International Diabetes Federation which described the situation as "staggering" with one person dying fr... Comment - Like
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Sep 14, 2011, 1:41 pm
... Sankyo, Inc.; Abbott Diabetes Care; AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP; Served as a speaker ... Nordisk; Bristol-Myers Squibb Company; AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP; sanofi-aventis: Owns stock, ... stock options, or bonds from: Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Served as member of ... the Grain Food... Comment - Like
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May 7, 2011, 6:58 pm
While I was driving down the highway this billboard happened to catch my eye and gave me a chuckle (the added text and arrows are mine, of course).
This burrito looks exactly like the cross-section of an artery in the midst of a heart attack. The similarity is absolutely uncanny!
Remember, you ar... Comment - Like
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May 5, 2011, 10:29 pm
One of the great things about technology is that it has vastly improved customer service. I can order products, pay, track shipments, get support, do just about everything from my laptop to smart-phone. So, why is it that some medical facilities are still hopelessly behind the technology curve?... Comment - Like
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Nov 23, 2010, 1:20 pm
Well, well, well! A funny thing happened on the way to the "statin forum." Astra-Zeneca, in a bald-faced attempt to broaden the narket for its statin product Crestor, ended up proving beyond a shadow of a doubt that heart scans and calcium scoring is the most powerful predictor of heart attacks ... Comment - Like
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Nov 10, 2010, 9:25 pm
Ever since I was diagnosed as prediabetic I have been looking for ways to stave off the inexorable march to full-blown diabetes and its many heart related complications. As I wrote earlier, the words of one of many endocrinologists I went to keeps wringing in my ears. "You gotta exercise. I h... Comment - Like
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Aug 29, 2010, 3:35 pm
Yes, there will be blood!
You know, the older I get the more I am inclined to believe that heart disease is just another symptom of a more systemic problem - getting old! Since I became consumed by heart disease I have gone down the rabitt-hole of thyroid function (Hashimoto's in my case) and diab... Comment - Like
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Jul 13, 2010, 7:24 pm
Taxpayer Subsidized Speech isn’t Free to Taxpayers
Milwaukee County employee Christopher Liebenthal’s “extensive blogging activity, including blogging of a of political nature” from his taxpayer-funded computer may not be a felony, but it’s an outrage against the taxpayers and those... Comment - Like
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May 23, 2010, 5:22 pm
Although there are several exercise guidelines there really is no "Track Your Plaque" exercise program, but if there was one it would probably be a lot like the one that produced the picture at left. Yup, that is skinny, old (and getting older every day) HeartHawk after just 90 days (one with my hea... Comment - Like
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May 21, 2010, 10:11 am
I have been critical of the AHA in the past for their stodgy, politically correct perspective on heart disease but this takes the cake. No longer satisfied to endorse sugary, diabetes-inducing foods as heart healthy, they have expanded their coveted "Heart Check" endorsement to the Wii video game co... Comment - Like
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May 15, 2010, 3:37 pm
I had one of my regular meetings with Doc Davis of Track Your Plaque book and website fame today where he remarked about a patient he encountered that nearly died of a pulmonary embolism after going off prescription anti-thrombotic medicine in favor of nattokinase.
Doc Davis has been a critic of nat... Comment - Like
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Feb 7, 2010, 11:03 pm
I use http://www.nutritiondata.com/ quite a bit to determined carb content of various foods now that I am tracking my blood sugar. I am prediabetic and like all good TYP'ers this is one more thing I am tracking to reduce my heart disease risk.
While at the site today I stumbled across a blog written... Comment - Like
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Jan 20, 2010, 10:00 am
And just when you thought it couldn't get any better another compelling reason for knowing your Omega-3 Blood Index and optimizing your fish oil dose is uncovered. A new study among patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) has discovered an association between fish oil and the rate at which telom... Comment - Like
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Jan 10, 2010, 11:54 pm
It seems to me that it has been a while since I waxed rhetoric about the roller coaster we all ride while fighting heart disease. One of my favorite rants amidst the rapid changes I encounter particularly with regard to diet and heart disease is what I call "The Pizza Paradox."
I love a good pizza b... Comment - Like
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Dec 16, 2009, 12:31 pm
Well, by now I am certain most of you have heard that the FDA, based on the results of the JUPITER Study, has approved rosuvastatin (Crestor) for men over 50 and women over 60 with normal LDL-cholesterol levels (LDL 2.0 mg/dL), elevated high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP >2.0mg/dL) and trig... Comment - Like
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Dec 9, 2009, 9:30 am
And now comes more genetic proof that Vitamin D is an important heart health player. Once it became established that a "Vitamin D receptor" existed in the heart it was only a matter of time before researchers began teasing out why nature put it there.
New research shows that a gene variant of CYP27B... Comment - Like
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Dec 7, 2009, 4:10 pm
Time for a "Seinfeld" blog about next to nothing. Which is about how much sleep I got last night. Along with a bottle of 2007 Malbec I just bought, it got me daydreaming about the 2007 EPIC study that drew an association between napping and heart disease. I say association because nothing in the stu... Comment - Like
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Dec 4, 2009, 8:59 pm
Higher HDL inhibits heart disease, right? CETP inhibits HDL production, right? Ergo, find an agent that inhibits CETP, raises HDL, and you will reduce heart disease right? Well, maybe! Then again, maybe not.
The torcetrapib debacle showed that CETP can be inhibited thereby generating spectacular inc... Comment - Like
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Dec 2, 2009, 10:13 am
In another sign that Dr. Davis and Track Your Plaque had it right all along, a small study at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center of the RCadia Automated CT Analyzer provided a high negative predictive value and may help move patients quickly through the emergency room.
"the algorithm of ECG, seria... Comment - Like
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Dec 2, 2009, 9:57 am
Yeah, I guess I am a phillistine now that Google Ads run on my blog. As you probably know Track Your Plaque is a non-paying gig and we refuse to run ads on the member site (members voted this down even if it meant reducing the $6.65 per month membership fee that keeps the site out of hock). So, we... Comment - Like
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