Barbara Adde’s Reviews > You Are What Your Grandparents Ate: What You Need to Know About Nutrition, Experience, Epigenetics and the Origins of Chronic Disease > Status Update

… brain volume associated with memory loss.

Not only do the risk factors associated with NAFLD contribute to cognitive impairment, but a 2016 study published in the journal Neurology identified NAFLD as an independent risk factor for age-related cognitive decline. Another study, using date from the Framingham Offspring Cohort, found that by the time they reached middle age, otherwise healthy adults with NAFLD already demonstrated the lower …

Triggers for AFib include alcohol consumption, stress, food sensitivities, electrolyte imbalances and exposure to toxins.

“Emerging evidence suggests that a diet high in fiber promotes the development of friendly gut bacteria and the production of short-chain fatty acids may protect against CVD by lowering inflammation.”

“Although the research is still in its early stages, researchers are actively studying links between gut microbiota and numerous inflammatory diseases. We know that specific probiotics such as Lactobacillus reuteri reduce inflammation and that patients with certain inflammatory conditions, such as Crohn’s disease, are deficient in particular groups of intestine bacteria.”

“Scientists now believe that inflammation is implicated in the formation of artery-clogging plaque, thanks to a malfunction in the immune system. In fact, atherosclerosis has been described as a chronic inflammatory and immune disease. When the body’s innate immune-system response misfired, it generates inflammatory substances that create plaque.”

“A propensity to miscarry is another risk factor. Women who have had 3 or more miscarriages are more than twice as likely to develop heart disease as those who never miscarry.”

“..cholesterol and an increased risk of CVD. The evidence linking saturated fat consumption with high LDL levels is also under debate. I take of saturated fats raises both HDL and LDL cholesterol. It may also modify LDL cholesterol, making it less harmful.”

Sugar is significant factor.

“The idea that foods high in dietary cholesterol, such as eggs and shellfish, and those high in saturated fat, such as red meat, raise cholesterol and therefore cause heart attacks is an oversimplification. For lost people, dietary cholesterol has little or no impact on blood cholesterol levels. However, a 2018 study of almost 30k people, now being actively debated, did ID a link between excess dietary …

“Conventional wisdom suggests that high cholesterol and heart disease go hand in hand. However, that assumption is far from proven. While high levels of LDL cholesterol can cause plaque to form in the arteries, nearly half of heart attacks occur in people who appear to have normal cholesterol levels. At least 30% of people with heart disease have no known risk factors. For them early life changes may be cause.”