Heart
Health and Homocysteine
Cardiovascular
disease is the leading cause of death in the US - a disheartening fact
considering all the technology and money we have collectively used to improve
our heart function. Our own culture,
with its fast food and increasingly sedentary lifestyle, plays a major role in
the prevalence of heart diseases. One of
the problems we face is the degeneration and clogging of our artieries caused by
abnormal levels of homocysteine.
Homocysteine
is an amino acid created in your body necessary to create cysteine, which can
function has an antioxidant. However, elevated
levels of homocysteine are very dangerous for your arteries. When your body contains too much
homocysteine, this amino acid can do a couple things with grave ramifications
to your health. For instance, it can
damage the inner lining of the arteries, weakening them and sometimes making
them more brittle. The real danger of
elevated homocysteine is clogged arteries. Homocysteine can cause this in two ways - first through damaging the
arteries resulting in a clot, and secondly by causing plaque or fat to build up
in the arteries.
How do
you know if you have high homocyteine, and how do you combat it? Blood tests can easily tell you how much of
the amino acid you have. If abnormally
high, then medicine like the Nutri-West Homocysteine Redux must be taken. This contains a mixture of herbs and vitamins
that break down the homocysteine into innoculous compounds and also helps
dissolve any clogs already in your vessels. Though treatment for high homocysteine is simple, going without it may
seriously put a damper on your day.