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the_real_abraham t1_j74hbu7 wrote

Reply to comment by PandaEven3982 in Heart Disease Breakthrough: New Immune Target Discovered. Heart disease is a leading cause of death worldwide. Research has identified suPAR as a protein that contributes to the development of atherosclerosis and kidney disease, offering new opportunities for treatment. by Creepy_Toe2680

I just remember walking out of my Dr.s office, after having been prescribed lipitor for high cholesterol and high BP, and found a tray of pamphlets on heart disease. It described inflamation as the main culprit. Blood overloaded with glucose acts as sandpaper in the arteries, causing inflammation. Cholesterol coats the inflammation and clogs your arteries. Because modern medicine is tuned to treat symptoms instead actual diseases, you end up with drugs like lipitor. Since the behavior that causes the disease is not addressed, drugs will eventually fail. That's across the board for anything that's not genetic. The people that tend to survive are the ones that change behavior and environment. As for gut health, we are slowly but surely finding out how foundational the gut is.

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ali-n t1_j750a6o wrote

The finding is that an immune system protein causes the hardening of arteries, not their clogging. Even when you address clogging people are still majorly dying of heart disease. Your point is still valid, that the solution is to treat the disease rather than just throwing drugs at the symptoms.

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PandaEven3982 t1_j74kw8u wrote

Turn around, I'm your choir. My body has been trying to suicide without permission since I was 39. I've been sick the whole way...but I'm 61 :-)

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