NUSC 1165 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Oatmeal, Saturated Fat, Trans Fat
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Blood vessel is supplying oxygen, in cardiovascular disease it is supplying to the heart and/ or brain. Blood contains oxygen, moving in direction of heart or brain: disruption of this flow of oxygen to heart will cause heart attack, disruption of this flow of oxygen to brain will cause stroke. Older you get, more sensitive you are to it. Sodium found in table salt, soups, processed foods, canned vegetables, gluten free products: increase dietary calcium, low fat dairy, leafy greens because of potassium, dash diet is doing this restriction and increasing. Once disruption occurs, your body will try to repair it by using fibrin, contains blood clots. Blockage causes part of heart muscle that is blocked to die, causing myocardial infarction (mi), or a heart attack. If build up continues to build too large, the build up itself will block blood flow: to avoid plaque build up, decrease ldl cholesterol. Restrict saturated fat (red meat, butter, tropical oils, animal fats).
