| If you want to learn your chances of
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| | under the age of 60.)If your C reactive
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| suffering a heart attack, ask your doctor
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| | protein is high, you may need to take
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| to draw blood for C-Reactive Protein
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| | Zithromax, Dynabec, or Biaxin for 9
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| (CRP), the good HDL and the bad LDL
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| | days.If your good HDL is low or your
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| cholesterol, small low-density
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| | triglycerides are high, you need to
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| lipoprotein, Lp(a), homocysteine. He will
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| | restrict calories and any foods that
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| also check your blood pressure.We used to
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| | cause a high rise in blood sugar, such as
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| think that heart attacks were caused
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| | bakery products, pastas and sugar-added
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| primarily by plaques accumulating in
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| | foods; and eat root vegetables and fruits
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| arteries because of high cholesterol
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| | only with other foods, not alone as
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| levels. Now we know that the inner lining
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| | snacks. You may also need to take
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| of an artery must first be roughed up
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| | medications.If your bad LDL cholesterol
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| before plaques form, and infections are
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| | is high, you need to restrict saturated
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| the most common cause of damaged inner
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| | fats, partially hydrogenated fats and
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| linings of arteries. C-Reactive Protein
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| | calories, and you may need to take
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| is a blood test that measures
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| | medication.If your Lp(a) is greater than
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| inflammation or the swelling that occurs
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| | 40, you need to take the vitamin niacin
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| in arteries before plaques form. So
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| | after every meal in continually raising
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| C-reactive protein is one of the best
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| | doses until your Lp(a) is below 40. Diet
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| indicators that a person is headed for a
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| | will not lower Lp(a).If your homocysteine
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| heart attack.Blood cholesterol levels are
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| | is high, you need to avoid meat and
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| still good predictors of heart attacks.
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| | poultry, and eat plenty of whole grains,
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| Your bad LDL cholesterol should be under
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| | leafy green vegetables. You can meet your
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| 100. If you have had a heart attack, your
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| | needs for vitamin B12 with seafood and
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| LDL should be under 70. Having high blood
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| | skim milk dairy products, or with B 12
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| levels of a subfraction of the bad LDL
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| | pills. If homocysteine remains above 100,
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| cholesterol called small LDL increases
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| | you should take folic acid, pyridoxine
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| your risk for a heart attack.Another test
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| | and B12 (readily available in combination
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| called homocysteine also predicts heart
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| | pills such as Foltex or Fol-B.)A
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| attacks. When your diet does not provide
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| | heart-healthy diet and lifestyle makes it
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| you with adequate amounts of the vitamins
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| | possible for most people to control
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| B12, pyridoxine and folic acid, blood
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| | cholesterol and blood pressure without
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| levels of homocysteine rise, damaging the
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| | drugs.Dr. Gabe Mirkin has been a radio
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| walls of the arteries and causing plaques
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| | talk show host for 25 years and
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| to form.Lp(a) is a genetic disorder that
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| | practicing physician for more than 40
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| causes clots to form and so is a cause of
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| | years; he is board certified in four
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| heart attacks, particularly in younger
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| | specialties, including sports medicine.
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| people (men under the age of 40 and women
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