How DHA Prevents Blindness and Helps Your Arteries
Thursday, March 03, 2011
Byron J. Richards, Board Certified Clinical Nutritionist
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DHA Docosahexaenoic acid Essential omega 3 fatty acid integral to the health of all cell membranes, nerve and brain function. Must be gotten through the diet via cold water oceanic fish or some very limited plant sources or taken as a supplement. is highly concentrated in the retinas of your eyes. New science proves that it regulates genes1 that control the growth of abnormal blood vessels beneath the retinas, a common cause of blindness especially in type 2 diabetic patients. The findings have additional value for the health of your arteries. Angiogenesis is the process by which your body generates new blood vessels – an absolutely vital process to maintaining your health. Under conditions of duress this system can go haywire and begin generating new blood vessels that are anti-health. When this happens beneath the retinas of the eye it is a huge problem to the health of eyes. As the problem progresses blindness typically occurs. The new data shows that DHA Docosahexaenoic acid Essential omega 3 fatty acid integral to the health of all cell membranes, nerve and brain function. Must be gotten through the diet via cold water oceanic fish or some very limited plant sources or taken as a supplement. can regulate gene expression of this vascular system, so that healthy blood vessels form and undesirable ones do not. The researchers note that this mechanism of DHA Docosahexaenoic acid Essential omega 3 fatty acid integral to the health of all cell membranes, nerve and brain function. Must be gotten through the diet via cold water oceanic fish or some very limited plant sources or taken as a supplement. function is likely to apply to many other health situations of abnormal formation of blood vessels. One example may be cancer, wherein tumors inappropriately set up an abnormal blood supply to themselves to foster their own growth. There is now an exciting emerging area of artery-health research that proves that fat around your arteries (pericardial fat) is likely the strongest reason for atherosclerosis and atrial fibrillation Most common type of irregular heart rhythm that involves the two upper chambers of the heart failing to beat in a synchronized fashion. It may be occur without symptoms or with feeling of palpitations, chest pain, fainting, or other cardiac symptoms.. Within your arteries is a small network of blood vessels called the vasa vasorum that actually supplies blood and nutrition to the walls of your arteries while removing waste products from them. Once fat builds up on the outside of your arteries then immune cells within the fat start generating inflammatory signals that disrupt electrical function of the heart as well as causing the plaque process to ramp up. A key aspect of the deterioration of arteries is that abnormal pressure dynamics and inflammation on the vasa vasorum cause highly abnormal blood vessel growth within the arteries. This abnormal growth is no longer healthy. Rather, it directly enhances the disease process. By working to contain such abnormal growth, this is likely another way that DHA Docosahexaenoic acid Essential omega 3 fatty acid integral to the health of all cell membranes, nerve and brain function. Must be gotten through the diet via cold water oceanic fish or some very limited plant sources or taken as a supplement. is so helpful to your cardiovascular health. Share:
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