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Can plant foods and their phytochemicals be used to reduce arterial plaque? | Masterjohn Q&A Files #315

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The Effects of Carrots on Blood Pressure and LDL Oxidation

It's quite possible that carrots are more effective than these pharmacological inhibitors because they're not focused on keeping the cholesterol in the HDL. It's oxidized lipids driving inflammatory degradation of collagen that is relevant there. You're getting robust activation of cholesterol export from the cell mediated by the apoprotein from HDL and it's rivaling that of a drug. I'm going to juice consumption for three years by patients with carotid artery stenosis reduces common carotid into immediate thickness, blood pressure and LDL oxidation.

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