And the real cause of coronaric heart diseases is…sugar!

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Last day I was reading some articles on Sicilian red oranges and I’ve found a very useful article about the effects of sugars consumption and the risk of coronary heart diseases.

The study was conduced by Dr. Linus Pauling, a famous Nobel prize winner, that says:

The coronary disease, including angina pectoris seem to be typical of modern times. Their increasing impact goes hand in hand with the increased consumption of sugar. It’s not correlated with the consumption of animal fats (saturated fat) or fat in general.

From Wikipedia: “It is common to equate severity of angina with risk of fatal cardiac events.”

The citation continues with the explanation of the sugar (Sucrose) metabolism:

The sucrose metabolism in first place produces equal amounts of glucose and fructose.

Glucose enters directly into metabolic processes that provide energy to cells of the body.

The metabolism of fructose proceeds in part to a different direction as a precursor of cholesterol that we synthesize in the liver.

From a study of Dr. Milton Winitz

The ingestion of sucrose leads to an increase in the concentration of cholesterol in the blood.

The Dr. Pauling solution is the Vitamin C

He was very interested in the possible role of vitamin C in preventing atherosclerosis and published three case reports on the use of lysine and vitamin C to relieve angina pectoris.

You can find more of his works in the Linus Pauling Institute and read:

“Higher Plasma Vitamin C Concentration Predicts Lower Risk of Stroke”

In Summary:

1) Avoid foods high in Sucrose:

• Biscuits
• Cookies
• Cakes
• Pies
• Candy canes
• Ice cream
• Sorbets
• Sucrose-containing drinks

2) Choose fructose or corn syrup to sweet foods or drinks

3) Increase the consumption of foods high in Vitamin C

• Broccoli
• Tomato
• Red peppers
• Potatoes
• Oranges and Lemons
• Melons
• Spinachs
• Cauliflower
• Grapefruit
• Raspberry
• Strawberry
• Carrot
• Peach
• Apple

Read More:

You can read the book of Dr. Pauling: “How to Live Longer And Feel Better“

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