Fri, May-20-16, 07:34
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Finding the Pieces
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Plan: Mishmash
Stats: 365/308.0/185
BF:
Progress: 32%
Location: Maryland, US
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This might be a jump, but a high fructose diet causes collagen abnormalities in rats--excess collagen in the tail and in the skin, with excessive cross-linking from glycation.
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I wonder if that's why another reason Pauling used to rant about HFCS before it was even thought of that it had might have harmful effects. He would constantly mention it was causing structural and liver damage.
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I've seen suggestions that plaque tends to form where there's likely to be the greatest levels of hydraulic stress... that might just be where there's the highest level of elastin in the first place.
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Like near the heart?
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But of course rats can make their own vitamin c.
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But guinea pigs can't. Which is what Pauling used to test/prove his theory/treatment of heart disease. |