Eating purple fruits, such as blueberries, can help ward off neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer’s, Multiple Sclerosis and Parkinson’s.  Drinking green tea can also have the same protective effect.

New research finds that the majority of debilitating illnesses are in part caused by poorly-bound iron.  The iron causes the production of dangerous toxins, called hydroxyl radicals, that cause degenerative diseases of many kinds.  Nutrients known as iron chelators, however, can bind the iron tightly.

Science Daily reports:

“Brightly-colored fruits and vegetables are excellent sources of chelators, as is green tea, with purple fruits considered to have the best chance of binding the iron effectively.”

Heart artery plaque is not always dangerous — many of these buildups never erupt, dislodge and block a vessel, causing a potentially fatal heart attack.  Now, researchers have shown that iron is much more prevalent in the kind of plaque that is unstable and is thus more likely to promote a heart attack.

This means that iron buildup is a marker of risk for a future heart attack.

According to Newswise:

“In normal heart arteries, small blood vessels … bring nutrients to the vessel wall, and when plaque starts to build up inside the artery wall, some of these tiny vessels grow as well to feed them. These vessels can rupture, depositing iron, a component of blood, into the growing plaque. This unstable plaque, which has a large core of dead cells covered by a thin fibrous cap, can eventually rupture, forming a big blood clot that can shut down a heart artery.”

Heart artery plaque is not always dangerous — many of these buildups never erupt, dislodge and block a vessel, causing a potentially fatal heart attack.  Now, researchers have shown that iron is much more prevalent in the kind of plaque that is unstable and is thus more likely to promote a heart attack.

This means that iron buildup is a marker of risk for a future heart attack.

According to Newswise:

“In normal heart arteries, small blood vessels … bring nutrients to the vessel wall, and when plaque starts to build up inside the artery wall, some of these tiny vessels grow as well to feed them. These vessels can rupture, depositing iron, a component of blood, into the growing plaque. This unstable plaque, which has a large core of dead cells covered by a thin fibrous cap, can eventually rupture, forming a big blood clot that can shut down a heart artery.”

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