Fatty Meals May Impair Artery Function
Channel: NutritionFacts.org
Date: 2015-08-14

We finally discovered why a single high-fat meal can cause angina chest pain.

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This effect could certainly help explain the findings in Low Carb Diets and Coronary Blood Flow (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/low-carb-diets-and-coronary-blood-flow/). What about so-called healthy fats like extra virgin olive oil? That’s the subject of my next video: Olive Oil and Artery Function (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/olive-oil-and-artery-function).

For more on angina, that’s the topic I started my 2014 year-in-review talk with: From Table to Able: Combating Disabling Diseases with Food (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/from-table-to-able/).

Another consequence of endothelial dysfunction is lack of blood flow to other organs. Check out: Survival of the Firmest: Erectile Dysfunction (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/survival-of-the-firmest-erectile-dysfunction-and-death/) and Death and Atkins Diet: Trouble Keeping It Up (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/atkins-diet-trouble-keeping-it-up/).

Fat in the blood stream can also impair our ability to control blood sugar levels. See:
• What Causes Insulin Resistance? (http://nutritionfacts.org/what-causes-insulin-resistance)
• The Spillover Effect Links Obesity to Diabetes (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/the-spillover-effect-links-obesity-to-diabetes)
• Lipotoxicity: How Saturated Fat Raises Blood Sugar (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/lipotoxicity-how-saturated-fat-raises-blood-sugar)

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