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December 7, 2023
Antioxidants and statins (3-hydroxy-3-methylglutary-coenzyme A reductase inhibitors) A three-year randomized controlled trial in 160 patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) and low high-density-lipoprotein (HDL) levels found that a combination of simvastatin (Zocor) and niacin increased the HDL2 subfraction level (considered the most cardioprotective), inhibited the progression of coronary artery stenosis (narrowing), and decreased the frequency of cardiovascular events, such as myocardial infarction and stroke (130)
I thought it was good for us, sports medicine people, to see whats out there and kind of summarize those 36 articles, and thats what they do
These included gastrointestinal lesions, pancreatic injury, hepatic damage, cardiac tissue impairment, endothelial disruption, and alterations in vascular pressure regulation
This systemic inflammation, akin to the processes described in schizophrenia, can traverse the blood-brain barrier or transmit via vagal afferents, subsequently activating microglia and exacerbating neuroinflammatory processes while impairing prefrontal cortex-mediated executive functions including decision-making and emotional regulation (270)
