Atherosclerosis: A Herbal Prevention Program
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“The interrelationships of homocysteine, B vitamins, and atherosclerosis, (and) the findings of a significant inverse relation between dietary intake of folate and vitamin B6 and mortality and morbidity from cardiovascular disease during a 14-year period in the Nurses' Health Study... with intervention through supplementation, fortification, improved dietary intake of folate and vitamin B6, ..., the decline in US cardiovascular mortality and morbidity will continue. Therefore, the simplest dietary precautions, adopted early in life, can substantially lower the risk of coronary artery disease.” --Professor of Medicine The George Washington University, Washington, DC
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