Meat compound in energy drinks, weight-loss treatments causes ...

Compound found in energy drinks leads to hardening of arteries.

The latest scientific research study from the Cleveland Clinic has revealed that a dietary compound used in abundance as a supplement in energy drinks, energy pills and a number of weight-loss treatments was discovered to cause the hardening of arteries.

According to the study, the new findings may explain why a number of people, even while their cholesterol levels are under control, suffer from the poor health effects of a diet high in beef, lamb, duck and pork. Or meat, in general.

The research group, led by Dr. Stanley Hazen, section head of preventive cardiology and rehabilitation, has been investigating the link between heart disease and foods, the bacteria in the intestine that digest them, and the substances these bacteria create in the digestion process.

In 2011, the group connected the dietary nutrient lecithin, found naturally in animal products, to heart disease through a byproduct of its metabolism in the gut called TMAO. In those studies TMAO, or trimethylamine N-oxide, proved to be a 10-fold stronger predictor of heart disease than cholesterol, a relationship that has held up in more recent work.

Now Hazen?s group has found a similar relationship between TMAO and carnitine, a substance that is found in abundance in red meat and is needed in the body for the production of energy. When carnitine is digested, it drives up TMAO, and TMAO leads to increased plaque buildup in the arteries.

Maybe it?s time for people to switch to a plant-based diet in order to avoid such compounds from adversely affecting their health, and causing early death.

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Source: http://ofcoursevegan.com/2013/06/03/meat-compound-in-energy-drinks-weight-loss-treatments-causes-hardening-of-arteries/

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