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There is much’ accumulated research which shows that vitamin B also plays an important role in prevention and treatment of atherosclerosis. The B-family vitamins specifically named in this connection are choline, inositol, pyridoxine, niacin and thiamin.
A study made in Poland on 26 patients with atheromatosis showed that 15 of them had a significant decline in blood cholesterol after administration of niacin. Another test on 230 patients demonstrated that the death toll of heart patients treated with choline was two and a half times smaller than in a corresponding group of patients on conventional medication. And animal tests, conducted at the Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, proved that a deficiency of pyridoxine (vitamin B6) has produced in animals the same condition as human hardening of the arteries, as well as high blood pressure. Also thiamin deficiency has been found to impair the function of the heart and result in “terminal cardiac standstill.”
The best sources of all the vitamins of the B-complex are brewer’s yeast, desiccated liver, wheat germ and all the unrefined grains, seeds and nuts. Never use single synthetic B-vitamins, except under a doctor’s supervision—some of them could be toxic taken alone in large doses, or they may create a deficiency in vitamins other than the B-complex. B-vitamins are most effective when taken together in natural food supplements, such as brewer’s yeast.
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