Vascular calcification, arteriosclerosis is related to cadmium
Scientists have investigated how increased concentrations of cadmium, tungsten, uranium, cobalt, copper and zinc in the human body affect the development of arteriosclerosis. They analyzed data from an earlier study in which the metal levels in the urine of 6,418 people without heart disease were measured between 2000 and 2002.
The team concluded that metal exposure over a 10-year period was associated with the development of atherosclerosis. The substances increase the concentration of calcium in the coronary arteries. An earlier study confirmed the results: People with the highest levels of cadmium in their urine had 51% more calcified coronary arteries than participants with the lowest levels.
Ten years after the first analysis, this value increased by 24%. The rate of damaged coronary arteries was 45%, 39% and 47% higher for urinary tungsten, uranium and cobalt, respectively. For copper and zinc, the corresponding estimates fell from 55% to 33% and from 85% to 57% respectively after adjustment for clinical factors
What does that mean?
Soils are contaminated with heavy metals and enter the food chain. Certain plants absorb a lot of heavy metals. Tobacco, for example, contains cadmium as well.
Permanent detoxification is called for. E.g. with zeolite, chelates (apple, which contains pectin), ...
Sufficient zinc and copper are important. Apparently these metals counteract the heavy metals.
You should also take a look at boron, borax and the calcium balance. IF calcium is not going where it should go, to the bones it deposits in the vessels.
Fat alone is not decisive but the right fatty acids and cold-pressed, unrefined quality. Ideally olive oil. Avoid rapeseed oil, see what is behind the rapeseed oil which is actually canola oil - GMO, highly refinend with heat, solvents, … .
According to Michael Nehls, omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids should be consumed in a 1:1 ratio.