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HILLS Saturday September lt8t Lifestyle dr con Finding a cure for heart disease By Peter D Coronary artery disease the cause of heart attacks Is a major health problem worldwide Researchers in many laboratories are trying to cover the process by which coronary arteries age become narrowed and eventually block off resulting in myo cardial infarction heart attack This much a known As people grow older the linings of their lea become roughened and irregular a far cry from the Teflon smooth ar terial linings of children The primary cause of this alteration has been shown to be the atheromatous plaque a sticky podge deposit that acts very much like a grimy spot of creo sote in a smooth flue While they slow ly build up over the years these plaques which are composed cholesterol prolan and cellular de bris cause an irritation within the arterial lining The irritation attracts white blood cells that attempt to lodge the deposit as they would try to destroy any other foreign material in the body Because of its rough the plaque also attracts platelets the tiny blood cells that form the basis of blood clots When enough platelets ad here to the shaggy and tacky plaque a clot forms further blocking the tery slowing blood flow and Ing to fill the arterial opening Once theaneryissevorely narrowed heart cramps angina can appear once the artery is completely occluded myo cardial infarction is a certainty Until the last few years scientists believed that the lining acted primarily as a coating for the deeper muscular layers of the artery Being a delicate single mem barely one cell thick the endo thelium was regarded simply as a sheet through en Is and waste products passively dif fused Recent studies have shown that this view was incorrect New cries have opened up a whole new realm of inlormation that may even lead to a practical preventative for heart attacks Among other functions the endo thelium has been shown to participate actively in a complex series of reactions all of which influence the tone or state contraction of the artery These unctions include the uptake and destruction of adrenalin and seroto nin two powerful natural chemicals that cause constriction of blood vessels the conversion of angiotensin I to angiotensin another powerful con stridor of arteries the breakdown of a potent dilator of arteries to inactive compounds the release a group of sub stances called endothelium derived relaxing factor EDRF a vigorous dilator of arteries Thus to the endothelium alls the Job of balancing strong chemicals that either widen arteries or constrict POLLYS POINTERS Polly Fisher Should she dilute chicken broth By Polly Fisher DEAR POLLY When a recipt calls for chicken broth should 1 dilute the canned condensed chicken broth or use it at lull strength right from the can CH DEAR Cfl Depending on recipe and own taste the con denied broth may either be diluted or used full strength A richer fuller la product will result If the broth Is fall strength especially when It an Ingredient In sauce or roles However when making soups I gen dilate the condensed broth at least partially since using It lull strength often results in an sally soup Yon can make your own chicken broth easily and store it In your so It always hand Jut follow any good chicken soup recipe strain the broth and pack It In freezer eon label and frreir I usually use I and cnp containers since these are hand quantities But you could use very amounts frequently Make whatever quantity is or you I preler to make broth with a mini mum of salt then season my finished dish to taste That way there no danger ending up with an overly salty oup sauce or casserole I sending yon a cop of my news letter Hot and Heart Soups which includes an excellent chick to soup recipe that can be used for broth along with soups that have prepared or homemade chicken broth as a base inch as Pumpkin Peanut Soap and cream of vegetable DEAR POLLY When cleaning Venetian blinds use a large paper clip to keep track of which slats have been cleaned Clean several slats starting at the top then attach the paper clip to the last slat you cleaned Clean down several more and move the pa per clip down Continue this way until you reach the bottom slat It is easier than trying to keep count in your mind NINA DEAR NINA What a simple but useful tip for those with blinds their homes especially the fashionable and lovely mini blinds Your helpful pointer earns the Pointer of the Week award a copy of my book Pol ly Pointers Helpful Hints for Making Every thing Last Longer Others may order It for IS SO Make your check payable to POLLYS POINTERS and send lo POLLYS POINTERS PO Boa Cleve land OH POLLY DEAR POLLY To make a great clothespin holder I take an empty 1 gallon bleach Jug and cut a hole in the pouring side large enough to comfort ably put my hand in I then ill the jug with clothespins I cut a piece out of the handle near the bottom taking away about inch of the handle and leaving the rest as a hook This allows the jug to be hung on the clothesline To make It more attractive I use pretty contact paper to decorate the Jug These jugs are also handy to put yarn in while crocheting or knitting The yam can be run through the spout while you work preventing it from tangling or rolling away ALICE Polly mil send you a Polly Dollar ft she uses your favorite Pointer Peeve or Problem in her column Write POLLY S POINTERS in care e seems to have provided protective mechanism which the endothelium of the coro nary arteries reacts lo injury or to blood clot formation by stimulating the muscle layers to relai allowing for healing as well as for a flushing out of any blockage When he endothelial lining is dls as is the case with an athero matous plaque the defense is neutralised a clot grows and heart at Lack ensues This relation has been unequivocally demonstrated in a number of studies that have linked ab normal endothelial function to spasm especially In ic coronary arteries with filed obstruction In one study the Intrave nous administration of a coronary dl actually caused arterial constriction in patients with atheromatous plaques showing that the relaxing effects of were inoperative At present there is no practical ap plication for these intriguing findings About all we can do is to maintain healthful lifestyles exercise regular ly reduce dietary fat stop smoking stay trim In short try to retard the inevitable build up of atheromatous cliques in our routing pipes However doctors are hoping that before too long scientists will op ways of sealing the endothelium of our own astonishing de fense mechanisms to protect us from coronary artery disease Of course the Implications of such a break through are staggering other vascu diseases as well as asthma and emphysema have been shown to de pend on endothelial integrity The se cret curing these afflictions may lie In the deceptively simple and pro letarian lining of blood vessels to which no one paid much attention un til recently EKTOPlUIE Give gifts and cards and help a child Ontario ASK KATHY TUB always heard thai sugar is fat and yet 1 cad where it imams inly 16 calorics per tea It wind seem to me hat woulihavel cat me a bit to really cam weight 1 really be that i inicrnni an try to avoid sugar 1 man hi lem with is tint so much the SI MILTON Main SI STORE SALE 20 to OFF SELECTED ITEMS INCLUDING MATERNITY WEAR mis to Sat 8750481 I f NATIONAL rem I H KfiKIUIJIUJIWM By Glenda Hughes Sales Rep 8730300 for past month I lietn working J ample from lint arc transferring Georgetown What a month it lias been mil in mans respects Housing prices are so dnsticilly different in the London area that it seems the ire hue double or in identical home that the are mining from world can be possible or a little town like nan such highly priced homes London is just hours and a misers town lots of growth and great housing here is the problem lies With no youth anv rani mention in town wo ire people who ml in lisc in to pay mire or their homes than in ndghbonni limns through our MLS books now you will note that this is no longer true it is wonderful lor the vendors out there wonder if the will and l think it time Our prices so dramatically over the past dm to a shortage of homes that is possible we an artificial new our north With the new subdivision now under waj we just might see a levelling prices lor a few years is hard to say just how these new homes are going affect our prices but 1 in help but thin the levelling has got be good lor our lint time buyers and lor mid range buyers too What a shame is lor an agent to base to lei I a lirsl time thai ran afford and lhal they are going have lo look further west when prices are quite a bit lower Surel there is something wrong with the system Georgetown boast of great amenities all we can about is that are very unique in having the Bruce Trail the Niagara Escarpment and the Credit Valley al our doorstep Should this be the reason for our high prices 1 don think Personally am welcoming the growth small is to help oul our purchasers It is long overdue and maybe now we might get the odd major chain looking at us with newly opened eyes and our cur rent entrepreneurs making a decent living with the new oiks in town cheers for the mess on the Line We do deserve a boost for he kids who want to in Georgetown likely aui it closes in your body lat it is quickly the As rises your body cereals and beverages hat add up so scvrciiri insulin Insulin the nil At Pitt sve teach you how mi when alien your and how needed lur iniiiiciluic energy mate wise sclcinons Making informed decisions about foods and the more you will is the first step hi the ouarcwsreW clones you ti weight loss and in the form of fit An weight tall Diet Ccn crime in today or a free con add Wis that add to tin suit in an let our counselors help li all teaspoons in the road to belter Mill SI Br VISA NOW OPEN MONDAYS Pish Chips Licenced Under L B O Georgetown Market Place Georgetown 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