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Dr. Martin: Well, good morning everyone. Welcome to another live. Thanks for coming on guys. We appreciate it. We love you dearly. Okay, let's get going. We're going to do a little teaching. I'll do a shortened version this morning, guys, on the road. Okay, couple of things. If you don't get our emails, okay, we talked this morning in our emails about the importance of inflammation when it comes to damaging blood vessels, okay? Because doctors and I get asked this all the time, all the time, all the time about cholesterol. Somebody even put on yesterday in our private Facebook group. How do I get my LDL down? I didn't answer it because you guys answered it. You said, why do you want to get your LDL down? Why are you doing that? And guys, I'm telling you, the cholesterol hoax, and that's really what it's been has been a disaster.
And when you look at heart disease, and this is what we're talking about in the email this morning. What damages your blood vessels, guys? Sugar, sugar. Nothing damages blood vessels like sugar. But what does it do inside the blood vessel? Okay, what is the processes? What does it do to damage a blood vessel? Okay, so let's just go over this for a minute. One, glycation, okay? It glycates your blood vessels, it hardens the blood vessels, it damages the Teflon layer of the blood vessels, okay? You want to know where plaque comes from? Plaque doesn't just show up in your blood vessels, guys. Plaque just doesn't show up. It doesn't just show up, okay? Plaque shows up. It's a repair mechanism because the Teflon layer of your blood vessels have been damaged. What are they damaged by? Glycation. Sugar causes glycation.
How do we know that for a hundred percent fact? Because sugar glycates, damages your hemoglobin in your red blood cell. So if it does that, that's why you can actually take a measurement of your A1C. What is A1C? It's glycated hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is that little we molecule inside of red blood cell that carries oxygen, it gets damaged and you can measure it, right? Why is A1C Dr. Martin's favorite test when it comes to blood sugar, when it comes even to insulin? Because you can measure over a three, four month period the damage that sugar creates, guys. Okay? So you guys know that. So that's one of the processes. It's called glycation. The second one is inflammation. Sugar causes inflammation. Why does it do that? Because sugar is so toxic. Your body responds to that toxicity. You have a repair mechanism in your body, okay? And it's called inflammation. You get a fever, inflammation. You have an infection, inflammation.
So, it's on your side until it's not. How does it not stay positive for you? Is if it stays there too long. So all those extra enzymes, all those extra protein, that damages, if it stays there too long, it damages blood vessels, guys. So you have glycation, you have inflammation. This is why. And in the email this morning we talked about the importance of getting your CRP done. I remember this is back, oh, got to be in the year 2000. Maybe before that, even on my radio show, I talked about the importance of CRP. People thought I had two heads, they didn't understand what I was saying. But you could measure CRP, C reactive protein. Your body makes C reactive protein and it's a marker of inflammation. C reactive protein. And I remember there was studies done in the 1990s on CRP and heart disease. Inflammation that stays there too long will damage blood vessels. Glycation, inflammation, okay?
So, one of the things when you look at your A1C, right? Your A1C is too high, your sugar is damaging your blood vessels guys, and it's going to create an inflammatory response. And if that doesn't go away, that compounds the damage. Here's another one. Oxidation. Okay, oxidation. That damages blood vessel. What is oxidation? Cut an apple in half, leave it on the counter. Won't take long. You're going to the browning effects of an apple left cut in half in the air. What is that? Oxidation. Free radical damage. You're rusting out. That's what happens in the blood vessels. Sugar accelerates oxidation. Sugar accelerates inflammation. Sugar accelerates glycation. Got the memo? You see guys, that's how heart disease takes place. And then you clog up. Okay? So the damage is done. You got plaque. Why do you have plaque? It's forming. Why does it form? Because there's too much glycation, too much inflammation, too much oxidation.
Then because people are eating too much sugar. What does that do in your blood? It elevates your triglycerides. Fat balls. Fat balls will get caught on plaque. Now, cholesterol is involved. It's coming to repair. Cholesterol is a repair mechanism. It comes to the damaged site in the blood vessel, but it's not the bad guy. It's a good guy. Now, listen. Think about what happens. It's not a mystery, guys. They blame cholesterol for what sugar is doing inside the body. That's the little point we're trying to make. Why it's important to check your A1C. Check your triglycerides versus your HDL. Remember, cholesterol is on your side. It's not the enemy guys. It's the policemen at the crime scene. It's the firemen at the fire. That's why cholesterol turns to plaque and when they saw cholesterol, they said, oh, no wonder it's clogging up the arteries. No, it's not. No, it's not.
So guys, that is the breakdown. That's how it happens. That's what goes on guys in heart disease. I get asked every day about cholesterol. How do I get my cholesterol down? Why do you want to get your cholesterol down? Cholesterol's on your side. There's no such thing as bad cholesterol guys. There really isn't. LDL's not a bad guy. The more they study it, the more they look at. And if they're honest about it, they go, yeah, well, that's not a bad guy. Okay, you got the memo guys? Okay, guys, shortened form today. Okay, sorry about that. Simone is saying, what should A1C under 5.4? 5.4 or under. If it's above 5.4, you're getting damage inside your blood vessels by a glycation. A1C is such a good test.
Okay, so you got the memo and we wanted to break that down because somebody was asking me about it yesterday and I said, okay. Simone thank you for asking. I saw it. Usually I don't see anything on a scroll, but I guess maybe it's because I'm looking down today. Carole, safe travels for doc. Okay, guys, we love you. Thanks for all the birthday wishes yesterday. You guys were great, by the way. Okay? Yeah your old goat. Okay? Your old goat, and Tabitha. Wow. From Indonesia. Hey, thanks for coming on. Okay guys, we love you dearly. Sorry for the short little thing and the delay on getting on. We love you dearly and we'll be on tomorrow, Lord willing, at the right time. And I hope my device works okay? Talk to you soon. Bye.
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