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PubMed1987

Water and arteriosclerosis.

Consumption of hard water is presumed to protect against the development of arteriosclerotic diseases. Substantial epidemiologic correlations support the "hard water effect" as sufficiently valid to warrant alteration of public water supplies as a public health measure. A recently proposed theory that arteriosclerosis is an indolent, chronic, infectious disease caused by cyanobacteria suggests that an alternate explanation may be possible. The relationship between hard water and arteriosclerosis is reviewed, contradictions and exceptions noted, and an alternate theory of microbial infection is offered.

Arteriosclerosis↗
PubMed1987

Arteriosclerosis in East Asians.

Arteriosclerosis is remarkably common in East Asians, both in the greater subcontinent and in their adopted countries after migration. Since arteriosclerosis is an acquired disease, East Asians must possess and preserve a common cultural practice related to the cause of arteriosclerosis and its complications. Therefore, an unusual opportunity is provided to examine East Asian migration and customs, especially diet, searching for a clue to the etiology of this disease. The result of this analysis provides additional support for a new theory proposing arteriosclerosis as an infectious disease caused by Cyanobacteria.

Arteriosclerosis↗
PubMed1986

Milk and arteriosclerosis.

Milk consumption is related to arteriosclerosis. Recent landmark studies confirm a previously suspected close correlation between milk intake and arteriosclerotic heart disease. Support is therefore provided for a recently proposed novel hypothesis that arteriosclerosis is a chronic infectious disease caused by blue-green bacteria and that milk is a carrier vehicle for these contaminant organisms. A revisionist view of diet and milk in the causation of arteriosclerosis is developed. Previous hypotheses relating milk consumption to arteriosclerosis and advances in pasteurization techniques are discussed and integrated with this infection theory.

Animals↗
PubMed1985

A possible cause of arteriosclerosis.

A new etiology of arteriosclerosis is proposed. This theory has emerged from the inability of current theories to account for the spontaneously occurring disease and from numerous factual anomalies uncovered by recent research. It is suggested that arteriosclerosis is a chronic infectious disease caused by an infestation of blue-green algae, and that the natural history, histopathologic changes, and many apparently contradictory facts associated with arteriosclerosis are explained by such an etiologic agent. If correct, a radical shift in our understanding of the disease is required. Certain observations and forecasts are made based upon this infection theory.

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