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...Food fats are classed by chemists as saturated if they have hydrogen atoms hooked onto the carbon atoms all along the molecular chain, as mono-unsaturated if hydrogen atoms are missing at one point in the chain, and as polyunsaturated if they are absent at two or more points. Most saturated fats are solid at room temperature, and come from meat or milk. The polyunsaturated fats, notably linoleic acid, are found mainly in fish, marine mammals, and such plant extracts as safflower, sunflower, cottonseed, soybean, corn and peanut oils. Only ten years ago, safflower oil was made mostly from imported...
Subjected to Stress. Deeply inhaled smoke, the researchers found, irritates the cells that line the tiniest chambers of the lung (alveoli). The walls of the alveoli thicken, lose their elasticity and much of their ability to do their vital job of exchanging carbon dioxide for oxygen. Subjected to sudden stress-such as a cough or sneeze-the alveolar walls rupture; part of the lung becomes useless...
Even while the heart is being asked to overexert, carbon monoxide from cigarette smoke combines with red blood cells and decreases their capacity to carry oxygen. As a result, the hard-working heart muscle is given less fuel to do its job. At the same time, tobacco's nicotine causes a constriction of small arteries in the extremities and speeds up the heart, increasing its need for oxygen and complicating the coronary problem...
Rumors of Franco's bad health have been current for years. Don Juan himself figures in one. Two years ago there were reports that Franco had passed out in his car, overcome by carbon monoxide fumes...
...carotid body, Dr. Nakayama's research indicated, is not only a junction point for many nerves (see diagram), but, by its responses to minute changes in the composition of the blood, it does much to regulate breathing. Most notably, an increase in the blood's carbon dioxide content sets off a carotid body reaction that can bring on a choking attack of asthma by causing fast, shallow breathing in lungs unable to handle the added load. To suppress these excessive reactions, Dr. Nakayama wondered, why not cut out one or both carotid bodies? After tests on animals...