High glucose levels can be stopped from damaging heart muscle. A new study reported in the journal Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy indicates major progress with treatment with folic acid. An author of the study, Professor Lexin Wang of Charles Sturt University in Australia, says:
"These are extremely exciting discoveries because for a very long time we did not have much of success in steering the heart away from the insult of high levels of blood glucose, in particular in the early stages of the cardiovascular disease process. Now with a short course of folic acid treatment, we see a clear cut reduction in the death rates of cardiac cells. More importantly, the biology of the surviving cardiac cells is also improved, making these cells and muscles more resistant to future injuries from diabetes."
Folic acid is now in many multi-vitamin packages, and is available separately from chemists.
