ALEs - key indicator of heart disease, maybe a key to reversing it

ALEs are basically degraded fats. They are lipids that have degraded due to oxidation, hence the term Advanced Lipid Peroxidation End Products. They cause damage in the body, much like their cousins AGEs (Advanced Glycation End Products).

MDA (Malondialdehyde)-modified LDL is a key ALE.

Upshot: catechins (found in certain teas) and rosemary extract have been found to reduce ALEs.

Ingestion of a tea rich in catechins leads to a reduction in body fat and malondialdehyde-modified LDL in men

http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/81/1/122.abstract

Circulating malondialdehyde modified LDL is a biochemical risk marker for coronary artery disease

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1768480/


The Effects of Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) Leaves Powder on Glucose Level, Lipid Profile and Lipid Perodoxation
http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=44285#.U8Pl2haWdFQ