T. Colin Campbell: Well, I mean really it should be a diet that is largely focused on plant-based foods, by that I mean vegetables and grains and fruits and legumes, of course, and in particular, sort of whole foods. I mean, we ought not to be taking (laughs), I mean plant foods are really the optimal diet.
Your working muscles can take oxygen out of the blood three times as well as your resting muscles. Your body has several ways to increase the flow of oxygen-rich blood to working muscle: 1  increased local blood flow to the working muscle. 2  diversion of blood flow from nonessential organs to the working muscle.3  increased flow of blood from the heart (cardiac output).our body has several ways to increase the flow of oxygen-rich blood to working muscle: 1  increased local blood flow to the working muscle. 2  diversion of blood flow from nonessential organs to the working muscle. 3  increased flow of blood from the heart (cardiac output).
What Is Excessive Blood Clotting (Hypercoagulation)? When you get a cut or wound, your body forms blood clots, a thickened mass of blood tissue, to help stop the bleeding. Proteins in your blood called fibrins work with small blood cell fragments called platelets, to form the clot. This is called coagulation, a process that helps the body when an injury occurs because it slows blood loss.