HEART DISEASE

New Hypertension Standards Are Bad

A Drug Cocktail That Benefits Very Sick People Is Being Paraded As A Major Breakthrough And Will Likely Be Widely And Inappropriately hyoertension-Pill CocktailApplied

It’s déjà vu all over again, as the late Yogi Berra is said to have said. It is almost normal that whenever a drug benefits a narrow cohort, it almost immediately gets thrown at a much wider one.

Exercise – Maximizing the Health Benefits – Part 5 – Heart Rate Variability

Safely maximizing heart rate variability cleans and strengthens arteries as well as improving cardiac function. Exercising at maximum heart rateexercise-heart-heart is controversial in some circles, so you should get an OK from from your doctor first.

Intense interval exercise is known to be far more beneficial than what is referred to as ‘aerobic exercise’, even though it takes a lot less time. (All exercise is ultimately aerobic, which is why there are single quotes around that phrase. Dr. Ken Cooper coined the term; he was a wonderful man and told me some great stories but this word, ‘aerobics,’ is very misleading.The word is used to name sustained, sub-maximal exercise.) The reason intense interval exercise is so beneficial is simple. It causes your heart to vary, to vary as much as it can, usually. Rapidly up, rapidly down. This has a strikingly positive and rapid effect on atherosclerosis prevention and reversal, along with rapid improvement of a  variety of blood markers.

QM Case History: Severe Heart Disease Reversed

A 57 year old male, lets call him ‘Joe,’ new to me, came in to be seen for a sinus infection. The history and findings were consistent with this diagnosis but he seemed to want to talk about something else.Male Doctor Hand Abstract with Lab Coat and Stethoscope.

Joe’s brother had just had a heart attack, subsequent bypass grafting for the blockages in his heart arteries, and his father had had early heart disease as well. My new patient wanted to talk about his heart more than his sinuses. Who could blame him?

Atherosclerosis Basics – Part 2 – Preventing and Reversing

Atherosclerosis Is a Preventable Disease – Preventable Without Drugs

Atherosclerosis is the buildup of rancid (glycated and lipoxidated) material behind the wall of the artery. It is a natural process, but the body has another natural process to undo this and keep the arteries clean. The buildup is primarily due to diet, but the prevention is primarily due to exercise. Both need attention to be optimized.atherosclerosis-cause-plaque

If you have high blood pressure, it probably means atherosclerosis, though there can be other causes. If you do not have high blood pressure, you are not home free. There can often still be a significant atherosclerotic load present even in people with a normal blood pressure.