Thank you Dr A. I have a 23 year old stent in my LAD and 2 years old it was 90 % blocked so cardiologist put a stent inside it. This is very informative and I appreciate your insight so much. In all those years I’ve never been told this before.👍👍
For diet, no wheat, bread, sugar, seed oils, process foods, alcohol,. Supplements take omega 3 fish-oil, vititmin D, A, C, E. Idoine, Selimina. Watch your glucose level , should be no higher then 100 ever. only eat 15 net carbs per meal.
Many years ago we started using a reverse osmosis machine, we even use the "freshly squeezed" water for cooking, after I recommended my mother use reverse osmosis water she experienced limescale leaving her body, she said it was like passing razor blades, it did stop after a while.
Found on the INTERNET, this is NOT my statement/experience: >>Two years ago, a 2D echocardiogram revealed coronary calcification, which was preventing one heart valve from closing. My doctor indicated that no surgery was immediately warranted, and the issue would be monitored. I sought some way to address the calcification, and eventually learned about Berberine possibly being able to dissolve the calcification. I started taking Berberine as a daily supplement about a year ago. Last month, a follow up ultrasound of my heart found all valves to be functioning normally, and there were no signs of coronary calcification! I am so relieved and glad that it worked. Meanwhile, my cardiologist asked for the second time, "What's Berberine?" Go figure.
@@DCGreenZone Yeah, the structure of the 2nd sentence / last paragraph, combined with the whole comment gave the impression you were reverting to talking about your own experience...never mind.
Sorry Doc, you didn't address the statistics of outcomes from using the CAC score to influence treatment with statins. Apparently in real terms death from heart attack is only marginally less if treated with statins (the reason the CAC score exists). If doctors using the CAC were recommending diet and lifestyle changes well then it might have good use but really it is a catch all for the drug industry as far as I can see. And an alarmist one at that. Once people are on the drugs, they will never know what the alternative outcome would have been. Isn't that just a bit too convenient?
What happens when the "medicine" leaves the arm muscle where they said it was going to stay, and is taken up by the endothelium and the cells lining the inside of the heart?
Interesting, insightful & cogently explained! My CAC score was 177, so I'm not trying to cut back on my calcium intake (tinned red salmon with bones), rather I have cut my fruit juice intake & cut out bread (starch) intake & sugars more generally with are all inflammatory.
Thank you for improving my understanding of this . Hopefully More can be said for people who need secondary prevention advice. It seems this Is overshadowed by primary prevention. Population studies are important but it's also important to help individuals understand how to reach their individual health care needs .
Mechanistic studies demonstrated that SRP significantly inhibited the LPS-induced production of proinflammatory cytokines such as IL-2, IL-1, IL-6, and TNF-α in aortic tissue. Furthermore, it also inhibited LPS-induced oxidative stress in the aortas of mice, whereas the expression and activity of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) decreased after SRP treatment. In conclusion, SRP has the ability to reduce LPS-induced vascular inflammation and damage by modulating MCP-1.
Hello Dr. A Thank you for your effort, now my question: Does it make sence to try fighting inflammation with for example 1gr. Vit C each day or similar micronutrients ?
I use Curamed or Theracumin with a seperate Bosweillia supplement for chronic inflammation. They make a huge difference in my joints and I think my brain. I don't think Vitamin C will help you with inflammation.
@@abdeliribas6247 No, I just know what does and doesn't work and was speaking a someone who wanted to help and as an enthusiast for naturopathy, because naturopathy helps me so much more than allopathic medicine. Good luck!
Ok, let me explain..... Lets say you have a CAC score of 400. This tells you that you have hardened calcium in the arteries. But what the CAC score does NOT show is soft plaque (plaque that has not hardened). When you have hard calcium in the arteries you will almost assuredly have soft plaque as well. It simply hasn't hardened yet. So, lets say your doc puts you on a statin and you make some lifestyle changes for the better.... Well, as you reduce the inflammation in your body by lifestyle changes and taking the statin (studies show statins reduce inflammation), your body continues healing and therefore calcifying (stabilizing) the soft plaque. Well, now that the soft plaque has hardened (stabilized), your CAC score will go up (to 300, 400, 500 etc) due to more hardened plaque being produced. The key hear is that you want to stop the plaque from progressing year after year. So, if you maintain a healthy lifestyle the plaque will stop forming and eventually your CAC score will stabilize. Hope this makes sense.
@@bobmason5957 hs-CRP, GGT, Ferritin, Homocysteine, all improved for me. Took about 6 months of eating better, exercise, and a low dose of Rosuvastatin (5mg/daily). Now, I don't know for sure if my inflammation went down due to the statin, eating, or exercise but I have a feeling it was the combination of all those things that did the trick. I think statins have been promoted for the wrong reason. Doctors prescribe it to lower LDL, and it does that well. But I think, from what I heard and read, a statin's main role in preventing heart attacks/strokes is it's ability to reduce inflammation. That's just my opinion though. Look up the Jupiter Trial done in 2008 for a little more detail.
A CAC is typically a very low dose of radiation, equivalent to about 1 year's worth of radiation you get from just walking around. A CT Angiogram, on the other hand, is a different story. With that you get anywhere form 5-10 times that amount.
Please address the assault on statins....I've seen numerous podcasts by doctors, cardiologists condemning statins...that LDL is good...there is " fluffy " LDL
My score is 0 and i have a Kangen Water Machine and take a supplement called Juice Plus. Fruits n veg in capsules. Im not perfect but i think this helps alot.
Interesting points! It’s amazing how much misinformation is out there. 'Health and Beauty Mastery' by Julian Bannett totally changed my perspective on what we’re told about health and wellness. Highly recommend for anyone who wants the full story!
It is mostly fibrin, kind of like a scab, there is very little cholesterol. This will be common knowledge soon. Read Dr. Malcolm Kendricks book "The Clot Thickens".
Thank you Dr A. I have a 23 year old stent in my LAD and 2 years old it was 90 % blocked so cardiologist put a stent inside it. This is very informative and I appreciate your insight so much. In all those years I’ve never been told this before.👍👍
How to prevent and reduce this inflammation?? .. Regular doctors only know about statin and nothing else
For diet, no wheat, bread, sugar, seed oils, process foods, alcohol,. Supplements take omega 3 fish-oil, vititmin D, A, C, E. Idoine, Selimina. Watch your glucose level , should be no higher then 100 ever. only eat 15 net carbs per meal.
Many years ago we started using a reverse osmosis machine, we even use the "freshly squeezed" water for cooking, after I recommended my mother use reverse osmosis water she experienced limescale leaving her body, she said it was like passing razor blades, it did stop after a while.
I wonder if it might have been oxalate leaving as well.
@@maranscandy9350 I have no idea, she was over 60 and had lived in a hard water area all of her life.
Found on the INTERNET, this is NOT my statement/experience: >>Two years ago, a 2D echocardiogram revealed coronary calcification, which was preventing one heart valve from closing. My doctor indicated that no surgery was immediately warranted, and the issue would be monitored. I sought some way to address the calcification, and eventually learned about Berberine possibly being able to dissolve the calcification.
I started taking Berberine as a daily supplement about a year ago.
Last month, a follow up ultrasound of my heart found all valves to be functioning normally, and there were no signs of coronary calcification! I am so relieved and glad that it worked. Meanwhile, my cardiologist asked for the second time, "What's Berberine?"
Go figure.
@reliableandrew Read it again
@@DCGreenZone
Yeah, the structure of the 2nd sentence / last paragraph, combined with the whole comment gave the impression you were reverting to talking about your own experience...never mind.
Sorry Doc, you didn't address the statistics of outcomes from using the CAC score to influence treatment with statins. Apparently in real terms death from heart attack is only marginally less if treated with statins (the reason the CAC score exists). If doctors using the CAC were recommending diet and lifestyle changes well then it might have good use but really it is a catch all for the drug industry as far as I can see. And an alarmist one at that. Once people are on the drugs, they will never know what the alternative outcome would have been.
Isn't that just a bit too convenient?
What happens when the "medicine" leaves the arm muscle where they said it was going to stay, and is taken up by the endothelium and the cells lining the inside of the heart?
Interesting, insightful & cogently explained! My CAC score was 177, so I'm not trying to cut back on my calcium intake (tinned red salmon with bones), rather I have cut my fruit juice intake & cut out bread (starch) intake & sugars more generally with are all inflammatory.
Thank you for improving my understanding of this . Hopefully More can be said for people who need secondary prevention advice.
It seems this Is overshadowed by primary prevention.
Population studies are important but it's also important to help individuals understand how to reach their individual health care needs .
Mechanistic studies demonstrated that SRP significantly inhibited the LPS-induced production of proinflammatory cytokines such as IL-2, IL-1, IL-6, and TNF-α in aortic tissue. Furthermore, it also inhibited LPS-induced oxidative stress in the aortas of mice, whereas the expression and activity of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) decreased after SRP treatment. In conclusion, SRP has the ability to reduce LPS-induced vascular inflammation and damage by modulating MCP-1.
Hello Dr. A Thank you for your effort, now my question: Does it make sence to try fighting inflammation with for example 1gr. Vit C each day or similar micronutrients ?
I use Curamed or Theracumin with a seperate Bosweillia supplement for chronic inflammation. They make a huge difference in my joints and I think my brain. I don't think Vitamin C will help you with inflammation.
@@JudithAnn-to9lv Thanks for ur respond, but do you know any plausibel trials proofing your theory , rthat Vit C doesn´t help ?
@@abdeliribas6247 No, I just know what does and doesn't work and was speaking a someone who wanted to help and as an enthusiast for naturopathy, because naturopathy helps me so much more than allopathic medicine. Good luck!
king of anti inflammation: LDN, high dose melatonin
i am taking large amts of vit c w lysine & proline look it up
can you have normal blood pressure and blocked arteries ?
Yes, I did. 121 over 76. Heading in for my triple bypass. No meds before. Blood pressure was this way my whole life.
@@steelzmb4262 thanks for reply. did you have symptoms or an event that you found out you needed bypass?
Im still not understanding why its okay for cac scores to rise after successfully reducing inflamation.
Ok, let me explain..... Lets say you have a CAC score of 400. This tells you that you have hardened calcium in the arteries. But what the CAC score does NOT show is soft plaque (plaque that has not hardened). When you have hard calcium in the arteries you will almost assuredly have soft plaque as well. It simply hasn't hardened yet. So, lets say your doc puts you on a statin and you make some lifestyle changes for the better.... Well, as you reduce the inflammation in your body by lifestyle changes and taking the statin (studies show statins reduce inflammation), your body continues healing and therefore calcifying (stabilizing) the soft plaque. Well, now that the soft plaque has hardened (stabilized), your CAC score will go up (to 300, 400, 500 etc) due to more hardened plaque being produced. The key hear is that you want to stop the plaque from progressing year after year. So, if you maintain a healthy lifestyle the plaque will stop forming and eventually your CAC score will stabilize.
Hope this makes sense.
What tests did you do to know for sure inflmaiton was successfully reduced?
@@bobmason5957 hs-CRP, GGT, Ferritin, Homocysteine, all improved for me. Took about 6 months of eating better, exercise, and a low dose of Rosuvastatin (5mg/daily). Now, I don't know for sure if my inflammation went down due to the statin, eating, or exercise but I have a feeling it was the combination of all those things that did the trick. I think statins have been promoted for the wrong reason. Doctors prescribe it to lower LDL, and it does that well. But I think, from what I heard and read, a statin's main role in preventing heart attacks/strokes is it's ability to reduce inflammation. That's just my opinion though. Look up the Jupiter Trial done in 2008 for a little more detail.
Does the risk from CAT scan (3d x rays) not out way the benefits of measuring the calcium?
exactly...
A CAC is typically a very low dose of radiation, equivalent to about 1 year's worth of radiation you get from just walking around. A CT Angiogram, on the other hand, is a different story. With that you get anywhere form 5-10 times that amount.
What about. Oxalates.
Don't eat spinach and your good to go.
Please address the assault on statins....I've seen numerous podcasts by doctors, cardiologists condemning statins...that LDL is good...there is " fluffy " LDL
Triglycerides divided by HDL is the only marker that means anything. Maybe ApoB as well.
All statins suck !
My score is 0 and i have a Kangen Water Machine and take a supplement called Juice Plus. Fruits n veg in capsules. Im not perfect but i think this helps alot.
Just eat before we did before heart disease was a thing. Hello...Mcfly.
Are you sure that’s what it is, maybe it’s Lyme disease 💔
Interesting points! It’s amazing how much misinformation is out there. 'Health and Beauty Mastery' by Julian Bannett totally changed my perspective on what we’re told about health and wellness. Highly recommend for anyone who wants the full story!
Exactly!
Doesn't make any sense.
I'll just stick to diet and supplements.
So arterial plaque is composed of ?? Calcium or lipids ..like cholesterol
It is mostly fibrin, kind of like a scab, there is very little cholesterol. This will be common knowledge soon. Read Dr. Malcolm Kendricks book "The Clot Thickens".
Vegan diet plus vitamin K2MK7
You need alot more than k2 if your a vegan.
K2MK7 = relevant....Vegan diet = NO
The 'outcome' is the same for everyone! 🫀