Category Archives: Heart Disease
Cardio = A Shorter Life in the Long Run?
Although we will all die one day, and a degenerative disease will likely be responsible for putting many of us in a grave, there’s no reason why we shouldn’t be doing everything we can to avoid situations that increase our chances. This includes controlling free radicals and avoiding free radical damage, which has been tied…
Live It NOT Diet! FAQs - Best Tests for Heart Disease, Diabetes, and Dementia
After last week’s post, and my Heart Disease Deception video I’ve had many questions regarding the best tests for determining your cardiovascular risk. And similarly, what biomarkers to look at when trying to assess your insulin sensitivity, and risk of diabetes and dementia. So, along with Ignoring Your Cholesterol Number, here are the tests to…
Should Everyone Eat More Fruit?
The government recommends 5 servings of fruits and vegetables per day, and we’re frequently encouraged to increase our intake whenever possible. Based on the alternative, it’s difficult to argue with this advice, but what if most (or all) of those servings are fruit? Fruits are high in fructose, which unlike glucose, must be processed by…
No Salt, Butter, Red Meat, or Coffee? Doc’s Got it All Wrong
Middle aged guy goes into the doctor and discovers he’s on the verge of heart disease. Along with instructing him to take a statin, the doctor tells him to eat less fat and more fiber, stop drinking coffee, and cut down on salt. He’s told the statin and fiber will lower his cholesterol level, eating…
The Best Fats to Cook With
As discussed in Eat Meat & Stop Jogging, vegetable and seed oils (polyunsaturated fats) are very unstable and quickly oxidize when exposed to light, heat, or oxygen. Morphing them into free radicals, and increasing our risk of degenerative disease and early death. Because of their highly reactive nature, we DEFINITELY want to avoid using polyunsaturated…
Saturated Fats are Essential - Here’s Why
Though present-day nutrition advice would suggest otherwise, saturated fat is essential to staying healthy and actually lowers our risk of disease. With the 3 saturated fats we consume most having beneficial impacts on cardiovascular risk factors - including, but not limited to, the conversion of essential fatty acids in the liver, and the elevation of…
The Truth About Salt & Hypertension
The original recommendation to ‘eat less salt’ to prevent high blood pressure (hypertension) stems from research by Lewis Dahl in the 1950’s-70’s, who decided feeding rats 500 grams of sodium per day (almost 50 times the average intake today) was viable evidence for showing an association between sodium intake and hypertension. Similar to the Big…
Eat Eggs…WITH The Yolks!
One of my all-time favorite conversations with clients goes like this: Me - “So give me a typical day of eating for you?” Client - “Well, I eat pretty well. I usually start my day off with an egg white omelet…” Me - (insert shot clock expiration sound) Quite possibly the most ridiculous creation in…
