Wow!! 66% reduction in cardiac mortality????? My favorite snack at the office is a handful of bulk nuts (almonds, pecans, walnuts, hazelnuts and macadamia) with some dark chocolate espresso beans mixed in. Wonder what THAT drops my risk down to? I’d bet I’d have to take up smoking just to bring my risk up to zero…
Despite all the less-than-stellar research on cholesterol lowering drugs, the powers-that-be want us to take even more of it. The latest “cholesterol guidelines” released late in 2013 have drastically increased the number of patients who would potentially be given a statin. They have finally dropped the fallacy that total cholesterol has any value (you know–total […]
Everyone’s doin’ it. TV ads say you should be doin’ it. Your doctor says you should be doin’ it. But should you really take aspirin for your heart? For a very long time, this answer was a strong, positive “YES.” After all-aspirin thins the blood so it would make sense for aspirin to lower your […]
IF YOU ONLY READ ONE OF MY POSTS, READ THIS ONE. Sometimes, being considered an “expert” in a particular field can be most difficult when it comes to those closest to you. For me, it’s disease prevention through healthy lifestyles. Unfortunately, my father was a family member who shrugged off my continual advice. In nune […]
Don’t get me wrong. I don’t inherently have a problem with cardiologists. But, for heart disease to be almost entirely preventable and remain the #1 killer in the industrialized world, we’ve absolutely dropped the ball. I just don’t see any excuse for a clearly preventable disease to be the #1 killer. And I cannot accept […]
