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March 13, 2018
February is officially Heart Health Month marked by one of my favorite days, which just passed, Valentine’s Day. Even better, the Valentine’s chocolate we all have been consuming and love so much is actually good for our heart. Well, not all the sugar and fat, but its cocoa content. Cocoa is full of nutrients that protect both your heart, and your brain. But, if you also like to eat red meat frequently, you may be getting too much of a certain mineral that can undermine your heart health. Let me tell you why you should limit this mineral… Love Your […]
September 23, 2014
For a long time, it was believed that too-high cholesterol was the cause of dangerous, artery-narrowing plaques. So, giving cholesterol-lowering statin-drugs were thought key in reducing these plaques. It was soon realized that people with low cholesterol levels were also having heart attacks. Clearly, something else was contributing to heart disease besides cholesterol. That’s when we learned that inflammation played a big role in why plaques develop as well. In the last year, cardiac researchers have pinned down another key piece of the heart disease puzzle. You’ll want to know more about it and how you can reduce your risk of heart […]
August 12, 2014
Like many of my patients, you’re thinking more about ways you can prevent, or improve, heart disease. And, you’ve been pretty good about using the most common ways: Diet, exercise, controlling weight and better managing stress. But, there are also 4 off-the-radar things you can do to protect your heart. Some of these you may already be doing every day and others may surprise you… 4 Uncommon Ways To Protect Your Heart If you’ve read my newsletter articles regularly, you’ve learned a lot about how to protect your heart through the most commonly used methods. You may have also learned […]
October 30, 2013
I have some patients who have to take statins – cholesterol lowering drugs – at least for a while. Their former diets of too much animal fat contributed to high “bad” LDL and too low “good” HDL. In addition, adding too much refined sugar to this mix created inflammation throughout their bodies – and as a result, they developed plaque buildup in their arteries.
October 9, 2013
The health of our arteries is so important for longevity. More people in the U.S. die from inflamed arteries (which can lead to heart attack and stroke) than from cancer or any other disease.
May 4, 2012
Like many of my patients you may want to do your best for the health of your heart (and the rest of you) and yet may be confused about which foods are the best.