Ehmm.. Actually the newest insights about cholesterol and fats are: 1) Saturated fats have NO IMPACT WHATSOEVER on human health (they do however on rabbits). Animal fat is safe, butter and cream are safe, avocado and coconut oil (vergin, cold pressed and not refined) are safe. We progressed to humans from primates on animal fats. We got unsaturated fats from fatty fish, meat and perhaps an olijve or two only. So, besides proof from clinical experiments, this is only logic in the light of evolution. 2) The so-called "heart healthy vegetable oils", or seed oils, are highly processed, unnatural, readily oxidized products. Treated with solvents like hexane, with caustic soda, deodorized, treated at high temperatures, ALL nutrients are removed. They are NOT FOOD. Some 100 years ago companies found that they could use waste of cotton production to make industrial machine oil. Later they started to produce margarine from these oils (Crisco). Oils were "hardened" by adding hydrogen at high temperature and pressure. After some time TRANSFATS were found to be very unhealthy and processes were changed. Yet, margarine remains unhealthy. Up to this day we see advertisements for the poly unsaturated fats. ❤ The truth is, that these fats react easily with oxygen (become rancid). This happens also in e.g. your skin when you are outside on the sun. UV light, these fats in your skin and oxygen make that you BURN easily. Now you have to by sun cream, SPF 50, to avoid skin cancer. (A better alternative is taking plenty of vitamin D3, combined with vitamin K2 and magnesium. If you can afford, have your D3 tested in a blood (serum sample). Go for 50-70 ng/ml or 150-175 nmol/l.) A few years ago I banned all artificial oils from my kitchen, they ended in the trash can. Sunflower, rapeseed, soy oil, peanut oil, canola oil AND the BECEL margarine with the "super healthy" linolic fatty acid, ALL GONE. This summer has had a record of sun hours in my country. Every moment I could, I walked, sun bathed etc. This year I didn't use one drop of sun cream, and got a nice tan, absolutely no sun burn. Nada, nothing. Every few years all the cells in your body are replaced and it takes a few years to get rid of the unhealthy fats. So take your time. Oh yes.. These poly unsaturated fats that get oxidized, cause low grade chronic inflammation in your body. Together with sugars and refined carbs, this is the main cause of metabolic syndrome. Packaged processed food is not better than junk food. Prepare your own food like your great grand mother did, seriously! I think this is cause #1, together with smoking and too much alcohol.
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That’s probably true of you and quite a number of people but generally indicative of family dysfunction, poor primary relationship building in early childhood, severe bullying in childhood, personality or developmental disorder, etc. While I understand that no one wants to made to feel strange or abnormal I’m not sure it’s helpful to describe this as “fine”. I know people who have overcome serious anxiety over social interaction to ultimately develop wonderful relationships and happy families of their own. This, of course is different from simple introversion. What you describe is probably beyond introversion.
I think this is the best heart guardian advice video I’ve seen, and I have seen quite a few. as a person with cardiophopbia (fear of cardiovascular disease) I’m obsessed with keeping safe. Well done, sir!❤
Family has given me so much stress I had 2 heart attacks in 3 years . They busted me financially in business and left me broke .. just when I was ready to retire . When you can only sleep 2 hours a night wondering how you are going to live .. you are killing yourself
@@marshallderriek1858 Unfortunately I’m very familiar with that pain. I hope things get better for you . Start today with putting yourself first. Sounds like you deserve that loyalty and love. Prayers
Yes. Sadly I understand this situation personally. Please look after yourself even if life has to get so very simple for you to survive. Do what you love. I'm sorry this happened to you.
Solid Advice. I had a triple heart bypass 8 years ago from doing exactly the opposite of the above advice for decades. I'm on point since the operation with nearly all of your recommendations and probably even bettering some areas. I like that you reconize that its a packaged deal. Most plant based doctors only deal with just diet. As you point out, theres a lot more to it than that. There is your mental health (stress), physical fitness, the social aspect and the destructive addictions like Smoking/Alcohol/Drug/other addictions. I think only Dr. Dean Ornish comes close to addressing all these points every single time while guys like Essenstyn, Furhman, McDougall, Bernard, Klapper are all diet, diet, diet. You would not hear too much talk in the books of the renowned heart specialist Dr. Esselstyn about mental health (stress), exercise or destructive addictions or behaviours. That is very strange as heart disease is not all down to diet alone. I did as much serious damage in smoking about quarter of a million cigarettes as i did with my junk food eating.
Reduce stress - quit my job so I don't have to deal with obnoxious, stress causing customers. But then have the stress of not being able to pay my mortgage
Want to improve your cholesterol...the cholesterol that matters, say goodbye to sugar, high fructose corn syrup, refined processed foods, and omega-6 rich seed oils. Instead, eat real food. Meat, cheese, eggs, fish, chicken, seeds, nuts, veggies, butter, cheese, avocado, mushrooms. Try to avoid starchy foods that metabolize quickly in the liver like potatoes, rice, peas, corn, pasta, breads. If you do choose to have a starchy food with your dinner, make sure to eat a salad or something with a high fiber content before you eat it. The result will be a much slower and controlled digestion and a smoother and more controlled absorption of the starch and a slower more even release of glucose into the blood. A good example is Pizza night! Everyone loves pizza, including me. Eat a hearty bowl of salad before your first slice. You'll devour less pizza, but more importantly, the pizza you do consume will be greatly slowed in it's digestion by the fiber in the salad greens.
Not that Dr. Mike is wrong, but I would like to input something here. I am a 57 year old male. No family history of heart disease. Very active healthy lifestyle at 168 lbs. My triglycerides are 52. My HDL is 47 My LDL is 128 These were my numbers 1 week ago...taken right after I had a heart attack. So, if you think you're exempt for whatever reason, you're fooling yourself.
Thank you. I had a heart attack as a 55 year old thin fit woman with moderately elevated ldl. I had a 2 percent chance. These people think they are in control. Ha. I exercised the day before my heart attack!
When it comes to exercise, the most important factor to reduce the chance of a heart attack is having a high VO2max. The highter it is, the less chances you have to get a heart problem. Dr Peter Attia has some good videos and podcasts on this subject
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0:39 “Age” is just as much of a risk factor for suffering heart attacks as it is for developing arterial hypertension. That is, highly dependent on lifestyle factors whose cumulative effects increase over time (that is, with “age”).
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@PaulB_864, is obesity an age-related disease? It takes most people decades to become obese.
Thanks Dr H. Great video! Puts my mind at eat with TG:55, HDL:65, but LDL:135 and APO-B of 100. I’ll go with the TG:HDL ratio of < 1 and call it a day!
This is great thank you. My LDL was 100 for the first time in my life! I've always had great cholesterol numbers. I eat organic but although I don't do it much, I need to reduce the processed food. Lately I've been bad at that
How do I prevent a SCAD heart attack? I had one 4 months ago. I have low cholesterol and low blood pressure. I’m in my early 40s and I love fitness and working out. Thank you for your advice.
Yes, you must protect your endothelial glycocalyx at all cost, for many, high blood glucose and pressure damages it. Two very interesting supplement that may help are (arterosil hp) and (endocalyx pro).
Thank you Dr. Mike. I find this video very helpful. I appreciate you sharing your knowledge because reading a blood test result is like reading French and you need to look up many things and still you are lost and confused.
This video is timely! I just got my bloodwork, my ldl is super high but my HDL and Triglycerides is in 70’s. So time to go back to IF and eating better diet. Thank you for these video’s. ❤
No doubt, the high price of quality and healthy foods make it very difficult to eat properly. However, you do have choices to make. For instance, you can buy a bag of chips for $3.99 or a bag of vegetables for around the same price, maybe even a little less. Nuts and fish are a different story and as of this writing (01-26-24) we’re dealing with high inflation. Historically, lower income households bought “junk foods”because they were the affordable choice. There’s also the matter of self control and overeating! I’ve made poor choices in every area I’ve mentioned, yet I continue to make efforts to control my weight. One area is how heavy i allow myself to get. I refuse to buy larger clothing. Choices!
Dr Mike thank you so much for your educational videos, easy to understand even for the layman, as a nurse for more than 10 yrs, I have seen what bad lifestyle can do even to your patients. At first I was concerned about my LDL which was 101, but HDL was 62 and triglycerides 51. I practice IF, eat right with regular exercise. I always look forward to your next video. Thank you, happy holidays and stay safe out there.
Ehmm.. Actually the newest insights about cholesterol and fats are: 1) Saturated fats have NO IMPACT WHATSOEVER on human health (they do however on rabbits). Animal fat is safe, butter and cream are safe, avocado and coconut (vergin, cold pressed and not refined) are safe. 2) The so-called "heart healthy vegetable oils", or seed oils, are highly processed, unnatural, easy oxidized products. Treated with solvents like hexane, with caustic soda, deodorized, ALL nutrients removed. They are NOT FOOD. Some 100 years ago companies found that they could use waste of cotton production to make industrial machine oil. Later they started to produce margarine from these oils (Crisco). Oils were "hardened" by adding hydrogen at high temperature and pressure. After some time TRANSFATS are found to be very unhealthy and processes were changed. Yet, margarine remains unhealthy. Up to this day we see advertisements for the poly unsaturated fats. ❤ The truth is, that these fats react easily with oxygen (become rancid). This happens also in e.g. your skin when you are outside on the sun. UV light, these fats in your skin and oxygen make that you BURN easily. Now you have to by sun cream, SPF 50, to avoid skin cancer. A few years ago I banned all artificial oils from my kitchen, they ended in the trash can. Sunflower, rapeseed, soy oil, peanut oil, canola oil AND the BECEL margarine with the "super healthy" linolic fatty acid, ALL GONE. This summer has had a record of sun hours in my country. Every moment I could, I walked, sun bathed etc. This year I didn't use one drop of sun cream, and got a nice tan, absolutely no sun burn. Nada, nothing. Every few years all the cells in your body are replaced and it takes a few years to get rid of the unhealthy fats. So take your time. Oh yes.. These poly unsaturated fats that get oxidized, cause low grade chronic inflammation in your body. Together with sugars and refined carbs, this is the main cause of metabolic syndrome. I think this is cause #1, together with smoking and too much alcohol.
@@adrian-4767 hi Adrian, I mostly use avocado oil and grass fed butter. Then sometimes olive oil and very occasionally coconut oil, but the unrefined versions.
Excellent post dude. This demonization of Saturated Fat should end. RED MEAT HAS THE BEST AMINO ACIDS FOR THE HEART. Just the Lysine found in RED MEAT prevents heart problems and Neutralizes Lp(a). WHY DO I NEVER HEAR A DOCTOR MENTION Lp(a)??????????????? And some people are not gonna accept this: but the moment I started a CARNIVORE DIET my Triglycerides crashed to 75 mg/dl. and my HDL sky rocketed.
Agree. Humans have evolved to eat saturated fat as the primary fuel source for hundreds of thousands of years. In extremes of the northern hemisphere plants do not even grow for 8+ months of the year. That means zero carbs, fiber or sugar was consumed for vast periods. Humans have developed multiple systems for digesting and extracting nutrients from saturated fat. Blaming saturated far for heart attacks defies basic common sense.
What is the definition of processed food? Is it about removal of bran, added sugar, added salt, or other things? Is the addition of sugars and carbs really the biggest issue for processed food?
One other issue is the use of"vegetable oils or seed oils. See my remarks elsewhere in this section where I exposing the effects of these poly unsaturated fats.
@@dannyhernandez265 In principle most 'produced "foods" '. You can test this by reading the ingredients list. In my country a lot of sunflower and rape seed / canola oil is used. But also Arachide and others. ALL margerines are ultra processed products (not food), fabricated from vegetable oils. ALL so-called plant based "meats", like Beyond Meat are ultra-processed unhealthy products and contain these oils. You can read it in the ingredients list. So not only sugar, refined and powdered carbs, artificial sweeteners, emulators, high fructose corn syrup, invert sugar, modified starches, hydrogenated oils, and colourings, as well as de-foaming, bulking, and bleaching agents, but also your average seed oils are on the food label. Even products where you wouldn't expect vegetable oils like ready meals for the microwave, contain these fats and oils. Salad oil, frying oils, fried products like French fries, frozen French fries, salad dressing, chips, cookies and pies, ice cream. Snack bar food, fast food. Personally, I skip 90% of the supermarket isles (the mid sections). I only buy natural products, almost nothing with a barcode or ingredients list longer than, say, 4 or 5 ingredients.
Just looking at the report sent by a cardiologist to my family doctor after a coronary angiogram. He states that HDL is now a relatively unreliable parameter, contrary to earlier long held assertions. The APOB level is now considered the most significant parameter.
Hey Doc. Can you remember that your videos are seen by people other than Americans so please present the figures, for example from mg/dL to mmo/L together. Saves the hassle of noting and converting. Thanks. Interesting content.
America is the only country still on old timey imperial measurement. The rest of the world stepped into metric in the late 60's over 50 yrs ago. So yeah, communication in cave man talk is not helpful.
@@alc6799totally agree. I’ve watched scores of American videos where the creator assumes only Americans watch them. So I don’t watch them again and give a ‘thumbs down’.
I had a heart attack (I didn't pass out) three years ago at 37 due to years of bad cholesterol and not taking cholesterol medication. I end up with seven stents. Since then, I made big lifestyle changes and taking all prescribed medications. If I continue my medication, lifestyle changes, and lose weight, what are my chances of living long enough to see 75?
We are very similar; 42 for me - 7 years ago and 5 stents. I’m into keeping fit and used to play sports regularly; but family history and stress I think. I have improved diet- reducing sugar, mainly med diet (when looking at all studies there seems no definitive/ so I go for common denominators!…and med diet is close to that). So I’m running my 5k’s, doing body weight and dumbbell workouts and taking it a bit easier with work (as much as I can). I hope to also see my late 70’s!. I think medical advancements will help us both - new imaging allows to see inside stents for a start… so non-invasive check-ups will be easier. Good health my friend. You can buy me a pint when I’m 75😁.
Linus Pauling wrote about heart attacks, inflammation and importance of Vit C's role decades ago. I wonder why you don't mention calcification of arteries when supplementing with Vit D WITHOUT K1/K2 which insures that calcium goes into bones where it belongs vs hardening arteries. 🙏🏻 include this in your excellent segments. Sadly very few doctors who recommend D supplement ever add K requirement.
Many people who get a zero or low calcium score still have blockages and heart attacks. It’s smart to sup with k2 with d as it stops calcification and lower risk but calcification from low k is a smaller cause than the ones he mentions.
@@knockingseeker Yes, a coronary artery calcium (CAC) score to detect hard plaque and a carotid intima-media thickness test (CIMT) to detect soft plaque.
@DoctorMikeHanse Thanks for your videos. Do you have a favorite "healthy" smoothie recipe, especially one that does not have too much sugar from frozen fruit and a decent amount of fiber?
Nattokinase. I'm a pre-menopausal man. Joking aside, mitophagy is very interesting. I like my 4-day fasts. Every time I do one, everything snaps back into a normal program. Insoluble fibre also is a cleansing mechanism for the GI tract. This stimulates a healthy repair, while feeding a proper gut biome.
I agree with all points apart from cholesterol as cholesterol has nothing to do with heart health this as been proven, and also people with higher cholesterol fight off infections quicker.
Good tips but I am surprised you included saturated fats as something to avoid. Hasn't the American College of Cardiology reversed its opinion and no longer considers it a negative? Thanks.
Why don’t you consider a smoothie processed food? Seems to me a smoothie blending all those ingredients at high speed is processing, but I may be wrong and would love to hear why.
if its arugula, kale , mint and water cress smoothie with some low sodium salt and pepper and lemon juice - id say such a smoothie is actually good since it has no added or native sugar , and the green leafy veggies are high in Vitamin K1 and Lutein and some omega 3's . The Vitamin K1 is converted to Vitamin K2 by gut flora. And the high surface area of finly ground leaf veg allows for excellent micronutrient absorption -especially lutein, sulfur compounds etc . You can also add a few drops of EV olive oil or lignan rich flaxseed oil to improve carotenoid assimilation.
Sir i drink 4 protein shakes day + eating 5 eggs and 8 chapati 2 protein shakes are of whey protein with milk without Added suger And 2 protein shakes are of 2 spoon peenut butter Oats 2 banana and milk Does that have Suger?? And is harmful?
There's a lot of contradictory information now regarding using Statins to lower your LDL's. Effectiveness and side effects. Can you do a deep dive in this? Seems a lot of doctors are still going off very old studies and information here.
25gr of sugar sounds like loads, right? How about less than 50gr of carbs/day like for Keto? Of which there are preferably no (added) sugars? Because sugars are often the 50% fructose sugars which the liver and pancreas for 80% need to break down and has an impact on the liver. I am confused now.
@@RickMartinUA-cam I’m surprised, it’s been talked about a lot and not just cvd prevention also alzheimers dementia and 40% lower all risk mortality. Iv heard a 20 minute sauna might be better than exercise for prevention. But both sounds ideal.
@@wisconsinfarmer4742 when I have eaten high protein i can smell the ammonia in my sweat and particularly feel fresher after a good sweat session compared to how I’m eating now with lower protein. Deffinately seems like it would take some of the load of the kidneys. But you would need to be extra careful with hydration, drink heaps of good quality water. I would think that avoiding things like salt and high protein and toxins would help more than sauna for kidney health. Also certain foods and herbs like nettle leaf tea will help support them.
thanks for everything. But i pass at 8:24 :). In my opinion digestion starts in our mouths and using smoothies destroys part of the process. I wont try to explain, am not a specialist :). THanks again
Good Information, Learn How to cook!!!! To eat healthy food, you have to cook it in your kitchen!!! We always say eat healthy but when you don't know how to cook , you will be very limited in your choices!!!! Watch youtube videos on cooking!! Learn the techniques!!!! Don't have time!!! No problem, prepare in advance!!! Make big batches!!!! Cook in Weekends!!!! When fasting and low carb diet, you don't eat that many meals, it will be easy to cook the whole one week meals in weekend!!
That is SO true. My father was the most quick tempered, aggressive, pissed off, constantly irritated and always in a bad mood - kind of person I've ever known. He dropped dead due to a heart attack only 56 yo. According to the medical literature type A - personalities (ambitious, irritated, aggressive people) are more likely to get heart attacks compared to more relaxed, positive, and happy people.
My Trig/HDL ratio is 0.91 in mg/dl and 0.47 using mmol/l. (No one has been able to explain this difference to me). I'm 67 and given the ratios, my trigs are super low and HDL high. I'm 67. The doctors are all "programmed"; they don't care about these values and are fixated on LDL-C and total chol. And they care even less about what you eat. I think my GP still eats margarine!😆
I'm similar to you. Also, my weight is correct for my height, blood pressure is good, I exercise and have no heart attacks in my family. Yet my LDL is high. I have a good doctor. He told me five years ago he would have prescribed a statin. But he acknowledged that the science had changed, so no statin for me. I think most docs would have prescribed me a statin.
@spartacusnow. I have been on LCHF for the past couple of years now. My HDL chol has always been quite high, but it was interesting to watch my triglycerides simply plummet from 2 mmol/l (about 175 mg/dl) to my current 0.71 mmol/l (about 63 mg/dl)! On most days, I take 50g of carbs max or less, mostly less.
My LDL-C ok, around 3.2 mmol/l (125 mg/dl). I discarded the poison called statins in 2019; just informed my GP and went LCHF. I eat quite a lot of fish.
The rock star fruit for fiber has to be passion fruit or maracuya: "When eaten with the seeds, passion fruit provides a significant source of fiber. A cup of passion fruit with the pulp and seeds contains 24.5 grams of fiber - the equivalent of more than 4 cups of bran cereal!
If we go carnivore or a similar very low carb/sugar diet, we don't need fibers to slow down digestion because one way or another, we will feel full for a longer time and never get insulin spikes
Thank you for the informative video! :) I am doing 16:8 and, as a vegan, add DHA/EPA from algae oil. I also take soluble fiber for my gut in a coffee. Doesn't soluble fiber also slow down digestion? I was doing it primarily for the bacteria, which was in imbalance when I was still eating "everything". But I think I heard that it causes a gel-like substance that slows down absorption somewhat.
Hi, I don't eat meat, my problem is green veggies like broccoli, brussels or actually any fiberous veggies cause horrible flatulance. Do these veggie pills and fruit pills do the same. Do they work at all. I make fresh bread and eat a lot of that, which is just sugar. The flatulance pills don't seem to do anything. What do you suggest. Thanks, I love your YT channel.
Why should i be concerned about Cholesterol? I mean if this entire cholesterol hypothesis has been debunked, and the real culprit has been revealed as chronically high levels of insulin and inflammation, and that inflammatory foods such as HFCS and the 22 to 1 ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 seed oils, which are responsible for the smallest "Bullet" version of LDL cholesterol. Then why should we be concerned about lowering total cholesterol. There's no danger in LDL or vLDL. I believe if memory serves, it's i-vLDL that is what seeps through the cracks in the arterial wall and lodges itself in the inflamed area.
I love skipping breakfast except I put cream but no sugar in my morning coffee. Do you think I am ruining my intermittent fast? I would love to know what everyone thinks.
Dr. Jason Fung is the leader in that area, check out his stuff. As long as there is no sugar or carbs, then you are good. You can test your self with a blood glucose monitor, (before, during, and after) to see if there are any changes.
Dr thanks for your heads up Had loss of consciousness 4 times now but have no taken any prescription drugs or pills of any kind just tok tumeric and black pepper with warm water and honey and garlic and I walk everywhere best exercise no stress no loss of consciousness or vertigo since just moved to the beach for better sea change
HDL level modification doesn't directly related to risk reduction. So, any ratios with HDL aren't realible at all. Pay attention to TG, LDL, ideally LDL should be less than 60.
You are correct - my cardiologist said getting your HDL over 40 isnt going to add years to your life. Controlling the other things will - LDL, TRI, etc...
People, just eat everything in moderation. Except of course, foods that are already prepared that come out of a bag or box. Avoid high sugars and sweet baked goods also.
To convert Total cholesterol, LDL and HDL from mg/dL to mmol/L, divide the value in mg/dL by 38.67. To convert from mmol/L to mg/dL, multiply the value in mmol/L by 38.67. To convert Triglyceride values from mg/dL to mmol/L, divide the value in mg/dL by 88.57. (from internet)
@doctormikehansen what about things like dates that have the fiber attached. Each date has about 16gr of sugar....should those be considered in your 25gr of sugar a day calculation?
Once you blend foods, it no longer contains insoluble fiber, only the soluble fiber is left, which we definitely need. Eating a lot of Soluble fiber such as barley, oatmeal, etc is excellent for your heart. I’m very surprised a ‘doctor’ would not know this!!
Doc, diseases run in families since nutritional habits run in families since genetic predisposition has only been shown to be 2.5-5% responsible. I’m a prior med student in my 40’s who smokes cigarettes occasionally. I medicate monthly smoking marijuana or CBD oil & I don’t suffer from hypertension since I don’t eat animals. I’m clinically obese but my average bp is 122/80. I don’t eat every MW&F as well. Can’t claim I’m vegan since I still eat Costco’s cheese pizza’s. But I was flabbergasted med school only required one semester intro class on nutrition giving doctors a false sense of authority when their parents consult them about nutrition. Humans have the physiology of a strict herbivore seen by 14/15 leading causes of death being directly linked to animal consumption. The studies are out there, I’m just surprised they aren’t taught in school. I switched to veterinarian medicine since human medicine is absolutely way too corrupt for me.
Sir ,please tell about, pcsk9 inhibitors, sir please make a dedicated video on it, will pcsk9 inhibitors in future will become gold standard for high cholesterol treatment?? Please reply sir
Good luck. I tried everything and still had a heart attack with a 2 percent chance according to risk calculator. I think air pollution and car exhaust cause heart attacks.
I think the biggest reason people don't choose better foods is because of the high price. Most people are the working poor and food prices have sky rocketed. This keeps people buying the processed junk and keeps them sick .
@@RickMartinUA-cam , fruit is very expensive and so is fish. I'm not sure where you're from but if you earn an hourly miniumum wage here, those are luxuries. Maybe canned fruits and canned tuna is what you mean.
@@RickMartinUA-cam , thank you for responding. I am quite fortunate to be able to buy fresh organic fruits, vegetables and organic meat as well since it is appalling the conditions that regular livestock is given and what they're fed. I also know how minimum wage workeres cannot afford what is truly best for their health which I find sad because it is like be punished twice for being poor.
Dr Robert Atkins once said I would like to recommend that people eat eggs and berries maybe caviar and org raspberries I know that most people can't afford that and that's why I tell them to give up the soda and the white bread to increase fiber use psyllium. He also warned against cheap seed oils.
I learned that garlic only has it healthful anti-cancer properties if you crush it and expose it to air for a bit, something like 15 minutes. So you might want to crush your garlic well before you add it to this smoothie or you may not be getting the benefit you expect. Good health to you.
Make friends with hunters and fishermen. Usually they are more than happy to share (and proud of their catch!). Same thing goes for veggies- ask the produce manager for imperfection veggies, they’ll sell for 1/4 price 😮
Thank you for the video! Two questions. The 150 minutes of exercise, can it be cardio workouts, or do you spesifically point to weightlifting etc? Second, i have genetically high LP(a). My LDL in general is fine. I have some doubts about taking statins, as they have lots of side effects, and according to some studies they do not do much. Is there ANY way of lowering high LP(a)? Niacin, for instance?
150 minute workout per day is for young athletes. They mean 150 minutes per week which is very doable. I break up three 20 minutes of easy workout per session per day alternate between rower and treadmill. 10,000 steps of walking would be good but half of that is be OK for me. Need to do some lifting for bone health but no heavy free weights, too dangerous. An old guy like me should avoid HIIT. Started iFIT last week, keeping me motivated. My age group, 98% of us have a lease one form of metabolic syndrome due to American diet. Avoiding sugar including juice, seed oils, processed carbs, eat real food. Two meals a day, no breakfast so far.
@@RickMartinUA-cam For those that have taken any COVID vaxx or have had repeated COVID infections - i would advise them not to do anything that gets their heart rate too fast - even HIIT - just take longer walks at a leisurely pace , and pay attention to how hot your body feels . Too many people are having Stress Cardiomyopathy as a side effect of severe repeat covid or autoimmune response to the vaxx ( from a previous asymptomatic infection)- and this abnormal inflammation of the heart can cause severe rhythm disturbances
What should we do to avoid heart attack?
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Ehmm.. Actually the newest insights about cholesterol and fats are:
1) Saturated fats have NO IMPACT WHATSOEVER on human health (they do however on rabbits). Animal fat is safe, butter and cream are safe, avocado and coconut oil (vergin, cold pressed and not refined) are safe. We progressed to humans from primates on animal fats. We got unsaturated fats from fatty fish, meat and perhaps an olijve or two only. So, besides proof from clinical experiments, this is only logic in the light of evolution.
2) The so-called "heart healthy vegetable oils", or seed oils, are highly processed, unnatural, readily oxidized products.
Treated with solvents like hexane, with caustic soda, deodorized, treated at high temperatures, ALL nutrients are removed. They are NOT FOOD. Some 100 years ago companies found that they could use waste of cotton production to make industrial machine oil. Later they started to produce margarine from these oils (Crisco). Oils were "hardened" by adding hydrogen at high temperature and pressure.
After some time TRANSFATS were found to be very unhealthy and processes were changed. Yet, margarine remains unhealthy.
Up to this day we see advertisements for the poly unsaturated fats. ❤
The truth is, that these fats react easily with oxygen (become rancid).
This happens also in e.g. your skin when you are outside on the sun. UV light, these fats in your skin and oxygen make that you BURN easily. Now you have to by sun cream, SPF 50, to avoid skin cancer. (A better alternative is taking plenty of vitamin D3, combined with vitamin K2 and magnesium. If you can afford, have your D3 tested in a blood (serum sample). Go for 50-70 ng/ml or 150-175 nmol/l.)
A few years ago I banned all artificial oils from my kitchen, they ended in the trash can. Sunflower, rapeseed, soy oil, peanut oil, canola oil AND the BECEL margarine with the "super healthy" linolic fatty acid, ALL GONE.
This summer has had a record of sun hours in my country. Every moment I could, I walked, sun bathed etc.
This year I didn't use one drop of sun cream, and got a nice tan, absolutely no sun burn. Nada, nothing. Every few years all the cells in your body are replaced and it takes a few years to get rid of the unhealthy fats. So take your time.
Oh yes.. These poly unsaturated fats that get oxidized, cause low grade chronic inflammation in your body.
Together with sugars and refined carbs, this is the main cause of metabolic syndrome. Packaged processed food is not better than junk food. Prepare your own food like your great grand mother did, seriously!
I think this is cause #1, together with smoking and too much alcohol.
@@RickMartinUA-cam oh yes
I posted my reply a few times, and it gets removed every time. I will persist in placing it. Let's see what happens
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I lost my health serving in the army, i have no regrets i love everyone. I served to protect. I love you all.
God bless you!!❤
Thank you for your service. Godspeed brother
Thanks for your service James!
Thank you for your service.
Served who?
Going outside and interacting with family members, both increase my stress.
I suppose laughter is great for the heart……😂
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They smoking that cocaine
@@RickMartinUA-cam some people just don’t enjoy social interactions in general. And that’s fine.
That’s probably true of you and quite a number of people but generally indicative of family dysfunction, poor primary relationship building in early childhood, severe bullying in childhood, personality or developmental disorder, etc.
While I understand that no one wants to made to feel strange or abnormal I’m not sure it’s helpful to describe this as “fine”. I know people who have overcome serious anxiety over social interaction to ultimately develop wonderful relationships and happy families of their own.
This, of course is different from simple introversion. What you describe is probably beyond introversion.
I think this is the best heart guardian advice video I’ve seen, and I have seen quite a few. as a person with cardiophopbia (fear of cardiovascular disease) I’m obsessed with keeping safe. Well done, sir!❤
Family has given me so much stress I had 2 heart attacks in 3 years . They busted me financially in business and left me broke .. just when I was ready to retire . When you can only sleep 2 hours a night wondering how you are going to live .. you are killing yourself
I hope you feel better.
Family, friends and money never get along
@@marshallderriek1858 Unfortunately I’m very familiar with that pain. I hope things get better for you . Start today with putting yourself first. Sounds like you deserve that loyalty and love. Prayers
Yes, there are people who have done that to their families. Some of these people are narcissists.
Please take care of yourself
Yes. Sadly I understand this situation personally. Please look after yourself even if life has to get so very simple for you to survive. Do what you love. I'm sorry this happened to you.
This video should get a million like. Thank you doctor. 🙏
Solid Advice. I had a triple heart bypass 8 years ago from doing exactly the opposite of the above advice for decades. I'm on point since the operation with nearly all of your recommendations and probably even bettering some areas.
I like that you reconize that its a packaged deal. Most plant based doctors only deal with just diet. As you point out, theres a lot more to it than that. There is your mental health (stress), physical fitness, the social aspect and the destructive addictions like Smoking/Alcohol/Drug/other addictions. I think only Dr. Dean Ornish comes close to addressing all these points every single time while guys like Essenstyn, Furhman, McDougall, Bernard, Klapper are all diet, diet, diet. You would not hear too much talk in the books of the renowned heart specialist Dr. Esselstyn about mental health (stress), exercise or destructive addictions or behaviours. That is very strange as heart disease is not all down to diet alone. I did as much serious damage in smoking about quarter of a million cigarettes as i did with my junk food eating.
Reduce stress - quit my job so I don't have to deal with obnoxious, stress causing customers. But then have the stress of not being able to pay my mortgage
Meditate. Learn how to be less reactive
$100 a month live at Buddhist temple. Work trades. VEGATARIAN no swearing quiet compassionate service persons.
Want to improve your cholesterol...the cholesterol that matters, say goodbye to sugar, high fructose corn syrup, refined processed foods, and omega-6 rich seed oils. Instead, eat real food. Meat, cheese, eggs, fish, chicken, seeds, nuts, veggies, butter, cheese, avocado, mushrooms. Try to avoid starchy foods that metabolize quickly in the liver like potatoes, rice, peas, corn, pasta, breads. If you do choose to have a starchy food with your dinner, make sure to eat a salad or something with a high fiber content before you eat it. The result will be a much slower and controlled digestion and a smoother and more controlled absorption of the starch and a slower more even release of glucose into the blood. A good example is Pizza night! Everyone loves pizza, including me. Eat a hearty bowl of salad before your first slice. You'll devour less pizza, but more importantly, the pizza you do consume will be greatly slowed in it's digestion by the fiber in the salad greens.
I would like to see this kind of public health video being shown on social media outlets run by the individual NHS authorities here in the UK.
Thank you! Well compiled video from health expert. It shows steps how to decrease occurrence of cardiac arrest.
Not that Dr. Mike is wrong, but I would like to input something here.
I am a 57 year old male. No family history of heart disease.
Very active healthy lifestyle at 168 lbs.
My triglycerides are 52.
My HDL is 47
My LDL is 128
These were my numbers 1 week ago...taken right after I had a heart attack.
So, if you think you're exempt for whatever reason, you're fooling yourself.
you might also be missing something or be doing too much exercise. marathon runners sometines get heart attacks bc stress the body too much
Maybe not enough fat/vit d/vitk in your diet, causing calcium to accumulate in your blood vessels.
Thank you. I had a heart attack as a 55 year old thin fit woman with moderately elevated ldl. I had a 2 percent chance. These people think they are in control. Ha. I exercised the day before my heart attack!
@@jojonotche8917bs. There are some risk factors you cannot control like air pollution.
When it comes to exercise, the most important factor to reduce the chance of a heart attack is having a high VO2max. The highter it is, the less chances you have to get a heart problem. Dr Peter Attia has some good videos and podcasts on this subject
0:39 “Age” is just as much of a risk factor for suffering heart attacks as it is for developing arterial hypertension. That is, highly dependent on lifestyle factors whose cumulative effects increase over time (that is, with “age”).
@PaulB_864, is obesity an age-related disease? It takes most people decades to become obese.
Good habits lead to the best health..Dr Mike thanks again ⭐️
Thank you for watching
@@DoctorMikeHansen Your Welcome alway Dr Mike ..Bless👍
@@DoctorMikeHansen can u. Telll me why women pre menopause survive higher from. Heart attacks than men
Thanks Dr H. Great video! Puts my mind at eat with TG:55, HDL:65, but LDL:135 and APO-B of 100. I’ll go with the TG:HDL ratio of < 1 and call it a day!
wow i have no idea what u js said
My stats : TG 420, HDL 40
Dr. Mike thanks for sharing your videos are educational and life-saving. We aren't taught all of these details in school. Thanks for helping!
Agree, seems too many docs still stuck on the low fat and saturated fat diets needed for good health. Carbs way more important to limit to minimum.
This is great thank you. My LDL was 100 for the first time in my life! I've always had great cholesterol numbers. I eat organic but although I don't do it much, I need to reduce the processed food. Lately I've been bad at that
But what about your triglycerides and hdl? I hope they were good.
Thank you
Total
Total 221 tri.94 hdl 66 ldl136 vldl 19 sould I be on a stain
@@Billeye No one should be on a statin. Do web search on effectiveness.
How do I prevent a SCAD heart attack? I had one 4 months ago. I have low cholesterol and low blood pressure. I’m in my early 40s and I love fitness and working out. Thank you for your advice.
Turns out the Spike Protein damages the endothelial lining of the heart vessels. Shouldn't you have added that to your list?
Yes, you must protect your endothelial glycocalyx at all cost, for many, high blood glucose and pressure damages it. Two very interesting supplement that may help are (arterosil hp) and (endocalyx pro).
Thank you Dr. Mike. I find this video very helpful. I appreciate you sharing your knowledge because reading a blood test result is like reading French and you need to look up many things and still you are lost and confused.
Families are there for us, how we treat families n their respond makes a difference..
Don't blame n live better ❤
This video is timely! I just got my bloodwork, my ldl is super high but my HDL and Triglycerides is in 70’s. So time to go back to IF and eating better diet. Thank you for these video’s. ❤
Hopefully you can get on top of your health. Adding various vitamins to your diet can also help!
No doubt, the high price of quality and healthy foods make it very difficult to eat properly. However, you do have choices to make. For instance, you can buy a bag of chips for $3.99 or a bag of vegetables for around the same price, maybe even a little less. Nuts and fish are a different story and as of this writing (01-26-24) we’re dealing with high inflation. Historically, lower income households bought “junk foods”because they were the affordable choice. There’s also the matter of self control and overeating! I’ve made poor choices in every area I’ve mentioned, yet I continue to make efforts to control my weight. One area is how heavy i allow myself to get. I refuse to buy larger clothing. Choices!
Agreed diet places a massive part, plenty of other lifestyles factors that contribute to poor heart conditions.
Dr Mike thank you so much for your educational videos, easy to understand even for the layman, as a nurse for more than 10 yrs, I have seen what bad lifestyle can do even to your patients. At first I was concerned about my LDL which was 101, but HDL was 62 and triglycerides 51. I practice IF, eat right with regular exercise. I always look forward to your next video. Thank you, happy holidays and stay safe out there.
Not fair that people who smoke pay the same health care rates as those conscious about their health.
Worry about yourself and your life
Ehmm.. Actually the newest insights about cholesterol and fats are:
1) Saturated fats have NO IMPACT WHATSOEVER on human health (they do however on rabbits). Animal fat is safe, butter and cream are safe, avocado and coconut (vergin, cold pressed and not refined) are safe.
2) The so-called "heart healthy vegetable oils", or seed oils, are highly processed, unnatural, easy oxidized products.
Treated with solvents like hexane, with caustic soda, deodorized, ALL nutrients removed. They are NOT FOOD. Some 100 years ago companies found that they could use waste of cotton production to make industrial machine oil. Later they started to produce margarine from these oils (Crisco). Oils were "hardened" by adding hydrogen at high temperature and pressure.
After some time TRANSFATS are found to be very unhealthy and processes were changed. Yet, margarine remains unhealthy.
Up to this day we see advertisements for the poly unsaturated fats. ❤
The truth is, that these fats react easily with oxygen (become rancid).
This happens also in e.g. your skin when you are outside on the sun. UV light, these fats in your skin and oxygen make that you BURN easily. Now you have to by sun cream, SPF 50, to avoid skin cancer.
A few years ago I banned all artificial oils from my kitchen, they ended in the trash can. Sunflower, rapeseed, soy oil, peanut oil, canola oil AND the BECEL margarine with the "super healthy" linolic fatty acid, ALL GONE.
This summer has had a record of sun hours in my country. Every moment I could, I walked, sun bathed etc.
This year I didn't use one drop of sun cream, and got a nice tan, absolutely no sun burn. Nada, nothing. Every few years all the cells in your body are replaced and it takes a few years to get rid of the unhealthy fats. So take your time.
Oh yes.. These poly unsaturated fats that get oxidized, cause low grade chronic inflammation in your body.
Together with sugars and refined carbs, this is the main cause of metabolic syndrome.
I think this is cause #1, together with smoking and too much alcohol.
Rutger Reddingius what kind of oil do you use now for cooking?
@@adrian-4767 hi Adrian, I mostly use avocado oil and grass fed butter. Then sometimes olive oil and very occasionally coconut oil, but the unrefined versions.
Excellent post dude. This demonization of Saturated Fat should end. RED MEAT HAS THE BEST AMINO ACIDS FOR THE HEART. Just the Lysine found in RED MEAT prevents heart problems and Neutralizes Lp(a). WHY DO I NEVER HEAR A DOCTOR MENTION Lp(a)??????????????? And some people are not gonna accept this: but the moment I started a CARNIVORE DIET my Triglycerides crashed to 75 mg/dl. and my HDL sky rocketed.
Agree. Humans have evolved to eat saturated fat as the primary fuel source for hundreds of thousands of years. In extremes of the northern hemisphere plants do not even grow for 8+ months of the year. That means zero carbs, fiber or sugar was consumed for vast periods. Humans have developed multiple systems for digesting and extracting nutrients from saturated fat. Blaming saturated far for heart attacks defies basic common sense.
Well said.
What is the definition of processed food? Is it about removal of bran, added sugar, added salt, or other things? Is the addition of sugars and carbs really the biggest issue for processed food?
One other issue is the use of"vegetable oils or seed oils. See my remarks elsewhere in this section where I exposing the effects of these poly unsaturated fats.
@@rreddingwould like to know what foods contain unhealthy amounts of vegetable oil please.
@@dannyhernandez265 In principle most 'produced "foods" '. You can test this by reading the ingredients list. In my country a lot of sunflower and rape seed / canola oil is used. But also Arachide and others. ALL margerines are ultra processed products (not food), fabricated from vegetable oils.
ALL so-called plant based "meats", like Beyond Meat are ultra-processed unhealthy products and contain these oils. You can read it in the ingredients list. So not only sugar, refined and powdered carbs, artificial sweeteners, emulators, high fructose corn syrup, invert sugar, modified starches, hydrogenated oils, and colourings, as well as de-foaming, bulking, and bleaching agents, but also your average seed oils are on the food label.
Even products where you wouldn't expect vegetable oils like ready meals for the microwave, contain these fats and oils.
Salad oil, frying oils, fried products like French fries, frozen French fries, salad dressing, chips, cookies and pies, ice cream. Snack bar food, fast food.
Personally, I skip 90% of the supermarket isles (the mid sections). I only buy natural products, almost nothing with a barcode or ingredients list longer than, say, 4 or 5 ingredients.
Just looking at the report sent by a cardiologist to my family doctor after a coronary angiogram. He states that HDL is now a relatively unreliable parameter, contrary to earlier long held assertions. The APOB level is now considered the most significant parameter.
Hey Doc. Can you remember that your videos are seen by people other than Americans so please present the figures, for example from mg/dL to mmo/L together. Saves the hassle of noting and converting. Thanks. Interesting content.
That would be considerate, but I think if you're using different measurements it's up to you to do the conversion. Easy online in the search bar.
@@thatswhatisaidCA No, it’s part of communicating with your audience.
America is the only country still on old timey imperial measurement. The rest of the world stepped into metric in the late 60's over 50 yrs ago. So yeah, communication in cave man talk is not helpful.
@@alc6799totally agree. I’ve watched scores of American videos where the creator assumes only Americans watch them. So I don’t watch them again and give a ‘thumbs down’.
I had a heart attack (I didn't pass out) three years ago at 37 due to years of bad cholesterol and not taking cholesterol medication. I end up with seven stents. Since then, I made big lifestyle changes and taking all prescribed medications. If I continue my medication, lifestyle changes, and lose weight, what are my chances of living long enough to see 75?
Good if you take care of your self, some old friends of mine❤
Did or do you keep track of your blood glucose / triglycerides? For me, that is the real culprit.
Don’t get hit by a bus and might be ok 😂
We are very similar; 42 for me - 7 years ago and 5 stents. I’m into keeping fit and used to play sports regularly; but family history and stress I think. I have improved diet- reducing sugar, mainly med diet (when looking at all studies there seems no definitive/ so I go for common denominators!…and med diet is close to that). So I’m running my 5k’s, doing body weight and dumbbell workouts and taking it a bit easier with work (as much as I can). I hope to also see my late 70’s!. I think medical advancements will help us both - new imaging allows to see inside stents for a start… so non-invasive check-ups will be easier. Good health my friend. You can buy me a pint when I’m 75😁.
Linus Pauling wrote about heart attacks, inflammation and importance of Vit C's role decades ago. I wonder why you don't mention calcification of arteries when supplementing with Vit D WITHOUT K1/K2 which insures that calcium goes into bones where it belongs vs hardening arteries. 🙏🏻 include this in your excellent segments. Sadly very few doctors who recommend D supplement ever add K requirement.
Many people who get a zero or low calcium score still have blockages and heart attacks. It’s smart to sup with k2 with d as it stops calcification and lower risk but calcification from low k is a smaller cause than the ones he mentions.
This is true
Yes, you are correct! A small side note.. Bioabsorbable Magnesium goes with the D3.. A supplement, or a load of dark leaf veggies...
@@knockingseeker Yes, a coronary artery calcium (CAC) score to detect hard plaque and a carotid intima-media thickness test (CIMT) to detect soft plaque.
@@lpg12338 what about ultrasounds?
@DoctorMikeHanse
Thanks for your videos. Do you have a favorite "healthy" smoothie recipe, especially one that does not have too much sugar from frozen fruit and a decent amount of fiber?
Are heart attacks painful? How long do they last?
They're not like you see on the TV.
More a pain in the chest (obviously). But the telly tale sign for me was heavy cold sweats, and nausea.
Nattokinase. I'm a pre-menopausal man. Joking aside, mitophagy is very interesting. I like my 4-day fasts. Every time I do one, everything snaps back into a normal program. Insoluble fibre also is a cleansing mechanism for the GI tract. This stimulates a healthy repair, while feeding a proper gut biome.
I agree with all points apart from cholesterol as cholesterol has nothing to do with heart health this as been proven, and also people with higher cholesterol fight off infections quicker.
Exactly what is wrong with eating steak if LDL is not nearly as important as HDL and TGL?
Good tips but I am surprised you included saturated fats as something to avoid. Hasn't the American College of Cardiology reversed its opinion and no longer considers it a negative? Thanks.
I was surprised too. I thought saturated fat being bad is a myth.
Why don’t you consider a smoothie processed food? Seems to me a smoothie blending all those ingredients at high speed is processing, but I may be wrong and would love to hear why.
if its arugula, kale , mint and water cress smoothie with some low sodium salt and pepper and lemon juice - id say such a smoothie is actually good since it has no added or native sugar , and the green leafy veggies are high in Vitamin K1 and Lutein and some omega 3's . The Vitamin K1 is converted to Vitamin K2 by gut flora. And the high surface area of finly ground leaf veg allows for excellent micronutrient absorption -especially lutein, sulfur compounds etc . You can also add a few drops of EV olive oil or lignan rich flaxseed oil to improve carotenoid assimilation.
Sir i drink 4 protein shakes day + eating 5 eggs and 8 chapati
2 protein shakes are of whey protein with milk without Added suger
And
2 protein shakes are of 2 spoon peenut butter Oats 2 banana and milk
Does that have Suger?? And is harmful?
I roll my chapati real tight, Team Mafisi has to represent.
There's a lot of contradictory information now regarding using Statins to lower your LDL's. Effectiveness and side effects. Can you do a deep dive in this? Seems a lot of doctors are still going off very old studies and information here.
A doctor told me that putting fruit in a smoothie destroys most of the beneficial fiber, making smoothies contribute to insulin resistance.
Eat well and you'll die healthy.
25gr of sugar sounds like loads, right? How about less than 50gr of carbs/day like for Keto? Of which there are preferably no (added) sugars? Because sugars are often the 50% fructose sugars which the liver and pancreas for 80% need to break down and has an impact on the liver. I am confused now.
Good list but also 4 or more sauna sessions for 20 mins lowers heart attack risk by around 60%
thanks
@@RickMartinUA-cam I’m surprised, it’s been talked about a lot and not just cvd prevention also alzheimers dementia and 40% lower all risk mortality. Iv heard a 20 minute sauna might be better than exercise for prevention. But both sounds ideal.
@@knockingseeker I am contemplating how sauna might take some load off the kidneys, especially to extend the dialysis interval.
@@wisconsinfarmer4742 when I have eaten high protein i can smell the ammonia in my sweat and particularly feel fresher after a good sweat session compared to how I’m eating now with lower protein. Deffinately seems like it would take some of the load of the kidneys. But you would need to be extra careful with hydration, drink heaps of good quality water. I would think that avoiding things like salt and high protein and toxins would help more than sauna for kidney health.
Also certain foods and herbs like nettle leaf tea will help support them.
@@knockingseeker good thoughts. My Native American aunt has had two transplants. She does not follow good habits.
thanks for everything. But i pass at 8:24 :). In my opinion digestion starts in our mouths and using smoothies destroys part of the process. I wont try to explain, am not a specialist :). THanks again
Chewing activates nitric oxide production, that is why they say do not use mouthwash, which kills good bacteria.
Thanks for all the great content👍
Thankyou...your so informative.
I appreciate your videos very much.
Thank you for watching.
I switched from White Rice to Brown Rice and from White Breads to Whole Wheats Breads. - No more sodas or doughnuts except for rare occasions.
Process food made with whole grains contains insoluble fibers, correct?
Good Information, Learn How to cook!!!! To eat healthy food, you have to cook it in your kitchen!!! We always say eat healthy but when you don't know how to cook , you will be very limited in your choices!!!! Watch youtube videos on cooking!! Learn the techniques!!!!
Don't have time!!! No problem, prepare in advance!!! Make big batches!!!! Cook in Weekends!!!!
When fasting and low carb diet, you don't eat that many meals, it will be easy to cook the whole one week meals in weekend!!
What is the effect of long day water fast in reducing inflammation.
No research that saturated fat is correlated with heart attack
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Number 12: Avoid big arguments
True but I think that has more of an effect on the bowels than the heart but my guts get twisted and knot up so maybe it's just how my body responds
That is SO true. My father was the most quick tempered, aggressive, pissed off, constantly irritated and always in a bad mood - kind of person I've ever known. He dropped dead due to a heart attack only 56 yo. According to the medical literature type A - personalities (ambitious, irritated, aggressive people) are more likely to get heart attacks compared to more relaxed, positive, and happy people.
= less stress
How do you raise hdl cholesterol? Everyone says its important but no one says how you should raise it.
My Trig/HDL ratio is 0.91 in mg/dl and 0.47 using mmol/l. (No one has been able to explain this difference to me). I'm 67 and given the ratios, my trigs are super low and HDL high. I'm 67. The doctors are all "programmed"; they don't care about these values and are fixated on LDL-C and total chol. And they care even less about what you eat. I think my GP still eats margarine!😆
I'm similar to you. Also, my weight is correct for my height, blood pressure is good, I exercise and have no heart attacks in my family. Yet my LDL is high.
I have a good doctor. He told me five years ago he would have prescribed a statin. But he acknowledged that the science had changed, so no statin for me.
I think most docs would have prescribed me a statin.
@spartacusnow. I have been on LCHF for the past couple of years now. My HDL chol has always been quite high, but it was interesting to watch my triglycerides simply plummet from 2 mmol/l (about 175 mg/dl) to my current 0.71 mmol/l (about 63 mg/dl)! On most days, I take 50g of carbs max or less, mostly less.
My LDL-C ok, around 3.2 mmol/l (125 mg/dl). I discarded the poison called statins in 2019; just informed my GP and went LCHF. I eat quite a lot of fish.
Avoid seeing a physician. Their Bill will cause a Heart Attack.
The rock star fruit for fiber has to be passion fruit or maracuya: "When eaten with the seeds, passion fruit provides a significant source of fiber. A cup of passion fruit with the pulp and seeds contains 24.5 grams of fiber - the equivalent of more than 4 cups of bran cereal!
If we go carnivore or a similar very low carb/sugar diet, we don't need fibers to slow down digestion because one way or another, we will feel full for a longer time and never get insulin spikes
Thank you for the informative video! :)
I am doing 16:8 and, as a vegan, add DHA/EPA from algae oil. I also take soluble fiber for my gut in a coffee. Doesn't soluble fiber also slow down digestion? I was doing it primarily for the bacteria, which was in imbalance when I was still eating "everything". But I think I heard that it causes a gel-like substance that slows down absorption somewhat.
for me, fiber did slow things down a lot for a month or two. then it "regulated" but it is still slower than the past.
@@RickMartinUA-camCholesterol is very important substance. You must eat it.
Hi, I don't eat meat, my problem is green veggies like broccoli, brussels or actually any fiberous veggies cause horrible flatulance. Do these veggie pills and fruit pills do the same. Do they work at all. I make fresh bread and eat a lot of that, which is just sugar. The flatulance pills don't seem to do anything. What do you suggest. Thanks, I love your YT channel.
Well what now you need veggie pills. Broccoli, Brussels give you discomfort. The world getting sicker and worse day by day
Tried oregano pills?
How about lectins in grains and nuts? Are they dangerous for your intestinal wall lining? Thanks.
only under specific conditions
What about natural sugar? Should we restrict that too?
Doc, great vids! Funny too. I subscribed.
That Rick James took me out. Totally didn't expect that 😂😂
Please make a video of healthy smoothies. I've always find either bad tasting ones or too sugary.
thanks guys, will check
UA-cam university got many recipes..
Thanks for your helping 😢
Why should i be concerned about Cholesterol? I mean if this entire cholesterol hypothesis has been debunked, and the real culprit has been revealed as chronically high levels of insulin and inflammation, and that inflammatory foods such as HFCS and the 22 to 1 ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 seed oils, which are responsible for the smallest "Bullet" version of LDL cholesterol. Then why should we be concerned about lowering total cholesterol. There's no danger in LDL or vLDL. I believe if memory serves, it's i-vLDL that is what seeps through the cracks in the arterial wall and lodges itself in the inflamed area.
Don't forget the effect of fibre and plant foods on microbiome which has profound effects on entire body health.
What foods would you recommend?
Thanks for the info! Do you have a recipes for the smoothies you make?
I love skipping breakfast except I put cream but no sugar in my morning coffee. Do you think I am ruining my intermittent fast? I would love to know what everyone thinks.
Dr. Jason Fung is the leader in that area, check out his stuff. As long as there is no sugar or carbs, then you are good. You can test your self with a blood glucose monitor, (before, during, and after) to see if there are any changes.
I believe you can’t have cream during fasting.
Thank you.
May you be well.
Dr thanks for your heads up
Had loss of consciousness 4 times
now but have no taken any prescription drugs or pills of any kind just tok tumeric and black pepper with warm water and honey and garlic and I walk everywhere best exercise no stress
no loss of consciousness or vertigo since just moved to the beach for better sea change
HDL level modification doesn't directly related to risk reduction. So, any ratios with HDL aren't realible at all. Pay attention to TG, LDL, ideally LDL should be less than 60.
You are correct - my cardiologist said getting your HDL over 40 isnt going to add years to your life. Controlling the other things will - LDL, TRI, etc...
People, just eat everything in moderation. Except of course, foods that are already prepared that come out of a bag or box. Avoid high sugars and sweet baked goods also.
healthy is expensive...
Not as expensive as the bill from a hospital for a heart attack or stroke. 😁
Lentils are cheap. Eat loads of lentils.
Thanks for all the insights. What are your thoughts on takin Niacin vs Statins?
Do I need to eat insoluble fiber with every single meal? Or is it ok to get 25-30 grams in one or two meals and none on the third?
What measurement are you using? Where I live, cholesterol higher than 5.5 is not good. How do I convert to compare numbers and ratios you're using?
To convert Total cholesterol, LDL and HDL from mg/dL to mmol/L, divide the value in mg/dL by 38.67. To convert from mmol/L to mg/dL, multiply the value in mmol/L by 38.67. To convert Triglyceride values from mg/dL to mmol/L, divide the value in mg/dL by 88.57. (from internet)
Friends yes, family no.
No mention of seed oils?
@doctormikehansen what about things like dates that have the fiber attached. Each date has about 16gr of sugar....should those be considered in your 25gr of sugar a day calculation?
My GP does blood tests without requiring fasting….is that bad ? It surprised me.
Once you blend foods, it no longer contains insoluble fiber, only the soluble fiber is left, which we definitely need. Eating a lot of Soluble fiber such as barley, oatmeal, etc is excellent for your heart. I’m very surprised a ‘doctor’ would not know this!!
Never fall in love. Love has done the majority of my heart damage.😢
Love is a Battlefield! Love hurts!
Yep! A battlefield I clearly have lost in life! Lol I surrender 🏳️
I am so sorry to hear that, I hope you’re doing better now.
You left out "safe and effective".
Doc, diseases run in families since nutritional habits run in families since genetic predisposition has only been shown to be 2.5-5% responsible. I’m a prior med student in my 40’s who smokes cigarettes occasionally. I medicate monthly smoking marijuana or CBD oil & I don’t suffer from hypertension since I don’t eat animals. I’m clinically obese but my average bp is 122/80. I don’t eat every MW&F as well. Can’t claim I’m vegan since I still eat Costco’s cheese pizza’s. But I was flabbergasted med school only required one semester intro class on nutrition giving doctors a false sense of authority when their parents consult them about nutrition. Humans have the physiology of a strict herbivore seen by 14/15 leading causes of death being directly linked to animal consumption. The studies are out there, I’m just surprised they aren’t taught in school. I switched to veterinarian medicine since human medicine is absolutely way too corrupt for me.
Our human ancestors, for thousands of years, lived nomadic hunter-gatherer lifestyle dependent on hunting meat and foraging scrub for survival.
Sir ,please tell about, pcsk9 inhibitors, sir please make a dedicated video on it, will pcsk9 inhibitors in future will become gold standard for high cholesterol treatment?? Please reply sir
If you're a medical expert: is there not a procedure that can remove the plaque?
Reducing stress with tobacco.... is that count for even?
2:22 Fasting Lipid Panel is quite interesting. Thanks, Doc.
Good luck. I tried everything and still had a heart attack with a 2 percent chance according to risk calculator. I think air pollution and car exhaust cause heart attacks.
I think the biggest reason people don't choose better foods is because of the high price. Most people are the working poor and food prices have sky rocketed. This keeps people buying the processed junk and keeps them sick .
@@RickMartinUA-cam , fruit is very expensive and so is fish. I'm not sure where you're from but if you earn an hourly miniumum wage here, those are luxuries. Maybe canned fruits and canned tuna is what you mean.
@@RickMartinUA-cam , thank you for responding. I am quite fortunate to be able to buy fresh organic fruits, vegetables and organic meat as well since it is appalling the conditions that regular livestock is given and what they're fed. I also know how minimum wage workeres cannot afford what is truly best for their health which I find sad because it is like be punished twice for being poor.
Dr Robert Atkins once said I would like to recommend that people eat eggs and berries maybe caviar and org raspberries
I know that most people can't afford that and that's why I tell them to give up the soda and the white bread to increase fiber use psyllium. He also warned against cheap seed oils.
Biden’s America
I blend the whole bub of raw garlic with water and I add a whole lot of honey, I shake it together and I drink it down like once a day.
I learned that garlic only has it healthful anti-cancer properties if you crush it and expose it to air for a bit, something like 15 minutes. So you might want to crush your garlic well before you add it to this smoothie or you may not be getting the benefit you expect. Good health to you.
Salmon is $16.00 lb. And I’m allergic to walnuts. I don’t eat meat. Suggestions for those on fixed incomes.
Agreed. These advice videos don’t apply to everyone.
dollar tree tuna packets..Costco rotisserie 🐔
Make friends with hunters and fishermen. Usually they are more than happy to share (and proud of their catch!). Same thing goes for veggies- ask the produce manager for imperfection veggies, they’ll sell for 1/4 price 😮
rice and beans
No to smoothies for many reasons. Most spike sugar.
What about the theory of the Crease in the ear lobe as a 80% predictor of future AMI will happen to that person?
Creases in the ear lobe are common in people over 60.
Rule no. 11
No Shortcut Vaxines😂
Please comment on the risks associated with smoking cannabis.
Another important thing to do is not get the cov shot
7. my heart is reason for my stress :(
Love your content, thanks.
Thank you for watching
Thank you for the video! Two questions. The 150 minutes of exercise, can it be cardio workouts, or do you spesifically point to weightlifting etc? Second, i have genetically high LP(a). My LDL in general is fine. I have some doubts about taking statins, as they have lots of side effects, and according to some studies they do not do much. Is there ANY way of lowering high LP(a)? Niacin, for instance?
Best is mini trampoline and enjoyable with a few light weights and walking!
150 minute workout per day is for young athletes. They mean 150 minutes per week which is very doable. I break up three 20 minutes of easy workout per session per day alternate between rower and treadmill. 10,000 steps of walking would be good but half of that is be OK for me. Need to do some lifting for bone health but no heavy free weights, too dangerous. An old guy like me should avoid HIIT. Started iFIT last week, keeping me motivated. My age group, 98% of us have a lease one form of metabolic syndrome due to American diet. Avoiding sugar including juice, seed oils, processed carbs, eat real food. Two meals a day, no breakfast so far.
Walking stimulates HDL cholesterol
@@RickMartinUA-cam For those that have taken any COVID vaxx or have had repeated COVID infections - i would advise them not to do anything that gets their heart rate too fast - even HIIT - just take longer walks at a leisurely pace , and pay attention to how hot your body feels . Too many people are having Stress Cardiomyopathy as a side effect of severe repeat covid or autoimmune response to the vaxx ( from a previous asymptomatic infection)- and this abnormal inflammation of the heart can cause severe rhythm disturbances
Please check out Dr. Ford Brewer's channel, he has some videos on this subject. Also, he has live stream every Wend at 9 AM CST.