Summary: The transcript primarily highlights the role of metabolic health in cardiovascular wellness, addressing common misconceptions and the importance of stabilizing artery plaque rather than simply aiming to remove it. Main Points: 1. Plaque Stability: Soft, inflamed plaque in arteries is more dangerous than stable plaque. Preventing plaque from becoming inflamed is key to lowering heart attack and stroke risks. 2. Common Misconceptions: High LDL cholesterol alone isn't a clear predictor of heart disease; insulin resistance and poor carbohydrate metabolism are more significant risk factors. Eating a low-sugar diet isn’t enough; refined carbs like bread and pasta also contribute to blood sugar spikes and plaque buildup. 3. Diet and Prevention: Emphasizes a diet tailored to individual carbohydrate tolerance to stabilize blood sugar and insulin levels, key for reducing inflammation and stabilizing plaque. Whole foods that are low in refined carbs are recommended, supporting a balanced metabolic state and helping to prevent “insulin resistance” or “insulin spiral of death,” a cycle of high insulin and sugar that worsens plaque. 4. Exercise and Testing: Resistance training is encouraged to support glucose metabolism. Carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) scans and inflammation markers can help track cardiovascular health and plaque stability over time. This approach highlights that the best “artery-clearing” meal isn’t a single food but rather a balanced, low-refined-carb diet that manages blood sugar and insulin, preventing inflammation and improving overall artery health. The recommended "number one meal" to clean out arteries in the transcript is actually not a specific food but rather fasting. This approach is emphasized for its role in triggering autophagy, a cellular cleanup process that removes damaged cell components, which can lower inflammation and improve arterial health. Key points on fasting include: 1. Autophagy Benefits: Fasting initiates autophagy, helping to clear out damaged cells and reduce inflammation, thus supporting healthier arteries. 2. Types of Fasting: Different fasting methods (such as prolonged water fasting or intermittent fasting) may be effective, though each person’s ideal fasting schedule varies. 3. Lifestyle Focus: A consistent, balanced approach to diet, including limiting refined carbs and maintaining metabolic health, is advised over relying on a single meal or quick fix. Ultimately, it’s not one specific food but a lifestyle that includes fasting and careful food choices that is suggested for arterial health.
7:20 heart attack vs stroke 15:10 stents don't prevent heart attacks 31:20 bypass not great either 32:20 apple cider vinegar, K2, vitamin D, niacin 41:00 fasting best for arteries
I asked my doctor about fasting. He said to forget about it and not to waste my time. I asked my cardiologist and a cardio vascular surgeon and they both told me that plaque cannot be removed. It amazes me that as doctors they don't take nutrition into consideration, knowing fully well that most diseases are caused by lifestyle choices. Surely they must know that our medicine doesn't cure anyone. Our US medicine is only to manage symptoms and nothing more. Of course it's great when it comes to emergency medical interventions, but it won't cure you of most chronic diseases. Funny thing is a vet will ask you "what are you feeding your cat/dog?'
I had a CT scan (CIMT) 5 years ago when I turned 70. My LDL was >250, and i thought i was headed for disaster. I thought the only good CT scan score was zero! Then my cardiologist, told me the range is 0-400. You’re fine. Then I found out i was prediabetic! A good friend pointed my to modified keto, intermittent fasting and HIIT. Now five years later, i had another CT scan, it’s still 70! My HDL is 55, triglyceride 90, LDL still high but im 25 pounds lighter, resting heart rate 52, avg BP 120/70. I think I made the right decisions according to the above post. I will be 76 in 2 weeks, i feel great! Just spent 6 weeks in Europe on a motorcycle trek.
My grandmothers lived to 101 and 104. They lived in a little village in Greece eating fresh fruit and vegetables meat chicken eggs from their own land. They fasted often walked everywhere and were never overweight. Up at sunrise and bed early. I am going to change my ways because I’m 70 and I feel dreadful.
I think the key factor here is the stipulation “ from their own land”. I believe our food system in America is toxic from the pesticide Glyphosate. The meat is loaded with hormones and antibiotics. Unless we eat organic produce and very clean meat, egg, dairy sources, our goose is cooked. Needless to say my food bill is astronomical , but I have no choice. I still don’t feel that great, but Im a lot better than I was. I eat only whole grains ( no flour so blood sugar doesn’t go crazy)and low meat . Im 65 and walk everyday too. All we can do is try. Good luck and God bless.
Thank you Doc. I lost my wife to stents, bypass surgery, and tons of miss information. She was 54. I feel I am on the same path and this video may have changed it. Thank you.
I am so sorry for your loss. My husband never drank, smoked and was never overweight, was very active, however he still developed heart disease, the quadruple bypass, followed by stents revealed a new set of problems, the blood flow was then, at a higher velocity than his veins could tolerate. I lost him to congestive heart failure. For what ever reason, his veins were turning to mush and the blood pressure went berserk.
@@sherrih6375 Hi Sherri. I to, are sorry for your loss. It’s a very difficult process to go through. To watch your spouse go through this process and seeing the heartbreak, literally watch them waste away. Hope you continue to find the strength to move forward Al.
I had a lot of plaque in all my arteries as shown in multiple ultrasounds over the last 30 years. I had multiple chest X-rays that showed calcium in my aorta as well. Fast forward to a couple years ago, I went on a ketovore diet did fasting for 6 months and took high levels of raw-food sourced vitamin C and a vitamin K complex 4 times a day. After 6 weeks of high doses of the C and K I had a Cardiac 3D cat scan that showed zero plaque and zero calcium anywhere. My cardiac calcium score was zero. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I Just followed a high protein, high fat, low carb diet (aka ketovore diet) and added raw/food source vitamin C( 3-4 times the recommended dose @ 3-4 times a day) plus I added Vitamin K complex (3-4 times a day) and too grapefruit seed extract, 800 mgs 3-4 times a day. 👍🏻
@@sharroon7574. Supplements. The vitamin C was a raw/food source vitamin C. And the vitamin K was a K complex that had K1, K2-mk4 and K2-mk7. The other thing I highly recommend is a complete balanced vitamin E. That has all 8 forms of vitamin E and NO ‘Dl’ form of vitamin E. (That’s a chemical fake form). Take lots of the complete vitamin E complex.
I’m a 66 year old female. I have been on keto for 9 months. Lost 50 lbs and no longer need bp meds. No longer pre diabetic but my ldl skyrocketed. Doc wants me on statins. Refused. Sent me to cardiologist. Did bp monitoring, holter monitor and echocardiogram along with echo stress test. Everything perfect. So sent me for CAC score. It was 7.7. Wants me in statins. Refused. Then he prescribed another med. refused.
This is why I stay away from Drs unless absolutely needed. Sounds like you get it too. You are taking responsibility and making good educated decisions on your health! Keep it up and never let a Dr bully you. I love your story
My Dr had me on 5 different medications and wanted to put me on another I told her save your prescription pad for someone else I'm done with pills if I have to live on all of these pills I'd rather die. I told her pills don't cure anything all they do is mask the problem. She was surprised and asked me not even the cholesterol pill and I said no. I told her we're eating healthy and walking I'm doing everything I can no pills needed she told me I wish more of my patients were like you, that's been 20 years ago and we've never been healthier. I make tinctures and teas for immunity and haven't had any illness since. I will always go to natural remedies not man made pills. God's garden is the best.🙏❤️🙏
There is one organ in our body that we neglected when it comes to health. Our gallbladder. There are certain nutrients that it needs to function optimally. It produces bile that helps to the digestive system to break down fat from our diet. Proper function of the gallbladder can help with stable cholesterol according to of scientific research
My grandma passed in 2018 at 107. She ate a typical American food diet, loved her chocolate but took vitamins and was always moving & exercising. She had a great attitude about life and loved everyone. She never drank or smoked and watched her weight. Her mind was sharp, she loved playing scrabble and playing piano.
“The best meal is no meal” Thank you Dr Brewer for reinforcing what I knew all along. I’m remembering the times in my life I’ve felt the best physically and mentally is when fasting for an entire day or only having one meal a day.
Better still, than `no meal' - Steamed vegetables mixed with microwaved chicken soup. Practically a no-fat meal, but all the nutrients and roughage you could ask for. Add to that, all the benefits chicken soup brings to the table - especially during the winter months. Scientists still have no idea why chicken soup is so beneficial. But it's a tried and trusted, easy meal, to prepare. And it really does work for re-charging the immune system and is healthy to a fault!
Yes fasting works wonders, I've fasted twice years apart, both times I fasted for the full 40 days and nights. It is very hard for the first 5 days, after the 5th day it got easy breezy, after fasting you should break the fast by eating steamed rice, or boiled eggs, with water. If you fast for to long it can cause a stroke due to lack of nutrients to the brain. Super bad junk foods are: Doritos chips, all brands of dry packaged noodle soups such as ichi ban, and Mr. Noodle. Pizza is very bad because of all the flour in it. High in protein meats. Coke a cola. Nick named the devil's treat because coke a cola go's with any metal of any country. Beers are bad for the liver, kidneys, heart, and brain. Deep fried foods, like nuggets french fries, deep fried fish, and chicken. Ice creams, and hot dogs, and hamburgers. The better that any foods taste the more deadly it gets. It's true that fruits and vegetables are much more healthy for you, and good water filtered.😇😇😇😇
@@ArnoldLitke Oddly enough, my mom had a sister that was addicted to Coca-Cola and she drank a case everyday of glass bottled Cokes and smoked a few packs of cigarettes each day. She was not into anything nutritious, what so ever, and she died last year, at 94 and still lived alone. She was on oxygen, but very few med's, and didn't have diabetes or artery disease, but arthritis had a huge hold on her. My mom didn't touch soft drinks and ate a very nutritional diet, and walked three times a day and died at age 50 of cardiac arrhythmia, her heart quit beating in her sleep. So, I don't know... what statistics are true, but I do know God is bringing all of us home when he is ready for us, and he doesn't make mistakes. I eat what I want, when I feel like it with little regard to statistics. But, I do love veggies over every thing else. 🤗
I had to go without food due to diverticulitis. Told the doctor I would not go to the hospital. He gave me the okay, since I knew myself and the importance of not eating. (Not my first rodeo). I went home started drinking plenty of clear liquids and hot tea when I was hungry. I discovered so many things about my mind being in control. Lost 10 pounds and kept them off plus more- because I also learned that my mind should be in control not my stomach.
This video is so pivotal , considering most doctors just prescribe their patients medications that will give you another problem. Thank you is an understatement for making this video 🙏🏾🙏🏾
@@catalinamargomyers9970 they are the problem in the sense that they're the mouthpiece for the medical establishment when a patient wants guidance and information so that they may heal. The minority of doctors who think for themselves and deep dive to figure out the root of what's going on and freely share that knowledge are amazing, but they are the minority. The larger problem is the greedy and dishonest pharmaceutical industry, their lobbyists, etc. However, since doctors are the ones so many look to for answers it is problematic when they give harmful advice.
After a near fatal car head on, in hospital for 2 months with 30 broken bones I was sent home with 15 prescriptions 2 of which he said I would need for life! I finally broke all those chains however it took 20 years to be free. I have not needed Dr's. Except for surgeons to remove the metal when possible. General physicians are drug salesmen. BEWARE
I'm an Australian sheep shearer and try to look after my heart. I was told olive oil was great heart food and cleans the heart I practically pour it over everything I eat. I'm 50 this year and passed every health check.
I was told 39 years ago that not eating meat would make me sick and unhealthy? They are all dead, on pills, or sick and obese. I am the one still hiking mountains all over the globe. 12 years WFPB, and no longer living in the USA??🤔🤔🤔 My Energy is off the charts as I am consistently told. My Cholesterol levels are awesome. Little or no oils ever
Donate blood every quarter. Just like changing the oil in your car. A 101 year old man I know told me that this was one of his tips. He is active and has his mental faculties .His name is Raymond Strait. He was Jayne Mansfields assistant for 10 years until the day she died .He is an author ,paralegal , and Hemet Chronicle chief writer. Among many other things he is also active in.
Two years ago, i was taking metformin for type 2 diabetes and my blood pressure was 154/80. Following a terrible review by my doctor, i decided to do something about it. I identified, what i considered to be, the main culprits? - I loved pasties, cheese & onion rolls, quiche (with crust) pies and, worst of all, Croissants (mmmm!) Basically, foods with a high butter content (their casings, to be more accurate) I stopped eating THE LOT!!! But i did make one consession, CRUSTLESS quiche! One year later, my diabetes nurse told me that it was in remission and my blood pressure was 120/60. It was decided that i should use up the remaining metforming prescription, and not to take anymore from therein - some 5 months (without) Another year later and i still manage my diabetes, by diet only. My blood pressure was/is, still 120/60. Take cotrol of your own health - IT DOES WORK!!! And, i love my near-vegetable diet, and all those lovely herbs and spices!!!
Butter is high in saturated fat. Portion sizes are key here. I was consuming pastries on an industrial scale. I still add small amounts of butter, to say, breads, omlettes, mushrooms etc, but only enough to add taste. Croissants (which i USE to love) are particularyly high in Trans fats, sugar and refined white flour (Carbs, if you will) High in calories too, of course!! Similarly, pasty ingredients are right up there in the fats and carbs dept. I haven't given up on pastry-based products, altogether. I just treat them as, well, treats! I would say my consumption of pastry products is 98% down on what it was, two years ago - yes, THAT MUCH!! Do i miss all those lovely, scrumptious, lamb and mint pasties, cheese and onion pasties, cheese and onion rolls? You bet i do! But having one, now and again, is never going to do you harm - whereas i once would eat two in a day. Now it's more like one in a month! As a dietician once famously said, on tv. There's only one diet, and that's a balanced one. And definately not the fad diets, promoted by celeb's - they're been paid handsomely, for such nonsense!
@@shill6449 I do realize that butter is a saturated fat, but by itself your body would and will do an excellent job of regulating the amount you consume, the same goes for protein. Dr Adkins had all this worked out in the 1970's or 80's. if you sat down at the dinner table with a big slab of butter your body would never allow you to eat much at all! put that same amount in a bat of mashed potatoes and you will consume a very large amount of fat, it is the combination of fat and carbohydrate/starch that packs on the lbs. I admire that you can manage your bread intake so masterfully, it is something I currently struggle with. and with some of the things you mention croissants should only have butter as the fat, the same as brioche and most fresh French breads and pastries, now, I am not saying butter is a health food, just not as much a villain as health nuts make it out to be. It has such a strong flavor that a little goes a long way. you didn't say how much weight you've lost.
Thank you, doctor. I have been listening to your instructions for a long time. That's right. I'm 84, I ride a bike, I swim in open water all year round. I tried different methods of abstinence from food. For me, intermittent feeding turned out to be acceptable. Dinner at 19.00, breakfast at 12.00. plus the Mediterranean diet. Life Goes On...
@@geno5169 Don't know if you're joking, but as a 62 yr old cyclist, they have cut-outs for the male taint area to relieve pressure so you can ride all day.
I should have read your comment first and short circuited a long winded misleading repetitive ramble avoiding what healthy people eat to reach a simple fundamental health practice that all spas utilise. I agree totally clean diet real food intermittent fasting and occasional longer seasonal fasts is what I have myself concluded. I will add hormesis in terms of wim hof breath work cold immersion and far infra red sauna which I have just bought to encourage sweating out heavy metals etc I am 73 not fat but worried about CVD because I have ed and both.
He knows as much (for certain) as the next doctor who swears by THEIR OPINION! Just do trial n error on your own re your personal healthcare! Be your own advovate n don't rely on what 1doc says vs any other! None of them are God's!
Dr Brewer, I believe this is not only the best video you have ever done, but maybe the best summary video on this subject by anyone, ever. Plainly spoken, easy to follow, covering the whole picture. I will share this far and wide. Thank you!!!
As someone with PCOS (runs in both parents’ families), hypoglycemia and sensitivity to estradiol (mother), I have been a conundrum to the medical industry for decades! Those don’t go together! And, now going into menopause, everything I was doing to control the issues (which were working) has been turned on its head! I’ve survived at least two precancers. I give up. I’ve been working so hard for almost four decades that I’m exhausted with the treadmill we have out ourselves on. No generation before has been so messed up and worked so hard at it. I’m going to live my life and enjoy every day. Keep eating whole foods and trust that God has already numbered my days.
I'm 63 and have PCOS as well. I looked like I was underweight until puberty and then it's been a lifelong battle with weight and higher Insulin levels. I just try to eat minimal carbs and swim and walk a lot. I'm not in the insulin resistance frame but just under. It's exhausting trying to battle this disorder so I get it. I'm with you on going to live my life and enjoy. sending you hugs.
You got to keep trying cyanne pepper when cooking and olive oil on yr food after cooking. Eat spinach blend with cyanne pepper and turmeric reducing cans and cutting sugar can help intermittent fasting too up with vitamin c and try b1 vitamins
I started intermittent fasting. Not eating before about 11 am and not eating after 6 pm. (I do have a cup of coffee in the morning and sometimes a glass of wine in the evening.) I also cut out most sugary and processed items. I have been doing this for about 4 months. I do not know my numbers, but I was somewhat healthy before I started. I did have a belly, weight 157 lbs and am 5'7". I was scheduled to have a knee replacement in a few months. Now, I weigh about 140 lbs, feel great, my BP is a bit lower, my activity level is much higher, I lost my belly and feel great!! I canceled my knee surgery and am able to play pickleball every day. (I also take cod liver oil for Omega 3's) IF has been extremely beneficial to me. I do not even feel that hungry at 11 am, my body has totally adjusted.
Wow. Just wow! You’re the first person i have seen that had ever answered my question: When the arteries narrow can they be restored to their original size and condition ? I have read and watched videos on clearing them of plaque but nothing about if they stay narrow or increase in size. I have surmised for a long time that once cleared more blood is able to pump through stretching them out. You’re explanation of the garden hose opened up a world for me and confirmed my understanding. Also, pus causes blood clots in arteries and heart? I never knew pus caused blood clots and i never associated pus with being in or near the heart. Thank you.
The pus is the goo of plaque that leak out of compacted goo / pus, fillled arteries make their way into the blood stream causing serious affects in the body so pus is the plaque from high cholesterol Sounds so gross .
Yes Doc! I do both Intermittent fasting daily & monthly water only fasts for no less the 3-days…. I’m 60 in great shape & no health issues at all- thank God! I eat salads, fruits, fish- no red meat, no fried foods, no processed foods & drink spring water only with chickory coffee in the AM- thanks for your very informative video!
Thank you for reminding me the power of water fasting. I did water fasting for 3 days in the past and it was the most challenging task but was rewarded with an aftermath amazing feeling. At the end of the fasting I felt so clean; imagine if you did not shower for many days and than you took a shower. I will try to fast on the 1st of every month and will start a 2 days water fasting. Since Jan 1st has passed, I will fast today and tomorrow to kick off my fasting. I will also clean up my diet (I love carb and my body does not handle carbs well) and will reduce and replace my carb with vegetables and meat. Most importantly, listen to your body. Everyone is built differently. By far, this is the best and no nonsense video. Much appreciated and thank you. Cheers to good health!
Mmm - all sounds a bit mystical to me. If I "listen to my body" I eat pizza, smoked sausage and sour gummies all day and never bother getting up off my backside. My recipe instead is to tell my body: "this is not negotiable: we're going to exercise and eat natural. Just do as you're told...."
The truth is that fasting is first a physical experience but ultimately a spiritual one. If you were to continue fasting it would lead to death. So when we deny the flesh for a time it brings us closer to God. That feeling you get and like is the spiritual existence within each of us. Fasting as a way of life enhances our health and awareness and senses. G-d designed fasting for good conscience and natural prevention and healing for our health, body and mind.
Conservative brahmins in south india regularly fast twice a month. Tell this doctor to include a small amount of ginger (,skin removed) in the morning diet. You wont have plaque. Lethim do the research.
I was diagnosed with diabetes, and I thought that i was ok, just eating normal, 2-3 meals a day, but I've been having so many problems since, now I'm on the journey to a better and healthier life
Dr. Ford, your experience on getting rid of the plague is very interesting . I am 87 years old [born on 02-01-1937]. I always believe our body is different it is God's beautiful creation. I also believe the saying "ONE MAN'S MEAT IS ANOTHER MAN'S POISON". So no matter how step or precaution we take to preserve or lengthen our life is a myth. Our lifespan is given the day we are born. So just be happy and be contented of what we have and we can count our blessing of what the good Lord has given. God bless.
@@billjordan8779That is the evil GOD Named Satan the serpent cause corruption, deaths, chaos, HATERED : WARS, Innocent babies, etc. Causing huge troubles world around us. 😮😢😢😢😢😢 To note🤔🧐. Correct????
My husband and I found a doctor who is a nephrologist and general practitioner. He helped my husband with correct medication for a high blood pressure which he was struggling and no one could regulate it. Any other doctor was hit or miss and gave him some of the worst blood pressure medication. We have to pay extra because he is considered a specialist and he is out of network. We eat two good healthy meals a day and hardly snack in between. Drink lots of water and herbal teas. We are in our mid sixties and apart from stress here and there we are doing very well. However it is so hard to find a doctor who doesn’t want to give all kinds of medication instead of suggesting a life style change. Our doc does. Thank you Dr. Ford for being real doc.❤
What blood pressure medicine does your husband take.? I've tried them all and am so senstive to all, but can tolerate atenolol and alternate with cardizem.
Everyone is different our bodies react to stress and medication different etc. finding this doctor who is a nephrologist was the real find being a kidney doctor makes the difference because he know how medications it affect your kidneys. My husband is on lisinopril,besylate and a diuretic chlorthalidone. Also we eat a very low sodium diet no more than 1600mg of salt. A day
I’m 62 yrs old. LDL has been elevating for 5’yrs. Now it’s about 200. HDL is always been in mid 70s. Triglycerides is almost always low 50-70. Just did Coronary Artery Calcium (CAC) Test two weeks ago, the result is Zero. I don’t exercise too much as I should. Do some walkings and fidgeting runnings. Have been doing intermittent fasting for about 2 yrs, but unsuccessful to lose weight. I’m 5’1”, WT: 107-108 lbs. on low carbs diet, not too much crazy fatty foods, love vegetables, avocados and salmon. Trying to eat everything organic, taking red rice yeast since 12/1/23, will do a lipid panel next month to see if Red rice yeast will lower my LDL. But, since my high LDL didn’t form any plaques, so it doesn’t matter. Oh, I did the genetic saliva test to see if that is the reason I have high LDL, the result is negative. I take K2/D3, fish oil, magnesium, red rice yeast, COQ10, Vitamin B12, Niacin, B-Complex daily. That is about it. Oh, I do feed my guts well, Kombucha Kefir chia seeds to solve constipation problem. Watching on and off many functional medicine channels. Learned a bunch!
Your diet sounds remarkably similar to mine. Every morning make a shake with cauliflower broccoli spinach carrots protein powder, and a scoop of metagenics ultra clear pH.. I also cut a piece of bitter melon and put it in there. I saw a guy at the local fresh food market and he said it lowers your blood pressure. Flaxseed chia seed and psyllium husks also a spoonful of each of those. However I have 25 to 49% plaque in my LAD. I am 5'10 and 163 lb.
You have comprehensively analysed the complex information that has confused me for a decade and now made sense of it all . The best lesson I have heard. I wish I had it all printed!
Word of advice Doc, if you want people to listen to your advice....step it up and remember, less is more. This video is full of great advice but also.. way to much filler.
Best video ever.He has summarised the whole current cardio topics in this talk. Being doc myself I am pleasantly surprised at such great and to the point video. Congrats Dr Brewer
Thank you, this Vlog is exactly what I need right now. I was diagnosed with a rare cancer, due to unreconcilable differences I am no longer being treated as a patient. I've been donating to our local heart foundation for a while after observing the positive changes in those once afflicted lives.
Alot are seeing this same thing after what they've pushed the last 2 yrs, lookup Joe tippins ... the C word was in all organs, his blog is called my cancer story rocks, c-free still today from early 2017
Glad you found something that is working well for you and I hope it continue to forever, I was not able to find luck with anything because I was unable to fight off the cravings I had for the bad stuff out there when doing them, that all changed when I discovered the Perfect Human Diet and all craving went away I have started loosing weight that I never could loose before and in just the first few weeks was feeling better than I had in decades, at age 65 this new life style has been the best thing ever to happen to me. Should things ever change for you or you go have one of the scans done and find you may still be getting blockage like mention in this video then Please check out these Doctors and others on UA-cam sharing their real life experience with the Perfect Human Diet, many have been doing it for over 10 years and doing great as also many have reversed many health conditions and they share that with proof online! These are but a few of the Doctors and Hundreds of Others giving live testimony with proof online! @KenDBerryMD @ShawnBakerMD @DrTonyHampton @doctorkiltz @mikhaila@5MinuteBody @myzerocarblife @Homesteadhow @FerrignoFreedom
I have had heart attacks 8 years ago, eating one time a day, veggies and fish, dry nuts, and reduced statin ( from 40 mg to 5 mg, stopped Aspirin 81 mg), still going good at age of 60, but with lots of exercise. Thank you Doc.
I was told to stop aspirin and to take a blood thinner due to the possibility of a blood clot. Six months later they found 2 clots on the right side of the arota.
0:00: 💡 Misconceptions about artery health, risk factors, and effective strategies for reducing heart attack and stroke risk are discussed. 5:05: 🩺 Arteries and plaque explained: dynamic, stabilized, and healed. 10:19: ⚠ Impact of High Blood Sugar and Insulin Levels on Arteries 16:23: 🔍 Reevaluating the effectiveness of CIMT in addressing arterial plaque and its potential comeback in medical studies. 20:56: 🔍 Unusual LDL response to carb restriction and its impact on heart health is being studied by cardiologists and researchers. 26:15: 🫀 Misconceptions about cholesterol plaque, inflammation, and stress tests in predicting heart attacks. 31:34: 🍏 Misconceptions about certain food and supplement distortions and their impact on artery health. 36:41: ⚕ Debate over the effectiveness of nasin and nin related products as a supplement for health and longevity. 42:01: ⏱ Impact of prolonged water fasting on metabolic health and inflammation, without focusing on weight loss. Recapped using Tammy AI
Best balanced, clear, unambiguous explanation and advice I have heard so far. Thank you Dr Ford! There are so many contradictory diet advice on YT that just create more confusion. Some videos are nothing but a word salad. Your explanations are straight to the point, scientific and simple.
Really appreciate this Dr's videos. I've been refusing statins for 15 years but have a-fib & am on blood thinners. Had cath lab Jan 2023. All arteries checked were normal - no blockages. Ive been using a diosmin/ hesperidin supplement for circulation & vein support as well as compression hose, both for 20 years. Both older and younger brothers as well as both late parents, had strokes. Im the only one so far, at 64, with no strokes. I have stopped the circ.& vein support supplement due to concerns of long term use. I have a 31 bmi, 250 total cholesterol, 190 ldl, and prediabetes & struggle with proper diet for 15 years. I know this is not good & am trying to correct my bad habits. My feet have been bad & can not walk for fun since 2005. Makes it hard but i am not giving up!!
Dr Ford brewer, you're amazing, I've just gotten a burst of encouragement, I'm a diabetic, and I slipped into a deep depression, because my primary physician wanted to put me on, ozempic, glimepiride, a low rise insulin, and a long with the 1,000 mg of metformin that I'm already taking, so Im now on my Journey of healthy living and eating, And so that's what I was afraid of, heart attack, stroke or my organs shutting down because of diabetes
You’ll be amazed by how fast your body will balance when you remove carbs and do intermittent fasting. I can get into a consistent state of ketosis now but carbs throw me off completely. I feel much better without them. Good luck. It becomes easier everyday.
This was very interesting, thank you for this. One very important thing all you guys don’t touch on, which is important, is that we have lost our connection with nature and the earth. Fresh air, clean water, sun, feet on the ground connected with the earth, no rubber soled shoes. Also saunas, if you add all these then you will see massive improvements in your wellbeing. One other thing don’t overheat your food, and throw away your microwave.
why do i view this video as a hopeful message? its the first I'm hearing about fasting with what seems to be studied understanding. Thank you for making the effort in producing this!
Fabulous video. I just had the ultrasound of my carotid and peripheral artery tests. I am 75. I eat all meat and seafood and low glycemic vegetables. Cheat once in a while for pizza or pasta but rarely. No bread ever, nothing made from flour. I also did a fasting insulin test and I was 5. You sir are a rarity and I wish I could find a doctor with your beliefs.
Thanks Dr Brewer! This is gold. We each need to pay close attention to, & figure out:1-how our individual metabolism runs BEST, & then 2-fast & 3-eat (in alternation) to keep it running optimally & DO IT FOR LIFE. The saying "DON'T live to eat, INSTEAD ... EAT TO LIVE!"
Thank you Doctor, very useful, logical and informative video. I really enjoyed the structured journey in this video. I did OMD for over a year and fasted 16/8 along with a diet like you mention and at least an hour of exercise Monday to Saturday. As a result, I obtained perfect indicators in laboratory tests.
Just an incredibly informative video. The best video to date. Just like I wish financial literacy was taught in schools, so do I wish this information was taught. It’s obvious our government doesn’t want our youth educated on such topics, so I’m grateful you are getting the message out there, Dr. Brewer! Thank you! 🙏
@@betzib8021 ... virtually everything taught or not taught in schools is controversial with a lot of disagreement. . . .personally I HIGHLY disagree with taking away teaching cursive writing! That's an insane idea, but it has become the norm.
It's interesting you mention financial literacy. It's our barbaric level of socio-economic evolution that's responsible for the pushing of poisonous drugs instead of studying, educating, and supporting the public in actually healthy lifestyle practices. If it can be monopolized and make a small number of people a fortune, it gets resources. Otherwise, it gets virtually none.
Dr. Brewer - Best video yet! I so wish the cardiologists and lipid specialists would come up to speed on this stuff. I spent 6 months and 4 cardiologists to find one who actually somewhat entertained these concepts. Through your videos, I am actually educating doctors and dieticians. Some don't care for my lectures, but we have to fix the old thought process. I did end up with two stents in my RCA in December 2023 as I was 90% blocked at 55 (female so no one suspected I was headed for a dirt nap) BUT at least now I have the knowledge to prevent or slow down the plaque process through carb restriction. My Cleveland Heart results look fantastic now. Thank you - your efforts to educate and save lives are very much appreciated.❤
Dr. Ford. This was Extremely interesting, All the way to the end! Fasting! Done Correctly! Looking forward to this correct way to fast! I have done about 3, 24 hour fasts in the last 2 years. I have greatly benefited from these. I try to use resistance training, and weights with cardio, to keep fit and strong. Now its time to learn the Right way to Fast! Thank You, Thank You! You are an Amazing Speaker! Riveting! In Just the Right ways!
Well done video. 😊 Unfortunately, I am unable to afford the required testing recommended. On the other hand, these videos help me understand what I am doing such as intermittent fasting, no processed food, no added sugars, limited alcohol, laughing more and moving more, is helping me to become metabolically healthier.
@@petervanderveen2340 lol a on birthday, thanksgiving, Christmas, new years and Fourth of July…. Is my definition of limited alcohol. :-). I am 65 years old. My weight is 135. Only take one medicine for my thyroid. However, I priced the test suggested and they run into the thousands. :-( But your suggestion is noted. Thanks for your advice .
Most thorough video on the internet! Without going deep into types of LDL or all the nuances, you managed to cover so many facets of metabolic health. I am sure that both newbies and professional students of PrevMed will LOVE this presentation. Double thumbs up.
The new pre med students will only really HEAR + be excited about this video IF THEY HAVEN'T YET BEEN FULLY BRAINWASHED. Med School definitely brainwashes them ... since the Drug Reps are crawling all over the place. The indoctrination is intense.
Everyone should listen to this completely informed, backed by science and fully explained in a manner that can be understood by all, to give you the tools to help yourself.
This is the best discussion about the #1 killer to date. The information is invaluable. Dr Brewer you are an American hero. Thank you for taking the time to put this together. I am grateful.
Im 59 i guess im the .1% that doesnt know about clogged arteries and how to clean them out. I think it depends on what kind of medical you can afford or if you have had heart problems or you just started having problems. For me i appreciate what im learning ill keep watching because i care about my health im sick and cant work i will learn now. Better now than too late. Since you know all about it why are you watching? Have fun watching a movie😊
Thank you so very much Doctor Brewer for this incredibly valuable and life changing information. I am so grateful for all you shared. I wish there were Drs like you in Australia. Thank you so much.
So comprehensive, said it in one “rant”! It can really be used it instead of all other health channels as most telling story about our health! I fallowed you for so many years and even you didn’t have yet your channel, but this video is just as a final exam! And it can be used as our ultimate guidance for our well being! THANK YOU!
What’s particularly useful about K2 is that it, along with magnesium, scavenges calcium from soft tissues where it’s causing pain and moved to where it’s needed.
Thank you Dr Ford, my cardiologist recommended me intermittent fasting. I slowly started doing it after an atrial afibrillation medical emergency. Thank you, Dr. Ford.....for the fasting alternative to clean out my arteries. Miami,Florida,USA
You, sir, are the UA-cam presenter who DID start the flood of interest in K-2, mk-7 as an arterial 'clean-out' vitamin along with vitamin D3. I downloaded your program on the subject. I like this presentation today, but I DO NOT appreciate, in my view, your apparent effort at revisionist 'history' on serious subjects like this one. You even made the claim that you had eliminated ALL plaque in your arterial system along with one other person, a patient I believe, who had shown a similar result, as best as off the top of my head I may recall. I have a verbal IQ of 190, a 'fund of information IQ of 190, and in my mid-twenties a score of 98% recall, all on the Weschler Inventory test; my other scores were quite high as well. Your program to which I have made reference, impressed me hugely in the context of my personal cardiac health at the time you made your presentation on vitamin D3 and vit. K-2,mk-7, and I have been taking that combination, along with other vitamins essential to the health of other bodily functions, as well. But your presentation(s) on K-2, mk-7 and D-3, again, were hugely influential for me including your showing on paper held up to the camera your test results! Today, you appear in my view to be engaging in all manner of surreptitious, tacit backtracking, and my trust and confidence in your representations feel violated by your representations on vit. D3 and particularly on vitamin. K2, mk-7. I thought writing you on this in the Comment section important enough to be made late for my effort to try to return to part-time work representing disabled folks et al. at the State Capitol here today, first day of our 2024 session due to feeling SO FURIOUS with your seeming 'turnabout' relating to the value of arterial health of Vitamin K-2 combined with vitamin D3 that you have previously made in my view, and, in my view your representations at that time were major and had a huge impact. [Denver, Colorado]
Science is always learning new info...maybe that's what he thought at that time, but based on new research changed his thinking? He still should come on and explain the turnaround though, if he doesn't want listeners to lose confidence.
YES. I remember that and it impacted me as well. Your recollection is right and I GET your anger, it’s understandable and he DOES owe us all an explanation…it’s as if he is jumping on a new bandwagon here - fasting, and will likely backtrack on this with zero explanation in future as well. Annoying AF
Yes, you start something and then years later … this is better. Who to trust eh!! Shake your head. I’ll still take a lot of herbs but every body type is different. At least with u tube n internet we have more knowledge than we had growing up with all these modern aids. Wish people would stop connecting with internet and phones even when you’re right across from them and “have fun like the good old days “ … sigh. Enjoy the time we have together talking, laughing, connecting.
This is a masterclass video. The best you, or anyone for that matter, have done to clear up the pertinent issue of metabolic health with in-depth discussions of plaque, supplementation and diet and the various misconceptions held by many, including doctors themselves.
Thank you. I was kinda surprised at the meal, but there was a strong hint with the image of tape over the mouth, so I guessed between the answer and a huge salad. Since it's the same meal that Jason Fung pushes to reverse type 2 diabetes, I really have no choice but to comply. Excellent video.
For all those who felt the title was clickbait and he should have given the answer in the first minute: 1. If he had, you would have left and missed important information. 2. He answered the question. Did you ever find out “what eggs do to senior brains”? That’s clickbait! A valuable question telling me to erase the email. 3. Many appreciated all the information. I am one that did.
hank you! this is life saving info and the way it's presented it's a pleasure to listen to it. No big show presentation. just life saving info. very much appreciate. I got away with bad eating for years and now I'm dealing with insulin issues. every time I go low carb and give up wheat (not celiac) I feel better and lose weight. the minute I eat carbs the scale goes up
Apple Cider Vinegar has been a godsend for me. Had gallbladder problem, no doubt because of decades of low fat diet, little fat so my gallbladder had little to do. After starting ACV I found digestion so much easier.
I definitely think apple cider vinegar has it’s place for good health in terms of blood sugar and probably the best cure for acid reflux than any OTC med on the market. I never read about any connection to heart health.
@@nutritioncoachjo The vinegar wears down tooth enamel and so people with tooth decay or gum disease have a much higher chance of getting heart disease no matter what diet they consume. What foods cause tooth decay?
@@Jeffs60 Never heard that before but I guess it’s possible if people drink several shots a day straight it’s possible. I mix 1 Tbs with 32 oz of water once a day and drink it with a straw so I am not concerned. Overconsumption of sugar will certainly cause tooth decay. It has happened to my adult son who regretfully didn’t listen to me.
Dr. Brewer, I hope your entire audience shares this information with everyone they know. It is vital. Even when we live in a country where people don’t want to miss a meal and everything must taste good if they were to receive this message and consider it’s importance we have done our part to allow others to help themselves and to get on the road to hope of having quality of life.
Good information. However, the reason the plaque is there in the 1st place is due to inflammation. The plaguing occurs to reinforce the arterial wall via 'splinting' to maintain integrity of the wall. There is a proteolytic enzyme that is beneficial to fighting the primary problem - inflammation & decreasing the plaque, including the calcium atherosclerosis, which is nattokinase. A Chinese medicinal herb utilized efficaciously for over 2,000 years is lumbrokinase. Both of these substances naturally thin the blood without hemorrhagic threat.
I needed to hear that , again and again and again that's just the way I am, for me it's like being on the food wagon I can ride it for a while then I crash and fall off. A real mental exercise in control over myself. Thank you for making these videos as they help put me back on track.
My military uncle had 1 artery clogged at 80% and another one at 60%... He went to a Veterans hospital in NC to have surgery for the 80% clogged artery... while there some of those specialty nurses told him we can tell you how to clean out that artery if you are willing to do it... He was instructed to drink 40 drops of Tabasco sauce(not Texas Pete), mixed into 1 cup of tomato juice every morning.... He did this but said he had to start with 25 drops of Tabasco sauce and work his way up to 40 drops in the 1 cup of Tomato Juice. To this day he is either 86 or 87, and as far as I know he's never had surgery for the other artery! Also we had an older Indian friend from India that had a clogged artery apx 10yrs ago or longer.... When he returned home he ran into an Indian Dr that had just returned from Texas, USA, from special training of ALTERNATIVE METHODS for SURGERY... he said he went to see that Dr & the 1st thing he told him was to Kick the Red Meat out the door!! 🙈 I (i enjoy A good steak once in awhile - boo hoo)... ok so I'll choose the Tabasco sauce over the Red Meat discard for the time being.
At the very end of January (this year) at 47 I had a heart attack (I'm female). Its a particular kind of heart attack called SCAD (spontaneous coronary artery dissection). After all the tests and blood analysis they are very impressed with my health! My heart is VERY healthy, my cholesterol is pretty much perfect, my triglycerides are very healthy. They were very interested in what I eat more than anything else that they asked me. I told them I follow the Mediterranean diet (with my own recipes, but their principals) and I gave them some recipes to share with others (they are easy to scale up or down) I honestly believe that if my heart wasn't as healthy as it is I might have died that day!
I’ve listened to a few of your videos, and I’ve avoided clicking, because I thought you didn’t answer what you said you were going to answer, but this time you went right down your outline, and answered the things you mentioned at the beginning, very well orchestrated and delivered. I’m in my eighth month of what most would consider extreme low-carb. My most recent lab results are in the Lein mass hyper responder category triglycerides in the 50s HDL 131, LDL 407 I’m 59 and have the body mass that I had at AJ 18 very lean very muscular And I’m an active climbing arborist. This was a very helpful video. I’m attempting to learn rapidly as I’ll be defending my position against the cardiologist that is shocked by my labs I’m attempting to manipulate my lab and was able to reduce my LDL from 429 to 407. That probably won’t impress the cardiologist.😃. Thanks for the great video.
What did you guide to the conclusion, that extreme LDL level under a elow-carb regime are normal, healthy and not dangerous? I am undecided, but would fear that conventional medicine is right with their causation claim of LDL. cheers
There's no way to defend that LDL. Diet needs to change or it is literally going to kill you. Are you eating low starch veggies at all? Something is way off diet wise.
@@Ms_AP_ I am beginning to integrate in standard keto veggies and some fermented vegetables. I have an appointment April 5 with the cardiologist and hoping to get a CT angiogram to ensure my current plaque status. I’m watching closely for the results of the LMHR study as you can imagine, I’m quite interested :-) thank you for your concern..
My cholesterol has been over 300 since 19. Just put on statins at 48. Hopefully you just saved my life. My heart doctor doesn't care but to give a pill. THANK YOU DOC!!!! NEW SUB!!!! HAPPY HEALTHY NEW YEARS TO YA! ❤
@@mballer Cut your cholesterol down , cut the longevity down. What you need to cut down is sugar , carbs and processed sh1te. Sugar is responsible for heart attacks .
Excellent video! The topics were well explained! So precise and direct to the point! Thank you so much Doc 🙏 Very informative and so clear! Answered all questions in my mind.
Doc. Brewer; just listening to you talk about these ideas, you sound like an awesome guy! I don't know when I'm going to meet our maker, my view is, it happens when it happens. And actually, the cleanliness of my soul is a whole lot more important to me than the cleanliness of my body. I used to be a health nut, working out 4 nights a week and again, another four hours on Saturday just because I enjoy working out! That's not to say that I don't care about my health; I do, it's just not been a priority for me once I started aging a bit. Now I'm pre-diabetic (or so my doc says, via test reports) and I'm quite a bit heavier (near 200lb) than I was when younger. Funny thing though doc, I feel better at my heavier weight than when I was a younger toothpick, go figure! Oh yeah; I really appreciate your mentioning how we should be eating, more salads, broccoli, cauliflower, protein, fish, red meat and white meat (and by white meat, I'm guessing you mean chicken). Fasting is something that I have never done; however, you have given me good indicators to start doing so, thank you! I'm going to try that "prolonged water fasting" idea first, meanwhile continuing to eat broccoli, cauliflower, red meat and chicken, all things I not only love to eat, but are healthy as well! Huh... go figure! All I need to do now is learn how to slowly fast on water, start my exercise routine again and stop eating those silly little candies of this sort or the other, those darn things are my downfall doc, I love the taste! Anyway; I subscribed to your jawing online because I find that you are not only interesting to listen to, you make good sense to me and you appear to me as a good soul, a person whom really cares about others... and in this day and age, you're a rare bear doc! So keep on doing what you're doing; there are those of us who deeply appreciate your sharing online... thank you again doc, have a long and happy life Sir, I sure wish you were my doc... and that's the best compliment a body could give another soul.
Are you prepared to meet your maker'? Do you know Jesus as Saviour & Lord..because He is the only way! John 14:6. Also: 'For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believes on Him shall not perish but have everlasting life '. John 4:16.
Thank you so much for this video. It is so obvious and simple, but I've never tried fasting. I will try water fasting one day each week. I already eat well except for one guilty pleasure 🥺 - Sugar. I never use white sugar, but just as well I know it's going to put me in my grave if I don't take control now. We all start somewhere. Thank you so much! ❤
Thank you for your video. I have been researching after getting bypass (CABG) some 11 years ago. I tried to be an enlightened person that has to get to the right answers in order to prevent the next cardio vascular event. So read a lot of books and studies about health issues and I am grateful you are reinforcing my believe that fasting is the most important way of preventing the arteries to get clogged again. All the advantages of fasting for improving our health has helped me to be motivated to do all different types of fasting. Of course I also understand now that fasting should be the primary tool in the prevention toolkit. But do go a few steps further you can complement it with a whole food plant based diet, exercise, sleeping 7- 8 hours and reducing the glucose spikes not only in the fasting stage but whenever you are re feeding. There having vinegar is helpful as well as starting with a salad of green leafy vegetables, having your proteins and fats second and complex carbohydrates last. If you top this by doing some exercise after the meal you help the insulin response to be lower and do less inflammation activity. I would like that you consider in the next video all these additional options that complement the fasting and could elaborate on this topic further. Thank you again!
I’m with you until you mentioned your diet. I’m a carnivore - our DNA is based on a hunter gatherer history, and I intermittent fast every day, occasionally a longer fast !
I was told to be careful of these types of changes because of my history of low blood sugar (which has now wafted into diabetes). When I cut out carbs, I became a snarling beast - total character change due to that history of earlier low blood surgar.
@@Muswell Hi Muswell, Your best chance to improve you health is what I share here, I found out about the Perfect Human Diet after my first heart attack and Coronary Stent which they probed my heart and veins through my veins using a camera and decided in that same minute they found plaque build up that required a Coronary Stent and placed the Coronary Stent all at the same time, I wish I had started doing the Perfect Human Diet like our Ancestors did sooner and I could have avoided all my issues. If you are sincere about Improving your health! Please check out what all these folks and hundreds more have been doing for many years now! Learning what is really causing many if not most of American health problems and Death! There are dozens if not hundreds of Doctors out there who have started a campaign and company to help us do what the government and many miss-informed Doctors here are some Doctors on UA-cam as well as other individuals like us sharing there stories like mine of better health and much much more! @KenDBerryMD @ShawnBakerMD @DrTonyHampton @doctorkiltz @mikhaila@5MinuteBody @myzerocarblife @Homesteadhow @FerrignoFreedom
Great video. Perhaps, cut to the chase a little faster and discuss and elaborate what you mean by "prolonged" water fasting; this clarification (of "prolonged") would help develop a feasible plan. Thank you.
This video is incredibly insightful and a true eye-opener on how we can take better care of our arteries and overall heart health. Thank you to the creator for providing such valuable information in a way that's easy to understand. Wishing everyone watching this video good health, happiness, and peace. For those facing any health challenges, I hope you find strength and healing soon!
Summary:
The transcript primarily highlights the role of metabolic health in cardiovascular wellness, addressing common misconceptions and the importance of stabilizing artery plaque rather than simply aiming to remove it.
Main Points:
1. Plaque Stability:
Soft, inflamed plaque in arteries is more dangerous than stable plaque. Preventing plaque from becoming inflamed is key to lowering heart attack and stroke risks.
2. Common Misconceptions:
High LDL cholesterol alone isn't a clear predictor of heart disease; insulin resistance and poor carbohydrate metabolism are more significant risk factors.
Eating a low-sugar diet isn’t enough; refined carbs like bread and pasta also contribute to blood sugar spikes and plaque buildup.
3. Diet and Prevention:
Emphasizes a diet tailored to individual carbohydrate tolerance to stabilize blood sugar and insulin levels, key for reducing inflammation and stabilizing plaque.
Whole foods that are low in refined carbs are recommended, supporting a balanced metabolic state and helping to prevent “insulin resistance” or “insulin spiral of death,” a cycle of high insulin and sugar that worsens plaque.
4. Exercise and Testing:
Resistance training is encouraged to support glucose metabolism. Carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) scans and inflammation markers can help track cardiovascular health and plaque stability over time.
This approach highlights that the best “artery-clearing” meal isn’t a single food but rather a balanced, low-refined-carb diet that manages blood sugar and insulin, preventing inflammation and improving overall artery health.
The recommended "number one meal" to clean out arteries in the transcript is actually not a specific food but rather fasting. This approach is emphasized for its role in triggering autophagy, a cellular cleanup process that removes damaged cell components, which can lower inflammation and improve arterial health.
Key points on fasting include:
1. Autophagy Benefits: Fasting initiates autophagy, helping to clear out damaged cells and reduce inflammation, thus supporting healthier arteries.
2. Types of Fasting: Different fasting methods (such as prolonged water fasting or intermittent fasting) may be effective, though each person’s ideal fasting schedule varies.
3. Lifestyle Focus: A consistent, balanced approach to diet, including limiting refined carbs and maintaining metabolic health, is advised over relying on a single meal or quick fix.
Ultimately, it’s not one specific food but a lifestyle that includes fasting and careful food choices that is suggested for arterial health.
Thank you very much!
Jajajaj. Gracias. Entendí mejor
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God who made the body said, “Fast”. This is confirmation for me. No need for pills, they don’t heal the problem. Here’s to a long happy life!
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7:20 heart attack vs stroke 15:10 stents don't prevent heart attacks 31:20 bypass not great either 32:20 apple cider vinegar, K2, vitamin D, niacin 41:00 fasting best for arteries
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V helpful grazier!
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You are so kind
You're a legend. Thank you! 😊
I asked my doctor about fasting. He said to forget about it and not to waste my time. I asked my cardiologist and a cardio vascular surgeon and they both told me that plaque cannot be removed. It amazes me that as doctors they don't take nutrition into consideration, knowing fully well that most diseases are caused by lifestyle choices. Surely they must know that our medicine doesn't cure anyone. Our US medicine is only to manage symptoms and nothing more. Of course it's great when it comes to emergency medical interventions, but it won't cure you of most chronic diseases. Funny thing is a vet will ask you "what are you feeding your cat/dog?'
Yep. Very true.
First thing the vet asks when I bring my dog in is…What do feed him? Does my doctor ask me about my diet? Never.
Dr. Brewer just told us plaque can't be removed.
@@hmmm..2733 I have never had a doctor ask about my diet.
@@hmmm..2733such a good point!! Thank you! 😊
I had a CT scan (CIMT) 5 years ago when I turned 70. My LDL was >250, and i thought i was headed for disaster. I thought the only good CT scan score was zero! Then my cardiologist, told me the range is 0-400. You’re fine. Then I found out i was prediabetic! A good friend pointed my to modified keto, intermittent fasting and HIIT. Now five years later, i had another CT scan, it’s still 70! My HDL is 55, triglyceride 90, LDL still high but im 25 pounds lighter, resting heart rate 52, avg BP 120/70. I think I made the right decisions according to the above post. I will be 76 in 2 weeks, i feel great! Just spent 6 weeks in Europe on a motorcycle trek.
A CIMT is not a CT scan. CIMT is Carotid Intima Media Thickness Test which measures the thickness of the 2 inner layers of your carotid arteries.
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@@kimklampe3134just stop! 🤢
Happy for you keep it up 💪🙏
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My grandmothers lived to 101 and 104. They lived in a little village in Greece eating fresh fruit and vegetables meat chicken eggs from their own land. They fasted often walked everywhere and were never overweight. Up at sunrise and bed early. I am going to change my ways because I’m 70 and I feel dreadful.
Yasu filinadha mu, apo ti Smirni🇹🇷🇬🇷
Im with you. Nearly 66 and feel 90.
Greece of course is now a very fat country. In fact it has the fattest people in Europe.
I think the key factor here is the stipulation “ from their own land”. I believe our food system in America is toxic from the pesticide Glyphosate. The meat is loaded with hormones and antibiotics. Unless we eat organic produce and very clean meat, egg, dairy sources, our goose is cooked. Needless to say my food bill is astronomical , but I have no choice. I still don’t feel that great, but Im a lot better than I was. I eat only whole grains ( no flour so blood sugar doesn’t go crazy)and low meat . Im 65 and walk everyday too. All we can do is try. Good luck and God bless.
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Thank you Doc. I lost my wife to stents, bypass surgery, and tons of miss information. She was 54. I feel I am on the same path and this video may have changed it. Thank you.
I am so sorry for your loss.
My husband never drank, smoked and was never overweight, was very active, however he still developed heart disease, the quadruple bypass, followed by stents revealed a new set of problems, the blood flow was then, at a higher velocity than his veins could tolerate. I lost him to congestive heart failure. For what ever reason, his veins were turning to mush and the blood pressure went berserk.
@@sherrih6375 sorry for loss, is never easy to live without a love one we have to live with that feeling.
Thank you very much!
@@antoniodarosamartinez9372 Lo siento por su pérdida. No, mi marido no tuvo COVID.
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@@sherrih6375 Hi Sherri. I to, are sorry for your loss. It’s a very difficult process to go through. To watch your spouse go through this process and seeing the heartbreak, literally watch them waste away. Hope you continue to find the strength to move forward Al.
I had a lot of plaque in all my arteries as shown in multiple ultrasounds over the last 30 years. I had multiple chest X-rays that showed calcium in my aorta as well. Fast forward to a couple years ago, I went on a ketovore diet did fasting for 6 months and took high levels of raw-food sourced vitamin C and a vitamin K complex 4 times a day. After 6 weeks of high doses of the C and K I had a Cardiac 3D cat scan that showed zero plaque and zero calcium anywhere. My cardiac calcium score was zero. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@@howardstewart2549 "If"
Is this true? Can you further elaborate please?
I Just followed a high protein, high fat, low carb diet (aka ketovore diet) and added raw/food source vitamin C( 3-4 times the recommended dose @ 3-4 times a day) plus I added Vitamin K complex (3-4 times a day) and too grapefruit seed extract, 800 mgs 3-4 times a day. 👍🏻
@sgtpepper.6511 what did you eat for vitamin c and k?
@@sharroon7574. Supplements. The vitamin C was a raw/food source vitamin C. And the vitamin K was a K complex that had K1, K2-mk4 and K2-mk7.
The other thing I highly recommend is a complete balanced vitamin E. That has all 8 forms of vitamin E and NO ‘Dl’ form of vitamin E. (That’s a chemical fake form). Take lots of the complete vitamin E complex.
I’m a 66 year old female. I have been on keto for 9 months. Lost 50 lbs and no longer need bp meds. No longer pre diabetic but my ldl skyrocketed. Doc wants me on statins. Refused. Sent me to cardiologist. Did bp monitoring, holter monitor and echocardiogram along with echo stress test. Everything perfect. So sent me for CAC score. It was 7.7. Wants me in statins. Refused. Then he prescribed another med. refused.
We have a lot of patients like you!
This is why I stay away from Drs unless absolutely needed. Sounds like you get it too. You are taking responsibility and making good educated decisions on your health! Keep it up and never let a Dr bully you. I love your story
My Dr had me on 5 different medications and wanted to put me on another I told her save your prescription pad for someone else I'm done with pills if I have to live on all of these pills I'd rather die. I told her pills don't cure anything all they do is mask the problem. She was surprised and asked me not even the cholesterol pill and I said no. I told her we're eating healthy and walking I'm doing everything I can no pills needed she told me I wish more of my patients were like you, that's been 20 years ago and we've never been healthier. I make tinctures and teas for immunity and haven't had any illness since. I will always go to natural remedies not man made pills. God's garden is the best.🙏❤️🙏
There is one organ in our body that we neglected when it comes to health. Our gallbladder. There are certain nutrients that it needs to function optimally. It produces bile that helps to the digestive system to break down fat from our diet. Proper function of the gallbladder can help with stable cholesterol according to of scientific research
@@ireneolgaamuzu2249 what are the nutrients the gall bladder needs? Thanks
My grandma passed in 2018 at 107. She ate a typical American food diet, loved her chocolate but took vitamins and was always moving & exercising. She had a great attitude about life and loved everyone. She never drank or smoked and watched her weight. Her mind was sharp, she loved playing scrabble and playing piano.
Thanks for this post! Most people don't realize that our "MINDSET" about life, makes a big difference in our quality of life!!
My mother lived that way too❤
She had good gens.
Your family has good genes, and good habits
“The best meal is no meal” Thank you Dr Brewer for reinforcing what I knew all along. I’m remembering the times in my life I’ve felt the best physically and mentally is when fasting for an entire day or only having one meal a day.
How can the best meal be no meal?
@@TheLastOutlaw-KTS After fasting for 17 hours, the body begins the process of autophagy. Google 'autophagy'.
You didn't have to ruin it for everyone. He's trying to build up to this point for a reason.
Thanks for this. Wasting time on these things doesn't help anything
Better still, than `no meal' - Steamed vegetables mixed with microwaved chicken soup. Practically a no-fat meal, but all the nutrients and roughage you could ask for. Add to that, all the benefits chicken soup brings to the table - especially during the winter months. Scientists still have no idea why chicken soup is so beneficial. But it's a tried and trusted, easy meal, to prepare. And it really does work for re-charging the immune system and is healthy to a fault!
I have been fasting some to save money and now I find I may also be saving my life. win win !
Yes fasting works wonders, I've fasted twice years apart, both times I fasted for the full 40 days and nights. It is very hard for the first 5 days, after the 5th day it got easy breezy, after fasting you should break the fast by eating steamed rice, or boiled eggs, with water. If you fast for to long it can cause a stroke due to lack of nutrients to the brain. Super bad junk foods are: Doritos chips, all brands of dry packaged noodle soups such as ichi ban, and Mr. Noodle. Pizza is very bad because of all the flour in it. High in protein meats. Coke a cola. Nick named the devil's treat because coke a cola go's with any metal of any country. Beers are bad for the liver, kidneys, heart, and brain. Deep fried foods, like nuggets french fries, deep fried fish, and chicken. Ice creams, and hot dogs, and hamburgers. The better that any foods taste the more deadly it gets. It's true that fruits and vegetables are much more healthy for you, and good water filtered.😇😇😇😇
Build back better IS working LOL
@@ArnoldLitke Oddly enough, my mom had a sister that was addicted to Coca-Cola and she drank a case everyday of glass bottled Cokes and smoked a few packs of cigarettes each day. She was not into anything nutritious, what so ever, and she died last year, at 94 and still lived alone. She was on oxygen, but very few med's, and didn't have diabetes or artery disease, but arthritis had a huge hold on her.
My mom didn't touch soft drinks and ate a very nutritional diet, and walked three times a day and died at age 50 of cardiac arrhythmia, her heart quit beating in her sleep.
So, I don't know... what statistics are true, but I do know God is bringing all of us home when he is ready for us, and he doesn't make mistakes. I eat what I want, when I feel like it with little regard to statistics. But, I do love veggies over every thing else. 🤗
Thank you for sharing your experience! @@ArnoldLitke
I’m on the Joe Biden diet. I can’t afford to eat.
Really the best video on this topic !!!!! This doctor has a deep knowledge, and he is not corrupted by big pharma ,which is rare nowadays!
Thank you very much.
What a sham if ever I heard one!
@@thomasinzee4175what’s a sham? Him or big pharma?
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I’m 75 and healthy. My mind controls my appetite, not the other way around!
Thank You For This Information.
I had to go without food due to diverticulitis. Told the doctor I would not go to the hospital. He gave me the okay, since I knew myself and the importance of not eating. (Not my first rodeo). I went home started drinking plenty of clear liquids and hot tea when I was hungry. I discovered so many things about my mind being in control. Lost 10 pounds and kept them off plus more- because I also learned that my mind should be in control not my stomach.
Wisdom. Thank you!
That’s easy for some to say.
This video is so pivotal , considering most doctors just prescribe their patients medications that will give you another problem. Thank you is an understatement for making this video 🙏🏾🙏🏾
Doctors are not the problem... and now or for a while now the curriculem has been molded by Pharma and Insurance Companies.
You R sooooo right😮😂🎉......!
All prescription drugs have side effects, best learn what they are before taking a new medicine. I do.
@@catalinamargomyers9970 they are the problem in the sense that they're the mouthpiece for the medical establishment when a patient wants guidance and information so that they may heal. The minority of doctors who think for themselves and deep dive to figure out the root of what's going on and freely share that knowledge are amazing, but they are the minority. The larger problem is the greedy and dishonest pharmaceutical industry, their lobbyists, etc. However, since doctors are the ones so many look to for answers it is problematic when they give harmful advice.
After a near fatal car head on, in hospital for 2 months with 30 broken bones I was sent home with 15 prescriptions 2 of which he said I would need for life! I finally broke all those chains however it took 20 years to be free. I have not needed Dr's. Except for surgeons to remove the metal when possible. General physicians are drug salesmen. BEWARE
I'm an Australian sheep shearer and try to look after my heart. I was told olive oil was great heart food and cleans the heart I practically pour it over everything I eat. I'm 50 this year and passed every health check.
Your job is your best medication.
@@margeverdan3451- Saturated fat does not clog arteries!!!
I was told 39 years ago that not eating meat would make me sick and unhealthy? They are all dead, on pills, or sick and obese. I am the one still hiking mountains all over the globe. 12 years WFPB, and no longer living in the USA??🤔🤔🤔 My Energy is off the charts as I am consistently told. My Cholesterol levels are awesome. Little or no oils ever
Donate blood every quarter. Just like changing the oil in your car. A 101 year old man I know told me that this was one of his tips. He is active and has his mental faculties .His name is Raymond Strait. He was Jayne Mansfields assistant for 10 years until the day she died .He is an author ,paralegal , and Hemet Chronicle chief writer. Among many other things he is also active in.
Funny u said that.i thought I should start doing that 2 hours ago..thank u ..I'm 54
Two years ago, i was taking metformin for type 2 diabetes and my blood pressure was 154/80. Following a terrible review by my doctor, i decided to do something about it.
I identified, what i considered to be, the main culprits? - I loved pasties, cheese & onion rolls, quiche (with crust) pies and, worst of all, Croissants (mmmm!) Basically, foods with a high butter content (their casings, to be more accurate)
I stopped eating THE LOT!!! But i did make one consession, CRUSTLESS quiche!
One year later, my diabetes nurse told me that it was in remission and my blood pressure was 120/60. It was decided that i should use up the remaining metforming prescription, and not to take anymore from therein - some 5 months (without)
Another year later and i still manage my diabetes, by diet only.
My blood pressure was/is, still 120/60.
Take cotrol of your own health - IT DOES WORK!!!
And, i love my near-vegetable diet, and all those lovely herbs and spices!!!
the butter wasn't the culprit
Butter is high in saturated fat. Portion sizes are key here. I was consuming pastries on an industrial scale. I still add small amounts of butter, to say, breads, omlettes, mushrooms etc, but only enough to add taste. Croissants (which i USE to love) are particularyly high in Trans fats, sugar and refined white flour (Carbs, if you will) High in calories too, of course!! Similarly, pasty ingredients are right up there in the fats and carbs dept.
I haven't given up on pastry-based products, altogether. I just treat them as, well, treats! I would say my consumption of pastry products is 98% down on what it was, two years ago - yes, THAT MUCH!!
Do i miss all those lovely, scrumptious, lamb and mint pasties, cheese and onion pasties, cheese and onion rolls? You bet i do! But having one, now and again, is never going to do you harm - whereas i once would eat two in a day. Now it's more like one in a month!
As a dietician once famously said, on tv. There's only one diet, and that's a balanced one. And definately not the fad diets, promoted by celeb's - they're been paid handsomely, for such nonsense!
@@shill6449 I do realize that butter is a saturated fat, but by itself your body would and will do an excellent job of regulating the amount you consume, the same goes for protein. Dr Adkins had all this worked out in the 1970's or 80's. if you sat down at the dinner table with a big slab of butter your body would never allow you to eat much at all! put that same amount in a bat of mashed potatoes and you will consume a very large amount of fat, it is the combination of fat and carbohydrate/starch that packs on the lbs. I admire that you can manage your bread intake so masterfully, it is something I currently struggle with. and with some of the things you mention croissants should only have butter as the fat, the same as brioche and most fresh French breads and pastries, now, I am not saying butter is a health food, just not as much a villain as health nuts make it out to be. It has such a strong flavor that a little goes a long way. you didn't say how much weight you've lost.
Nothing wrong with butter at all. It's the seed oils you need to banish.
How did those pasties taste?
Wish I could give this video billion likes. Great job, Dr. Ford! 👍
Thanks!
Thank you, doctor. I have been listening to your instructions for a long time. That's right. I'm 84, I ride a bike, I swim in open water all year round. I tried different methods of abstinence from food. For me, intermittent feeding turned out to be acceptable. Dinner at 19.00, breakfast at 12.00. plus the Mediterranean diet. Life Goes On...
Thank you very much!
Let me save you 45 minutes get your carbs
down and don’t eat as much through fasting… ty
I hear riding a bike isn’t good for our bslls
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Don't know if you're joking, but as a 62 yr old cyclist, they have cut-outs for the male taint area to relieve pressure so you can ride all day.
I should have read your comment first and short circuited a long winded misleading repetitive ramble avoiding what healthy people eat to reach a simple fundamental health practice that all spas utilise.
I agree totally clean diet real food intermittent fasting and occasional longer seasonal fasts is what I have myself concluded. I will add hormesis in terms of wim hof breath work cold immersion and far infra red sauna which I have just bought to encourage sweating out heavy metals etc I am 73 not fat but worried about CVD because I have ed and both.
Dr Ford should get an award for spreading awareness.
Thank you very much!
I agree a big reward to Dr. Brewer.
Yes, the Nobel Prize in medicine.
He knows as much (for certain) as the next doctor who swears by THEIR OPINION!
Just do trial n error on your own re your personal healthcare!
Be your own advovate n don't rely on what 1doc says vs any other!
None of them are God's!
E medical $ would be lost.
Dr Brewer, I believe this is not only the best video you have ever done, but maybe the best summary video on this subject by anyone, ever. Plainly spoken, easy to follow, covering the whole picture. I will share this far and wide. Thank you!!!
You are 100% right !!!👍
So much of my time to learn so little
Thank you so much ❤
I totally agree with you. This is the best video on this topic in the entire UA-cam world!
As someone with PCOS (runs in both parents’ families), hypoglycemia and sensitivity to estradiol (mother), I have been a conundrum to the medical industry for decades! Those don’t go together! And, now going into menopause, everything I was doing to control the issues (which were working) has been turned on its head!
I’ve survived at least two precancers.
I give up. I’ve been working so hard for almost four decades that I’m exhausted with the treadmill we have out ourselves on. No generation before has been so messed up and worked so hard at it.
I’m going to live my life and enjoy every day. Keep eating whole foods and trust that God has already numbered my days.
He has. You will not go ‘home’ until the moment God wills it.
I'm 63 and have PCOS as well. I looked like I was underweight until puberty and then it's been a lifelong battle with weight and higher Insulin levels. I just try to eat minimal carbs and swim and walk a lot. I'm not in the insulin resistance frame but just under. It's exhausting trying to battle this disorder so I get it. I'm with you on going to live my life and enjoy. sending you hugs.
You got to keep trying cyanne pepper when cooking and olive oil on yr food after cooking.
Eat spinach blend with cyanne pepper and turmeric reducing cans and cutting sugar can help intermittent fasting too up with vitamin c and try b1 vitamins
My stents were put in to prevent Angina attacks. They have worked absolutely brilliantly.
Hi, what was the blockage in your arteries?
Thank you. I am scheduled for stents in a week and I hope they help.
This summarizes the latest research on the big picture of cardiovascular health in any single video I have seen. Well done!
Thank you very much!
I started intermittent fasting. Not eating before about 11 am and not eating after 6 pm. (I do have a cup of coffee in the morning and sometimes a glass of wine in the evening.) I also cut out most sugary and processed items. I have been doing this for about 4 months. I do not know my numbers, but I was somewhat healthy before I started. I did have a belly, weight 157 lbs and am 5'7". I was scheduled to have a knee replacement in a few months.
Now, I weigh about 140 lbs, feel great, my BP is a bit lower, my activity level is much higher, I lost my belly and feel great!! I canceled my knee surgery and am able to play pickleball every day. (I also take cod liver oil for Omega 3's)
IF has been extremely beneficial to me. I do not even feel that hungry at 11 am, my body has totally adjusted.
Wow. Just wow!
You’re the first person i have seen that had ever answered my question: When the arteries narrow can they be restored to their original size and condition ? I have read and watched videos on clearing them of plaque but nothing about if they stay narrow or increase in size. I have surmised for a long time that once cleared more blood is able to pump through stretching them out. You’re explanation of the garden hose opened up a world for me and confirmed my understanding.
Also, pus causes blood clots in arteries and heart? I never knew pus caused blood clots and i never associated pus with being in or near the heart.
Thank you.
Not pus like infection pus. Just meant liquid cholesterol.
The pus is the goo of plaque that leak out of compacted goo / pus, fillled arteries make their way into the blood stream causing serious affects in the body so pus is the plaque from high cholesterol Sounds so gross .
Yes Doc! I do both Intermittent fasting daily & monthly water only fasts for no less the 3-days…. I’m 60 in great shape & no health issues at all- thank God! I eat salads, fruits, fish- no red meat, no fried foods, no processed foods & drink spring water only with chickory coffee in the AM- thanks for your very informative video!
Thank you for reminding me the power of water fasting. I did water fasting for 3 days in the past and it was the most challenging task but was rewarded with an aftermath amazing feeling. At the end of the fasting I felt so clean; imagine if you did not shower for many days and than you took a shower. I will try to fast on the 1st of every month and will start a 2 days water fasting. Since Jan 1st has passed, I will fast today and tomorrow to kick off my fasting. I will also clean up my diet (I love carb and my body does not handle carbs well) and will reduce and replace my carb with vegetables and meat. Most importantly, listen to your body. Everyone is built differently. By far, this is the best and no nonsense video. Much appreciated and thank you. Cheers to good health!
Mmm - all sounds a bit mystical to me. If I "listen to my body" I eat pizza, smoked sausage and sour gummies all day and never bother getting up off my backside. My recipe instead is to tell my body: "this is not negotiable: we're going to exercise and eat natural. Just do as you're told...."
The truth is that fasting is first a physical experience but ultimately a spiritual one. If you were to continue fasting it would lead to death. So when we deny the flesh for a time it brings us closer to God. That feeling you get and like is the spiritual existence within each of us. Fasting as a way of life enhances our health and awareness and senses. G-d designed fasting for good conscience and natural prevention and healing for our health, body and mind.
What carbs tho
@@joanneclark8256 I eat meat and vegetables (cabbage, broccoli, spinach, kale, eggplant, etc)
Conservative brahmins in south india regularly fast twice a month. Tell this doctor to include a small amount of ginger (,skin removed) in the morning diet. You wont have plaque. Lethim do the research.
I was diagnosed with diabetes, and I thought that i was ok, just eating normal, 2-3 meals a day, but I've been having so many problems since, now I'm on the journey to a better and healthier life
Have a look at the carnivor testamonials from people who had diabetes, lots have been able to reverse it.
Dr. Ford, your experience on getting rid of the plague is very interesting . I am 87 years old [born on 02-01-1937]. I always believe our body is different it is God's beautiful creation. I also believe the saying "ONE MAN'S MEAT IS ANOTHER MAN'S POISON". So no matter how step or precaution we take to preserve or lengthen our life is a myth. Our lifespan is given the day we are born. So just be happy and be contented of what we have and we can count our blessing of what the good Lord has given. God bless.
So explain your God's reasoning when killing babies with horrible diseases, starvation, drowning, house fires, car accidents...
@@billjordan8779That is the evil GOD Named Satan the serpent cause corruption, deaths, chaos, HATERED : WARS, Innocent babies, etc. Causing huge troubles world around us. 😮😢😢😢😢😢 To note🤔🧐. Correct????
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All these useful information for free? Wow! All i can say is God bless you Dr B.
My husband and I found a doctor who is a nephrologist and general practitioner. He helped my husband with correct medication for a high blood pressure which he was struggling and no one could regulate it. Any other doctor was hit or miss and gave him some of the worst blood pressure medication. We have to pay extra because he is considered a specialist and he is out of network. We eat two good healthy meals a day and hardly snack in between. Drink lots of water and herbal teas. We are in our mid sixties and apart from stress here and there we are doing very well. However it is so hard to find a doctor who doesn’t want to give all kinds of medication instead of suggesting a life style change. Our doc does. Thank you Dr. Ford for being real doc.❤
What blood pressure medicine does your husband take.? I've tried them all and am so senstive to all, but can tolerate atenolol and alternate with cardizem.
Everyone is different our bodies react to stress and medication different etc. finding this doctor who is a nephrologist was the real find being a kidney doctor makes the difference because he know how medications it affect your kidneys. My husband is on lisinopril,besylate and a diuretic chlorthalidone. Also we eat a very low sodium diet no more than 1600mg of salt. A day
Iodine Vitamin D garlic apples butter healthy fats lecithin
I’m 62 yrs old. LDL has been elevating for 5’yrs. Now it’s about 200. HDL is always been in mid 70s. Triglycerides is almost always low 50-70. Just did Coronary Artery Calcium (CAC) Test two weeks ago, the result is Zero. I don’t exercise too much as I should. Do some walkings and fidgeting runnings. Have been doing intermittent fasting for about 2 yrs, but unsuccessful to lose weight. I’m 5’1”, WT: 107-108 lbs. on low carbs diet, not too much crazy fatty foods, love vegetables, avocados and salmon. Trying to eat everything organic, taking red rice yeast since 12/1/23, will do a lipid panel next month to see if Red rice yeast will lower my LDL. But, since my high LDL didn’t form any plaques, so it doesn’t matter. Oh, I did the genetic saliva test to see if that is the reason I have high LDL, the result is negative. I take K2/D3, fish oil, magnesium, red rice yeast, COQ10, Vitamin B12, Niacin, B-Complex daily. That is about it. Oh, I do feed my guts well, Kombucha Kefir chia seeds to solve constipation problem. Watching on and off many functional medicine channels. Learned a bunch!
Our bodies make LDL.
I am almost a replicate of you and the supplement list as well. Love the flax, chia and psyllium.
Cayenne pepper keeps arteries clean🌶
Your diet sounds remarkably similar to mine. Every morning make a shake with cauliflower broccoli spinach carrots protein powder, and a scoop of metagenics ultra clear pH.. I also cut a piece of bitter melon and put it in there. I saw a guy at the local fresh food market and he said it lowers your blood pressure. Flaxseed chia seed and psyllium husks also a spoonful of each of those. However I have 25 to 49% plaque in my LAD. I am 5'10 and 163 lb.
@@larrycone8821 Bitter gourd/melon lowers blood sugar, not BP.
You have comprehensively analysed the complex information that has confused me for a decade and now made sense of it all . The best lesson I have heard. I wish I had it all printed!
Glad it was helpful!
Is it possible to SAVE AND PRINT the “TRANSCRIPT”.
In my 8th {Marginal} Decade now, my techno-savvyi limited. 🤔🙏👏
LOL a lot of us aged people suffer from that ‼️😂😂❤@dianamanning-squire4193
yes, its all too much. We've had too many lies and medics holding back and its a paraDOX UNFATHOMABLE'printed would be good.
Word of advice Doc, if you want people to listen to your advice....step it up and remember, less is more. This video is full of great advice but also.. way to much filler.
Dr.,this is absolutely one of the best videos you have made,bravo,fantastic.
You are the man ❤
Best video ever.He has summarised the whole current cardio topics in this talk.
Being doc myself I am pleasantly surprised at such great and to the point video.
Congrats Dr Brewer
Yeah i got some thing to share with my Doctor.
Thank you, this Vlog is exactly what I need right now. I was diagnosed with a rare cancer, due to unreconcilable differences I am no longer being treated as a patient. I've been donating to our local heart foundation for a while after observing the positive changes in those once afflicted lives.
Alot are seeing this same thing after what they've pushed the last 2 yrs, lookup Joe tippins ... the C word was in all organs, his blog is called my cancer story rocks, c-free still today from early 2017
Glad you found something that is working well for you and I hope it continue to forever, I was not able to find luck with anything because I was unable to fight off the cravings I had for the bad stuff out there when doing them, that all changed when I discovered the Perfect Human Diet and all craving went away I have started loosing weight that I never could loose before and in just the first few weeks was feeling better than I had in decades, at age 65 this new life style has been the best thing ever to happen to me. Should things ever change for you or you go have one of the scans done and find you may still be getting blockage like mention in this video then Please check out these Doctors and others on UA-cam sharing their real life experience with the Perfect Human Diet, many have been doing it for over 10 years and doing great as also many have reversed many health conditions and they share that with proof online! These are but a few of the Doctors and Hundreds of Others giving live testimony with proof online! @KenDBerryMD @ShawnBakerMD @DrTonyHampton @doctorkiltz @mikhaila@5MinuteBody @myzerocarblife @Homesteadhow @FerrignoFreedom
I have had heart attacks 8 years ago, eating one time a day, veggies and fish, dry nuts, and reduced statin ( from 40 mg to 5 mg, stopped Aspirin 81 mg), still going good at age of 60, but with lots of exercise. Thank you Doc.
Why stop aspirin?
same direction I'm going. I'm back down to 5mg of crestor, 1 gram or asprin and a bunch of other meds to protect my stent.
I was told to stop aspirin and to take a blood thinner due to the possibility of a blood clot. Six months later they found 2 clots on the right side of the arota.
google pros and cons of aspirin then you can decide.@@indman101
Infared sauna reduces heart attack and stroke by 63%
0:00: 💡 Misconceptions about artery health, risk factors, and effective strategies for reducing heart attack and stroke risk are discussed.
5:05: 🩺 Arteries and plaque explained: dynamic, stabilized, and healed.
10:19: ⚠ Impact of High Blood Sugar and Insulin Levels on Arteries
16:23: 🔍 Reevaluating the effectiveness of CIMT in addressing arterial plaque and its potential comeback in medical studies.
20:56: 🔍 Unusual LDL response to carb restriction and its impact on heart health is being studied by cardiologists and researchers.
26:15: 🫀 Misconceptions about cholesterol plaque, inflammation, and stress tests in predicting heart attacks.
31:34: 🍏 Misconceptions about certain food and supplement distortions and their impact on artery health.
36:41: ⚕ Debate over the effectiveness of nasin and nin related products as a supplement for health and longevity.
42:01: ⏱ Impact of prolonged water fasting on metabolic health and inflammation, without focusing on weight loss.
Recapped using Tammy AI
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Txs, I had to put it on two times the SPEED
Thank you so much for this comment
Helps others consume this great information
God Bless you!
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Best balanced, clear, unambiguous explanation and advice I have heard so far. Thank you Dr Ford! There are so many contradictory diet advice on YT that just create more confusion. Some videos are nothing but a word salad. Your explanations are straight to the point, scientific and simple.
God bless
Really appreciate this Dr's videos. I've been refusing statins for 15 years but have a-fib & am on blood thinners. Had cath lab Jan 2023. All arteries checked were normal - no blockages. Ive been using a diosmin/ hesperidin supplement for circulation & vein support as well as compression hose, both for 20 years. Both older and younger brothers as well as both late parents, had strokes. Im the only one so far, at 64, with no strokes. I have stopped the circ.& vein support supplement due to concerns of long term use. I have a 31 bmi, 250 total cholesterol, 190 ldl, and prediabetes & struggle with proper diet for 15 years. I know this is not good & am trying to correct my bad habits. My feet have been bad & can not walk for fun since 2005. Makes it hard but i am not giving up!!
Dr Ford brewer, you're amazing, I've just gotten a burst of encouragement, I'm a diabetic, and I slipped into a deep depression, because my primary physician wanted to put me on, ozempic, glimepiride, a low rise insulin, and a long with the 1,000 mg of metformin that I'm already taking, so Im now on my Journey of healthy living and eating,
And so that's what I was afraid of, heart attack, stroke or my organs shutting down because of diabetes
You’ll be amazed by how fast your body will balance when you remove carbs and do intermittent fasting. I can get into a consistent state of ketosis now but carbs throw me off completely. I feel much better without them. Good luck. It becomes easier everyday.
This was very interesting, thank you for this. One very important thing all you guys don’t touch on, which is important, is that we have lost our connection with nature and the earth. Fresh air, clean water, sun, feet on the ground connected with the earth, no rubber soled shoes. Also saunas, if you add all these then you will see massive improvements in your wellbeing. One other thing don’t overheat your food, and throw away your microwave.
I always hug a tree for a few moments whenever I can and grow a beautiful garden
I think our shoes have chemicals in them . Off the subject but rubber is bad for me
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This is a masterpiece. Deserves a billion views
Absoulty,why can’t we use our heads with common sense? Statins not for Me thisDr knows!
Eating vinegar could prevent stones.
We used Olive oil to bring our cholesterol numbers down and it worked very very well my Dr was very impressed.
If U listen to Bryan Johson, he says taking tablespoon & 1/2 a day is good for your heart & your health. It has to B real virgin organic olive oil..
What’s a good brand in the stores of olive oil ?
I understand Costco’s brand is straight Olive oil, most others here add soybean oil.
California Olive Ranch, 100% extra virgin, cold pressed, according to analysis by ConsumerLab
why do i view this video as a hopeful message? its the first I'm hearing about fasting with what seems to be studied understanding. Thank you for making the effort in producing this!
Fabulous video. I just had the ultrasound of my carotid and peripheral artery tests. I am 75. I eat all meat and seafood and low glycemic vegetables. Cheat once in a while for pizza or pasta but rarely. No bread ever, nothing made from flour. I also did a fasting insulin test and I was 5. You sir are a rarity and I wish I could find a doctor with your beliefs.
5 pmol?
I'm 130pmol
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I did a fasting insulin test. To not have insulin resistance one must be below 10 and most preferably below 6 I was 5
Is 5 good or bad?
So what did your artery test show?
Thanks Dr Brewer! This is gold. We each need to pay close attention to, & figure out:1-how our individual metabolism runs BEST, & then
2-fast & 3-eat (in alternation) to keep it running optimally & DO IT FOR LIFE. The saying "DON'T live to eat, INSTEAD ... EAT TO LIVE!"
FASTING IS THE #1 MEAL SUMMARY OF THIS VIDEO
Yes, so he could have opted for a 1-minute video. Instead he made us stick around for 46 minutes to find that out.
Thank You ❤️
@@lynnebalzer5520 because usually there’s something they want you to buy and I’m not gonna listen to no video again
@lynnebalzer5520
Made us¿
Thank you!!!! Tho I really enjoyed all the comments & get good info there as well!!! 💯
Thank you Doctor, very useful, logical and informative video. I really enjoyed the structured journey in this video. I did OMD for over a year and fasted 16/8 along with a diet like you mention and at least an hour of exercise Monday to Saturday. As a result, I obtained perfect indicators in laboratory tests.
Glad it was helpful!
Just an incredibly informative video. The best video to date. Just like I wish financial literacy was taught in schools, so do I wish this information was taught. It’s obvious our government doesn’t want our youth educated on such topics, so I’m grateful you are getting the message out there, Dr. Brewer! Thank you! 🙏
Well they could hardly teach what they can't agree on.
@@betzib8021 ... virtually everything taught or not taught in schools is controversial with a lot of disagreement. . . .personally I HIGHLY disagree with taking away teaching cursive writing! That's an insane idea, but it has become the norm.
Ya. They want us sick and broke so they can tell us how much they care and say. See how much we’re helping you. 😢
It's interesting you mention financial literacy. It's our barbaric level of socio-economic evolution that's responsible for the pushing of poisonous drugs instead of studying, educating, and supporting the public in actually healthy lifestyle practices. If it can be monopolized and make a small number of people a fortune, it gets resources. Otherwise, it gets virtually none.
Dr. Brewer - Best video yet! I so wish the cardiologists and lipid specialists would come up to speed on this stuff. I spent 6 months and 4 cardiologists to find one who actually somewhat entertained these concepts. Through your videos, I am actually educating doctors and dieticians. Some don't care for my lectures, but we have to fix the old thought process. I did end up with two stents in my RCA in December 2023 as I was 90% blocked at 55 (female so no one suspected I was headed for a dirt nap) BUT at least now I have the knowledge to prevent or slow down the plaque process through carb restriction. My Cleveland Heart results look fantastic now. Thank you - your efforts to educate and save lives are very much appreciated.❤
Thank you very much!
Md goes to school. Rockefel.... designed schools that teach pharmacology. To create ptofit. Old medicine was dropped.
Dirt nap😂
Dr. Ford. This was Extremely interesting, All the way to the end! Fasting! Done Correctly! Looking forward to this correct way to fast! I have done about 3, 24 hour fasts in the last 2 years. I have greatly benefited from these. I try to use resistance training, and weights with cardio, to keep fit and strong. Now its time to learn the Right way to Fast! Thank You, Thank You! You are an Amazing Speaker! Riveting! In Just the Right ways!
Thank you very much!
Well done video. 😊 Unfortunately, I am unable to afford the required testing recommended. On the other hand, these videos help me understand what I am doing such as intermittent fasting, no processed food, no added sugars, limited alcohol, laughing more and moving more, is helping me to become metabolically healthier.
Have you checked out Lifeline Screening? They do a lot of these tests at a more affordable rate.
Maybe you can't afford any alcohol at all
@@petervanderveen2340 lol a on birthday, thanksgiving, Christmas, new years and Fourth of July…. Is my definition of limited alcohol. :-). I am 65 years old. My weight is 135. Only take one medicine for my thyroid. However, I priced the test suggested and they run into the thousands. :-( But your suggestion is noted. Thanks for your advice .
Preaching?@@petervanderveen2340
Blood labs can be done as walk ins now. Look up testing labs like LabCorp and Quest.
Thank you, Dr. Brewer! The best metabolic health tips I have ever heard thus far. Precise, concise and practical!
Thank you very much!!
Most thorough video on the internet! Without going deep into types of LDL or all the nuances, you managed to cover so many facets of metabolic health. I am sure that both newbies and professional students of PrevMed will LOVE this presentation. Double thumbs up.
👍 👍!
Shot is the kernel of this “ uncial” video? My English is little!?
The new pre med students will only really HEAR + be excited about this video IF THEY HAVEN'T YET BEEN FULLY BRAINWASHED. Med School definitely brainwashes them ... since the Drug Reps are crawling all over the place. The indoctrination is intense.
Thank you Dr. Brewer for educating us... Please continue this mission for the betterment of society.
Sir, I’m deeply grateful I found you in the “UA-cam universe”… you just got a new subscriber. Really appreciate your no nonsense approach🤜🤛
Thank you
Everyone should listen to this completely informed, backed by science and fully explained in a manner that can be understood by all, to give you the tools to help yourself.
This is the best discussion about the #1 killer to date. The information is invaluable. Dr Brewer you are an American hero. Thank you for taking the time to put this together. I am grateful.
Thank you very much. Help save lives by simply sharing the vid.
Im 59 i guess im the .1% that doesnt know about clogged arteries and how to clean them out. I think it depends on what kind of medical you can afford or if you have had heart problems or you just started having problems. For me i appreciate what im learning ill keep watching because i care about my health im sick and cant work i will learn now. Better now than too late.
Since you know all about it why are you watching? Have fun watching a movie😊
Thank you so very much Doctor Brewer for this incredibly valuable and life changing information. I am so grateful for all you shared. I wish there were Drs like you in Australia. Thank you so much.
So comprehensive, said it in one “rant”! It can really be used it instead of all other health channels as most telling story about our health! I fallowed you for so many years and even you didn’t have yet your channel, but this video is just as a final exam! And it can be used as our ultimate guidance for our well being! THANK YOU!
What’s particularly useful about K2 is that it, along with magnesium, scavenges calcium from soft tissues where it’s causing pain and moved to where it’s needed.
I had my first heart attack at 55. Second at 56. Mini stroke at 57. Turned 58 in March. I'd like to reverse this trend. 😢
😓 i wish u all the best
Do you experience angina?
I find that fasting makes me feel best, weights not cardio, helps.
Thank you Dr Ford, my cardiologist recommended me intermittent fasting. I slowly started doing it after an atrial afibrillation medical emergency. Thank you, Dr. Ford.....for the fasting alternative to clean out my arteries. Miami,Florida,USA
You are very welcome
Regarding Niacin, you yourself mentioned in an older video that it helped reduce the plaque in your ateries, along with salmon.
You, sir, are the UA-cam presenter who DID start the flood of interest in K-2, mk-7 as an arterial 'clean-out' vitamin along with vitamin D3. I downloaded your program on the subject. I like this presentation today, but I DO NOT appreciate, in my view, your apparent effort at revisionist 'history' on serious subjects like this one. You even made the claim that you had eliminated ALL plaque in your arterial system along with one other person, a patient I believe, who had shown a similar result, as best as off the top of my head I may recall. I have a verbal IQ of 190, a 'fund of information IQ of 190, and in my mid-twenties a score of 98% recall, all on the Weschler Inventory test; my other scores were quite high as well. Your program to which I have made reference, impressed me hugely in the context of my personal cardiac health at the time you made your presentation on vitamin D3 and vit. K-2,mk-7, and I have been taking that combination, along with other vitamins essential to the health of other bodily functions, as well. But your presentation(s) on K-2, mk-7 and D-3, again, were hugely influential for me including your showing on paper held up to the camera your test results! Today, you appear in my view to be engaging in all manner of surreptitious, tacit backtracking, and my trust and confidence in your representations feel violated by your representations on vit. D3 and particularly on vitamin. K2, mk-7.
I thought writing you on this in the Comment section important enough to be made late for my effort to try to return to part-time work representing disabled folks et al. at the State Capitol here today, first day of our 2024 session due to feeling SO FURIOUS with your seeming 'turnabout' relating to the value of arterial health of Vitamin K-2 combined with vitamin D3 that you have previously made in my view, and, in my view your representations at that time were major and had a huge impact.
[Denver, Colorado]
Science is always learning new info...maybe that's what he thought at that time, but based on new research changed his thinking? He still should come on and explain the turnaround though, if he doesn't want listeners to lose confidence.
YES. I remember that and it impacted me as well. Your recollection is right and I GET your anger, it’s understandable and he DOES owe us all an explanation…it’s as if he is jumping on a new bandwagon here - fasting, and will likely backtrack on this with zero explanation in future as well. Annoying AF
@@riscobo8240Integrity would demand so; wouldn’t it?
Yes, you start something and then years later … this is better. Who to trust eh!! Shake your head. I’ll still take a lot of herbs but every body type is different. At least with u tube n internet we have more knowledge than we had growing up with all these modern aids. Wish people would stop connecting with internet and phones even when you’re right across from them and “have fun like the good old days “ … sigh. Enjoy the time we have together talking, laughing, connecting.
I take vitamin k2 & mk7 blood pressure is excellent now. I follow Dr. Berg.
you know when he's talking real when what he says really makes sense, new subscriber here!
Thank you for this crucial information, recently turned 40 and desperately need to get my health back on track 🙏🏾
This is a masterclass video. The best you, or anyone for that matter, have done to clear up the pertinent issue of metabolic health with in-depth discussions of plaque, supplementation and diet and the various misconceptions held by many, including doctors themselves.
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Thank you. I was kinda surprised at the meal, but there was a strong hint with the image of tape over the mouth, so I guessed between the answer and a huge salad. Since it's the same meal that Jason Fung pushes to reverse type 2 diabetes, I really have no choice but to comply. Excellent video.
Thankyou! Fasting has been an old tool for me when praying for others. Now I will fast for me! 👋😉
Excellent video! Well explained. I think people should assume they are inflamed and start doing the things you mentioned to address it right now.
Thank you.
Hourly weather
For all those who felt the title was clickbait and he should have given the answer in the first minute:
1. If he had, you would have left and missed important information.
2. He answered the question. Did you ever find out “what eggs do to senior brains”? That’s clickbait! A valuable question telling me to erase the email.
3. Many appreciated all the information. I am one that did.
hank you! this is life saving info and the way it's presented it's a pleasure to listen to it. No big show presentation. just life saving info. very much appreciate. I got away with bad eating for years and now I'm dealing with insulin issues. every time I go low carb and give up wheat (not celiac) I feel better and lose weight. the minute I eat carbs the scale goes up
I can’t understand this but I like this person.
Apple Cider Vinegar has been a godsend for me. Had gallbladder problem, no doubt because of decades of low fat diet, little fat so my gallbladder had little to do. After starting ACV I found digestion so much easier.
I definitely think apple cider vinegar has it’s place for good health in terms of blood sugar and probably the best cure for acid reflux than any OTC med on the market. I never read about any connection to heart health.
@@nutritioncoachjo The vinegar wears down tooth enamel and so people with tooth decay or gum disease have a much higher chance of getting heart disease no matter what diet they consume. What foods cause tooth decay?
@@Jeffs60 Never heard that before but I guess it’s possible if people drink several shots a day straight it’s possible. I mix 1 Tbs with 32 oz of water once a day and drink it with a straw so I am not concerned. Overconsumption of sugar will certainly cause tooth decay. It has happened to my adult son who regretfully didn’t listen to me.
@Jeffs60 so lemon water bad???
@@joanneclark8256 I suppose if the lemon is diluted with a lot of water it is ok.
Dr. Brewer, I hope your entire audience shares this information with everyone they know. It is vital. Even when we live in a country where people don’t want to miss a meal and everything must taste good if they were to receive this message and consider it’s importance we have done our part to allow others to help themselves and to get on the road to hope of having quality of life.
Oh shut up.
Kathy, you must be one of the fat ones.
Good information. However, the reason the plaque is there in the 1st place is due to inflammation. The plaguing occurs to reinforce the arterial wall via 'splinting' to maintain integrity of the wall. There is a proteolytic enzyme that is beneficial to fighting the primary problem - inflammation & decreasing the plaque, including the calcium atherosclerosis, which is nattokinase. A Chinese medicinal herb utilized efficaciously for over 2,000 years is lumbrokinase. Both of these substances naturally thin the blood without hemorrhagic threat.
Thanks how do I take it
Doc could have added cinnamon helps sugar, magnesium to guide calcium, in low carb an high protein starvation diet. Now, if I could eat less cookies!
My K2 D3 Mag 62 years old
results 1. Ascending thoracic aorta is of normal caliber
2. Supra celiac abdominal aorta is normal
3. Celiac axis widely patent
4. Superior mesenteric artery widely patent
5. Single renal arteries widely patent
7. Infrarenal abdominal aorta widely patent
8. Inferior mesenteric artery normal
9. Common iliac arteries widely patent
10. Hypogastric arteries widely patent
11. Bilateral external neck arteries widely patent
12. Common femoral arteries widely patent
13. Origins of the profunda femoris widely patent. Proximal superficial femoral artery widely patent
@@jimjones8268 jim Jones, awesome 😆
@@jimjones8268❤❤
Great content, served with the perfect amount of humor and seriousness that the subject deserves. Thank you for your time and consideration.
Thank you very much!
Thank you sir. You rock!
Your an American Badass.
Where is your video that showed your lower calcium score after a year?
I needed to hear that , again and again and again that's just the way I am, for me it's like being on the food wagon I can ride it for a while then I crash and fall off.
A real mental exercise in control over myself.
Thank you for making these videos as they help put me back on track.
My military uncle had 1 artery clogged at 80% and another one at 60%... He went to a Veterans hospital in NC to have surgery for the 80% clogged artery... while there some of those specialty nurses told him we can tell you how to clean out that artery if you are willing to do it... He was instructed to drink 40 drops of Tabasco sauce(not Texas Pete), mixed into 1 cup of tomato juice every morning.... He did this but said he had to start with 25 drops of Tabasco sauce and work his way up to 40 drops in the 1 cup of Tomato Juice. To this day he is either 86 or 87, and as far as I know he's never had surgery for the other artery!
Also we had an older Indian friend from India that had a clogged artery apx 10yrs ago or longer.... When he returned home he ran into an Indian Dr that had just returned from Texas, USA, from special training of ALTERNATIVE METHODS for SURGERY... he said he went to see that Dr & the 1st thing he told him was to Kick the Red Meat out the door!! 🙈
I (i enjoy A good steak once in awhile - boo hoo)... ok so I'll choose the Tabasco sauce over the Red Meat discard for the time being.
bro science
Hey! So your uncle didnt get a stent for 80% either??
This is the best comprehensive video I ever watched regarding this topic.❤❤❤
At the very end of January (this year) at 47 I had a heart attack (I'm female). Its a particular kind of heart attack called SCAD (spontaneous coronary artery dissection).
After all the tests and blood analysis they are very impressed with my health!
My heart is VERY healthy, my cholesterol is pretty much perfect, my triglycerides are very healthy.
They were very interested in what I eat more than anything else that they asked me. I told them I follow the Mediterranean diet (with my own recipes, but their principals) and I gave them some recipes to share with others (they are easy to scale up or down) I honestly believe that if my heart wasn't as healthy as it is I might have died that day!
I’ve listened to a few of your videos, and I’ve avoided clicking, because I thought you didn’t answer what you said you were going to answer, but this time you went right down your outline, and answered the things you mentioned at the beginning, very well orchestrated and delivered. I’m in my eighth month of what most would consider extreme low-carb. My most recent lab results are in the Lein mass hyper responder category triglycerides in the 50s HDL 131, LDL 407 I’m 59 and have the body mass that I had at AJ 18 very lean very muscular And I’m an active climbing arborist. This was a very helpful video. I’m attempting to learn rapidly as I’ll be defending my position against the cardiologist that is shocked by my labs I’m attempting to manipulate my lab and was able to reduce my LDL from 429 to 407. That probably won’t impress the cardiologist.😃. Thanks for the great video.
What did you guide to the conclusion, that extreme LDL level under a elow-carb regime are normal, healthy and not dangerous?
I am undecided, but would fear that conventional medicine is right with their causation claim of LDL.
cheers
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There's no way to defend that LDL. Diet needs to change or it is literally going to kill you. Are you eating low starch veggies at all? Something is way off diet wise.
@@Ms_AP_ I am beginning to integrate in standard keto veggies and some fermented vegetables. I have an appointment April 5 with the cardiologist and hoping to get a CT angiogram to ensure my current plaque status. I’m watching closely for the results of the LMHR study as you can imagine, I’m quite interested :-) thank you for your concern..
Awesome numbers!!! I have similar:) But my HDL is not that high... I would love to raise it to your level
My cholesterol has been over 300 since 19. Just put on statins at 48. Hopefully you just saved my life. My heart doctor doesn't care but to give a pill. THANK YOU DOC!!!! NEW SUB!!!! HAPPY HEALTHY NEW YEARS TO YA! ❤
It’s gonna cut that in half in 3-4 weeks, congratulations on adding many years to your life 😊
@@mballer
Cut your cholesterol down , cut the longevity down.
What you need to cut down is sugar , carbs and processed sh1te.
Sugar is responsible for heart attacks .
Statins causes diabetes in the long run.
I like FRUIT
Pizza is bad make better choices
Excellent video! The topics were well explained! So precise and direct to the point! Thank you so much Doc 🙏 Very informative and so clear! Answered all questions in my mind.
Doc. Brewer; just listening to you talk about these ideas, you sound like an awesome guy! I don't know when I'm going to meet our maker, my view is, it happens when it happens. And actually, the cleanliness of my soul is a whole lot more important to me than the cleanliness of my body. I used to be a health nut, working out 4 nights a week and again, another four hours on Saturday just because I enjoy working out! That's not to say that I don't care about my health; I do, it's just not been a priority for me once I started aging a bit. Now I'm pre-diabetic (or so my doc says, via test reports) and I'm quite a bit heavier (near 200lb) than I was when younger. Funny thing though doc, I feel better at my heavier weight than when I was a younger toothpick, go figure! Oh yeah; I really appreciate your mentioning how we should be eating, more salads, broccoli, cauliflower, protein, fish, red meat and white meat (and by white meat, I'm guessing you mean chicken). Fasting is something that I have never done; however, you have given me good indicators to start doing so, thank you! I'm going to try that "prolonged water fasting" idea first, meanwhile continuing to eat broccoli, cauliflower, red meat and chicken, all things I not only love to eat, but are healthy as well! Huh... go figure! All I need to do now is learn how to slowly fast on water, start my exercise routine again and stop eating those silly little candies of this sort or the other, those darn things are my downfall doc, I love the taste! Anyway; I subscribed to your jawing online because I find that you are not only interesting to listen to, you make good sense to me and you appear to me as a good soul, a person whom really cares about others... and in this day and age, you're a rare bear doc! So keep on doing what you're doing; there are those of us who deeply appreciate your sharing online... thank you again doc, have a long and happy life Sir, I sure wish you were my doc... and that's the best compliment a body could give another soul.
Thank you very much, Jim!
I loved your comment. It’s so appreciated when people mentioned about our maker. Blessings to you from God above.🙏🏼❤
Are you prepared to meet your maker'?
Do you know Jesus as Saviour & Lord..because He is the only way! John 14:6.
Also:
'For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believes on Him shall not perish but have everlasting life '. John 4:16.
Jesus is my Savior Yvonne!
@@PrevMedHealthsome of that food raises potassium levels ...
Thank you so much for this video. It is so obvious and simple, but I've never tried fasting. I will try water fasting one day each week. I already eat well except for one guilty pleasure 🥺 - Sugar.
I never use white sugar, but just as well I know it's going to put me in my grave if I don't take control now. We all start somewhere. Thank you so much! ❤
Your most well laid out, easy to understand lecture yet. Thank you and Dr. Vega is still cool.
I'll probably have made it less understandable lol, I appreciate you watching, commenting and sharing! thanks!
This video is one of the best videos I have seen about this subject. Thank you for sharing!
I declare this video has earned A BILLION LIKES 😊.
Enjoying the straight talk, no frills and helpful analogies.
A very valuable academic lecture, thank you Dr. Brewer. It's worth passing to others in the link 👍
Thank you for your video. I have been researching after getting bypass (CABG) some 11 years ago. I tried to be an enlightened person that has to get to the right answers in order to prevent the next cardio vascular event. So read a lot of books and studies about health issues and I am grateful you are reinforcing my believe that fasting is the most important way of preventing the arteries to get clogged again. All the advantages of fasting for improving our health has helped me to be motivated to do all different types of fasting. Of course I also understand now that fasting should be the primary tool in the prevention toolkit. But do go a few steps further you can complement it with a whole food plant based diet, exercise, sleeping 7- 8 hours and reducing the glucose spikes not only in the fasting stage but whenever you are re feeding. There having vinegar is helpful as well as starting with a salad of green leafy vegetables, having your proteins and fats second and complex carbohydrates last. If you top this by doing some exercise after the meal you help the insulin response to be lower and do less inflammation activity. I would like that you consider in the next video all these additional options that complement the fasting and could elaborate on this topic further. Thank you again!
why plant based..you know plant vegies are all carbs and doesn't give you the nutrients you need..look into more protein fat diet that includes meat
A completely plant based diet is not healthy and not meant for humans.
Fully agree with your views.
I’m with you until you mentioned your diet. I’m a carnivore - our DNA is based on a hunter gatherer history, and I intermittent fast every day, occasionally a longer fast !
Eat at 6pm and 12 noon...no snacks, no sugar, no carbs equals life change forever
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That's why it's named break...fast
Great stuff. But can we actually UNDO the plaque & unclog our arteries. That's why I'm here.
I was told to be careful of these types of changes because of my history of low blood sugar (which has now wafted into diabetes). When I cut out carbs, I became a snarling beast - total character change due to that history of earlier low blood surgar.
@@Muswell Hi Muswell, Your best chance to improve you health is what I share here, I found out about the Perfect Human Diet after my first heart attack and Coronary Stent which they probed my heart and veins through my veins using a camera and decided in that same minute they found plaque build up that required a Coronary Stent and placed the Coronary Stent all at the same time, I wish I had started doing the Perfect Human Diet like our Ancestors did sooner and I could have avoided all my issues. If you are sincere about Improving your health! Please check out what all these folks and hundreds more have been doing for many years now! Learning what is really causing many if not most of American health problems and Death! There are dozens if not hundreds of Doctors out there who have started a campaign and company to help us do what the government and many miss-informed Doctors here are some Doctors on UA-cam as well as other individuals like us sharing there stories like mine of better health and much much more! @KenDBerryMD @ShawnBakerMD @DrTonyHampton @doctorkiltz @mikhaila@5MinuteBody @myzerocarblife @Homesteadhow @FerrignoFreedom
Great video. Perhaps, cut to the chase a little faster and discuss and elaborate what you mean by "prolonged" water fasting; this clarification (of "prolonged") would help develop a feasible plan. Thank you.
Bravo. Great information. Great format. By far, the best video I've ever seen by Dr. Brewer. Thank you, Dr. Brewer
This video is incredibly insightful and a true eye-opener on how we can take better care of our arteries and overall heart health. Thank you to the creator for providing such valuable information in a way that's easy to understand. Wishing everyone watching this video good health, happiness, and peace. For those facing any health challenges, I hope you find strength and healing soon!
This was a masterclass. I felt like I was in an amphitheater at the Cleveland Clinic.
Thank you very much!