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I’m 66 and I just had a stress test Everything looked good. My cardiologist weaned me off of verapamil 240 and put me on Monoximil. Blood pressure dropped significantly. He gave me two choices To put me on additional medication or diet and exercise. Losing the belly fat. I’m choosing the diet and exercise. Intermittent fasting I like how you spoke about intense interval training to keep the legs strong. Thank you so much as I want to be around for the grandchildren 🙏
That’s such a fantastic choice-choosing diet, exercise, and your health for the long run! Intermittent fasting and interval training are powerful tools. What’s been the most motivating part of your journey so far-maybe those grandkids cheering you on? 🏋♂💪✨
This is probably Dr. Brewer's best video. Information not offered by every other doctor.
Thank you very much!
Yip I am very grateful for seeing this today a million tks@@PrevMedHealth
Dr. Brewer, your fund of knowledge in medicine is outstanding! As a veteran Army Nurse, your videos are oxygen to my soul! I have to get down to see you before I have,
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Dr. Brewer, your fund of knowledge in medicine is outstanding! As a veteran Army Nurse, your videos are oxygen to my soul! I have to get down to see you before I have,
" The Big One!"🫀🫀🫀🫀🫀🫀🫀🫀🫀🫀
After my father had passed away 5 years ago I decided to go get my heart checked out and get it fully scanned to make sure it wasn't going to be inherited(Genetic) from him to me in my later life. I went and got myself fully scanned and they said my heart had no issues and everything was widely patent.
Dr. Brewer, you maintain a high level all the time. People from all over the world probably watch you. Greetings from Central Europe, thanks to the privilege of the Internet, or the global digital village. 👍
Just grateful to be living in times when an expert physician is openly sharing his deep expertise and learnings with the world and its all available for free - Incredible. Thanks Doc!
@@raghavrao7689 Thank you very much!!
Gracias dr . Brewer Ford
Thank you for your help ❤️@@PrevMedHealth
@@PrevMedHealthcheerios cereal?
Desde Chile infinitas gracias...aquí no tenemos esta información 🙏🙏🙏
Your videos have to be the best info .you have probably saved many people with all your knowledge.I believe lifestyle is the key.
100% Thomas!
i look at my life, my age and have to assume i have plaque to some degree. now i think i can go and get the tests to prove this, or, i can just continue my low carb(decreased inflammation)/fasting(increased autophagy) protocol. thanks so much for your work! i came to the conclusion this was the way, then saw your vid on how you reversed your plaque, which was a lovely confirmation, thanks again
So true about stress test and heart attack. I had a stress test down and the doctors told me I am as strong as a buffalo at age 36. 4 months after I suffered a heart attack. But after the fact a very good Cardiologist told me the same thing as you are saying. Thanks for your videos.
Actually I had a 90% blockage and they did not pick it up on the stress test. Good thing for my good health at that time I survive. At age 57 now and discovered Intermittent fasting. Real help for me.
cual ha sido tu estilo de vida, ?? en tu vida?? ha sido malo ?
Did it run in your family
At about 19:3 0 - 19:42, Dr. Brewer makes an invaluable insight about the difference between fitness and health. About 20 years ago, I had a friend in his 40's who died of a heart attack due to clogged arteries. Except for 1-2 cigars/month, he had every appearance of fitness: an active runner and strong-as-an-ox iron worker with a BMI in the 20-25% range. While "fit" he was not healthy.
Why wasn't he healthy? Seems healthy
Yes curiuos too what was unhealthy about him?@@bobstoops4864
@bobstoops4864 he died young of a heart attack. That's not a healthy person. Heart attacks appear to come out of the blue, but are created by being unhealthy eg insulin resistant
Prolly did things you don’t know about. What was his height and weight, you can just go off 20-25% and that’s not rlly a lean percentage in terms of health
I'm in my early thirties. Stress from family is quite high. Stress from work is very high. For an outsider, I look healthy. I go for walk. Make sure I hit minimum 8000 steps a day. I always skip breakfast. But when the stress is high I eat non stop. I gulp down food like I have not seen food for years. I drink a lot when I'm stressed. When I have high stress, especially from my family, I have chest pain. I can't sleep at night. I look 45 even though I am just 34. I know I'm going down early. There's no way anybody survives like this. Fit and healthy are two different things for sure.
Great video. From someone who is up to date and has credibility from clinical practice.
Great video! I am struggling with CVD in that my Calcium Score is through the roof, like in the 99% for my age. I have been prescribed a couple different statins and found that I cannot tolerate them and do not welcome the thought of trying others. Looking forward to watching more of your videos to learn more about my condition, Thanks again!
А правда,что в США очень много людей принимают статины и врачи верят в их способность предотвращать инфаркты и инсульты? Спасибо за ответ!
My Uncle put in a stent, and shortly after suffered a massive heart attack. As a result he passed away on the 4th of July of 2012. He was only 53. We miss him so much. He was a great uncle. Miss him so much.
Sorry for your loss, thank You for sharing
Stents can be dangerous procedures
the solution is fixing diet and unfortunately the medical industry sees no money in it and as such they're only solving the issues when they arise or make money off the problem via Statin prescriptions
@Cenot4ph statins are generic. Profitability is way down
@@billdublewhopper3064 you do a google search for total statin sales profits. It's staggering
Thanks!
Thanks a lot!
@@PrevMedHealthhow do I do the same donation?
Magnífica explicación, como siempre y magníficas conclusiones finales. 👏👏 Lo tengo claro, no deseo ningún método invasivo, con lo cual me quedo con CIMT y con Calcium Score, pero sobre todo con un buen ESTILO DE VIDA!! 🏃🏋️🥑🥩🥦🌄 Gracias! 🙏
Muchísimas gracias!
entonces alguien que tiene placa, y arterias estrechadas y le ofrece el cardiologo un stent como el video dice, es mejor no ponerselo?
Thanks, great lecture be blessed
Thank you for the names of the companies that do CIMT.
As usual, a truly EXCELLENT video by Dr Ford Brewer !!!
Sadly for people living outside the US, none of the tests mentioned is available in Europe ...
Cleerly Ai analysis (added to a CT Angiogram) will hopefully come someday to Europe ...
Similarly HeartFlow and Elucid, which have also received FDA approval (like Cleerly) are only available in the US.
When it comes to CIMT, the very same rule does apply : CardioRisk, Carotid Care and Vasolabs have not expanded their operations outside of the United States.
Very recently, I came across CaRi-Heart designed by Cardiologists at the University of Oxford.
Caristo is based in the UK and focuses primarily on Inflammation.
The Fat Attenuation Index (FAI score) provides an indicator to help stratify the risk, and they do propose also a Plaque Analysis.
Hope this info will help future readers
Take Care😀
Thanks for sharing. We have many patients from Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Central & South America. Call US 1 859. 721.1414. Or visit the website.
"Wow, this is such an eye-opening video! The information is presented so clearly, and it’s a great reminder to take care of our health before it’s too late. Thanks for sharing these valuable insights-truly life-saving tips!
Tha k you very much!
Merci beaucoup Docteur wow jamais vu ça bravo travail bien merci Docteur très important très intéressant très professionnel bravo Docteur ❤❤❤❤❤❤
@@gabrielazampieri6923 Merci beaucoup!
Sadly, when I asked my cardiologist about a CIMT they laughed at me and brushed off my inquiry. I went ahead and got a CAC (not a great score). Oh, before going to the plummers, I went extreme low carb, no seed oils, and other LIFESTYLE changes to get ahead of the curve (if you will).
And that's why human doctors will be replaced by AGI before 2030😊
Nobody will remember them.
And that's why human doctors will be replaced by AGI before 2030😊
Nobody will remember them.
Any update?
I also have a v high calcium score... Now taking Vitamin B3+K2-m7 plus other antioxidants Vit C&E.
@@tripperdan cool post Tripper Dan. Us working class deserve doctors that are more on our side. I wouldn't even bother to try and get a CIMT scan from my gp, I got a fasting insulin authorised that was stretching him to breaking point haha.
@@elsagelympne7943 I actually did a CAC on my own dime before I went to the heart doctor. They hardly looked at it. Lifestyle being king, I've gone full carnivore (occasional ketovore) and will retest everything in 6 months. Like you 20K IU of D3, 200mg of K2(m7) or more plus B complex, DHA, etc.
In my 60s they will recommend a stent. Especially Kaiser. Well I don't want one. Stents can also get blocked then you need brachytherapy. I started taking a low dose ASA almost daily, walking, good diet. Unfortunately I am going to have to get this pain In my leg when I sleep., checked out thanks doc! My mother and father did not have heart disease. Thats a bonis for me.
Also have Kaiser. They deliberately have chosen interventional cardiology. When I pointed out that 20 years of trials showed that " medical" management was just as effective and sometimes more effective than the Stent, statin, blood thinner route the chief of cardiology acknowledged that was true but then said Kaiser has chosen this as their treatment protocol and if you will not accede there is no other option. Basically refused to treat me which of course is blatantly medical malpractice but since you can not sue the big K ( arbitration agreement required 2b patient) they know t by ey don't have to worry.
Btw the reason K chooses interventional cardiology- Medicare pays them 5- 10 times and sometimes more for it than for medical management. Follow the money. Plus I would not be at all surprised to find they have an arrangement w big pharma that rewards their over prescription of statins and the newer still on patent blood thinners.
Thank you Dr Brewer. Only found yr channel after I got diagnosed. 😢😢😢😢
Love all the knowledge presented. ❤❤❤
A little late.
You are so welcome! & I am sorry it was late. The promise is stabilization of plaque & reversal of risk!
AWESOME INFORMATIVE MEDICAL DOCUMENTARY
With cardiovascular prevention and UA-cam content related brewer and Vega are the best in my opinion. So understandable, so humble and honest.
Thank you very much!
@@PrevMedHealth I am finally sorting out a few mental issues leading to the drink. That was my foray into industrialised drinks, otherwise I eat and drink ok, I follow Dr Sean Omara a lot and PrevMed etc. So I'm just saying I had essentially a addiction like others have for soft drinks and cereal, juice, list goes on, it's in your face every day which is worse, most advertising is for processed foods and all the really flash and popular food shops are processed foods. Addiction is where I think these days a lot. Hopefully rfk Jr has success at a macro level. But like after the SATTLERS were gone the opioid addiction remains, humanity has a global addiction to processed foods, it's tasty, often cheap but even when it's not, it's ADDICTIVE! Have you and Jesus got great psychologist type friends? Laird Hamilton has a great take on this something like "You crave what you feed". Breaking the cycle of relying on food that isn't food. Just my usual bumbling banter Dr Brewer, not trying to waste your precious time sir, Andre
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Very nicely explained by you
You made Easy by Sweet Hindi
Thank you sir
This video is brilliant, thank you
Dr Brewer, I don't know if you can answer this, but I will ask anyway. I'm a 63 year old male who's been doing some form of low carb/keto/carnivore for about 6 years. I had my first calcium score CT scan done 2 1/2 years ago at age 61, the results being a CAC score of 70 with vessel level scores of LM: 43 LAD: 27 CX: 0 RCA: 0 with no calcification of the aortic valve, visualized thoracic aorta nor the mitral valve annulus. Also diagnosed with a fusiform 4 cm ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm. I just had another heart CT scan last week, 11/13/24, with the new results being a CAC score of 102 with vessel level scores of LM: 0 LAD: 89 LCX: 0 RCA/PDA: 13 and now mild calcification of the aortic valve and thoracic aorta, but still none on the mitral valve. Plus the ascending aorta is still at 4 cm, but now no longer any mention of an aneurysm, so perhaps that's just my normal size aorta (I was a part time bicycle racer for over 25 years, age 18-47). Does this degree calcification and increased CAC score in 2 1/2 years fit in with what you'd expect, per your explanation of what might occur once on a low carb keto style diet? Also of note, I've taken 300 mcg of MK7 K2 and 5000-8000 IU vit D3 daily for at least 2 years, among other supplements, and my (hs)C-RP scores have always been less than 0.5 mg/L, and my triglycerides always lower than my HDL. Thank you for any comments.
This happened to me. I'm currently 64 years old and I began low carb with 16/8 intermittent fasting in July 2021. I lost 60 pounds and threw away my blood pressure medication. In April of 2022 I had a CAC test and it was 32. I also quit taking statins in 2022. In November of 2024 I had another CAC and it was 79. I had the CAC test at a different location and had heard that results may vary by machine. Maybe the explanation is that of soft plaque turning to calcified plaque may be the cause.
@@Bbarfo Thank you for your reply. Yes, I guess I am just looking for a little comfort in my individual case hearing it directly from one of these low carb doctors. Also, I had both scans done at the same location.
Thanks. Increases in calcium score can be due to either improvment or worsening of your condition. It's critical to answer that question with other biomarkers &/or imaging, such as CIMT, or CTA with AI. Have you had a Kraft Insulin Survey?
@@csjweek2302 No I haven't. My last metabolic panel was good. Glucose 85, A1C 5.1. My blood pressure is in the teens and my BMI is 19. My lipids are good even though my LDL is high but so is my HDL. HSCRP is 0.2. I will see about another CAC in a year or so.
@@csjweek2302 No, but I did a GTT after 3 months straight of strict carnivore, and my blood glucose went through the roof, even after 2 hours. But I have read & seen, even in one of Dr Ford's own videos, that a lack of any carbs in the diet leading up to a GTT can greatly skew the results, and that it's best to eat some carbs in the days leading up to the test.
Thank you for this video doctor Ford and God bless you!
Bottom line don’t waste your money or time on tests. Eat well and exercise and enjoy life.
outstanding presentation!
Thank you Doctor. Your videos are gold to many. ❤
Dear Doctor with big D, thank you so much for opening the eyes of the entire people in the world 🌎 Love from Serbia 🇷🇸 ❤
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Marry me. I want to move to Serbia and become a citizen.
Amazing! Congratulations!
Matcha green tea, cayenne pepper, and other forms of anti-inflammatory teas can help reverse arterial sclerosis.
Is that clinically and scientifically proven or are you simply parroting the videos you watched on UA-cam?
You really think it's that simple? 😂
Think Vit. K2 ..It has been shown to reduce calcium scores.
@@gloriamaryhaywood2217 It's a specific K2 type, called mk7. So it's vitamin K2 mk7. That one is usually taken with vitamin D3 to lower the chances of calcification
@@rbdhack Yes. You are exactly right! And I should have been more Specific. I take that combination every day, plus a high quality magnesium!😉
You are the Real Doc !!
Thank you doctor for this information and for your valuable time. ❤️
Thank you for your information Doctor👍
My pleasure
I recently had a CIMT test and it came back at 1.8 mm. My calcium score test came back at zero. So I could have soft plaque in my coronary arteries, correct? I dont eat junk food anymore, dont smoke and I haven't drank alcohol in 6 years. I am not overweight. 61 years old. I have occasional shortness of breath and chest heaviness.
My husband 80yrs old and is taking 100ml aspirin and 10ml statin, he had 3 TIA's a couple of years ago and they have found a little plaque on an artery near the heart. He is due to see his cardio next month. What is bothering him at this time is, that he gets these shooting pains up his chest ( from around the nipple to the left shoulder, always on the same side. He says they feel like a shock, sharp and of varying intensity) Our GP sent him for a stress test and an ultrasound on the area. Nothing showed up, stress test was very good. A remedial masseur thinks it could be a cartilage, ligament, or nerve coming out of position, he has tried to bind it up to hold in position. Have you ever heard of this ailment in your years of practice?
Thanks a lot for this detailed professional explanation.
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Reversed my plaque with niacin!!!!
reversed?...how much?
eat meat, plenty of niacin.
Finished
What dosage?
Blah Blah Blah
Actually, the correlation between plaque build-up in the carotid artery and the likelihood of heart attack is not great. That's why we obtain our CIMT measurements in the common carotid artery which tends to be free of plaque. It's the inflammation of the artery wall that correlates with heart attack (small vessel disease), not the development of plaque in the large arteries. The typical diabetic patient, for example, will have squeaky clean large vessels throughout their entire body, but severely calcified small vessels (medial calcinosis), leading to heart attack, limb loss, kidney failure, blindness, etc.
I just got the results of my Carotid test. Any idea how or where I can find out how to interpret the numbers? It will be weeks before I have an appt with the Primary M.D. and not even sure I trust their interpretation to be honest.
@@DN-rg9nj What test did you have? CIMT, carotid screening, carotid duplex?
@@merrieleiderman Duplex. I asked the Primary Dr. to order a CIMT but she said she didn't know what is was, omg!
@DN-rg9nj great question DN. I'm in Australia id be concerned who was going to interpret my scan when I get one as well, Andre
Me too. @@ChappySinclair
As usual, your videos are very knowledgeable and very helpful. One question if one has calcium score 771 by CT Angio, he took very good lifestyle measures. Three years later, CIMT SHOWS nothing, and it is 0.71 and 0.58. Does this makee sense. Does it mean he has no plaques any more. Thank you.
Of course not. A CIMT will show you plaque in your carotid arteries only. There is "some" correlation with blockage in coronary arteries, but it is not definitive.
In April 2023 I did a CIMT that turns out clean. 2 months later in June 2023 I did a CTA and it showed a 70% blockage in my LAD coronary artery.
The predictive value of a CIMT as far as coronary arteries is concerned has limits.
DrBrewer has been advocating the CIMT as "very reliable" for coronary arteries (96% predictive value) for years, but unfortunately you won't know if in your particular case this predictive value worked for you until you have... actually done a CTA to verify. At the moment, there's no way around this.
(an ECG will flag blockages in coronary arteries >50% so better than nothing and without radiation, but 50% is obviously a high threshold, with a CAC score of 771 you probably want to know if you have blockages before reaching this level of blockage).
I am in my 60s. My friends are in that group and older. Even if they go to the doctor for an ingrown toe nail, they ALWAYS come out with one or more stents. Cha-ching! These things are put in when they are not needed because they are PURE profit for the corrupt corporate hospitals and the industry in general.
Plus, installing stents is not risk free. It is EXTREMELY dangerous. These installations kill a small but significant number of the recipients. Or worse, destroy what health they had left. The stent can break away plaque and cause embolisms and strokes, puncture the artery walls requiring immediate chest splitting (my absolute worst nightmare!) and other complications.
Very interesting! I didn't know about this method to detect clogged arteries. Thank you for sharing this extremely helpful information, it will definitely help me improve my heart health!
I believe I have two unnecessary stents, because I refused to stop drinking. I complained of chest pain during binge drinking. I had no chest pain sober. 10 years later I would how long before these stents develop a problem that kills me or requires open heart surgery.
The teeth are indicators of these clogged arteries. If you suddenly notice you are fighting plaque or tartar on your teeth, they are also in your blood stream.
where does that come from? carbohydrates exactly since they're long chain glucose molecules. Stop eating a mixed carb/fat diet. Go keto/carnivore, problem solved
I'm in Taiwan. I flew to the capital, Taipei, to get a myocardial perfusion scan. But when I came back to my smaller town, all the cardiologist could tell me was that I had 50 percent blockage in one of my arteries and that I should now get a coronary angiography. How do I get the information about the soft plaque vs hard plaque? Do I now need to ask for a coronary angiogram with AI analysis?
Also, I asked for a CIMT, but they gave me a Doppler (traditional, I guess) instead, just as Dr. Brewer describes.
Yes. I just got a CCTA and you can actually see all the hard and soft plaque (I met with the radiologist, he was happy to walk me through the entire thing)
change your diet over 4-6 weeks to carnivore, that's the way to over time get healed from all this inflammation that is primarily caused by mixing carbs/fats over long periods of time among other things. Look it up
Thinking out of the box. Good!
very informative. thank you, doc.
Excelente información. Muchas gracias Dr Brewer
Dr. Ford, where can we find a nationwide listing of cimt providers?
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Another fantastic video . Thank you
Thank you very much!
Stents can be life saving if you have unstable angina or having a heart attack.
You can also get heart attacks even with life style changes . It is a multifactorial complex disorders or even with unmeasurable high sensitivity CRP. It is not pus, it is denatured and oxidized fat and Lp(a). Pus is bacteria and white cells.
Twenty to 30 % have elevated Lp(a). Calcification is a consequence of elevated LP (a).,
Can you avoid stress?
@saliksayyar9793 Call Tracey at 859-721-1414 for a copy of our course on CV inflammation. No charge for you if you agree to actually read it. It includes actual pictures of the macrocytes, leukocytes & other pus cells. Here’s a sample reference. Yep. Microscopic layers of snot. And it’s the inflammation that causes the instability, not the inert fats.
Very informative. Thank you very much for posting!
Dr. Ford
Thank you, lots of valuable information, it’d be great if you throw in few solutions on how to reverse it, unless you did and I missed it
Years ago asked a doctor,,,what we can do to find out if this is the case for me ,, he told me we don't do anything until something happens,,, no preventive medicine here in the USA...
Maybe I missed it. Did he mention Traditional Angiogram? Wired camera directly into the heart arteries. This seems to be the most definitive way of seeings plaque build up. Downside would be if you already have signaficant amounts and the doctor disturbs the plaque.
I got a CAC privately for about 320 Euro. The CT Coronary Angiogram was quoted at about 720 Euro.
I asked my GP for a CIMT. I had to explain what it is. He said we dont do that in Canada. He then said " we already know you have plaque. " this coming from a guy that has only been able to bring my BP down to 160/80 after 7 years of medication. He waited until AFTER I informed him I've gone carnivore and reject all carbs to make an appointment with a nutritionist and a metabolic nurse.
Can stent be removed? I have one and no longer want it in my body.
It’s not like removing a hairpiece
@onlythetruth2063 lol ya not quite
The technician who did my CIMT test in Thailand, took her time, and explained the results. She told me she did not find any plaque at all calcified or soft, on the bifurcated or other section. The IMT thickness seemed to be pretty good .57 and .61. Should I still be concerned? I live a generally healthy lifestyle, eat right and exercise. The test itself is quite easy and painless.
kenneth what hospital in Thailand and what cost was this, thank you--currently I am over here.
@@roberthendrix4232 PatRangsit. They were very accommodating and professional. It was about $100.
why get a test at all? if you're concerned with health, check the carnivore diet. That will alleviate all your health concerns, look it up on the internet and how to switch diets over a 4-6 week period
Fantastic video, thanks doc, making complex information easier to understand.
What's the name for 'soft blood cells' as in can squeeze through ('cappilaries'? I think they are called, the smallest ones), rather than being more solid/stiff and causing clots .
I can't remember who mentioned it (CVA's are not fun 😢)
I need my GP to convince me apixaban/eliquis is better than aspirin, which I know has anticancer properties.
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Screw stents. my brother had one placed and it damaed the artery resulting in open heart surgery for bypass.
@carmelotreviso did the stent fails
...?
I would like to hear your advice on LPa high and its risk for heart attack and stroke. Thank you so much.
Dr Brewer besides the cereal you forgot to mention the pizza 😂
You are right!
And ice cream, although there is a reason I didn't mentioned Ice cream
@PrevMedHealth
Oh really Dr Brewer I can only imagine 😂
Ao you wanna tell me that home made pizza is not good?
@@sool10
It all comes down to the ingredients you're using.
Not heart healthy steel cut oatmeal? Does it?
My husband had a CAC score of 1115. We dont know what to do next. They want to put him on statins and we said no. We dont trust the medical establishment and dont know where to turn. Is this something you can help us with?
Getting my cardiorisk cimt next week. Thanks
Just love your videos…Gretings from Denmark..❤
Thank you very much!
So is it safe to have 4 to 5 eggs regularly all week long as some of these people on social media say that the cholesterol in egg will not affect arteries
Such great information. Thank you.
Get a calcium score, if your score is above 1 you have plaque. Next you want a full angiogram, get in and up there to see what is going on. I had a 209 score, passed a stress test and wound up with double bypass surgery 10 months later. 90% blockage in the widow maker.
Stabilizing the plaque is key. All these tests don’t achieve that. Statins, healthy lifestyle, good sleep etc do. Great video.
Statins are biggest lie pharmacy ever created
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Statins eh?
@@robt8042 Absolutely
I’d like to get on a
Lifestyle regimen and eat the right foods. Do you have a plan for that? I believe you’re on the right track I would just like to hear a plan to do so. I’ve had several stents put in. Is there anyway I could consult with you thank you for your work and exposing these things that are important.
You are right, having a plan for a good lifestyle change Is critical.
Visit www.prevmedhealth.com or call 859-721-1414
Call Cariorisk, they have a traveling roadshow that doe "popup" events.
I'm in Atlanta GA and really like Atlanta Ultrasound.
*Cardiorisk*
Excellent information!!! Thank you 🙏👏🏻
Thank you very much.
Love you Doc, you are the best !
Thank you very much!
I am a retired Pathologists' Assistant. Plaque doesn't look like your photo. It is tan-grey with a rubbery to fibrous consistency. It is not at all yellow and fatty looking. Plaque is made of layers of aged blood clots. Sometimes there are darker red layers. The most recent layer is dark red from the red blood cells in the clot that haven't broken down yet. There is a small amount of cholesterol crystals (less than 2%) from the free cholesterol in the red blood cell membranes. There is also some fatty areas from the scavenger cells ( macrophages or foam cells) that have cleaned up the LDL which is damaged by trying to clean up the mess.
What happens in the heart also happens throughout the major arteries where the pressure is highest: the aorta and arterial branches where the blood leaves the aorta to feed the organs. Damage to the artery lining causes blood clots to form which are stabilized by LP(a) which is a LDL look-alike. Over time the clot decolorizes and gets rubbery with the oldest layers getting calcified.
Maybe when you view it on a CT scan or ultrasound it seems tan or grey but when a cardiologist sees it with 2 eyeballs then the color is yellow.
My cardiologist office didnt know what a Cimt test was. They said call the vascular office.
good info.. so high cholesterol is bad?
Anything the Government say to eat i just do the opposite. I recommend reading “Health and Beauty Mastery” by Julian Bannett that book is a real eye opener about shocking stuff health industry is doing! I completely changed my habits
I got it, truly a good book
What about a coronary calcium scan?
We discuss Calcium Scan starting at 14:57.
Very useful information. Thank you Doctor. Can u please give review on Acarix CAD Score Device approved by US and sweden government's.
Get a cardioRisk CIMT. They show you your arterial plaque. Both soft and calcified
I took a calcium score when i was 70 as all my life up to say 63 ate everything wrong, maccas, kentucky , ice cream carbohydrate s, white bread , but i never smoked, very little alcohol, l did drink a lot of cocacola and fruit juice. The next 6 years i changed my diet and ate everything i should and cut out everything i shouldn’t. I exercised everyday and my score was zero. I do think i inherited great genes from my mum and dad as they also abused themselves as i did, thanks mum and dad , they never had a stroke or a heart attack 21:09
I’m 67 yo male with no symptoms nor concerns with blood pressure , weight, smoking, triglycerides, or HDL. I have high LDL and cholesterol and due to my active lifestyle and low carb diet that’s clean with Whole Foods and no ultra processed foods and good sleep habits and low stress and good healthy social relationships and strong spiritual drive my concern is a slightly moderate calcium score ,100, and questionable blockage after a nuclear stress test. I also often have a pulse pressure around 60. It’s been recommended I have a CT Angiogram. I will want an AI generated one if I’m going to have it. What do u think?🤔
there's no reason whatsoever, cholestrol is nothing to be concerned about at all since it's not causal in any of the formation of plague or otherwise. People need to concern themselves with their mixed macro diets of carbs and fat that cause glycation effects that WILL be causal for arterial plague. Similarly high blood pressure is a causal factor for arterial issues.
Get rid of most carbs,
Dear Dr. Brewer." They" claim that one of the tests(Sorry. Cant remember the name), can actually not be performed if there is a stent in one of the vessels, because there may be a problem with a 'halo' like effect that will interfere with the images. What now?
True, they would not do it for me because I have a stent
It's the CTA we can do a video about that
I have stents and the next gen CT photon based scans coming online in the UK are supposedly better and won’t produce ‘blooming’ on the images (as they do now) - which makes for better management going forwards. I would think that the US will already have this technology quite widely available?. Two hospitals in the UK are just getting them and I suspect they will be commonplace in 5-10 years and of course technology will have leaped on by then too. 20 years time and I bet it will be like getting an echo.
Dr Brewer, i just had a carotid ultrasound done (not CIMT). The results are not very specific. It said I have 50 % or less blockage, using words like mild and minimal. Says i have some heterogeneous plaque. I'm 77, female, hx 2 TIA,
I want to know if this is good or bad? Is this normal for my age? I don't want to be average, I want better than that. But I don't even know where I am on the scale! I have searched everywhere online, trying to find a better answer. The doctor is no help, she just read the report to me. Pleeeease help! ❤
Hi, I just came across your video. I've lost 25 lb I wasn't even trying. I do have Hashimoto's. I've always been on a strict diet . I admit sugar is my weakness. I suffer from chronic pain.I had high blood pressure. Now high cholesterol genetic. My doctor told me I am a walking time bomb stroke. I've been on Bio-T pellet 3 years now. Why would he say that and not offer to check my arteries? Is it possible that the hormones and the fatty liver are causing my high cholesterol? I am 69 yrs. Young. I don't eat junk foods. I don't drink or smoke. Thirty years ago, I started following a vitamin and Herb regimen to combat Ankylosing Spondylitis. I was successful. The disease has been in remission for 20 years. I stopped eating meat 15 years ago. After reading a book that revealed people with A+ blood can not digest meat. That's why I suffered with IBS in the past. It worked! IBS gone. I read many books on Healthcare and I take care of myself but there's always something going on with me. I haven't given up I continue to educate myself.
Stress tests are a waste of time. I passed a stress test in 2021 with flying colors, only to have my aortic valve replaced via open heart surgery not 9 months later. My aortic valve had a 5mm hole in it due to endocarditis.
Would an echocardiogram been more helpful in your particular case?
Money driven
So what kind of test do you recommend?
Buenïsima informmación!
My CIMT score or average was .08 cm or .8mm (OK for 61 yr old man) as per Rayus Radiology. They seem to be a decent company that is not selling anything but their diagnostic services. But my CAC was 13.1 which is not bad but a bit disconcerting. It was zero in 2017. Insurance pays for CIMT but CAC is still not covered.
The lifestyle the Dr is asking for is someone who doesn’t need to work and has no stress and financial hardships.
I'm currently 64 years old and I began low carb with 16/8 intermittent fasting in July 2021. I lost 60 pounds and threw away my blood pressure medication. In April of 2022 I had a CAC test and it was 32. I also quit taking statins in 2022. In November of 2024 I had another CAC and it was 79. I had the CAC test at a different location and had heard that results may vary by machine. Maybe your explanation of soft plaque turning to calcified plaque may be the cause. Thank you for this information.
when your arteries get build up they start coming out your hands and arms your heart feels like it's weighing down etc. plus other symptoms
Gracias por la información feliz noche
I am 60 age old 10 years ago 3 Stent posted now 3 Stent posted total 6 Stents. I am everyday take medicines even again heart blockage
Also alot of greens will repair the cardoo system too
What about an angio-MRI scan? Can it better differentiate between soft and stable plaque?
Doc, I hear you and appreciate what you are teaching us. I tried to find a CIMT in my state of PA, two major medical networks, a major hospital network and a roaming wellness testing group. So far, no luck in finding a lab that can perform this test. Does anyone out there know of a lab in PA, or NJ, MD, DE, that can perform this test? Thanks!
Call 859-721-1414. Ask for a contact.
My CIMT was okay, even though I had a myocardial infarction 6 weeks before which required bypass surgery. So, it doesn't seem very reliable as a predictor of cardiac risk.
@peterfischer7084 Did you gone through bypass surgery...?