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Grazing is for cattle by Dr. William D. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health Many dietitians and nutritionists advise many people today to "graze," i.e., to eat small snacks every couple of hours. They argue that it blocks the drop in insulin ... Read on »

The disastrous results of a low-fat diet by Dr. William D. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health Rob was never that committed to following the program in the first place. I met Rob because of a modest heart scan score and consultation for a cholesterol abnormality. Rob h ... Read on »

Dr. David Grimes reminds us of vitamin D by Dr. William D. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health In response to the Heart Scan Blog post, Fish oil makes you happy: Psychological distress and omega-3 index, Dr. David Grimes offered the following argument. Dr. Grimes is a ... Read on »

Why does fish oil reduce triglycerides? by Dr. William D. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health Beyond its ability to slash risk for cardiovascular events, omega-3 fatty acids from fish oil also reduce triglycerides. There's no remaining question that omega-3s do this q ... Read on »

Fish oil makes you happy: Psychological distress and omega-3 index by Dr. William D. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health For another perspective on omega-3 blood levels, here's an interesting study in northern Quebec Inuits. Traditionally, Inuits consumed large quantities of omega-3-rich seal, ... Read on »

Hospitals are a hell of a place to get sick by Dr. William D. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health I answered a page from a hospital nurse recently one evening while having dinner with the family. RN: "This is Lonnie. I'm a nurse at _____ Hospital. I've got one of yo ... Read on »

Does fish oil cause blood thinning? by Dr. William D. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health Omega-3 fatty acids from fish oil have the capacity to "thin the blood." In reality, omega-3s exert a mild platelet-blocking effect (platelet activation and "cl ... Read on »

Heart Scan Blog readers take impressive doses of omega-3s by Dr. William D. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health Here are the results from the latest Heart Scan Blog poll: What is your dose of omega-3 fatty acids, EPA + DHA, from fish oil? (Add up the total content of EPA + DHA per caps ... Read on »

How old are you? by Dr. William D. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health George walks into my office. I ask him his age. "I'm 21 years old," he declares. Yet I look at George. He's got gray thinning hair, his posture is slumped forward r ... Read on »

No high blood pressure by Dr. William D. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health Primitive cultures that were, until recently, unexposed to the modern world, reveal some important insights into blood pressure. The Yanomamo of South American, the Xingu Ind ... Read on »

Name that food by Dr. William D. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health What common food can: • Cause destructive intestinal damage that, if unrecognized, can lead to disability and death? • Increase blood sugar higher and faster tha ... Read on »

Heart Defects Simplified by Dr. William D. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health For as long as I've known him, echocardiography technologist, Ken Heiden, has had a deep fascination with congenital heart disease. Ken has just written a wonderful book on co ... Read on »

The Omega-3 Index: The higher, the better? by Dr. William D. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health So you take a few fish oil capsules every day and eat fish once or twice a week. What is the blood and tissue level of omega-3 fatty acids generated by your habits? A number ... Read on »

Vitamin D increased my cholesterol by Dr. William D. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health A friend told me this story. Her friend, Linda, had added vitamin D to her daily supplements. Because she'd had a vitamin D blood level of 22 ng/ml, she was taking 6000 units ... Read on »

Nutrtional ignorance is not unique to the U.S. by Dr. William D. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health Heart Scan Blog reader from Australia, Michaela, also a mother of a son with a complex congenital heart defect, wrote this series of e-mails to me. (Published with Michaela's ... Read on »

Eat cranberries by Dr. William D. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health Most people already know that cranberries are useful for preventing urinary tract infections. Cranberries can also be useful for preventing other sorts of infections, such as ... Read on »

Procedures 'R Us by Dr. William D. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health Kay came to the office for an opinion. Over the past 8 months, she'd received a stent to the left anterior descending coronary artery and, during a separate procedure, a sten ... Read on »

Unexpected effects of a wheat-free diet by Dr. William D. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health Wheat elimination continues to yield explosive and unexpected health benefits. I initially asked patients in the office to eliminate wheat because I wanted to help them reduc ... Read on »

Is Lp(a) part of your legacy to your children? by Dr. William D. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health If you have lipoprotein(a), Lp(a)--the most aggressive known cause that no one has heard of--then you need to tell your children. Lp(a) is a "cleanly" inherited gen ... Read on »

Do "Heart Healthy" sterols cause heart disease? by Dr. William D. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health The sterol question continues to pop up. Sterols are an ingredient widely added by food manufacturers that allows a "heart healthy" claim, since sterols have been s ... Read on »

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