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Angioplasty Special: Get it while it's hot! by Dr. William D. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health Graphic courtesy Parsemus Foundation Read on »

Even mummies do it by Dr. William D. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health Lady Rai, nursemaid to Queen Nefertari of Egypt, died in 1530 BC, somewhere between the age of 30 and 40 years. Her mummy is preserved in the Egyptian National museum of Antiq ... Read on »

Life Extension article on iodine by Dr. William D. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health Here's a link to my recent article in Life Extension Magazine on iodine: Halt on Salt Sparks Iodine Deficiency Iodized salt, a concept introduced into the U.S. by the FDA in ... Read on »

The healthiest people are the most iodine deficient by Dr. William D. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health Here's an informal observation. The healthiest people are the most iodine deficient. The healthier you are, the more likely you are to: --Avoid junk foods--30% of which have ... Read on »

Heart Scan Blog Redux: Cheers to flavonoids by Dr. William D. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health Because in Track Your Plaque we've been thinking a lot about anthocyanins, here's a rerun of a previous Heart Scan Blog post about red wine. (Anthocyanins are among the intere ... Read on »

Postprandial pile-up with fructose by Dr. William D. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health Heart disease is likely caused in the after-eating, postprandial period. That's why the practice of grazing, eating many small meals throughout the day, can potentially increa ... Read on »

Track Your Plaque: Safer at any score by Dr. William D. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health Imagine two people. Tom is a 50-year old man. Tom's initial heart scan score was 500 --a concerning score that carries a 5% risk for heart attack per year. Harry is also 50 ... Read on »

Triglyceride and chylomicron "stacking" by Dr. William D. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health Continuing the comments started in Grazing is for cattle, here's an interesting study from the Oxford Center for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism. Volunteers were fed a ... Read on »

What is a healthy vitamin D blood level? by Dr. William D. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Heart Health When measuring blood levels of vitamin D (as 25-hydroxy vitamin D), what constitutes a desirable level? There's no study that directly examines this question, no study that e ... Read on »

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

1 Comment 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 »

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