by PrevMedHealth | Sep 11, 2020 | Plaque, Prediabetes & Diabetes
“There are few things that humble me more than my complete and utter buffoonery when it comes to HDL lipidology…” – Peter Attia “It’s true of all of us.” – Thomas Dayspring (Attia, 2020) Thomas Dayspring is a nationally recognized lipidologist. That...
by PrevMedHealth | Sep 3, 2020 | Plaque, Supplements
Serrapeptase is hailed as a natural anti-inflammatory, with lots of promise and with no side effects. It is also claimed to have an effect against the build-up of cardiovascular (CV) plaque. In this post, let’s look at serrapeptase, how it works, and whether there is...
by PrevMedHealth | Jun 19, 2020 | Plaque
One of our viewers, David Ivers, asked, “What is the process by which LDL is pulled out from between the media and intima layers of the artery wall?” A brief answer that I gave had to do with 3 different mechanisms. One, inflammation, which is not a good...
by PrevMedHealth | May 5, 2020 | Plaque
A friend, at age 60, had cardiovascular plaque problems. His father died of a heart attack at age 51. Good thing, he slowed down his plaque progression, reversed it, and hardened it. As he felt in good shape at that time, he stopped taking his statin. In less than a...
by PrevMedHealth | Feb 24, 2020 | Inflammation, Plaque, Supplements
We once had a viewer by the name of Richard Dixon. Before Richard had a knee replacement surgery, he went through a pre-op exam. It was during that time that he discovered that he had calcified arteries around his heart. Richard’s doctor put him on vitamin K2...
by PrevMedHealth | Feb 19, 2020 | Inflammation, Plaque, Prediabetes & Diabetes
When it comes to a healthy lifestyle, I am your typical poster boy. I started my career as an ER doctor in my early 20s. That time, I experienced frustration from seeing too many cases of early heart attacks. So I went to John Hopkins in order to study preventive...
