Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Heart Health”
Shocking new research suggests that Big Pharma’s drive to hook you on statin drugs could be a major culprit behind the explosion of Alzheimer’s cases across America and Europe. I’m not surprised. The medical establishment has been waging war against cholesterol for decades. Millions of people have been frightened into believing that high cholesterol levels equal heart disease – unless …
Americans are living through a blood pressure crisis. Maybe you, or someone you love, is one of them… In the United States, 65% of adults over the age of 50 are living with above-normal blood pressure – increasing their risk of heart attack and stroke. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Because high blood pressure can also put …
There’s a 95% chance you have at least one risk factor for heart disease.1 But your body has a built-in defense system that can protect you… I’m talking about nitric oxide. This essential signaling molecule is produced naturally by cells in your blood vessels. Nitric oxide (NO) is the miracle compound that allows your cardiovascular system to “breathe easy.” It …
The medical establishment likes to toot its own horn when it says cardiac events are becoming less common. But it’s not true. While it is true that fewer Americans — as a percentage — get heart attacks, the total numbers are still going up…way up. Heart disease remains the number-one killer in the country. And the world… No matter what …
A few years ago, the AHA and the American College of Cardiology rewrote their cholesterol guidelines. The results were hardly surprising. They recommended that almost every older American take a cholesterol-lowering statin drug.1 The new recommendations more than doubled the number of patients eligible for statins. If you’re a man 60 or older, the likelihood you’ll be placed on a statin …
In a recent letter, I told you that if you can move, you can exercise using my PACE principle. But maybe you still have a few doubts… Today, I want to share a letter from a reader who told me about his experience with PACE. To protect his privacy, I’ll use his initials, B.E. He is a regular reader and …
Conventional medicine still believes high cholesterol doubles your heart attack risk.1 If you’re a regular reader, you know this is flat-out fake news… But doctors continue to buy into this lousy advice and prescribe cholesterol-lowering statins. It’s what they were taught at medical school. And it’s what they continue to be taught in the Continuing Medical Education courses they must …
Increasing muscle mass in your biggest muscle group, your quadriceps, can help you live up to almost 50% longer. That’s the finding of a recent study. It found that older adults who strengthened this group of muscles twice a week lived 46% longer than those who didn’t. The study also reported a 41% lower risk of death from heart disease …
Not long after I wrote the book The Doctor’s Heart Cure, my office manager told me I had a call from Dr. William Castelli. He was one of the pioneering lead directors of the famous Framingham Heart Study. This is the most well-respected study of its kind. In the last 65 years, it has produced more than 3,000 articles in leading medical …
Fifty years ago, the American Heart Association convinced millions of people to ditch nutrient-rich foods like eggs in favor of low-fat grains and starches. Since then, heart disease has soared to become the number one killer in the country. And eventually, the world. Of course, mainstream medicine and the AHA continue to blame this dramatic increase on high cholesterol. But …
I’m sure you’ve seen the red heart with a white check mark on the packaging of low-fat foods like cereal, bread, and crackers. Using the term “heart-healthy” in the same sentence as these cheap high-carb products seems wrong. But did you know that food manufacturers pay hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to get that “heart-healthy” checkmark on their …
For decades, you were told that cholesterol is Public Enemy #1 when it comes to heart health. Today you see messages promising to lower cholesterol plastered on cereal boxes and other so-called healthy foods. Sometimes it comes as a “heart-healthy” symbol with a white check mark inside a red heart. We see the same propaganda from the scientific community as …
Heart disease continues to be the biggest killer in America – and the world – for one simple reason: The health advice we are told to follow is just plain wrong. Giving up meat, eating low-fat foods, jogging, and taking medications will not cure your heart disease. But, there is a cutting-edge all-natural therapy that can… It’s called enhanced external counterpulsation, or EECP. …
The anti-cannabis movie Reefer Madness is considered one of the most discredited films ever made. It was a propaganda film that helped fuel the failed war on drugs. It blamed every “evil” you can think of on marijuana use…including assault, murder – even a teenager’s descent into psychosis. Flash forward to today and medical marijuana is legal in 34 states and Washington, D.C. …
For generations, Americans have been told that lowering fat and cholesterol is the be-all and end-all for good heart health. The American Heart Association has preached this claim as gospel since 1957. But, here’s what they’re not telling you… America’s obesity rates have tripled since the AHA made these recommendations. It’s no coincidence. Everything they’ve been telling you to do is wrong… …
Every year, you hear dire warnings about elevated heart attack risks around the holidays. Usually, these are accompanied by bad advice that suggests eating beef and too much-saturated fat is somehow triggering more heart attacks. My regular readers won’t be surprised to learn I consider these reports completely bunk. Fats from natural sources like grass-fed beef don’t harm your heart. …
Earlier this week, I shared a couple of different approaches I use in my clinic to help patients lower their blood pressure… But it occurred to me that I left out one of the easiest – and most effective – methods. I’m talking about a focused breathing technique that decreases your heart rate and dilates blood vessels, reducing overall blood …
COPD, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, is a silent killer that gets very little attention from the media or medical establishments. But this serious lung disorder is the third leading cause of death in America, behind heart disease and cancer. And it can become so severe that at times, you can barely breathe. Conventional wisdom says there’s no cure. Mainstream …
