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In Episode 22, Jerry Hickey, Ph. focuses on grape seed and how it has been proven clinically to improve and protect your circulatory system, especially your circulation and blood pressure.
According to the CDC, heart disease is the leading cause of death in both men and women in the United States. In this episode, Jerry Hickey, Ph. discusses the importance of Aged Garlic for overall heart health.
According to the American Heart Association, metabolic syndrome affects about 23% of adults and places them at higher disk of a number of heart concerns. A new study now says that eating within a certain time window – intermittent fasting – can help tackle that.
Metabolic syndrome is a term used to describe a number of risk factors for serious conditions including diabetes, heart disease and stroke. This condition may be present when individuals have tested positive for three or more of the following risk factors —
According to the American Heart Association, “when a patient presents with these risk factors together, the changes for future cardiovascular problems are greater than any one factor presenting alone.”
The association provides a number of ways to address metabolic syndrome –
But losing weight and getting back on track can prove difficult. For the first time, a new study published in the journal Cell Metabolism has focused on the impact time-restricted eating has on losing weight, managing blood sugar and blood pressure for people with metabolic syndrome.
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Co-corresponding study author Dr. Pam Taub of the University of California San Diego School of Medicine reports, “People who have metabolism syndrome/prediabetes are often told to make lifestyle interventions to prevent progression of their risk factors to disease. These people are at a crucial tipping point, where their disease process can be reversed. However, many of these lifestyle chances are difficult to make. We saw there was an unmet need in people with metabolic syndrome to come up with lifestyle strategies that could be easily implemented.”
In a small study of 19 participants, participants could eat what they wanted within 10-hour windows. They decided how much to eat and when they ate as long as they “restricted their eating to a window of 10 hours or less.” In other studies, this time window was proven effective with mice. Most of the study participants had obesity and 84% were taking at least one medication.
According to Dr. Taub and researchers, as they started to follow to this time-frame, participants reported more energy and better sleep. After three months, participants displayed a 3% weight and body mass index reduction (on average) and a 3% loss of abdominal, or visceral, fat. All of these improvements, says Dr. Taub, reduce the participants risk of cardiovascular disease.
Many participants also showed a reduction in blood pressure and cholesterol, as well as improvements in fasting glucose.
Dr. Taub recommends that anyone interested in trying time-restricted eating speak to their healthcare provider first, especially if they have metabolic syndrome and are taking medication, as weight loss may mean that medications require adjustment.
Cocoa is one of nature’s more powerful superfoods that contains essential minerals and polyphenols that have been shown to support heart health in amazing ways. Let’s get started!
Photo by Brooke Lark on Unsplash According to the 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Hypertension Guideline, lifestyle changes are the first step in reducing high blood pressure. So many individuals – 72 million Americans – struggle to maintain normal blood pressure. High blood …
Blood pressure is the force of blood pushing against the walls of the arteries that carry the blood from your heart to other parts of your body. While your blood pressure levels normally rise and fall throughout the day, constant high levels, called hypertension, can damage your heart and cause a variety of health problems.
Take preventative measures by getting your blood pressure tested. But watch out! The American Heart Association has recently released information that says your measurements can come back completely wrong due to a few common mistakes. Here’s what you need to know.
Your blood pressure is recorded as two numbers – systolic (the one on top) measures how much pressure your blood is exerting against your artery walls when your heart beats and diastolic (the one at the bottom) measures how much pressure your blood is exerting against your artery walls while the heart is resting between beets.
The American Heart Association reports that your blood pressure is within a normal range when it is less than 120/80 mmHg. It is elevated when the systolic pressure is between 120 and 129 and the diastolic pressure is less than 80 mmHg.
Last November, the AHA changed its high blood pressure (Hypertension Stage 1) guidelines by 10 mmHg and established a new threshold for diagnosing high blood pressure at 130/80. That change was enough to classify “nearly half of all Americans as having high blood pressure.”
Systolic numbers 140 and above are considered Hypertension Stage 2 and Hypertensive crisis. See the chart here!
When you are at the doctor getting your blood pressure tested, it is common that you are sitting on the exam table, dangling your feet off of the edge and talking to the nurse or medical assistant. She or he may attach the blood pressure cuff onto the top of your shirt sleeve instead of your bare arm. But the AHA says this is all wrong and it could actually “push your reading high enough to quality for medication that might not be needed.”
According to the AHA’s website, common mistakes include:
Dr. Raymond Townsend, a nephrologist, teamed up with Dr. Michael Rakotz, the vice president of health outcomes for the American Medical Association to implement a “blood pressure check challenge” to nearly 160 medical students during the 2015 AMA annual meeting. Only one student performed all 11 measurement elements correctly.
Townsend reports, “Of all things that we do in clinical medicine, what is the single most important difference we can make to help someone live longer and live free of target organ damage? There’s only one answer – to measure and treat blood pressure correctly.”
Source: https://news.heart.org/are-blood-pressure-measurement-mistakes-making-you-chronically-ill/