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Magnesium is one of the most important nutrients for making sure the heart is functioning properly, yet your cardiologist may not put it on your radar. Here’s why your heart needs magnesium.
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Welcome back to Part 3 of our podcast looking at how heart attacks in women can differ from heart attacks in men. This is a crucial thing to know. In Part 1, we discussed the symptoms of a heart attack in women. It’s not always crushing chest pain. It could be nausea, dizziness or quick-onset fatigue. It’s important to know these things.†
Let’s discuss coenzyme Q10. When CoQ10 is converted to its active form, ubiquinol, it allows you to use oxygen and calories for energy. This is involved with your brain, heart and every other system in the body. All the energy in your body requires CoQ10, but it has to be converted into ubiquinol for that to happen.†
Diabetics have a terrible time converting CoQ10 into ubiquinol, so they are much better off using a ubiquinol supplement. As you grow older, the level of ubiquinol in your body declines because it gets increasingly more difficult to convert CoQ10 into ubiquinol. This lack of ubiquinol impacts your muscles, including your heart muscle. Your heart is pumping blood 100,000 times a day, so it needs a lot of energy. Without ubiquinol, there’s a lot of stress in the heart.†
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There have been many studies looking at the role of ubiquinol in heart health. One particular study found that when they gave elderly people ubiquinol, it actually cut down on the number of both men and women who died as a consequence of something wrong with their heart like heart failure, heart attack or sudden cardiac death. When you increase the amount of ubiquinol in the heart, you take a lot of pressure off of it. This means your heart is less likely to go into an arrhythmia, have a heart seizure or suffer a heart attack.†
Here are some things you should look out for. Women more commonly have a condition called spontaneous coronary artery dissection. This occurs when one of the blood vessels in the heart tears. That can block your blood flow and can lead to really severe chest pain. It can feel like a heart attack. Women are more likely to have this issue, especially soon after pregnancy.†
There are things that can help improve the health of your arteries, including fish oils, cocoa, green tea and magnesium. Eating fresh fruits and vegetables, as well as nuts, can also be beneficial.†
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In this episode, Jerry Hickey, Ph. concludes his discussion on heart attack symptoms in women. He details how different nutrients can impact heart health and also discusses additional heart issues that women may face.†
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Did you know that people who have already suffered a heart attack are more prone to having a second one? The good news is that there are nutrients that can help promote the strength and health of your heart.
Many people consider stabbing chest pain to be the main heart attack symptom, but the truth is this can vary, especially in women. It’s important to be aware of the different ways heart attacks can present themselves in women that can be vastly different from how they present in men.
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Folate is a B-vitamin. It’s a water-soluble vitamin. It’s sometimes referred to as Vitamin B9. It’s really important to have sufficient folate, but not everybody does, sometimes because of eating habits, genetic issues or age.†
The active form of folate is called methyltetrahydrofolate. It’s needed to make normal, healthy cells. Folate is ubiquitous in vegetables and green leafy things, so it’s named after foliage.†
Without folate, you could develop very large red blood cells, also known as megaloblastic anemia. This can prevent the red blood cells from getting into the blood vessels, which also means oxygen is not flowing through your body as well. That leads to shortness of breath, fatigue and weakness.†
Your folate status is really influenced by genetic variations in the metabolism of the nutrient. There’s an enzyme called MTHFR and about 50% of people have a problem with it. This makes it harder for them to take synthetic folate often found in low quality supplements or the folate in vegetables and convert it into the active form. You can make up for that, to a degree, by taking a powerful folate or folic acid supplement or by eating more vegetables.†
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If you lack folate, you get an elevated level of homocysteine. Homocysteine is a byproduct of protein metabolism and the body can handle homocysteine when it’s at a level of 12 or less. Once it gets over 12, it becomes toxic. Methyltetrahydrofolate is the vitamin that lowers homocysteine. If your homocysteine is elevated, you have a higher risk of developing heart disease or suffering from a stroke. You also have a higher risk of developing cancer, Alzheimer’s disease or a hip fracture.†
If you’re low in folate long term, you can develop heart disease. A review of 80 human clinical trials showed that even moderately elevated levels of homocysteine in your blood increases your risk of developing cardiovascular disease. This can also lead to clogged blood vessels and coronary heart disease. It makes it hard for blood to flow because the blood vessels are squeezing, so your blood pressure can also go up. Having a little bit of methyltetrahydrofolate can help support normal homocysteine levels in the body.†
This nutrient also plays a role in brain health. Your risk of Alzheimer’s disease may increase if you lack folate. We know that folate is important for brain development in babies, but studies are now showing that it is important for the brain throughout your entire lifespan, especially when you’re elderly.†
In this episode, Jerry Hickey, Ph. discusses the important role the active form of folate plays within the body. He explains the relationship between this nutrient and homocysteine and discusses how these substances both impact the health of your body.†
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