My LDL is 305, and I'm ok with that My CAC scan score is zero. I'm thrilled about that. I have refused statin drugs for many years. I am happy to give big pharma the middle finger. I fired my doctor. He wasn't thrilled about that.
1. Eat no wheat/grains or sugars 2. Do not limit fat or healthy oils 3. Vitamin D 60-70 ng per/ml 4. EPA and DHA from fish oil 5. Supplement with Magnesium 6. Iodine/thryroid optimization 7. Address bowel flora 8. CT heart scan 9. Test lipoproteins 10. Exercise
@Adam Craig He is advocate of THERAPEUTIC fish oil supplementation over 3000mgs a day (usually 10 or more regular fish oil capsules per DAY taken morning and evening. It is KEY to the lifechanges that make you healthy. If you eat a lot of salmon or other fish high in fish oil, probably not so much. I take 6 fish oil gels every morning and skip the evening dose and next morning dose when I have 8-12 oz of salmon usually 3 times a week.
The good doctor forgot one of the most important 'ways', i.e. not just what you eat but *when* you eat. 'Intermittent fasting' (read: time-restricted feeding; try for eating only within a 7 to 8 hr window)...along with occasional longer fasting, e.g. 1 to 3...or more days.
RIGHT Markus.. He forgot the most important info.. Mediterranean diets are best... I have proof of friends in Italy where they live to 100 on a regular basis..
@@jerseytony1 Many OTHER factors at play with those in Italy...not just the diet! Mediterranean diets were rated best when compared to SAD (Standard American Diets) when no legitimate low carb diets (under 50g net carbs/day) were included in the testing. Never have they used legitimate low carb diets in these clinical trials...always using higher carbs than all keto and low carb followers and scientists consider appropriate. So better than bad diet. But definitely NOT the best if you include healthy keto or definitive low carb like Wheat Belly.
I recently had cholesteatoma surgery and had to have antibiotics. I still need pain relief and was wondering what you would recommend that would not kill the good guys again. Thank you. I am on my second batch of your yogurt and I am getting much better already, Thanks to you. By the way I am 82 years old.
Ive been low carb for 3 months and feeling great. No more A fib. Went off the program for one day and it was terrible. Very reinforcing experience to stay low carb.
Am reading your Undoctored book right now and so revealing. Your advice is logical and my health is improving, my cardiologist wanted me on statins, I changed diet instead! Thank you! Now onto recipes for low carb, high fat, meats and veggies!
I need help plz. Mom is suffering from congestive heart failure, been out of breath a lot lately. Will go with Dr. Davis’ recommendations, but Is there something I can do to help with the breathing now. Thx anyone in advance!
Difficult to know who to believe these days. Doctors like Esselstyn, McDougall, Barnard, McGregor, Ornish, and Campbell promote whole food plant based diets that encourage high carb low fat in which whole grains including wheat is encouraged. However, they say ingestion of oils, animal proteins, and dairy affect endothelial cells that line our arteries, etc. They all agree that statins are useless so at least that's something in common with this video. Frustrating when you get conflicting messages from "experts" making it difficult to decide what approach to take. My two cents.
E W I totally agree, very frustrating. I had a heart attack almost 3 yrs ago and called Dr Esselstyn. Problem is I don’t think you can do Ct when you have stint.
pritikins killed himself while he was suffering from leukemia. You need saturated fat and ldl to fight cancer and infections. watch paul mason and cholesterol lectures from low carb from under. these vegans are missing proteins and fat. they have mental issues and sarcopenia. vegetarian diet is better with saturated fats and cholesterols from animals. Dr Davis is right. You can get the best of both worlds. You can live suboptimal long but with all the issues of malnutrition and sarcopenia and dementia. Processed vegan food is more toxic than meat. Be aware of plant toxins on oxalate and lectin. Watch Sally Norton and Dr Gundry. Literatures on that is ample. For example Moringa reduces fertility in males by knocking out testosterone. It is good for hair loss but very bad for men who want have strong muscles and fertility. Plants are not all good.
These drs you mentioned don't have real randomized controlled studies to prove anything. They have uncontrolled epid studies. The real one is Minnesota Coronary Study. Look it up. Plan oil is toxic and increases death. Dr Davis is correct. 9431 patients randomized to corn oil with margarine vs SAD with some margarine. That corn oil increases death by 22% for every 30 point drop in cholesterols. Corn oil drops cholesterols but kills more for more drops.
Dr. Davis, I worked with you at St. Joes and always loved your cutting against the grain. I am a Reg. Respiratory Therapist, now retired. What about vitamin K2/4/7 ?? Do you feel it has been show effective with adequate D3 to redirect Calcium from soft tissue to bone where it belongs and is needed?? Thank for you answer ahead of time!! Bill N.
Had a real nasty half year on statins. I mean 3 times 2-3 weeks in hospitalization in intensive care, because of spontanious infections in lungs and infections in the gallbladder among others. Also had all the other smaller daily side effects of Statins, which litterally klilled my quality of life. I promise, I will never take that poison anymore.
Five years later and still so relevant with his advice for better heart health! I threw my statin in the garbage where they belong, Took a very low dose every other day and still felt like crap. That stuff is NO GOID!!!! I replaced it with supplements recommended in this video and Nattokinase which thins blood, clears arteries and blood clots and lowers cholesterol. I’ll take my chances with natural remedies any day.
Good listing of advisories, but #10 Exercise advice was too generic. All research I have seen points to the urgency of Resistance Training (weightlifting) as being the absolute most beneficial in CAD, etc. reductions across the board. Right??
alot if the deaths from heart attacks are because the patient doesn't know about heart. CT scan and the doc DOESNT even mentions it and prescribes a pill to lower B.P. and later in short time BOOM! heart attack ! because didn't get heart C.T. scan! ( my brother in law 64 yrs old . yes he died ) your prumary doctor ONLY treats symptoms not cause! and that can find you DEAD! My heart doctor ( i had valve replacement four yrs ago ) didnt mention heart C.T. scan and when i asked he said theres nothing here to indicate one is needed , three weeks later after treadmill 45 minutes cold sweat, couldn't breath , went to E.R. got heart C.T. scan and had two 50% blocked arteries ! doc gave me lipitor and beta blocker after nine days joint pain , muscle pain. number 9 on pain scale so stopped and told doc iam not gonna use a staton again . changing my diet and more vitamins and more exercise . iam 70 yrs old. and want to get more old 😜😜
I recently mixed up a batch of Dr. Davis' magnesium juice. Went to local grocery, got an 89 cent 2 liter bottle of house brand seltzer water, a 4 buck milk of magnesia (house brand, free of hypochlorite), poured 2/3 capful into water, drink some in morn and eve. A week later, had BP checked, and instead of usual 130-140 over 90, it was like 100 over 65. Don't know if the magnesium juice caused that, but I'm sticking with it. Tested again yesterday at clinic at 120/80...
@@WilliamDavisMD Got my 80 year old mum on the magnesium juice too just 2 weeks ago and her long-running nightly awful leg cramps have already completely disappeared! I admire you much for your efforts to help folks like us.
Doctor enjoy and have learned a lot , how often can you have a heart scan, I ask one Doctor, he said every 10yrs, I don’t believe that, I would like to track my srore, please advise; Thanks so much
Mahi, I believe the fatty plaque builds up in the arterial wall first (in a reparative capacity, to repair damage such as lesions perhaps caused by consumption of carbs/sugars), and then over time the fatty plaque deposits calcify. It is this calcification that shows up on a CT scan. Plaque itself does not show in an scan/xray, but the calcification in the plaque does, thus revealing the presence of the plaques. So the calcification is of interest primarily sinces it reveals the presence of the plaques.
I eliminated all grains and sugars but my small LDL particles are still very high in number. Didn't change at all over 1 year of very low carb intake (30g per day or less). My CAC is 600 and i'm 58 yrs old. Had my LP(a) measured and it's very low so that's not the issue. Not sure how else to get my small LDL to decrease and get my large LDL to increase.
increase your intake of carbs, fruits, veg, seeds, lentils, pulses, take Metamucil every day, and do HIIT and long walks. other than that it's medication.
Dr Davis what would be your advice on statins if youve had an MI and a stent placement?? Im following your diet plan on naturally resolving my cardiac issues.
We have been doing this, with my husband calcium score high, no conventional doctor helped only the TH-cam ones like you! No sugar no bad carbs, high dosage omega3 vitamin D vitamin K 2 magnesium selenium coq10 vitamin C lots of veggies and good fats fasting and Keto! But taking aspirin, doctors put him on Crestor I don’t agree so he’s not taking! Thanks Doc we are doing all this and ah niacin!
Doctor, does the NMR lipoproteins with lipoprotein(a) test include: 25-hydroxy vitamin D, TSH, free T3, free T4, reverse T3, thyroid antibodies HbA1c, fasting glucose, fasting insulin? Or are they separate tests?
I had a heart attack in Oct 2018, 100 percent blockage 2 stents inserted. I also have another 60 percent blockage. I am now in cardio rehab twice a week. The Dr prescribed clopidogrel 75mg, carvedilol 12.5 mg twice a day, atorvastatin 40mg at bedtime. And 1 low dose aspirin. I also placed myself on magnesium 120mg once a day. I also have blood sugar readings as high as 170 and down to about 130. I cant seem to break the high readings. My carbs are cut to under 15g. What else can I do? I'm thinking these prescribed drugs are keeping my readings up. I have lost only 8 pounds and my clothes are fitting pretty loose but I'm at my wits end on getting lower blood sugar readings, any suggestions? Thank you for all the videos they are so helpful.
Hey Horsein - sorry to hear that. I suggest learning all you can about Keto and Intermittent Fasting by following and watching YT videos from Dr. Eric Berg - he has several thousand on his YT channel. This will make sure you're doing it correctly as well as doing IF correctly. This will do wonders for lowering your insulin and blood sugar levels. Worked for me and learned a lot.
You will need a qualified doctor to help with your situation, preferably a naturopath or doctor of functional medicine, not a drug pusher. All of those prescription drugs are killing you. Statin will lead to muscle atrophy and memory loss, coupled with diabetes will lead to Alzheimer. There are tons of information showing the harm of statin online, it's literally just a search away. If you found this video surely you can find something on statin. The entire premise on how it work to supposing improve 'cholesterol' is based on flawed science. Don't bother trying to change the mind of person who prescribed it to you, they already know it, but they have a different incentive to why they prescribe it, you can find out by asking what car they're driving. A healthy diet will go a long way to improve your condition, paleo or keto take your pick. Although excess protein consumption will lead to insulin resistance. Cut out carb, but put back fiber rich vegetables to feed your gut bacteria, the fiber is also important to bind toxin to help eliminate them. Getting adequate nutrients and eventually fixing your gut health in the long term will help stabilize blood sugar. Magnesium is very important so it's good you're taking it, but it's important to take a high bioavailable form that isn't made with (ironically) magnesium stearate and other additives that will lower the absorption.
Horsein. nutranuva is right , dont lose hope , lowering your bad levels does not happen over night , sounds like you are doing the right things , but years of incorrect behaviour you did thinking you were doing the right thing takes months to change but it will happen , dont completely follow dr bergs diet as ive learned a almost total carnivore diet is better for you then massive veges a day . veges are pretty bad for you ! search carnivore diet and have just a little low carb veges with a high meat diet ! my wife had a massive blood pressure difference between left and right arm , but after 12 months of keto and IF they are getting closer , which means the arteries are clearing !
@@upyours1256 thank you for the reply, at the most I eat about 1 cup to may maybe 1 cup in half of salad with blue cheese dressing. And then no more then 4 to 5 oz of meat. That is dinner, breakfast is either one or two scrambled eggs with one bacon. Last night I had halibut with butter and a cup of salad and this morning my bs was 201. Good grief! I am a coffee drinker and I use heavy cream. No sugars, no grains, no pasta. I really try to drink water but am not faithful in that area,. The last diet soda I have had was about 6 to 7 weeks ago. The attitudes of drs and the keto diet is something I have come not to mention. It's a shame one has to lie to their provider. Even at heart rehab it's a head shaker. Heart patients are tested for blood sugar and if you go below 100 they force a juice on you that is full of sugar just to bring up your numbers. They haven't tried that on me yet.
@@DanielTrevorOnline thank you, I have gone through most of the videos and we did start IF. I will try try cutting carbs further which is fine with me per Dr Davis. I really don't care for salads. I will go to the store and pick up some recommended supplements. Thank you for the help
CT scan is done on a machine, roll you into it for the scan, takes 10 minutes, costs around $100 or so, radiation comparable to a mammogram (according to Mayo). Then, a doc reviews scan, calculates a score known as a coronary artery calcium score (CACS). It is a simple number. Zero is what you want. Anything above that means you have an issue. Higher number, bigger the issue/risk. Docs are loathe to prescribe a CT scan, but get your GP to write a scan up for you and pay cash. You should know your CACS. No, beta blocker has nothing to do with scan.
I don’t think they are the same! My husband had CAC scan and his is high, the Agatston score is 914 but what I found out the volume score is the real number which is 666, this was in June, immediately started Keto fasting lots of supplements and exercise, next year in June we will do another one, and none of doctors helped only info here on TH-cam! Ivor Cummins has a podcast that is great like this Doc here opening our eyes!
@@TH-camr-ep5xx I had to take beta blockers to have a cat scan done ! Found I have a partial blockage so changed diet but need to try and reverse it if I can !!!
A typical heart scan exposes you to the radiation equivalent to 10 chest x-rays, not a trivial quantity but not a lot (compared, say, to an abdominal CT that exposes you to something like 300 chest x-rays equivalent).
That's an entire conversation, Alexandra, that we cover in detail in our Undoctored Inner Circle. For one, you cannot do the diet alone; there are additional strategies to incorporate.
@Abdel-Ilah BENAHMED I think fruits are ok, whatever grows locally in your climate are the fruits you should eat. E.g if you live in Sweden, don't eat bananas. Fruits are also bigger and sweeter than they were before agriculture. Eat more veg than fruit. Fruit maybe every few days. My 2 cents.
The only disagreement with you is on statins. Why? Not because of cholesterol, but because statins can help reduce cardiovascular inflammation. Some statins are much more effective than others. Please listen to a lecture by Dr. Ford Brewer on this subject.
My LDL is 305, and I'm ok with that
My CAC scan score is zero. I'm thrilled about that.
I have refused statin drugs for many years. I am happy to give big pharma the middle finger.
I fired my doctor. He wasn't thrilled about that.
Good move, Tammie!
Same here, so excited to have a CAC score of zero, although my Cardiologist refused to order one, my primary doctor came through
Good for u
1. Eat no wheat/grains or sugars
2. Do not limit fat or healthy oils
3. Vitamin D 60-70 ng per/ml
4. EPA and DHA from fish oil
5. Supplement with Magnesium
6. Iodine/thryroid optimization
7. Address bowel flora
8. CT heart scan
9. Test lipoproteins
10. Exercise
@Adam Craig He is advocate of THERAPEUTIC fish oil supplementation over 3000mgs a day (usually 10 or more regular fish oil capsules per DAY taken morning and evening. It is KEY to the lifechanges that make you healthy. If you eat a lot of salmon or other fish high in fish oil, probably not so much. I take 6 fish oil gels every morning and skip the evening dose and next morning dose when I have 8-12 oz of salmon usually 3 times a week.
So great you are Doctor
Dr Willam Davis, always the best 👌
Wow, Dr. Davis, nice to meet you. Subscribed. I am a daily Dr. Berg fan but I believe you will help a lot of people also.
Such a great doctor. And really nice guy. You're full of life so you clearly practice what u preach.
Simple straightforward advice that makes sense. Should supplementing with K2 be included?
Definitely!
Thank you for prevention of heart disease!!! You rock!
The good doctor forgot one of the most important 'ways', i.e. not just what you eat but *when* you eat. 'Intermittent fasting' (read: time-restricted feeding; try for eating only within a 7 to 8 hr window)...along with occasional longer fasting, e.g. 1 to 3...or more days.
RIGHT Markus.. He forgot the most important info.. Mediterranean diets are best... I have proof of friends in Italy where they live to 100 on a regular basis..
@@jerseytony1 Many OTHER factors at play with those in Italy...not just the diet! Mediterranean diets were rated best when compared to SAD (Standard American Diets) when no legitimate low carb diets (under 50g net carbs/day) were included in the testing. Never have they used legitimate low carb diets in these clinical trials...always using higher carbs than all keto and low carb followers and scientists consider appropriate. So better than bad diet. But definitely NOT the best if you include healthy keto or definitive low carb like Wheat Belly.
Thank you for sharing this important information Dr Davis, I enjoy reading your books and being a subscriber to your channel. My kind of doc!
fantastic - condensed - concise. Thank you Dr. Davis
Absolutely Doctor! Love the advice and education you're giving!
Dr. Davis, you are the best. So glad to have found your channel. Of big help to me. Love ya. 🌻
Dr William Davis You are Awesome
I recently had cholesteatoma surgery and had to have antibiotics. I still need pain relief and was wondering what you would recommend that would not kill the good guys again. Thank you. I am on my second batch of your yogurt and I am getting much better already, Thanks to you. By the way I am 82 years old.
Ive been low carb for 3 months and feeling great. No more A fib. Went off the program for one day and it was terrible. Very reinforcing experience to stay low carb.
Am reading your Undoctored book right now and so revealing. Your advice is logical and my health is improving, my cardiologist wanted me on statins, I changed diet instead! Thank you! Now onto recipes for low carb, high fat, meats and veggies!
I need help plz. Mom is suffering from congestive heart failure, been out of breath a lot lately. Will go with Dr. Davis’ recommendations, but Is there something I can do to help with the breathing now. Thx anyone in advance!
Difficult to know who to believe these days. Doctors like Esselstyn, McDougall, Barnard, McGregor, Ornish, and Campbell promote whole food plant based diets that encourage high carb low fat in which whole grains including wheat is encouraged. However, they say ingestion of oils, animal proteins, and dairy affect endothelial cells that line our arteries, etc. They all agree that statins are useless so at least that's something in common with this video. Frustrating when you get conflicting messages from "experts" making it difficult to decide what approach to take. My two cents.
E W I totally agree, very frustrating. I had a heart attack almost 3 yrs ago and called Dr Esselstyn. Problem is I don’t think you can do Ct when you have stint.
Agreed. So many “experts” that claim they have the answers and they often contradict one another.
haha then go in between what they say eat what u want in moderation and GET OFF OF YOUR ASS AND EXERCISE its easy
pritikins killed himself while he was suffering from leukemia. You need saturated fat and ldl to fight cancer and infections. watch paul mason and cholesterol lectures from low carb from under. these vegans are missing proteins and fat. they have mental issues and sarcopenia. vegetarian diet is better with saturated fats and cholesterols from animals. Dr Davis is right. You can get the best of both worlds. You can live suboptimal long but with all the issues of malnutrition and sarcopenia and dementia. Processed vegan food is more toxic than meat. Be aware of plant toxins on oxalate and lectin. Watch Sally Norton and Dr Gundry. Literatures on that is ample. For example Moringa reduces fertility in males by knocking out testosterone. It is good for hair loss but very bad for men who want have strong muscles and fertility. Plants are not all good.
These drs you mentioned don't have real randomized controlled studies to prove anything. They have uncontrolled epid studies. The real one is Minnesota Coronary Study. Look it up. Plan oil is toxic and increases death. Dr Davis is correct. 9431 patients randomized to corn oil with margarine vs SAD with some margarine. That corn oil increases death by 22% for every 30 point drop in cholesterols. Corn oil drops cholesterols but kills more for more drops.
Dr.Davis ..once again thanks for sharing this valuable video on several ways to prevent heart diseases.
Dr. Davis,
I worked with you at St. Joes and always loved your cutting against the grain. I am a Reg. Respiratory Therapist, now retired. What about vitamin K2/4/7 ?? Do you feel it has been show effective with adequate D3 to redirect Calcium from soft tissue to bone where it belongs and is needed?? Thank for you answer ahead of time!!
Bill N.
Super video and a very good author. I have incorporated most of Dr Davis's advice for all of my patients.
Excellent information! Love your channel and listening to your WISDOM!!👍💖😉 THANK YOU 👏
Had a real nasty half year on statins. I mean 3 times 2-3 weeks in hospitalization in intensive care, because of spontanious infections in lungs and infections in the gallbladder among others. Also had all the other smaller daily side effects of Statins, which litterally klilled my quality of life. I promise, I will never take that poison anymore.
Five years later and still so relevant with his advice for better heart health! I threw my statin in the garbage where they belong, Took a very low dose every other day and still felt like crap. That stuff is NO GOID!!!! I replaced it with supplements recommended in this video and Nattokinase which thins blood, clears arteries and blood clots and lowers cholesterol. I’ll take my chances with natural remedies any day.
Thanks for the great info!!! 👍
Does anyone know if this CT scan is available in Canada? We are so behind up here.
Dr, how can we reduce calcification of arteries. I have calcified occlusion in RCA. Thanks
Good listing of advisories, but #10 Exercise advice was too generic. All research I have seen points to the urgency of Resistance Training (weightlifting) as being the absolute most beneficial in CAD, etc. reductions across the board. Right??
My digestion is not that good when I take in the probiotic yougurts, and I think it's related to lactose.
What to do?
alot if the deaths from heart attacks are because the patient doesn't know about heart. CT scan and the doc DOESNT even mentions it and prescribes a pill to lower B.P. and later in short time BOOM! heart attack ! because didn't get heart C.T. scan! ( my brother in law 64 yrs old . yes he died ) your prumary doctor ONLY treats symptoms not cause! and that can find you DEAD! My heart doctor ( i had valve replacement four yrs ago ) didnt mention heart C.T. scan and when i asked he said theres nothing here to indicate one is needed , three weeks later after treadmill 45 minutes cold sweat, couldn't breath , went to E.R. got heart C.T. scan and had two 50% blocked arteries ! doc gave me lipitor and beta blocker after nine days joint pain , muscle pain. number 9 on pain scale so stopped and told doc iam not gonna use a staton again . changing my diet and more vitamins and more exercise . iam 70 yrs old. and want to get more old 😜😜
Which labs do you like to check?
Thank you Dr Davis!
I recently mixed up a batch of Dr. Davis' magnesium juice. Went to local grocery, got an 89 cent 2 liter bottle of house brand seltzer water, a 4 buck milk of magnesia (house brand, free of hypochlorite), poured 2/3 capful into water, drink some in morn and eve. A week later, had BP checked, and instead of usual 130-140 over 90, it was like 100 over 65. Don't know if the magnesium juice caused that, but I'm sticking with it. Tested again yesterday at clinic at 120/80...
Hey, that's fabulous, You! Magnesium can indeed have BP-lowering effects, though you may be enjoying a larger-than-usual effect which is terrific.
@@WilliamDavisMD Got my 80 year old mum on the magnesium juice too just 2 weeks ago and her long-running nightly awful leg cramps have already completely disappeared! I admire you much for your efforts to help folks like us.
Dr Davis where can i get milk of magnesia.... And should it be mixed in so called soda water... That is unsweetened...... Plz guide
+William Davis
Hello Doctor, what's your advice on eating organic oatmeal for breakfast every morning, is it good?
Oatmeal is oatmeal better off without it
thanks God bless you
Doctor enjoy and have learned a lot , how often can you have a heart scan, I ask one Doctor, he said every 10yrs, I don’t believe that, I would like to track my srore, please advise; Thanks so much
I follow a low carb diet but still have small dense ldl of 49mg/dl, corresponding ldl = 96mg/dl
William Davis please clarify Whats the different Cholesterol Plaque & Calcium deposit ?
Mahi, I believe the fatty plaque builds up in the arterial wall first (in a reparative capacity, to repair damage such as lesions perhaps caused by consumption of carbs/sugars), and then over time the fatty plaque deposits calcify. It is this calcification that shows up on a CT scan. Plaque itself does not show in an scan/xray, but the calcification in the plaque does, thus revealing the presence of the plaques. So the calcification is of interest primarily sinces it reveals the presence of the plaques.
Dr Davis is there a blood test for Iodine ? I do have hypothyroidism, I do take levothyroxine 125 mcg.
I have shared your videos to our Philippine Heart Association and I was blocked from commenting
Excellent
What do you think about intermittent fasting?
Smart and sensible, thank you.
I eliminated all grains and sugars but my small LDL particles are still very high in number. Didn't change at all over 1 year of very low carb intake (30g per day or less). My CAC is 600 and i'm 58 yrs old. Had my LP(a) measured and it's very low so that's not the issue. Not sure how else to get my small LDL to decrease and get my large LDL to increase.
increase your intake of carbs, fruits, veg, seeds, lentils, pulses, take Metamucil every day, and do HIIT and long walks. other than that it's medication.
Dr Davis what would be your advice on statins if youve had an MI and a stent placement?? Im following your diet plan on naturally resolving my cardiac issues.
which magnesium?
We have been doing this, with my husband calcium score high, no conventional doctor helped only the TH-cam ones like you! No sugar no bad carbs, high dosage omega3 vitamin D vitamin K 2 magnesium selenium coq10 vitamin C lots of veggies and good fats fasting and Keto! But taking aspirin, doctors put him on Crestor I don’t agree so he’s not taking! Thanks Doc we are doing all this and ah niacin!
Doing all this for past 3 years, CAC score still rising at 10% per year. 109 to 144. What else can I try?
Intermittent fasting and one meal a day
Dr Davis, will this regimen correct or prevent aortic stenosis? Also does a heart CT scan detect aortic stenosis?
Doctor, does the NMR lipoproteins with lipoprotein(a) test include:
25-hydroxy vitamin D, TSH, free T3, free T4, reverse T3, thyroid antibodies
HbA1c, fasting glucose, fasting insulin? Or are they separate tests?
They are separate.
What about the consumption of ground turkey, pinto beans and black beans? Thank you.
my doctor refuses to call in any of these except cholesterol --what to do? I called labor and they Sid I need a prescription ---???? any ideas guys?
Fire your doctor and get a new one
I had a heart attack in Oct 2018, 100 percent blockage 2 stents inserted. I also have another 60 percent blockage. I am now in cardio rehab twice a week. The Dr prescribed clopidogrel 75mg, carvedilol 12.5 mg twice a day, atorvastatin 40mg at bedtime. And 1 low dose aspirin. I also placed myself on magnesium 120mg once a day. I also have blood sugar readings as high as 170 and down to about 130. I cant seem to break the high readings. My carbs are cut to under 15g. What else can I do? I'm thinking these prescribed drugs are keeping my readings up. I have lost only 8 pounds and my clothes are fitting pretty loose but I'm at my wits end on getting lower blood sugar readings, any suggestions? Thank you for all the videos they are so helpful.
Hey Horsein - sorry to hear that. I suggest learning all you can about Keto and Intermittent Fasting by following and watching YT videos from Dr. Eric Berg - he has several thousand on his YT channel. This will make sure you're doing it correctly as well as doing IF correctly. This will do wonders for lowering your insulin and blood sugar levels. Worked for me and learned a lot.
You will need a qualified doctor to help with your situation, preferably a naturopath or doctor of functional medicine, not a drug pusher. All of those prescription drugs are killing you. Statin will lead to muscle atrophy and memory loss, coupled with diabetes will lead to Alzheimer. There are tons of information showing the harm of statin online, it's literally just a search away. If you found this video surely you can find something on statin. The entire premise on how it work to supposing improve 'cholesterol' is based on flawed science. Don't bother trying to change the mind of person who prescribed it to you, they already know it, but they have a different incentive to why they prescribe it, you can find out by asking what car they're driving.
A healthy diet will go a long way to improve your condition, paleo or keto take your pick. Although excess protein consumption will lead to insulin resistance. Cut out carb, but put back fiber rich vegetables to feed your gut bacteria, the fiber is also important to bind toxin to help eliminate them. Getting adequate nutrients and eventually fixing your gut health in the long term will help stabilize blood sugar.
Magnesium is very important so it's good you're taking it, but it's important to take a high bioavailable form that isn't made with (ironically) magnesium stearate and other additives that will lower the absorption.
Horsein. nutranuva is right , dont lose hope , lowering your bad levels does not happen over night , sounds like you are doing the right things , but years of incorrect behaviour you did thinking you were doing the right thing takes months to change but it will happen , dont completely follow dr bergs diet as ive learned a almost total carnivore diet is better for you then massive veges a day . veges are pretty bad for you ! search carnivore diet and have just a little low carb veges with a high meat diet ! my wife had a massive blood pressure difference between left and right arm , but after 12 months of keto and IF they are getting closer , which means the arteries are clearing !
@@upyours1256 thank you for the reply, at the most I eat about 1 cup to may maybe 1 cup in half of salad with blue cheese dressing. And then no more then 4 to 5 oz of meat. That is dinner, breakfast is either one or two scrambled eggs with one bacon. Last night I had halibut with butter and a cup of salad and this morning my bs was 201. Good grief! I am a coffee drinker and I use heavy cream. No sugars, no grains, no pasta. I really try to drink water but am not faithful in that area,. The last diet soda I have had was about 6 to 7 weeks ago. The attitudes of drs and the keto diet is something I have come not to mention. It's a shame one has to lie to their provider. Even at heart rehab it's a head shaker. Heart patients are tested for blood sugar and if you go below 100 they force a juice on you that is full of sugar just to bring up your numbers. They haven't tried that on me yet.
@@DanielTrevorOnline thank you, I have gone through most of the videos and we did start IF. I will try try cutting carbs further which is fine with me per Dr Davis. I really don't care for salads. I will go to the store and pick up some recommended supplements. Thank you for the help
Would you recommend carnivore? Or Gross 20 carbs?
Where he says no more than 15 grams of carbs per meal does he mean from grains or from vegetable carbs like potatoes?
Is coronary calcium scan same as CT heart scan?
If not which one is better?
Do you need to take beta blocker for the CT heart scan?
I am confused.
CT scan is done on a machine, roll you into it for the scan, takes 10 minutes, costs around $100 or so, radiation comparable to a mammogram (according to Mayo). Then, a doc reviews scan, calculates a score known as a coronary artery calcium score (CACS). It is a simple number. Zero is what you want. Anything above that means you have an issue. Higher number, bigger the issue/risk. Docs are loathe to prescribe a CT scan, but get your GP to write a scan up for you and pay cash. You should know your CACS.
No, beta blocker has nothing to do with scan.
I don’t think they are the same! My husband had CAC scan and his is high, the Agatston score is 914 but what I found out the volume score is the real number which is 666, this was in June, immediately started Keto fasting lots of supplements and exercise, next year in June we will do another one, and none of doctors helped only info here on TH-cam! Ivor Cummins has a podcast that is great like this Doc here opening our eyes!
@@TH-camr-ep5xx I had to take beta blockers to have a cat scan done ! Found I have a partial blockage so changed diet but need to try and reverse it if I can !!!
@@portiasnyder1812 Why would beta blockers need to be taken?
@@portiasnyder1812 But why would it be necessary to take beta blocker to have a cat scan?
Thank you, great stuff, but are not ct scans giving lots of radiation ?????
A typical heart scan exposes you to the radiation equivalent to 10 chest x-rays, not a trivial quantity but not a lot (compared, say, to an abdominal CT that exposes you to something like 300 chest x-rays equivalent).
Dr Davis, my boyfriend has been grain and sugar free for over a year, but his ldl-p went up from 1,000 to 2,300. Why is this happening?
That's an entire conversation, Alexandra, that we cover in detail in our Undoctored Inner Circle. For one, you cannot do the diet alone; there are additional strategies to incorporate.
Drives me nuts the conflicting advice on statin drugs. Who do you believe?
So I guess oatmeal is no good
Correct.
@Abdel-Ilah BENAHMED I think fruits are ok, whatever grows locally in your climate are the fruits you should eat. E.g if you live in Sweden, don't eat bananas. Fruits are also bigger and sweeter than they were before agriculture. Eat more veg than fruit. Fruit maybe every few days. My 2 cents.
Moderation is the key... Eat n drink everything... But stay balanced
Get your Lipoprotein (a) blood test!
The only disagreement with you is on statins. Why? Not because of cholesterol, but because statins can help reduce cardiovascular inflammation. Some statins are much more effective than others. Please listen to a lecture by Dr. Ford Brewer on this subject.
Dr David, please! not vitamin D, vitamin D3/K2!
JIUCE LEMONS !!
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Is this real or just some random thing from the internet?
He is a well known and very competent cardiologist.
It’s real trust me!
OATS are good for you, it is one grain worth eating. FACT!
omegas 3 are detrimental to your health
You must be from outer space.