Hasn’t it already been proven people with “bad cholesterol” problems have so due to genetic factors and not diet ?? As in , I can eat eggs all day and no cholesterol rises , but someone with issues cannot
Since it’s a reupload it probably won’t do well in the algorithm so I’m leaving this comment to hopefully give it some more interaction. Love your content
Heart attacks are pretty strange. It’s soo common, but it’s something that you never expect coming. My uncle died 3 days ago from a heart attack. Dude was relatively healthy, worked every day. He got off the treadmill, and complained to his friend of shoulder pain and then collapsed. He didn’t make it :/. Super unexpected
My condolences. And you are absolutely right. Its almost like a norm to people, whereas Cancer is the number one fear whereas Heart attacks are almost seen as normal. Such a contradiction!
@@thefinalromanof course “user” bot account has that reply. It’s a legit question. They forced you to take the vaccine. It didn’t stop you from getting sick, it didn’t stop you from spreading it, and it didn’t stop you from dying. So what did it do?
I had a heart attack due to atherosclerosis when I was 23 YEARS OLD. I have the arteries of a "60-year old smoker". Got a left anterior descending thrombus and widowmaker heart attack. No surgery but I was given supplemental oxygen. Extremely low survivability rate, so thanks to whatever you believe in...
@@cc1drt I was a social smoker for ~5 years (a pack would last me a week or two) but doctors said that wasn't enough to cause the problem. They haven't identified the cause for certain but it's likely a genetic factor that affects roughly 0.1% of Aboriginal Australians. I'm light-skinned but the genes are more persistent through matrilineal inheritance (mother/grandmother/etc.) which makes sense in my case.
@@Nizav-qu5zt (See previous reply) but also I got an echocardiogram the next day which confirmed half of my heart is no longer beating so I was rushed into emergency angiogram. It was too late to implant an artery stent so I've been on various drug therapies since then.
Dude, I'm 23 and my diet unfortunately includes a lot of junk food, including eating a whole bag of chips once a day, this definitely made me rethink my choices and will definitely be cutting down on the chips especially.
Relax. It'll be years before this can start to become a problem for you. Just take out an insurance that'll cover regular heart health screenings later on in life and continue enjoying your young & resilient body until you hit 30. Afterwards, you can start eating healthier and add moderate heart-friendly exercise into the mix. Cardio mostly. That way, you can get old without having to sacrifice your joy in life in exchange for a few more retirement years. 😉
@@epaminon6196unironically the worst advice to give to someone. ALWAYS prioritize eating healthy at ANY age. This of course doesnt mean giving up junk food lol just limiting it a lot.
@@potatopilot16 Part of the joy of being in your 20s are the regenerative properties of a young body. It means that your body holds on to a good amount of lean muscle without the need to sweat several times a week during workouts. Your metabolism is still like a rubber band during your 20s, so you can snap back from occasional overeating with ease. After 30, your body starts to lose muscle mass and it's metabolism slows down. Staying reasonably slim and strong takes more and more effort with each passing year thereafter. It feels like trading in a trusty motorcycle for a horse. Less torque, more maintenance required, doing nothing with it for a week will have very unwelcome consequences... 🥲
Most of my life I've been overweight, not caring too much about any of this. I've changed everything some years ago and my last bloodwork was by far the best I've done in my life. Thank you for this video, it gives me much more motivation to keep my current healthy lifestyle. Nothing can be done to change the past, but I can make the best I can in the future. It is never too late to change!
I'm 15 almost 16 and I'm pretty overweight (6ft tall, 211lbs) but I am slowly losing weight, just a few months ago I was 5ft11in and 220lbs so I'm feeling better
hey, do you know if something as simple as bloodwork can reveal atherosclerosis, or do you have to get an MRI/CT done to see inside the arteries for build-up?
This is the best explanation behind heart attack I've ever seen. I already know and often hear how "bad cholesterol" is, welp, bad for the body, but this is the first time I know it will build up permanently in the blood vessel. And that kind of inevitable chance of having heart attack anytime is, frankly scary
This video isn't really great in terms of the literature. I did a masters on this topic and it isn't permanent rather inflammatory events can drive it forward but resolution of inflammation can occur shrinking the fatty plaque. The cholesterol is consumed by macrophages which is what drives the inflammation. Cholesterol isn't what causes this as most is made in the liver.
@@dubstepXpower Yeah permanent is just dumb but the major problem that is happening is all the chemicals that actually do buildup and stay not the natural substances our bodies actually know how to process
It's not just about heart. I have plaque build up in my cerebral vein. It feels like having an alien creature there trying to rupture my brain and get out. I can barely get any sleep because when I fall asleep, heart rate slows down, blood pressure drops, blood flow stops and I will soon wake up with rapid heartbeat and in pain.
Some of the best evidence that coronary artery disease is reversible comes from autopsies performed on people who lived through prolonged periods of starvation during World War II. Their coronary arteries showed little or no atherosclerosis. But as the economies of war-stricken countries recovered and diets "improved," atherosclerosis returned. These findings are considered proof that extreme dietary changes can cause atherosclerosis to melt away.
I have anecdotal experience supporting this claim. My fathers heart stopped because of artheriosclerosis, leaving him with hypoxic brain damage after reanimation. I blame his diet as he never smoked or drank alkohol. He tended to regularily substitute his lunch breaks with 2-3 chocolate bars. He had quite a belly with visceral fat deposits because of this. His doctors said he needed a bypass but we could not afford that or any prescribed medications whatsoever so we put him on a stark diet to (saving up on food costs as well). He lost all his muscles but his visceral fat belly took many years to shrink substantially... he never had any heart related problems again and lived for 7 more years. 6,5 of those years with us until he was taken away by law because that stark diet was mistakenly seen as neglect. They forcefully put him into an elderly care home where he died months later from a (purposefully) untreated infection of a surgically inserted tube+bag for urine (they tried to save costs on adult diapers this way). So putting people on a WWII starvation diet should work but it takes many years of continuous starvation to get rid of the visceral belly fat. He looked like a holocaust survivor way before his belly even began shrinking slightly!!! I was not expecting it to take this long to go away! I guess autophagy get activated by starvation putting cell recycling into overdrive! I guess for most people this just isn't a practical solution and it only worked because his brain damage allowed us to continuously enforce that strict starvation diet, denying him access to food.
For the two famous studies regarding plaque buildup in soldiers, I believe a variety of factors contributed to the buildup of plaque within their coronary arteries: Smoking and drinking alcohol was/is relatively common among soldiers, especially during wartime, as it can help them alleviate stress and cope after traumatizing events-alcohol is in general more enjoyable than plain water. Given that these soldiers took part in an actual hostile battle environment instead of a safe training environment, they were more prone to stress (i.e., fear of themselves or others getting killed). Considering that these soldiers didn't spend a few days on the battlefield or within this war environment, they were constantly in this hostile and stressful environment. Stress is known to increase coronary artery disease (plaque buildup) due to the release of cortisol over long periods of time. I believe a combination of these factors led to the premature formation of plaque within the coronary arteries in these soldiers.
Completely life changing video. This has made me seriously reconsider my diet, even though it wouldn't be considered unhealthy by most people. These kinds of wakeup calls are absolutely invaluable, especially those concerning subjects that are often negated.
my Step-father had 3 consecutive heart attacks the day after chirstmas in 2017, massive wakeup call for all of us. Thankfully He's changed his diet completely, has stents in his arteries from the incidents and is doing well.
My dad had a major heart attack just before he was 40. He had a triple bypass. He's now 52 and is going through end stage heart failure. He wasn't that unhealthy either and I'm worried it's gonna happen to meas doctors think it's generic. I just workout and eat healthy. Heart disease is way more overlooked compared to cancer, yet more people die from it. Thanks for this video.
I get that, but cancer is more feared I think because it can creep back up on you after you've gotten rid of it. And it spreads to other organs. Heart failure on the other hand has a ton of warning signs and ways to prevent it. Like not drinking alcohol or eating fatty foods so it gives people a false sense of security and they think they can get away with alot of bad behavior/diet choices. In my field it's not the new guys who have more accidents it's the old guys who got too comfortable around dangerous machines and situations. We often don't realize the consequences of our choices until it's far to late to change. (I understand heart defects can be genetic and strike without warning as well, but most people don't fear that either because it's very rare.)
This is best god damn video I have ever seen on heart attack. For the very first time in my life I actually understood the rationale behind all those health suggestion. This video is truly a must watch for everyone. What kind of an asshole copyright claimed something as amazing as this!
"Atherosclerosis is irreversible." That is debatable and not at all a 100% fact. "Partial reversal of atherosclerosis has been demonstrated unequivocally with the use of intravascular ultrasound.6 Reversal requires control of all major cardiovascular risk factors, including smoking, hypertension, diabetes, and dyslipidemia. Aggressive lowering of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol is paramount because the lower the LDL cholesterol, the better the outcome.7 Stabilization of the atherosclerotic plaque occurs within 30 days of beginning antilipidemic therapy,8 and initial plaque reversal is demonstrable within 1 or 2 years thereafter.6 The 2 critical components to reversal are removal of cholesterol from the plaque and elimination of the inflammatory cytokines that lead to plaque rupture." -American Journal of Medicine
MI affected me when I was 33 because I smoked, ate poorly and was close 300lbs. I never had a full heart attack, but something extremely close to it. I also had high blood pressure. I had to have a stent put in and since then, I've quit smoking, eat healthier and exercise regularly, I will be 36 this year. I beg anyone reading this comment to change your way of life and to always get checked out regularly at the doctors. I was very lucky to not end up on a slab in a morgue, you might not be.
Initially thought you pulled a near double-feature. Still going to give the reupload another watch, both for the algorithm and because it’s genuinely worth watching multiple times
I'm a doctor and a few things here are incorrect, but mostly it's all true. 1. Atherosclerosis IS reversible, it just happens to be very difficult to achieve for most people. In order to reverse it, you need to drop your LDL levels way down below what is likely with a standard diet. This allows HDL to slowly but surely do its job in removing plaque. It takes time. The diet needed to achieve this is based on legumes, fruits and vegetables; and more or less no fat. 2. Fiber not only removes cholesterol from your gut, but also bile. Since cholesterol is water insoluble, bile is needed to cover it before it can be absorbed. Fiber traps bile and washes it out in stool, forcing your body to make more since it doesn't ger recycled to the same extent. And guess what bile is made from? Cholesterol. So, you liver will use up cholesterol to make more bile. 3. It is a crime to not mention legumes when mentioning good protein and fiber sources. 4. Macrophages have a limit as to how much LDL they can absorb. But oxidized-LDL is a different beast, it continues to enter macrophages through a sort of "back door" called scavenger receptor. And this entrance has no limit, hence foam cells. This stresses the importance of an anti-oxidant rich diet + oxidant poor diet.
Dang, when I was a kid whenever we got McDonald's or whatever, I'd go like "Ahh, I can feel my arteries clogging!" I was joking but it turns out I might have been closer to the truth than I knew.
My grandfather was a soldier his whole career yet still had to have a quadruple bypass heart surgery in his 40s and a couple of stents put in over the next several decades. He never had a heart attack, but he was lucky. A little ironically, he ended up dying from suddenly getting some pretty aggressive lymphoma.
You should add that after a heart attack, the risk of getting another one is increased. It is also a life changing event since after that you have to supplement medications for the rest of your life, you are commanded to "just have less stress or you will die" and you will be put cold turkey into a very different feeding habit
I really love baking and eating cake, so this video broke my heart a bit. I already knew I should pay closer attention how much of the sweet sweet baked goods I consume, but now I know just how important that is and how I might have already hurt my body. I shall look into more healthy cake recipes in the future. Thank you for the warning!
Yes, I believe that sugar/carbs are really what to be careful of most. I think the evidence for avoiding eggs and meat is less compelling. We are eating meat/eggs just the same as we always did but the way we eat sugars and carbs is what's really changed. We used to get sugar/carbs along with fiber (in fruit etc) but now we process and remove the fiber from most carbs we eat (white bread, fruit juice, added sugar foods).
Reducing how often and much you eat these foods really is smart for long term health, but occasionally enjoying these foods definitely isn't gonna kill you. Never demonize foods, it's really unhealthy for the mind. Awareness and moderation is key long term.
I have really bad heart health anxiety and every night before bed I feel like I'm going to have a heart attack. Not physically feel but more like convinced. I'm trying to watch this but keep pausing and now I feel my chest tightening. I've been more anxious than ever because I struggle with EDs and go back and forth between super restrictive eating and losing around 15kg in a few months to eating absolutely trash and gaining 15kg in a few. But the binge eating has lasted so long this time.... I am fully aware that how I eat is unhealthy but can't mentally force myself to stop. Hopefully, if I can make it through this video, it will scare me into stopping.
I've always massively appreciated these type of videos! I'm personally incredibly interested in anything to do with physiology or human biology. But even so, some facts I'm still continuing to learn and for you to bring light onto these conditions and help me understand further is invaluable. Keep up the great work 🙏🏻
Thank you for bringing in such an important news to every audience out there! Most people nowadays thinks that eating is just eating--very simple, they said. You prove them wrong! Again, thank you for informing us with valuable insights and I look forward to seeing more great videos like this in the future
And hopefully they can pull it out by the roots, BURN it down. In my new bloodstream blood cells will die for what they BELIEVE FOR. Not for clotting not for trans. Every blood cell will be free to transport his own oxygen
the issue with this is that it will be a method for people to justify poor lifestyle choices because they know they can have shitty heart health and have it “fixed” with “nano machines” The more robust and convenient medicine gets, the worse our standard of living of society gets. It is not an exponential curve.
Blood clots aren't created from red blood cells though. It's thrombocytes (or platelets) that are responsible for clotting. Some red blood cells are of course integrated into blood clots, but they are mostly by-standers, intertwined into forming clot, without active role in hemostatis process. It's also worth pointing out, that it's hypothetised that very early lesions (before point at which foam cells form and smooth muscle cells of the arthery are stimulated to proliferate) are reversible, as there is some evidence to support it.
I’m only 16 with heart disease and diabetes. I think living with heart disease is hardest thing ever. I even had a stroke and also I had to take antidepressants because I was sad about me being sick.
the antidepressants will increase your insulin resistance and possibly make the problem worse. the sewer slide rate for teens on pills is higher because their brains aren't fully developed plus medication and bad food choices are likely the cause of your problem in the first place
As someone on the exercise psychology side it's great to see this kind of stuff. Behavior change *requires* knowledge, and educating people about atherosclerosis and heart disease is huge for changing activity and diet. Thank you!
I'm so scared & angry right now, because I'm too poor, depressed and busy to eat healthy. Dollar store foods are horrible, and I love ice cream. I have to get back into fruit, and try to live on non processed foods. Thank you for this video. And I wonder how long AG1 takes to expire, so I can save some for emergencies.
Some newer research finds that dietary cholesterol has minimal impact on blood cholesterol. What you say about plaque is true, however dietary cholesterol is not actually very harmful. Trans fats and too much saturated fat as well as too many simple carbohydrates can create LDL cholesterol which causes problems, however eating food that only has high cholesterol and no trans fats or shit like that will only make a short term rise in cholesterol, and in most cases is nearly harmless. It kind of reminds me about how when we realized that extra fat on the body wasn't from eating too much fat but our body created it because of too many carbs.
A few things wrong with this video: - you said most cholesterol is from the food we eat and we make a small amount. The opposite is true. Most cholesterol is produced by our body. The way our food influences our cholesterol is from the consumption of saturated fat, which influenced LDL production and clearance, and fiber, which affects re-absorption of cholesterol from the bile
You miss an important note, dietary cholesterol doesnt significantly impact blood cholestrol levels so it doesnt matter that red meat/eggs have "high cholestrol" what actually matters is your fat intake vs fibre intake. Lean red meat and eggs are some of the best food you can eat granted the rest of your diet is good
Thanks a lot for uploading this. We need to be reminded of the origin/core reasons as to why heart attacks happen. It's much more important than people think. And it's a lot scarier than people realize. We're just desensitized to that around us..
Holy fuck man, I had no idea it could start so early, I’m only 18 years old and I have a shitty diet so I can only imagine I have some plaque buildup already, thank you for making this video
There is no cholesterol in fried foods. That’s just sat fat which also affects blood in the body. Other misleading information as someone in the filed is just beyond me. Ofc some of your stuff in the video is correct. Anyway, do better.😊
This video should actually be taught in schools. Telling kids it's unhealthy doesn't really bring them a significant proof of the damage occuring in their bodies, this video shows exactly that. Well done!
I’m watching this after years of stimulant abuse and eating junk and now I’m reading the comments and it’s scaring me dude what if I just drop dead on the treadmill someday?
cholesterol has never been harmful to the body, do more research about calcium buildup in the arteries and you'll discover why cholesterol exists and also why arteries get inflamed like they do.
Eating cholesterol is actually not as bad as this video presents it. Most of dietary cholesterol doesn't end up in your blood vessels. The problem is that most cholesterol-rich food is also junk food. What causes heart disease is that oxidation step he mentions, combined with a sedentary lifestyle, high calorie diet, and ultra processed, inflamatory food (the average american lifestyle). Smoking and drinking is also a big NO. So, you can eat some eggs and meat everyday, no problem. Just make sure to also eat fiber, vetables, and exercise. Dietary cholesterol, eggs and coronary heart disease risk in perspective. Lee (2006) Dietary Cholesterol and the Lack of Evidence in Cardiovascular Disease. Ghada A. Soliman (2018) Dietary Cholesterol and Cardiovascular Risk: A Science Advisory From the American Heart Association. Carson et al (2019)
Exactly. Ofc that won't get clicks or people to hop onto statins in fear. Cut out sugar/processed junk, alcohol, etc and keep stress low while exercising you'll be fine. I see extra unhealthy people in their 60s still kicking just fine. This is fear porn with some science.
I appreciate the info and strong reminders. My dad had his first heart attack at 40, and in my early 30s now, Im having chronic chest pains, and i know my diet absolutely sucks. I use to be a health nut in high school and my early 20s. Really wishing i would have stayed the course. My dad always told me there is a strong likelihood i would develop heart disease because of my genetics, and i really didn't want to believe that, but it might be more true than not. Something i learned about fats and cholesterol was that omega 3s are essential for the breakdown of cholesterol. Omega 3s are somewhat difficult to find in nature, but are most easily found from fish and certain seeds such as flax and hemp. The Omega 3s literally dissolve cholesterol and reduce arterial inflammation. Omega 6, on the other hand, should be limited whereas they promote inflammation, and are easily found in many common food items. Many people take fish oil or hemp seed oil supplements to get their recommended values, but "whole food supplements" (as in eating real food items to obtain the necessary nutrients) is generally the best way to get it. As mentioned in the video, fiber and a complex of vitamins and minerals are necessary as well, so don't skip out on the vegetables!
Good video at a mechanistic level but you repeat “cholesterol containing foods like fried foods” multiple times in the video, but most fried foods do not contain cholesterol. Animal fats are almost never used in industrial food frying. Plant oils like soybean and corn oil are. Fried foods are bad for a whole host of other reasons, but cholesterol is not a factor.
Either in the 1950's and 70's, the soldiers were too young and in a great physical condition. Besides, foods were healthier back then. That leaves the accumulation of plaque coming mostly from inflammation caused by stress rather than their diets.
We were still using leaded gasoline and spraying DDT, which would settle into the soil. Our past food definitely wasn't that much "healthier" than it is now, tbh.
@@gliiitched You can't generalize anything honestly man that's the problem people just want to be right rather than seeing things for what they actually are because the world is not an idea
This video genuinely changed my life. I've always considered myself relatively "health conscious", but every time the choice between healthy food and tasty food came up, there was enough temptation in my caveman brain to overcome the fear of vague negative health consequences, and eat the unhealthy food. This video was different. Realizing that every single piece of unhealthy food adds more plaque to my veins - a tangible and deadly consequence that affects everyone at every age - and that there really is no "cheat day" if plaque is permanent... jeez. It's a harsh reality, but sometimes you need tough love. And tough love worked. Ever since watching this, (about a month and a half ago), I have completely cut unhealthy foods from my diet. Cold turkey. Nothing but water, fruits, vegetables, nuts, poultry, fish, whole milk, and whole grains. I obviously can't look inside my own veins, but I'd wager a guess that the plaque hasn't increased at all since then. And fixing my diet has fixed so many other things, too!! - I've lost 20 pounds (who could've guessed that eating low-calorie foods makes you lose weight? XD) - My constipation has completely gone away (I didn't realize how constipated I was until I had my first healthy-diet poop and it only took 2 minutes instead of 20) - My acid reflux has completely gone away (no more Tums baby!!!) - I've been energetic enough to start regularly going to the gym (no visible muscle gain yet, but I'm able to lift more every week!) - And I've just felt so much more alive, and happy, and present. I didn't realize how important my body's fuel was until I gave it the right kind. Thank you so much for making this video. I rewatch it about once a week to help stave off temptation. You've made my life so much better. Thank you.
The Korea and Vietnam studies... Have there been other studies using a different sample group? I feel like the stress level of the sample group must have been freakishly high.
Note that HDL and LDL arent the only two types of lipoproteins, they become significant when chilesterol is concerned. There's Chylomicrons, VLDL, LDL, IDL and HDL (arranged in increasing amounts of protein present, the "protein" part of lipoprotein.
the saturated fat thing and dietary cholesterol is a bit of a stretch. Meat has always been a big part of the human diet and dairy within the last few millenia, yet people didn't die from heart attacks or get plaque build up, the problem is modern junk foods, not food that we have always eaten. Don't go eating packaged ham or burgers, but minced meat or a cut of beef with nothing added will not hurt you.
Red has always been a delicacy even in America until maybe 60 years ago. Historically, beef has been expensive and people ate mostly pork or fish as a primary source of protein. With the advent of food production and farming, beef has come down in price making it's consumption in the last couple of decades much higer
Actually no. In the past, even chicken was expensive not to mention beef. Not too long ago in the 1900s, a modern American family had to settle for lobsters and tuna for dinner because they can't afford beef. Red meat consumption has gone way up after the advent of modern farming which made it significantly cheaper. Furthermore, people in the past probably walked more as the rise of the automobiles didn't happen until the 1950s.
@@darkscienceytkey word is "60 years ago", before agriculture people would eat red meat for every meal and did not suffer from heart problems due to the lack of inflammatory substances
living in the city where foods with bad cholesterol, trans fat, and a shotload of sugar (and one kinda forced to be addicted to these kinds of food or suffer major depression from heavy, toxic workspaces) give heart attacks a chance to shine. don’t get me wrong, i saw more occurrence and death from heart attacks from cities than villages. i’ve been staying in villages several times and their heart attack cases can be counted by fingers (and so far, none died from it). this is why i strive to live in villages.
I think we should be able to scare people in terms of certain health things. Having a bad diet doesn’t instantly kill you, but it’ll lead to years of suffering and having a bad life. Doing things that make you more susceptible to heart disease really should be scary. It should scare you that your life will get harder, it’ll get worse and eventually if nothing changes, you will die a pretty bad death since it’s your heart not being able to give you oxygen and you body slowly shutting down when you get that heart attack. You should be scared. It doesn’t matter if you think it’s fear mongering or something, living a life with better choices is something you should do. And there’s obviously cases where you can’t do so, poor people can’t afford to eat better food, often unhealthy food is cheap and can give you enough calories to survive whether it’s from a bunch of fat and carbs. But people who don’t have that circumstance should know that are purposely making themselves more miserable.
Recently, it was discovered that microplastics also contribute to atherosclerosis. So, in other words, even 3 generations of perfect health and diet won't save you.
Where i am, all the healthy food options are either too expensive, rare (and thus expensive) or not family size friendly (if you're trying to plan affordable meals for your family while), or all of these things.
eat your saturated fat if it's from a healthy source. be it steak, butter, tallow, it will not cause inflammation in the arteries. everything else is bad though.
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Does non saturated fats cause this?
Like olive oil and stuff
all i need is water
im still eating steak lil bro
Hasn’t it already been proven people with “bad cholesterol” problems have so due to genetic factors and not diet ?? As in , I can eat eggs all day and no cholesterol rises , but someone with issues cannot
Since it’s a reupload it probably won’t do well in the algorithm so I’m leaving this comment to hopefully give it some more interaction. Love your content
Why was it re-uploaded?
It says in the description because of copyright
I'm just going to copy and re-comment what you said for the algorithm if your ok with it
Much appreciated
@@curiodyssey3867 go for it
Heart attacks are pretty strange. It’s soo common, but it’s something that you never expect coming. My uncle died 3 days ago from a heart attack. Dude was relatively healthy, worked every day. He got off the treadmill, and complained to his friend of shoulder pain and then collapsed. He didn’t make it :/. Super unexpected
My condolences. And you are absolutely right. Its almost like a norm to people, whereas Cancer is the number one fear whereas Heart attacks are almost seen as normal. Such a contradiction!
Vax?
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@@thefinalromanof course “user” bot account has that reply. It’s a legit question. They forced you to take the vaccine. It didn’t stop you from getting sick, it didn’t stop you from spreading it, and it didn’t stop you from dying. So what did it do?
I had a heart attack due to atherosclerosis when I was 23 YEARS OLD. I have the arteries of a "60-year old smoker".
Got a left anterior descending thrombus and widowmaker heart attack. No surgery but I was given supplemental oxygen. Extremely low survivability rate, so thanks to whatever you believe in...
Fr? How did you ended up in that condition?
@@Nizav-qu5ztyeah im wondering what your risk factors were too. sorry to hear man
@@cc1drt I was a social smoker for ~5 years (a pack would last me a week or two) but doctors said that wasn't enough to cause the problem. They haven't identified the cause for certain but it's likely a genetic factor that affects roughly 0.1% of Aboriginal Australians. I'm light-skinned but the genes are more persistent through matrilineal inheritance (mother/grandmother/etc.) which makes sense in my case.
@@Nizav-qu5zt (See previous reply) but also I got an echocardiogram the next day which confirmed half of my heart is no longer beating so I was rushed into emergency angiogram. It was too late to implant an artery stent so I've been on various drug therapies since then.
@@XavierHyena damn I feel sorry for you. Make sure to enjoy and appreciate every second you got
"This video is not meant to make you a hypochondriac" too late!
Kind of funny, I was reading this comment at the exact moment of the video.
This is heartbreaking.
See what you did there
Very punny
-1 point, too easy
lmao i thought this was a bot comment until i remembered this was a vid abt heart attacks
Heartwrenching, even
Dude, I'm 23 and my diet unfortunately includes a lot of junk food, including eating a whole bag of chips once a day, this definitely made me rethink my choices and will definitely be cutting down on the chips especially.
Relax. It'll be years before this can start to become a problem for you. Just take out an insurance that'll cover regular heart health screenings later on in life and continue enjoying your young & resilient body until you hit 30. Afterwards, you can start eating healthier and add moderate heart-friendly exercise into the mix. Cardio mostly. That way, you can get old without having to sacrifice your joy in life in exchange for a few more retirement years. 😉
@@epaminon6196unironically the worst advice to give to someone. ALWAYS prioritize eating healthy at ANY age. This of course doesnt mean giving up junk food lol just limiting it a lot.
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Part of the joy of being in your 20s are the regenerative properties of a young body. It means that your body holds on to a good amount of lean muscle without the need to sweat several times a week during workouts.
Your metabolism is still like a rubber band during your 20s, so you can snap back from occasional overeating with ease.
After 30, your body starts to lose muscle mass and it's metabolism slows down. Staying reasonably slim and strong takes more and more effort with each passing year thereafter.
It feels like trading in a trusty motorcycle for a horse. Less torque, more maintenance required, doing nothing with it for a week will have very unwelcome consequences... 🥲
@@epaminon6196 Honestly a whole bag of chips a day isn't something I would relax about...
@@Felish5397almost 2000 calories per full bag
I knew that plaque can form early, but not still-in-the-womb early 😳
Obviously If the mom was smoking
consuming a bad diet and having a bad lifestyle at your own will while you are pregnant, has to be a punishable crime.@@animationtv426
I mean it makes sense your body still works the same
@@animationtv426more like McDonald's.
Most of my life I've been overweight, not caring too much about any of this.
I've changed everything some years ago and my last bloodwork was by far the best I've done in my life.
Thank you for this video, it gives me much more motivation to keep my current healthy lifestyle. Nothing can be done to change the past, but I can make the best I can in the future.
It is never too late to change!
It’s Never too late
I'm 15 almost 16 and I'm pretty overweight (6ft tall, 211lbs) but I am slowly losing weight, just a few months ago I was 5ft11in and 220lbs so I'm feeling better
hey, do you know if something as simple as bloodwork can reveal atherosclerosis, or do you have to get an MRI/CT done to see inside the arteries for build-up?
@@kingfab990 The plaque buildup is permanent though. It kinda is too late.
@@TheSteam02 but you can stop adding to it, it’s never too late
This is the best explanation behind heart attack I've ever seen. I already know and often hear how "bad cholesterol" is, welp, bad for the body, but this is the first time I know it will build up permanently in the blood vessel. And that kind of inevitable chance of having heart attack anytime is, frankly scary
This video isn't really great in terms of the literature. I did a masters on this topic and it isn't permanent rather inflammatory events can drive it forward but resolution of inflammation can occur shrinking the fatty plaque. The cholesterol is consumed by macrophages which is what drives the inflammation. Cholesterol isn't what causes this as most is made in the liver.
@@dubstepXpower Yeah permanent is just dumb but the major problem that is happening is all the chemicals that actually do buildup and stay not the natural substances our bodies actually know how to process
It's not just about heart. I have plaque build up in my cerebral vein. It feels like having an alien creature there trying to rupture my brain and get out. I can barely get any sleep because when I fall asleep, heart rate slows down, blood pressure drops, blood flow stops and I will soon wake up with rapid heartbeat and in pain.
@@JAnx01I woke up out my sleep at 2am this morning with physical pain & a fast heart rate…🥲
@@dubstepXpowerare you implying that you can reduce the plaque buildup, and what about calcified arteries?
Some of the best evidence that coronary artery disease is reversible comes from autopsies performed on people who lived through prolonged periods of starvation during World War II. Their coronary arteries showed little or no atherosclerosis. But as the economies of war-stricken countries recovered and diets "improved," atherosclerosis returned. These findings are considered proof that extreme dietary changes can cause atherosclerosis to melt away.
Starvation triggers turbo recycling in cells called autophagi, there was a nobel prize in medicine in 2016 for this discovery.
Yes fasting is incredible at fixing the body, that is why Indians have the least cancers in the world
I wish it was as easy to say what you’re telling me is I can just starve myself for a year, and blamo we got plaque reversal but unfortunately not
Not eating terrible foods is not "starving yourself" just eat good food. @@connergarcia2168
I have anecdotal experience supporting this claim. My fathers heart stopped because of artheriosclerosis, leaving him with hypoxic brain damage after reanimation. I blame his diet as he never smoked or drank alkohol. He tended to regularily substitute his lunch breaks with 2-3 chocolate bars. He had quite a belly with visceral fat deposits because of this. His doctors said he needed a bypass but we could not afford that or any prescribed medications whatsoever so we put him on a stark diet to (saving up on food costs as well).
He lost all his muscles but his visceral fat belly took many years to shrink substantially... he never had any heart related problems again and lived for 7 more years.
6,5 of those years with us until he was taken away by law because that stark diet was mistakenly seen as neglect. They forcefully put him into an elderly care home where he died months later from a (purposefully) untreated infection of a surgically inserted tube+bag for urine (they tried to save costs on adult diapers this way).
So putting people on a WWII starvation diet should work but it takes many years of continuous starvation to get rid of the visceral belly fat. He looked like a holocaust survivor way before his belly even began shrinking slightly!!! I was not expecting it to take this long to go away! I guess autophagy get activated by starvation putting cell recycling into overdrive!
I guess for most people this just isn't a practical solution and it only worked because his brain damage allowed us to continuously enforce that strict starvation diet, denying him access to food.
For the two famous studies regarding plaque buildup in soldiers, I believe a variety of factors contributed to the buildup of plaque within their coronary arteries:
Smoking and drinking alcohol was/is relatively common among soldiers, especially during wartime, as it can help them alleviate stress and cope after traumatizing events-alcohol is in general more enjoyable than plain water.
Given that these soldiers took part in an actual hostile battle environment instead of a safe training environment, they were more prone to stress (i.e., fear of themselves or others getting killed). Considering that these soldiers didn't spend a few days on the battlefield or within this war environment, they were constantly in this hostile and stressful environment. Stress is known to increase coronary artery disease (plaque buildup) due to the release of cortisol over long periods of time.
I believe a combination of these factors led to the premature formation of plaque within the coronary arteries in these soldiers.
just say ur fat
Even new born kids have atherosclerotic plaques (yellowish thickening on aorta)
Those plaques were the result of several years of build-up. The last few months of the soldiers' lives probably didn't factor in too much.
I would like to add: remember seed oils aka frying oils that are made by processing seeds? Yeah, those ones are part of that cycle.
@@AbhijeetSingh-nm2ll That means expecting mothers should be careful of what they eat.
Completely life changing video. This has made me seriously reconsider my diet, even though it wouldn't be considered unhealthy by most people. These kinds of wakeup calls are absolutely invaluable, especially those concerning subjects that are often negated.
I’ve seen other videos about really gruesome things but this one really scared me bc it talks about something very real that could happen to any of us
Anything could happen to any of us
my Step-father had 3 consecutive heart attacks the day after chirstmas in 2017, massive wakeup call for all of us. Thankfully He's changed his diet completely, has stents in his arteries from the incidents and is doing well.
My dad had a major heart attack just before he was 40. He had a triple bypass. He's now 52 and is going through end stage heart failure. He wasn't that unhealthy either and I'm worried it's gonna happen to meas doctors think it's generic. I just workout and eat healthy. Heart disease is way more overlooked compared to cancer, yet more people die from it. Thanks for this video.
This scares me...
Have you gotten your heart checked for blockages?
Get active @@stussysinglet
I hope you live a long and healthy life brother. Don’t stress over it too much
I get that, but cancer is more feared I think because it can creep back up on you after you've gotten rid of it. And it spreads to other organs. Heart failure on the other hand has a ton of warning signs and ways to prevent it. Like not drinking alcohol or eating fatty foods so it gives people a false sense of security and they think they can get away with alot of bad behavior/diet choices.
In my field it's not the new guys who have more accidents it's the old guys who got too comfortable around dangerous machines and situations.
We often don't realize the consequences of our choices until it's far to late to change. (I understand heart defects can be genetic and strike without warning as well, but most people don't fear that either because it's very rare.)
Love when you post. Reminds me of my mortality.
This is best god damn video I have ever seen on heart attack. For the very first time in my life I actually understood the rationale behind all those health suggestion. This video is truly a must watch for everyone.
What kind of an asshole copyright claimed something as amazing as this!
Yeah exactly
Your glazing way to hard yeah sure thus video is informative but the title is just dumb
"Atherosclerosis is irreversible." That is debatable and not at all a 100% fact.
"Partial reversal of atherosclerosis has been demonstrated unequivocally with the use of intravascular ultrasound.6 Reversal requires control of all major cardiovascular risk factors, including smoking, hypertension, diabetes, and dyslipidemia. Aggressive lowering of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol is paramount because the lower the LDL cholesterol, the better the outcome.7 Stabilization of the atherosclerotic plaque occurs within 30 days of beginning antilipidemic therapy,8 and initial plaque reversal is demonstrable within 1 or 2 years thereafter.6 The 2 critical components to reversal are removal of cholesterol from the plaque and elimination of the inflammatory cytokines that lead to plaque rupture."
-American Journal of Medicine
First upload I commented “I’m here for a good time not a long time”. I no longer believe that.
😂😂 not a good or long time
Great video I learn a lot about Atherosclerosis. I hope the people who watch this take charge of their diets and work on improving their lives
MI affected me when I was 33 because I smoked, ate poorly and was close 300lbs. I never had a full heart attack, but something extremely close to it. I also had high blood pressure. I had to have a stent put in and since then, I've quit smoking, eat healthier and exercise regularly, I will be 36 this year. I beg anyone reading this comment to change your way of life and to always get checked out regularly at the doctors. I was very lucky to not end up on a slab in a morgue, you might not be.
You really shot yourself in the foot regarding factual honesty with that AG1 sponsor 🙄
Initially thought you pulled a near double-feature. Still going to give the reupload another watch, both for the algorithm and because it’s genuinely worth watching multiple times
I'm a doctor and a few things here are incorrect, but mostly it's all true.
1. Atherosclerosis IS reversible, it just happens to be very difficult to achieve for most people. In order to reverse it, you need to drop your LDL levels way down below what is likely with a standard diet. This allows HDL to slowly but surely do its job in removing plaque. It takes time. The diet needed to achieve this is based on legumes, fruits and vegetables; and more or less no fat.
2. Fiber not only removes cholesterol from your gut, but also bile. Since cholesterol is water insoluble, bile is needed to cover it before it can be absorbed. Fiber traps bile and washes it out in stool, forcing your body to make more since it doesn't ger recycled to the same extent. And guess what bile is made from? Cholesterol. So, you liver will use up cholesterol to make more bile.
3. It is a crime to not mention legumes when mentioning good protein and fiber sources.
4. Macrophages have a limit as to how much LDL they can absorb. But oxidized-LDL is a different beast, it continues to enter macrophages through a sort of "back door" called scavenger receptor. And this entrance has no limit, hence foam cells. This stresses the importance of an anti-oxidant rich diet + oxidant poor diet.
Dang, when I was a kid whenever we got McDonald's or whatever, I'd go like "Ahh, I can feel my arteries clogging!" I was joking but it turns out I might have been closer to the truth than I knew.
My grandfather was a soldier his whole career yet still had to have a quadruple bypass heart surgery in his 40s and a couple of stents put in over the next several decades. He never had a heart attack, but he was lucky. A little ironically, he ended up dying from suddenly getting some pretty aggressive lymphoma.
You should add that after a heart attack, the risk of getting another one is increased. It is also a life changing event since after that you have to supplement medications for the rest of your life, you are commanded to "just have less stress or you will die" and you will be put cold turkey into a very different feeding habit
I really love baking and eating cake, so this video broke my heart a bit. I already knew I should pay closer attention how much of the sweet sweet baked goods I consume, but now I know just how important that is and how I might have already hurt my body. I shall look into more healthy cake recipes in the future.
Thank you for the warning!
Yes, I believe that sugar/carbs are really what to be careful of most. I think the evidence for avoiding eggs and meat is less compelling.
We are eating meat/eggs just the same as we always did but the way we eat sugars and carbs is what's really changed. We used to get sugar/carbs along with fiber (in fruit etc) but now we process and remove the fiber from most carbs we eat (white bread, fruit juice, added sugar foods).
Reducing how often and much you eat these foods really is smart for long term health, but occasionally enjoying these foods definitely isn't gonna kill you. Never demonize foods, it's really unhealthy for the mind. Awareness and moderation is key long term.
@@TheZandBeastGood comment, but note that fiber has actually been shown to be bad, not good, for digestive health.
@@AppleOfThineEye Oh? How come?
@@TheZandBeast It increases symptoms of constipation. I definitely recommend looking for a presentation of it on TH-cam.
Since it's a reupload it probably won't do well in the algorithm so I'm leaving a comment to hopefully give it some interaction. Love. Your content.
I have really bad heart health anxiety and every night before bed I feel like I'm going to have a heart attack. Not physically feel but more like convinced. I'm trying to watch this but keep pausing and now I feel my chest tightening. I've been more anxious than ever because I struggle with EDs and go back and forth between super restrictive eating and losing around 15kg in a few months to eating absolutely trash and gaining 15kg in a few. But the binge eating has lasted so long this time.... I am fully aware that how I eat is unhealthy but can't mentally force myself to stop. Hopefully, if I can make it through this video, it will scare me into stopping.
I really hope we find a way to remove arterial plaque, thinking about sticky stuff in my veins building up makes my skin crawl 😖
Need some type of solution to inject that cleans out the lines. lol
@@bigthunder7002 We need like fuel line cleaner bottle but for humans haha
Commenting for the algorithm + THIS IS SUCH A CLEAR EXPLANATION. So thank you!
Some studies suggest atherosclerosis can be reversed with proper diet
Can you please link some of this studies? I need hope.
@@WeItenspinnertake a look at Dean Ornish and Esselstyn's research, I remember there was a Ted talk by the latest also
thx
I've always massively appreciated these type of videos! I'm personally incredibly interested in anything to do with physiology or human biology. But even so, some facts I'm still continuing to learn and for you to bring light onto these conditions and help me understand further is invaluable. Keep up the great work 🙏🏻
Thank you for bringing in such an important news to every audience out there! Most people nowadays thinks that eating is just eating--very simple, they said. You prove them wrong! Again, thank you for informing us with valuable insights and I look forward to seeing more great videos like this in the future
Hopefully we get nanomachines. And hopefully they can be used to remove plaque from the inside, physically, forever.
I hope we can make it
And hopefully they can pull it out by the roots, BURN it down. In my new bloodstream blood cells will die for what they BELIEVE FOR. Not for clotting not for trans. Every blood cell will be free to transport his own oxygen
WHY WON'T YOU DIE Nanomachines Son they harden the response to phisical trauma
the issue with this is that it will be a method for people to justify poor lifestyle choices because they know they can have shitty heart health and have it “fixed” with “nano machines”
The more robust and convenient medicine gets, the worse our standard of living of society gets. It is not an exponential curve.
I don't think I'd make my life like an invader Zim episode
I legit thought i had a blessing seeing 2 videos of yours in one week, oh well might as well watch it again since the video is very good.
Shame it had to be reuploaded and lose all the views and interaction it once had. Great video BTW!
Blood clots aren't created from red blood cells though. It's thrombocytes (or platelets) that are responsible for clotting. Some red blood cells are of course integrated into blood clots, but they are mostly by-standers, intertwined into forming clot, without active role in hemostatis process.
It's also worth pointing out, that it's hypothetised that very early lesions (before point at which foam cells form and smooth muscle cells of the arthery are stimulated to proliferate) are reversible, as there is some evidence to support it.
ok
In this case the video specifically said clotting factors.
How long do you have to reverse ?
I’m only 16 with heart disease and diabetes. I think living with heart disease is hardest thing ever. I even had a stroke and also I had to take antidepressants because I was sad about me being sick.
the antidepressants will increase your insulin resistance and possibly make the problem worse. the sewer slide rate for teens on pills is higher because their brains aren't fully developed plus medication and bad food choices are likely the cause of your problem in the first place
i don’t know how to cope with this video. My body is numb.
As someone on the exercise psychology side it's great to see this kind of stuff. Behavior change *requires* knowledge, and educating people about atherosclerosis and heart disease is huge for changing activity and diet. Thank you!
I'm so scared & angry right now, because I'm too poor, depressed and busy to eat healthy. Dollar store foods are horrible, and I love ice cream. I have to get back into fruit, and try to live on non processed foods.
Thank you for this video.
And I wonder how long AG1 takes to expire, so I can save some for emergencies.
For real :( i just figured out that my cholesterol is mildly elevated.... I've done this above.
Some newer research finds that dietary cholesterol has minimal impact on blood cholesterol. What you say about plaque is true, however dietary cholesterol is not actually very harmful. Trans fats and too much saturated fat as well as too many simple carbohydrates can create LDL cholesterol which causes problems, however eating food that only has high cholesterol and no trans fats or shit like that will only make a short term rise in cholesterol, and in most cases is nearly harmless.
It kind of reminds me about how when we realized that extra fat on the body wasn't from eating too much fat but our body created it because of too many carbs.
This research is from unreliable sources
so what would be the most important factor then?
@@Gian_saseating red meat does not increase chances of a heart attack!
Seed oils, refined sugar consumption and other unhealthy activities @@Gian_sas
@@Gian_sas gum disease, smoking and other factors that provoke inflammation.
A few things wrong with this video:
- you said most cholesterol is from the food we eat and we make a small amount. The opposite is true. Most cholesterol is produced by our body. The way our food influences our cholesterol is from the consumption of saturated fat, which influenced LDL production and clearance, and fiber, which affects re-absorption of cholesterol from the bile
I had a heart attack. And had heart by-pass. I'm lucky to be alive! Most scared I've ever been.
does it hurt? /gen
@@sandraestrada3295 The heart attack? Yeah it hurt. It felt like a dump truck full of rocks was parked right on my chest.
You miss an important note, dietary cholesterol doesnt significantly impact blood cholestrol levels so it doesnt matter that red meat/eggs have "high cholestrol" what actually matters is your fat intake vs fibre intake. Lean red meat and eggs are some of the best food you can eat granted the rest of your diet is good
Is that what is meant when they say fiber absorbs LDL cholesterol?
May well be true I have not got much of a clue on this topic. However what I do know is most people get way too little fibre in their diet.
Thanks for sending me on another 3 hour long fear-fueled-recearch frenzy.
same bro same.
This scared the shit out of me, but i thank you for opening my eyes.
What coincidence I got recommended this while I was having extreme chest pain just now lol
Thanks a lot for uploading this. We need to be reminded of the origin/core reasons as to why heart attacks happen. It's much more important than people think. And it's a lot scarier than people realize. We're just desensitized to that around us..
Holy fuck man, I had no idea it could start so early, I’m only 18 years old and I have a shitty diet so I can only imagine I have some plaque buildup already, thank you for making this video
Damn. Of all your grim videos, this one frightened me the most.
I really appreciate the time you took to make this video! Thank you. I hope more people subscribe and watch your channel.
2:58 this hurts
incredible that this man still replies after a month. super interesting and fun to watch video.
There is no cholesterol in fried foods. That’s just sat fat which also affects blood in the body. Other misleading information as someone in the filed is just beyond me. Ofc some of your stuff in the video is correct. Anyway, do better.😊
That’s what he said
All everyone needs to do is fast. If you eat once a day you'll never have this issue. Your body will have enough time to clense before next meal.
Eyes opened. Thank you.
I see a fellow asexual!
limit fast food to like once a week and eat healthy meals to prevent this but you know that ain't easy
more like once a month or less
This video should actually be taught in schools. Telling kids it's unhealthy doesn't really bring them a significant proof of the damage occuring in their bodies, this video shows exactly that. Well done!
I often watch stuff like this to traumatize myself enough to keep diet in check...
Amazingly detailed video with appropriate animations. Subscribed! Thanks.
you should be super passive aggressive and call it "snark science"
Thanks for the upload, and congrats on the sponsorship. Keep it up!
This was very uncomfortable to watch, thank you
I’m watching this after years of stimulant abuse and eating junk and now I’m reading the comments and it’s scaring me dude what if I just drop dead on the treadmill someday?
Ive also abused stimulants and its caused me to have cardiophobia any advice?
Shame that the title was changed as it was that one thing that made me click and the fact that the title was not even clickbait terrified me 💀
cholesterol has never been harmful to the body, do more research about calcium buildup in the arteries and you'll discover why cholesterol exists and also why arteries get inflamed like they do.
Eating cholesterol is actually not as bad as this video presents it. Most of dietary cholesterol doesn't end up in your blood vessels. The problem is that most cholesterol-rich food is also junk food. What causes heart disease is that oxidation step he mentions, combined with a sedentary lifestyle, high calorie diet, and ultra processed, inflamatory food (the average american lifestyle). Smoking and drinking is also a big NO.
So, you can eat some eggs and meat everyday, no problem. Just make sure to also eat fiber, vetables, and exercise.
Dietary cholesterol, eggs
and coronary heart disease
risk in perspective.
Lee (2006)
Dietary Cholesterol and the Lack of Evidence in Cardiovascular Disease.
Ghada A. Soliman (2018)
Dietary Cholesterol and Cardiovascular Risk: A Science Advisory From the American Heart Association.
Carson et al (2019)
Exactly. Ofc that won't get clicks or people to hop onto statins in fear. Cut out sugar/processed junk, alcohol, etc and keep stress low while exercising you'll be fine. I see extra unhealthy people in their 60s still kicking just fine. This is fear porn with some science.
I appreciate the info and strong reminders. My dad had his first heart attack at 40, and in my early 30s now, Im having chronic chest pains, and i know my diet absolutely sucks. I use to be a health nut in high school and my early 20s. Really wishing i would have stayed the course. My dad always told me there is a strong likelihood i would develop heart disease because of my genetics, and i really didn't want to believe that, but it might be more true than not.
Something i learned about fats and cholesterol was that omega 3s are essential for the breakdown of cholesterol. Omega 3s are somewhat difficult to find in nature, but are most easily found from fish and certain seeds such as flax and hemp. The Omega 3s literally dissolve cholesterol and reduce arterial inflammation. Omega 6, on the other hand, should be limited whereas they promote inflammation, and are easily found in many common food items. Many people take fish oil or hemp seed oil supplements to get their recommended values, but "whole food supplements" (as in eating real food items to obtain the necessary nutrients) is generally the best way to get it. As mentioned in the video, fiber and a complex of vitamins and minerals are necessary as well, so don't skip out on the vegetables!
Good video at a mechanistic level but you repeat “cholesterol containing foods like fried foods” multiple times in the video, but most fried foods do not contain cholesterol. Animal fats are almost never used in industrial food frying. Plant oils like soybean and corn oil are.
Fried foods are bad for a whole host of other reasons, but cholesterol is not a factor.
Uncomfortable but very nessessary information. Thank you.
Either in the 1950's and 70's, the soldiers were too young and in a great physical condition. Besides, foods were healthier back then. That leaves the accumulation of plaque coming mostly from inflammation caused by stress rather than their diets.
And all the heavy smoking 🚬
We were still using leaded gasoline and spraying DDT, which would settle into the soil. Our past food definitely wasn't that much "healthier" than it is now, tbh.
@@gliiitched You can't generalize anything honestly man that's the problem people just want to be right rather than seeing things for what they actually are because the world is not an idea
Healthier foods back the? They still had processed and fried sat fat rich foods.
A lot of them smoked a lot from a young age though.
eat healthy and exercise thajs all
This video was originally called "You probably have heart disease"
Not congenital heart disease?
Excercise with 60min/week high intensity flushes ldl and is highest in the morning.
This video genuinely changed my life. I've always considered myself relatively "health conscious", but every time the choice between healthy food and tasty food came up, there was enough temptation in my caveman brain to overcome the fear of vague negative health consequences, and eat the unhealthy food. This video was different. Realizing that every single piece of unhealthy food adds more plaque to my veins - a tangible and deadly consequence that affects everyone at every age - and that there really is no "cheat day" if plaque is permanent... jeez. It's a harsh reality, but sometimes you need tough love.
And tough love worked.
Ever since watching this, (about a month and a half ago), I have completely cut unhealthy foods from my diet. Cold turkey. Nothing but water, fruits, vegetables, nuts, poultry, fish, whole milk, and whole grains. I obviously can't look inside my own veins, but I'd wager a guess that the plaque hasn't increased at all since then. And fixing my diet has fixed so many other things, too!!
- I've lost 20 pounds (who could've guessed that eating low-calorie foods makes you lose weight? XD)
- My constipation has completely gone away (I didn't realize how constipated I was until I had my first healthy-diet poop and it only took 2 minutes instead of 20)
- My acid reflux has completely gone away (no more Tums baby!!!)
- I've been energetic enough to start regularly going to the gym (no visible muscle gain yet, but I'm able to lift more every week!)
- And I've just felt so much more alive, and happy, and present. I didn't realize how important my body's fuel was until I gave it the right kind.
Thank you so much for making this video. I rewatch it about once a week to help stave off temptation. You've made my life so much better. Thank you.
nice to see tthat
I was here thinking it would be a superficial scary video mildly scientific and I ended up learning a lot. thanks! :)
Ever since i watched the original video about this I've been getting stabbing pains in my heart 😭 thanks alot i wish i never watched it
Thank you thank you! Im now taking a fast walk. Doctors need to explain medical problems like you have here.
The Korea and Vietnam studies... Have there been other studies using a different sample group? I feel like the stress level of the sample group must have been freakishly high.
Usually people call the ER for a heart attack if their heart is broken
hi i really like your videos ❤
I had high cholesterol when I was a kid.
And I sometimes abuse my poor untrained heart.
So I'm gonna die young...
AWESOME! C:
Fast people
Note that HDL and LDL arent the only two types of lipoproteins, they become significant when chilesterol is concerned.
There's Chylomicrons, VLDL, LDL, IDL and HDL (arranged in increasing amounts of protein present, the "protein" part of lipoprotein.
the saturated fat thing and dietary cholesterol is a bit of a stretch. Meat has always been a big part of the human diet and dairy within the last few millenia, yet people didn't die from heart attacks or get plaque build up, the problem is modern junk foods, not food that we have always eaten. Don't go eating packaged ham or burgers, but minced meat or a cut of beef with nothing added will not hurt you.
Red has always been a delicacy even in America until maybe 60 years ago. Historically, beef has been expensive and people ate mostly pork or fish as a primary source of protein. With the advent of food production and farming, beef has come down in price making it's consumption in the last couple of decades much higer
It's more to eat it in moderate amount than to eat it the way Americans eat
beef sniffer punching the air right now
Actually no. In the past, even chicken was expensive not to mention beef. Not too long ago in the 1900s, a modern American family had to settle for lobsters and tuna for dinner because they can't afford beef. Red meat consumption has gone way up after the advent of modern farming which made it significantly cheaper. Furthermore, people in the past probably walked more as the rise of the automobiles didn't happen until the 1950s.
@@darkscienceytkey word is "60 years ago", before agriculture people would eat red meat for every meal and did not suffer from heart problems due to the lack of inflammatory substances
living in the city where foods with bad cholesterol, trans fat, and a shotload of sugar (and one kinda forced to be addicted to these kinds of food or suffer major depression from heavy, toxic workspaces) give heart attacks a chance to shine.
don’t get me wrong, i saw more occurrence and death from heart attacks from cities than villages. i’ve been staying in villages several times and their heart attack cases can be counted by fingers (and so far, none died from it). this is why i strive to live in villages.
ok im kinda scared now
I think we should be able to scare people in terms of certain health things.
Having a bad diet doesn’t instantly kill you, but it’ll lead to years of suffering and having a bad life. Doing things that make you more susceptible to heart disease really should be scary. It should scare you that your life will get harder, it’ll get worse and eventually if nothing changes, you will die a pretty bad death since it’s your heart not being able to give you oxygen and you body slowly shutting down when you get that heart attack.
You should be scared. It doesn’t matter if you think it’s fear mongering or something, living a life with better choices is something you should do. And there’s obviously cases where you can’t do so, poor people can’t afford to eat better food, often unhealthy food is cheap and can give you enough calories to survive whether it’s from a bunch of fat and carbs. But people who don’t have that circumstance should know that are purposely making themselves more miserable.
This is the type of content that TH-cam is for
Recently, it was discovered that microplastics also contribute to atherosclerosis.
So, in other words, even 3 generations of perfect health and diet won't save you.
Man, this was eye opening and depressing. The American diet and lifestyle is truly killing us.
Where i am, all the healthy food options are either too expensive, rare (and thus expensive) or not family size friendly (if you're trying to plan affordable meals for your family while), or all of these things.
Apples, bananas, wholemeal stuff is expensive???
It's not like unhealthy stuff is cheap, bacon is still expensive.
Bro, thank you SO MUCH for showing us this video. Definitely made me think twice about my eating habits!
eat your saturated fat if it's from a healthy source. be it steak, butter, tallow, it will not cause inflammation in the arteries. everything else is bad though.
Please do a video about vitamin K2 and how it relates to atherosclerosis.
thank you for such important information, you save lives