This informative, life-changing, five-part series features nationally known experts in cardiovascular surgery, electrophysiology, pharmacology, and functional and preventive medicine. Protect Your Heart! brings you the information you need to avoid heart disease and have a healthy heart.
You will learn:
There's a killer on the prowl in the U.S. today. In the next 60 seconds, another life will be taken. Many people are unaware that they are just one heartbeat away from becoming the next victim.
Dr. Chauncey Crandall is a board-certified cardiologist and author. He shares heart attack risk factors, the warning signs you should pay attention to, why most heart attack victims are women, and a recovery checklist if you have suffered a heart attack.
Every day your heart is hard at work, pumping blood through your body’s 60,000 miles of blood vessels. It’s something we all take for granted—until we feel a skipped beat or our heart racing inside our chest. Protecting your heart means not ignoring these occurrences. They can be harmless, or warning signs of trouble ahead. It’s time to get serious about the health of your heart.
Doctors from the Cleveland Clinic’s award-winning Miller Family Heart and Vascular Institute—Get the facts that could save your life from major heart diseases like AFib, heart valve disease, and aortic aneurysms
Every day Americans take prescriptions and over-the-counter drugs that rob their bodies of nutrients that they need to stay healthy. You need to know the effects of the drugs you take and how you can ensure that you stay healthy and protect your heart.
Suzy Cohen, licensed pharmacist for over 20 years and top-selling author, shares how medication side effects can mimic other diseases and result in additional medication. She coined the term “Drug Muggers” to describe how medication can rob you of essential nutrients, and tells how you can avoid the Drug Mugger Effect. She also recommends nutritional supplements for heart and blood pressure.
It’s everywhere. It’s in the foods we eat. Our bodies produce it. Our brains are made up of it—about 25 percent. It’s vital to your health. Without it, your body wouldn’t be able to produce many of the hormones you need to survive. It’s cholesterol—and for years we have been told that we need to lower it.
According to Dr. Stephen Sinatra, a cardiologist with over 40 years of treating heart disease, we’re chasing the wrong enemy. Cholesterol isn’t the villain—it’s sugar! Learn the deadly chain reaction our bodies face when we consume too much sugar, what insulin resistance means, how sugar affects cholesterol, and what steps we can take now to improve our health.
When it comes to lifestyle choices we’ve made, we’d all like a second chance. Baseball Hall-of-Famer Mickey Mantle once said, “If I knew I was going to live this long, I’d have taken better care of myself.” The good news is you can hit the reset button on your health and enjoy more energy.
Dr. Michael Roizen is the chief wellness officer of the Cleveland Clinic’s Wellness Institute and a New York Times best-selling author.
Dr. Roizen shares 11 ways you can start your health “do over.”