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5 More Tips to Prevent Heart Attack | Dr. Gina Pritchard Heart attacks are optional. You can take control of your heart health. I'm Dr Gina Pritchard, founder and director of The Prevent Clinic, specializing in cardiovascular disease prevention and treatment. Here are tips that can help lead you to a heart healthy life. 00:19 Intermittent Fasting and Heart Health Number one. Intermittent fasting reduces inflammation. When you give your body a break from constant eating, it triggers a process called autophagy where your cells clean up and get rid of old damaged stuff. This cleanup crew helps reduce inflammation. 00:37 The Keto Diet for a Healthy Heart Number two. Try Keto for heart health. Embrace good fats, kick carbs to the curb and treat your heart to a wellness journey. 00:48 The Importance of Sleep for Heart Health Number three. Sleep. Six to eight hours of restful, restorative sleep on a regular basis is vital for heart health and has numerous other health benefits. 00:59 Laughter: The Best Medicine for Your Heart Number four. The more you laugh, the less likely you are to die from a heart attack. Embrace the power of laughter. Keep your heart smiling and laugh your way to cardiovascular health. 01:13 The Role of Intimacy in Heart Health Number five. Sexual activity can add years to your life. Regular intimacy has been linked to lower blood pressure and a reduced risk of heart disease. That's right. Sex can increase your long-term survival and your quality of life. 01:30 Taking Control of Your Heart Health You have the power to take full control of your heart health, and possibly even reverse heart disease. For more information, resources, and support on your heart health journey, visit https://skipyournextheartattack.com. Let's embark on this journey together

5 Tips to Prevent Heart Attack | Dr. Gina Pritchard Heart attacks are optional. You can take control of your heart health. I'm Dr Gina Pritchard, founder and director of The Prevent Clinic, specializing in cardiovascular disease prevention and treatment. Here are tips that can help lead you to a heart healthy life. 00:18 The Importance of Early Screening Number one. Two in three women over the age of forty-five have cardiovascular disease and many don't know it until it's too late. Ask for heart disease screening tests early before the age of forty-five. 00:33 Oral Health and Heart Disease Number two. 50% of heart attacks occur from an oral health issue. Your dental hygienist may very well save your life. Maintaining good oral hygiene is not just about a killer smile. It's also about keeping your heart happy. 00:49 The Power of Vitamins K2 and D3 Number three. Vitamin K2 and D3 combined, whether in food or taken as a supplement or some of both, decreases your risk of cardiovascular disease. Vitamin K2 is found in fatty meat, fermented food, and high-fat cheeses. 01:09 Breathing Technique for Heart Health Number four. High-quality oxygen. Breathe through your nose rather than your mouth. If you can't breathe well through your nose, consider using nasal strips which you wear outside of your nose. This helps widen the nasal passages. 01:25 Protein: The Building Block of Heart Health Number five. Eat more protein. Protein and the amino acids in protein are essential to build and maintain muscle. The heart is a muscle that also needs plenty of protein for strength. I recommend eating one gram of protein per pound of your ideal body weight per day. Get your protein from real food, such as meat, eggs, fish, and maybe dairy if you tolerate dairy well. 01:52 Taking Control of Your Heart Health You have the power to take full control of your heart health, and possibly even reverse heart disease. For more information, resources, and support on your heart health journey, visit https://skipyournextheartattack.com. Let's embark on this journey together

Root Causes: The Overlooked Key to Heart Health | Dr. Gina Pritchard For more information, visit https://skipyournextheartattack.com I discovered after many years of this was that first of all, a typical patient that comes in with a heart attack and then goes to the cath lab, which is a picture of what we're seeing here, the cath lab team, heart catheterization team trying to open up a blocked blood vessel in the heart arteries. That's the way we save lives and we have the best technology, the best health care teams in the United States. So if someone is having a heart attack, that's exactly what you need. But then what I discovered is I would be sending patients home, discharging them from the hospital and seeing them back in the clinic after a procedure like this, after saving their life from a heart attack, and tell them, "we took care of that blockage that was 99% or 100% or 85%. Don't worry. It's wide open now. You've got a stint in there. You're on maximal medical management or some people call it optimal medical management now. And so things are fine. We're going to work on your diet. You call me if you have chest pain." So, the reason that patients keep coming back is because we leave all of this vascular disease untreated. We're led down this path of the lie that mild blockages or small amounts of vascular disease are not dangerous. We took care of the bad one. But now, you know, don't worry about the little ones. "You're on optimal medical management." So have you ever felt like- this is what I began to feel like as I was rounding on people in the hospital, seeing them in the clinic, realizing this wasn't really the truth. If I reassured them things were fine because that blockage was open, knowing there was other areas of smaller amounts of plaque throughout their vascular system. But we would just focus on the wrong thing: meds. "Are you having chest pain? How's your diet? Are you exercising?" In a very cursory way, not in depth at all. So after months of this and finding out that there are more powerful prevention techniques, which requires collaboration, like we're talking about today. I felt like I was focusing on mowing the lawn, for example, while the house is on fire behind me. When patients would come to the office, I would feel like it's just a glorified medication check. "How are you doing on that medication? No side effects? Okay. Your blood pressure is pretty good. Your heart rate's pretty good. Yeah. Your lipids are pretty good. Call me if you have chest pain." So, I discovered I was focusing on the wrong thing. It was inaccurate, what I was taught to focus on. Here's some examples. If we stop mowing the lawn and focus on identifying and eradicating root causes, inspecting the coronary wall, the wall of the artery where plaque lives, looking at things like are there airway issues? Saliva testing? Is there bacterial pathogens lurking? Blood work? Where the fire is lurking, meaning that's how we can find out if inflammation and infection is actually happening, then cardiovascular disease would not be the top killer, periodontal disease would not be prevalent. And we do now have better measures to understand these things. Everything we were taught is wrong. We need to use these new measures. We need to use collaboration to truly save lives. So we, rather than accepting this is how I would practice in the clinic, that a fasting blood sugar above 95 is okay, and a non-fasting above 200, okay. From now, in time to time, you're going to see that blood pressure of 140 or over 90 or even higher. I can't count the times I would say, "okay, keep track of it at home. We're going to check it again next time. And maybe we need to go up on your blood pressure medications." Do you know there's many other things we can do to reduce blood pressure besides going up on the medications? And even if we have to go up on the medications for a little while, blood pressures at 140 over 90 or anything above 118 over 80 is causing damage to the brain, to the heart, to our organs every day. So, we need to get away from focusing on these high-level metrics we have and look at the nuances. I'd look at cholesterol numbers and say, "that's pretty good." We kept just putting in stints. "If you have another problem, if you have more chest pain, we'll just put in another stint and send you home on the same meds, more meds," and we would watch year after year, mild to moderate AHI scores. And we now know that's killing people, to just monitor a mild to moderate AHI and not really seek out the root cause. Can we do better?

Skip Your Next Heart Attack: Day 3 Cardiac Cuisine 0:03 Importance of Nutrition in Heart Health On this day, we're going to cover nutrition. What do we eat? We probably get that question more than anything else. Is it a diet? Is it what I'm eating? Of course, what you're eating can be contributing to your risk of heart attack or protecting you from heart attack. And there's a lot of controversy out there regarding what on earth do we eat. 0:25 Exploring Different Diets We're going to clear all of that up for you on day three when we talk about cardiac cuisine. Is it intermittent fasting? Is it keto? Is it vegan? Is it paleo? We're going to clear it up so that you know exactly what to eat to protect yourself from heart attack. 0:40 Finding the Best Diet for You So, day three, you don't want to miss this one. This is where it's at. Everybody wants to know we're going to get quiet down all that media out there and find out what diet is actually best for you. See you on day three. For more information, visit https://skipyournextheartattack.com

Skip Your Next Heart Attack: Day 2 Care Plan So you go to your doctor, whether it's your primary care doctor, the cardiologist, and have an evaluation for cardiovascular disease risk. 0:09 Basic Heart Attack Risk Factors Some risk factors will be evaluated: blood pressure, cholesterol, your age, do you smoke or not, how much do you weigh. And these risk factors might be entered into a formula and your probability determined. What's your probability of having a heart attack in this day and age? That's not good enough. 0:30 Advanced Heart Health Screening With the use of technology, cutting edge artificial intelligence analysis, you can know specifically. Are you headed for a heart attack or not? And more importantly, you can know what to do about it. So you need these specific tests, comprehensive evaluation, and to know what it means for you. That's your care plan. 0:49 Heart Health Care Plan And then you can enter into this care plan for 90 days and retest, and see if you've made progress. That's how we know that we're protecting you from a heart attack. So join us for day two of the challenge so you can learn how to get a customized, personalized cardiac care plan. For more information, visit https://skipyournextheartattack.com

Skip Your Next Heart Attack Day 1: Cardiac Clarity Let's talk cardiac clarity because I think a lot of people need to get clear on just heart disease in general. But one of the things that you say that I love is that their evaluation is not inaccurate. It's just incomplete. Most people that come to see us have not had a complete test panel or a complete evaluation to even know if they're headed for a heart attack or not. Most people have had their cholesterol, their blood pressure, maybe their body weight, possibly a stress test. However, you need to understand fully if you have plaque in the coronary arteries of the heart, you need to know if you have insulin and glucose related issues. You need to know if you have bacteria in your mouth. If your oxygen level is dropping day or night, and you need to know about inflammation, very specific blood tests telling us about inflammation in the arteries. So, if you haven't had all 5 of those tests. It doesn't even matter if you've had your blood pressure checked. Yeah, that tells you you have a risk factor for a heart attack, but it doesn't tell you: are you headed for a heart attack or not? You can know, but you have to have a complete test evaluation, including at least those five tests I mentioned. For more, visit https://skipyournextheartattack.com

Welcome To Skip Your Next Heart Attack | Dr. Gina Pritchard Hi everyone and welcome to my YouTube channel. I'm Dr. Gina Pritchard, and I help people live their entire life without a heart attack. 0:09 Understanding Heart Attack Risks Whether you've had your first heart attack and you're trying to avoid a second or even a third, or you haven't had a heart attack but aren't positive that you are not at risk, then this channel is for you. You see, everyone can know, and I believe deserves to know, if they're headed for a heart attack or not. Because in this day and age, we can, I say, turn the car around and keep you going the other direction. We don't want you to head straight for a heart attack, whether it's next year, or in five years, or in thirty years. You want to know now where you stand. 0:42 The Importance of Complete Cardiovascular Evaluation There are at least five tests that you probably haven't had. I say most people that have been evaluated for cardiovascular disease risk for heart attack risk, their workup has not been inaccurate. It's just been incomplete. 0:57 Benefits of Heart-Healthy Living So, listen to my channel and learn everything you need to know about not only living a life free from the crisis that can occur from cardiovascular disease, such as heart attack, stroke, dementia, diabetes, but also because this information, if it's good for your heart, I say it's good for the body. It's good for the heart. It's good for the brain. It's good for the body. It's good for every cell in your body. And so with this information, not only will you protect yourself from the top killer, but you will create the body that you want and the future that you want, because truly at the core, this is longevity medicine. 1:32 Personalized Holistic Approach to Prevention This is prevention medicine. This is precision medicine and it's holistic. It isn't just prescribing medications. No. It's a thorough evaluation, a thorough understanding on your part of what's going on inside your body and then specific recommendations for you that really are not that hard. And they're going to help you feel better. And as I said, create the body and the future that you want. For more information, visit https://skipyournextheartattack.com

Heart Attack: Are Your Hot or Not? So, let's walk through the five tests. What are the five tests? 0:04 CT Coronary Angiogram Number one, you need a specific CAT scan, a CT coronary angiogram with artificial intelligence analysis. As I would say, this is that ooey gooey plaque that's in the wall of your arteries. 0:19 Sleep Study Number two, you need a sleep study, a home sleep study to start with. And I would say that's if you're being, find out if you're being strangled in the middle of the night, all night long. 0:31 Saliva Test And thirdly, you need your saliva tested. You need to spit in a tube and send that to the lab. So, you need to find out, do you have bacteria and viruses lurking in your mouth? 0:44 Blood Test Evaluation Number four, you need a thorough blood test evaluation, continuous glucose monitor, and a finger stick machine at home to thoroughly understand your metabolic health. How is your insulin and glucose communication? Do you have insulin resistance, prediabetes, full blown diabetes, and don't even know it? You're raging, starving, hungry, you need to eat, and then you're over there taking a nap? Or, as you say, Dr. Pritchard, a sugar burner or a fat burner. 1:13 Inflammatory Markers And number five, you need a thorough blood test evaluation. Specifically, you need to understand inflammation. And there are inflammatory markers that can be tested in the blood, help us understand if you have arteries that are inflamed, which is what leads to a heart attack. So, this is the truth serum. What's really going on inside? Are you hot or not? For more, visit https://skipyournextheartattack.com

Heart Month: Urgent Wake-Up Call to Women | Dr. Gina Pritchard February is American Heart Month. This is an urgent wake up call to women. 0:02 The Silent Threat of Heart Disease In the chaotic rhythm of our daily lives, we need to urgently draw our attention to a critical matter that can unfold during what should be just another ordinary day. We go through our usual morning routine of juggling family duties and work responsibilities while desperately reaching for that first cup of coffee. And then you start to feel a bit out of sorts. Dismissing it as just another hectic day, you continue with your routine tasks, sitting down for a moment to catch your breath. However, what seems like a fleeting episode can turn into a shocking revelation. What is initially dismissed as indigestion or gas can turn out to be a heart attack. 0:51 Leading Cause of Death for Women This is an urgent reminder that heart disease is the leading cause of death among American women. It's time to recognize the signs, prioritize your heart, and implore the women you care about to do the same. Heart disease often presents subtle signs such as nausea, jaw tightness, dizziness, shortness of breath, muscle pain, achiness, and pressure in the chest. You need to pay immediate attention to these signals and seek medical help promptly. 1:23 Taking Action for Heart Health Your heart's health demands your immediate attention and awareness is the first crucial step towards prevention. Act now by recognizing the signs of heart disease and taking immediate, proactive steps. For critical information on prioritizing heart health, visit https://skipyournextheartattack.com today.

What Is a Heart Attack? So, Dr Pritchard, let's talk about what a heart attack really is. How would you define a heart attack? 0:08 What Is A Heart Attack? A heart attack is damage to the heart muscle. The muscle cells start to die. And why does that happen? 0:18 Why Does A Heart Attack Happen? It happens because there's a problem upstream in the blood vessels that give the blood supply to the heart muscle. 0:25 Where Does A Heart Attack Originate? So, a heart attack doesn't originally start in the heart. It starts in your blood vessels, the coronary arteries, so to speak. That's why you have to know if you have plaque in your coronary arteries. Even a small amount of plaque matters. For more, visit https://skipyournextheartattack.com

Heart Month: Urgent Call for Heart Disease Awareness | Dr. Gina Pritchard February is American Heart Month. This is an urgent call for heart disease awareness. 0:07 Experience with Heart Disease The day kicked off just like any other day filled with the usual hustle and bustle. Looking back, I can recall feeling a bit more sweaty than usual, and there was definitely a lingering soreness. At the time, it was easy to dismiss. Little did I know, these physical cues were signs of a heart attack. It's shocking how our bodies can send signals that we might overlook in the whirlwind of our daily routine. This seemingly ordinary discomfort turned out to be an urgent wake up call. 0:40 The Silent Threat of Heart Disease in Women Heart disease is the number one cause of death for American women. I urge all women to pay heeded to the signals their bodies are sending. 0:56 The Power of Lifestyle Changes and Awareness It's the small changes in our daily habits, regular checkups, and awareness of risk factors that can make a big difference. Commitment to a heart healthy lifestyle can be transformative. 1:08 Call to Action for Women's Heart Health This is not just my story. It's a shared narrative among women from all walks of life. It's a rallying cry to confront the stark reality of heart disease and to empower women to make informed choices that saves lives. For more information, resources, and support on your heart health journey, visit https://skipyournextheartattack.com. Let's embark on this journey together and prioritize our heart health for a vibrant and longer life.

February is American Heart Month | Dr. Gina Pritchard For more information, resources, and support on your heart health journey, visit https://skipyournextheartattack.com. Let's embark on this journey together and prioritize our heart health for a vibrant and longer life. It's February! Hooray! February is one of my favorite months, and one of the reasons it's one of my favorite months is because it's Heart Month. The American Heart Association designated February as American Heart Month. And guess what? Heart disease is still the top killer. In fact, most years it's increased in the number of heart attacks and strokes and the number of deaths. Certainly, there's way more heart attacks, strokes, and deaths today than there were back in 1934 when The American Heart Association first designated February as Heart Month. So, you know I tell you all the time that heart disease is preventable, that heart attacks and strokes are avoidable, they're optional, so to speak. Meaning there's so much we can do to protect ourselves. And I'm going to review that again today, and it is true. And we'll talk about why heart attack is still the top killer. If we have a month dedicated to it and we know what to do, we'll talk more about that later. But I want to say that I wore my red heart earrings for today. I'll probably wear them a lot this month and I'll wear red a lot this month to increase our awareness of heart disease. And every time you see a red heart or you think about Valentine's, and you think about those you love, I want to think about your physical heart. The American Heart Association has designated eight essential things, eight essential areas that if we focused on the data shows us we can reduce our risk of heart attack and stroke both by 80%. First of all, it's to eat better. We know that. Secondly is to move more, be more active. Thirdly is to quit smoking, of course. Fourthly is to manage our weight. Fifthly is to manage blood sugar. Sixth is to manage blood pressure. And seventh is to control cholesterol. You know that I believe that's too broad of a focus. We can't ignore cholesterol, but I have a lot to say about that. It's one of the essential eight though according to The American Heart Association. Yes, it cannot be ignored. It's not the topic for today's video. Then number eight, and that's a new one actually. They, added the eighth one, I believe, two years ago. Before that, it was seven topics. And finally, The American Heart Association has rightfully added high quality sleep to the essential eight. We know that we need not only an adequate quantity or amount or length of time that we're asleep, we also need ideal oxygenation all night long. It means we need to breathe nice and slow and deep through our nose, inhaling high quality oxygen all night long. That's another topic for another day. But I want to get back to the point that if we did these eight, we would prevent 80% of heart attacks and strokes, or reduce our risk by 80%. So, why is it that so many people still have heart attacks and still have strokes? And why is it that the number of heart attacks and strokes keep going up every year, and the number of deaths keep increasing? It's because number one, we're not understanding the nuances about each of these eight, and we're not individualizing it for ourselves. And I believe that percentage, in fact, I know it's true, because I see it in my practice and in my patients. That 80% could go much higher to 90%, 95% and greater if these last few things that I'm going to talk about were implemented in everyone's life as well. The American Heart Association also brings to our awareness that heart disease is a women's disease as well as a man's disease. Both men and women equally die of heart disease. Women often have problems with heart disease or a heart attack or stroke about five to ten years later in life than men. The average heart attack occurs for a man at 55 and women at 65. But women, did you know this, are more likely to die from their first heart attack than men are. More often, men will live long enough to have a second one. Maybe even a third one. But nonetheless, women are affected by heart disease as much as men. It's incredibly common. So, what are we to do about it? So, number one. Of course, these essential eight in more in depth and a better understanding about yourself. So remember, every time you see a Valentine's this February, every time you see a red heart and you think about your loved ones, I want you to think about your actual beating heart and the beating heart of your loved ones.

Skip Your Next Heart Attack | Dr. Gina Pritchard 0:00 Reduce Heart Attack Risk How would you like to learn how to drastically reduce your risk of heart attack? On this channel, we'll be discussing the latest scientific information so that you can reduce your risk of heart attack, either a first heart attack or a future heart attack if you've already had one. You can reduce that risk by over 80%. 0:20 Dr. Gina Pritchard of Prevent Clinic I'm Dr. Gina Pritchard. And I worked in the coronary critical care unit for many years and saw thousands of patients suffer and die from cardiovascular disease or suffer and leave the hospital to never be the same. And now I'm in private practice in Frisco, Texas, where my practice is solely focused on heart attack, stroke, diabetes and dementia prevention. We have powerful techniques. We have clinical experience. We have scientific evidence, and I've seen with my own eyes the fact that people can implement strategies and know that they have the best protection possible from a future heart attack. 0:59 Measure Your Risk of Heart Attack We can measure where you're at today, implement these strategies and then look again. Whether we look in three months, six months, or a year and ensure that we're stabilizing, that we're transforming, that we're reversing cardiovascular disease. So please subscribe to my channel, share this information, and thank you for listening. To learn more, visit https://skipyournextheartattack.com