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The link between metabolic health and heart disease has been shown in countless studies.
The positive findings have been that metabolic health can manage or prevent heart disease.
It starts with understanding the basics:
The link between metabolic health and heart disease has been shown in countless studies.
The positive findings have been that metabolic health can manage or prevent heart disease.
It starts with understanding the basics:
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Many cases of #HeartDisease occur because of damaged blood vessels. Weak vessels are correlated with poor metabolic health.
Metabolic syndrome is a precursor to cardiac arrest.
2 factors that harm blood vessels: blood sugar and inflammation.
Many cases of #HeartDisease occur because of damaged blood vessels. Weak vessels are correlated with poor metabolic health.
Metabolic syndrome is a precursor to cardiac arrest.
2 factors that harm blood vessels: blood sugar and inflammation.
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If your body can’t properly reduce sugar from the bloodstream, you’ll experience #InsulinResistance. Cells can no longer swell to accommodate excess sugar, and stop responding to higher insulin.
The result is narrowed vessels and restricted blood flow.
If your body can’t properly reduce sugar from the bloodstream, you’ll experience #InsulinResistance. Cells can no longer swell to accommodate excess sugar, and stop responding to higher insulin.
The result is narrowed vessels and restricted blood flow.
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#Inflammation refers to your body’s attempt to repair organ or tissue damage.
This is important for repair, but when it’s constant it means there’s ongoing damage the body is trying to fix, and it can result in higher cholesterol levels.
#Inflammation refers to your body’s attempt to repair organ or tissue damage.
This is important for repair, but when it’s constant it means there’s ongoing damage the body is trying to fix, and it can result in higher cholesterol levels.
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Because cholesterol levels can indicate an underlying problem, even people on cholesterol-lowering medications still have a higher risk for heart disease because the root issue isn’t being addressed.
The medication is only lowering the reparative response.
Because cholesterol levels can indicate an underlying problem, even people on cholesterol-lowering medications still have a higher risk for heart disease because the root issue isn’t being addressed.
The medication is only lowering the reparative response.
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Heart disease doesn’t happen overnight, the damage builds up over time.
Focus on:
Dietary changes
Lifestyle
Practice education
Heart disease doesn’t happen overnight, the damage builds up over time.
Focus on:
Dietary changes
Lifestyle
Practice education
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Eat whole, real foods
Improve sleep, reduce stress, stop smoking
Work with a metabolic health coach to interpret lab results and make tailored recommendations.
Eat whole, real foods
Improve sleep, reduce stress, stop smoking
Work with a metabolic health coach to interpret lab results and make tailored recommendations.
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Metabolic health is a powerful tool in preventing heart disease and increasing your lifespan.
If you’d like to find out how metabolically healthy you are right now, take my free quiz:
ifixhearts.com/quiz/
Metabolic health is a powerful tool in preventing heart disease and increasing your lifespan.
If you’d like to find out how metabolically healthy you are right now, take my free quiz:
ifixhearts.com/quiz/
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