Heart Surgeon and best selling author Dr. Phil Ovadia discusses the foods and lifestyle factors driving a new wave of early-onset heart disease.

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Show Notes:

0:00 Intro
1:30 Up to 95% of people with cardiac disease are insulin resistant.
4:45 Processed foods and high carbs are the two primary drivers of metabolic disease, the
primary driver of heart disease.
6:53 Insulin resistance damages blood vessels.
11:18 Exercise is indirectly helpful in preventing atherosclerosis.
13:10 The better you can maintain muscle as you age, the better you can deal with the aging
process.
14:30 It is possible to reverse atherosclerosis.
16:30 Tests: coronary artery calcium scan (CAC) and coronary CT angiogram (CCTA).
18:30 People in their 30s and 40s now end up on the cardiac operating table.
20:30 High LDL may not be dangerous in a person who is metabolically healthy.
21:00 The quality of your LDL particles is important.
22:54 90% of adults are metabolically unhealthy, so their high LDL is likely dangerous.
24:05 Statin use for over 10 years increases your risk of developing insulin resistance and
type 2 diabetes, primary drivers of heart disease.
26:30 Inflammation is an important part of the development of heart disease.
27:40 High blood pressure root cause is insulin resistance/metabolic disease.
31:41 Ferritin testing measures total body iron stores. It is also an inflammation marker.
35:50 Linoleic acid LDL oxidation hypothesis
37:30 Plant-based diets
40:25 Lowering your intake of omega 6 improves your omega 3 index.
41:10 Low vitamin D
42:00 Sun exposure has been misunderstood.
44:10 Triglycerides is a higher risk than LDL.
48:30 Bioidentical hormones are superior to synthetic.
50:03 Low testosterone is a risk factor for heart disease.
53:10 Heart surgery does not fix the underlying problem.