Optimizing cardiovascular resilience, systemic inflammation, and metabolic function.
Optimizing cardiovascular resilience, systemic inflammation, and metabolic function.
Our integrated team utilizes specialized therapies to actively halt or reverse progression, working in tandem with your current prescriptions to protect long-term cardiovascular health.
Lifestyle changes can stop and even reverse heart disease. We help lower cholesterol, reduce inflammation, and strengthen your heart naturally, alongside appropriate medical therapy.
It’s never too late if you are already on medication. Healthy habits enhance medication effectiveness and improve overall cardiovascular health.
Also known as coronary artery disease, heart disease develops as cholesterol builds up in the blood vessels of the heart. Just like soap scum in a drain, the opening through the vessels gets narrow and blood cannot flow as easily. If the way gets too narrow, or becomes blocked, it can cause a heart attack.
This is a common reason for death and disability in populations who have adopted a Westernized lifestyle characterized by highly processed food intake, sedentary habits and poor sleep. In societies who eat a whole food, plant-based diet, get restful sleep and plenty of exercise and sunshine, heart disease is uncommon.
Losing weight can improve heart disease depending on how you lose weight. Unfortunately, diet and exercise don’t have the same benefits on prevention of heart attacks and disease as use of medications for weight loss.
There are many weight loss medications aside from GLP1 agents. Some of these are not safe in heart disease. However, GLP1 medications show cardioprotective benefits, and early. These are being studied for use in heart failure. Some have already been approved for the prevention of heart attacks and strokes.
Osteopathic Manual Medicine addresses posture, breathing mechanics, and autonomic balance to reduce cardiovascular strain. Medical Acupuncture supports circulation and autonomic regulation. Chronic physical and emotional stress impairs cardiovascular function. Multimodal Treatment, including both of these treatments reduces both stress and the risks of heart disease.
Medical acupuncture supports circulation and nervous system regulation that are important for long‑term heart health.
Acupuncture helps reduce stress and promote relaxation, positively influencing heart health over time.
The main drivers for high cholesterol and heart disease are foods high in cholesterol and saturated fat, as well as foods or processed food products high in sodium and refined sugars. The best way to lower cholesterol is to avoid all dietary cholesterol, all added or refined sugars, and limit saturated fat to less than 5% of total calories (eg 11 grams per 2,000 kcal per day), choosing whole food sources of polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats instead, such as avocado, nuts and seeds, and legumes or beans.
In addition, it is critical to keep sodium (salt) to around 1500 to 2000 mg, or roughly ½ tsp, per day. Choose herbs, spices and culinary techniques like stir frying and sauteing to enhance flavor. Getting good sleep and regular exercise, as well as finding ways to wind down and reduce stress and anxiety, are equally important.
