Thank you to my friend Lex, a PA in cardiology that I get to work with every week. I am lucky that I get to learn from him even when throws pop quizes my way. He is very good about sharing his knowledge with each of us that work with him. He is the best of the best and practices everything he preaches. He is the guy we see out the window biking to work as we finish our bagels lol. I am so excited that he did this write up for our blog!!! A few pointers from a cardiology outlook. Heart disease is now the number one killer in America. This is true for men and women both, but men are usually more ignorant so they come in later than they should which leads to more irreversible complications!! A few pointers to do what we can to beat this trend. The mainstays to keep on top of this disease are fairly simple but it takes a lifestyle change for most of us. My number one and number two recommendations are following a healthy, low fat, low calorie, low sodium, high fruit, high vegetable diet and DAILY exercise. Poor genetics aside, this can take care of all the remaining recommendations. These two need to be a part of you, not a fad, not a diet, not a weekday restraint to loosen up on weekends. This way the occasional eating out or holiday is the outlier, not your “diet”. The other recommendations are maintaining a healthy weight, screen for diabetes, keeping resting blood pressures under 140/90 mmHg, maintaining total cholesterol under 200, triglycerides under 150, HDL above 40 and most importantly LDL around 100-130 or below. Probably the most important advice as you take on this health challenge is to keep positive. For the contest and motivation, comparison is great but everyone is different and as long as there is a general progress or improvement being made then you’re on the right track. Don’t get frustrated but make small improvements to change your lifestyle!! Celebrate your success! Good Luck!
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