Putting the fear of god into you,regarding clogged arteries

[youngoldbloke]

5 stents in my chest too, and now arteries blocking up in both legs, femoral, iliac, you name it, it's narrowed. I'm not afraid, I'm just pi$$ed off.

 

[vickster]

I didn't catch the end. I had the `video on but wasn't really listening to it as it got so boring and repetitive. The video made me feel as if i could have a stroke or heart attack at any minute.
I remember years ago saying to my then GP when i went to see him about panic attacks,that i had palpitations and feared having a heart attack. His response was "If you are having one there isn't anything you can do about it,so don't so why bother"? Hum,not very helpful there doc!

You could potentially. As could anyone but it’s about minimising risk. Smoking, drinking, stress, weight, cholesterol, diabetes etc.
Unfortunately, if you have a strong family history of CV disease or genetic predisposition, it’s rather harder

https://www.bhf.org.uk/heart-matters-magazine/medical/blocked-arteries/reduce-your-risk-factors

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/atherosclerosis/

Being alive is actually pretty heavily linked to potential death

 

[ColinJ]

I don't know why a lot of the medical profession is taking so long to catch up with its own research!

Funnily enough, I just mentioned this subject in another thread. Do a search for the health benefits of vitamins K2, and D3 on cardiovascular health. E.g. paper #1, paper #2, paper #3.

And I strongly that you read Vitamin K2 and The Calcium Paradox. It is currently only £1.24 for Kindle/Kindle apps.

Summary: Vitamins D3 and K2 (and to a lesser extent, some others) are essential for bone and cardiovascular health, and most people in the western world these days are deficient in one or both.

PS Damn - I just spotted in one of those papers that warfarin use for over 4 years is associated with a 220% increased risk of prostate cancer. I have been on it for 5 years now!

PPS But now I found other papers saying that warfarin REDUCES cancer risk! I feel another afternoon of scanning medical research papers coming on ...

 

[Accy cyclist]

Unfortunately, if you have a strong family history of CV disease or genetic predisposition, it’s rather harder

I can't recall any member of my immediate family having heart problems,though my mum's cousin died from a heart attack after having 2 previous ones. He was a heavy person and a heavy smoker though. Cancer seems to be the main killer in my immediate family.

 

[Accy cyclist]

H

he fella's just trying to sell his new book.

He waffled on that much that i didn't even hear him menton a book. I wonder who'd buy it. Hypochondriacs maybe.

 

[Accy cyclist]

You can have a cholesterol test at the Drs and they will tell you if you need to cut down on fatty stuff.
Its common sense really not smoking and not eating loads of fatty foods.

I had a cholesterol test the other month. It was low,something like 3.6 if i remember rightly. According to the video i'm on about,low cholesterol doesn't mean you're safe from blocked arteries though.

 

[vickster]

I had a cholesterol test the other month. It was low,something like 3.6 if i remember rightly. According to the video i'm on about,low cholesterol doesn't mean you're safe from blocked arteries though.

There are about half a dozen different cholesterol measures

 

[Slick]

You can have a cholesterol test at the Drs and they will tell you if you need to cut down on fatty stuff.
Its common sense really not smoking and not eating loads of fatty foods.

I'm no expert (obviously) but even I know it's much more complicated than that for so many people.

 

[classic33]

I'm no expert (obviously) but even I know it's much more complicated than that for so many people.

Last test done got the response that my "blood was too thick".

It's also the only one I've had done.

 

[mjr]

I'm no expert (obviously) but even I know it's much more complicated than that for so many people.

Oh come on! Please stop encouraging the diet fanatics, the supplementers, compulsive takers of vinegar, honey, honegar, cayenne, ginger, turmeric, chilli and pretty much every other spice powder, fish oil, krill oil, red krill oil, garlic extract and tons else, the advocates of pretty much every exercise and combinations of them, Atkinsists, eco-Atkinsists, neo-Atkinsists, crypto-Atkinsists...

 

[classic33]

Oh come on! Please stop encouraging the diet fanatics, the supplementers, compulsive takers of vinegar, honey, honegar, cayenne, ginger, turmeric, chilli and pretty much every other spice powder, fish oil, krill oil, red krill oil, garlic extract and tons else, the advocates of pretty much every exercise and combinations of them, Atkinsists, eco-Atkinsists, neo-Atkinsists, crypto-Atkinsists...

He's not done that, you have.

 

[Slick]

Oh come on! Please stop encouraging the diet fanatics, the supplementers, compulsive takers of vinegar, honey, honegar, cayenne, ginger, turmeric, chilli and pretty much every other spice powder, fish oil, krill oil, red krill oil, garlic extract and tons else, the advocates of pretty much every exercise and combinations of them, Atkinsists, eco-Atkinsists, neo-Atkinsists, crypto-Atkinsists...

Nothing to do with duet fanatics, or any other type of fanatic. I'm not going old ground but anyone with even the most tenuous grasp on the subject would understand the post I was referring to was overly simplistic for thousands of people.

 

[Slick]

He's not done that, you have.

Seems to happen quite a lot on here.

 

[classic33]

Nothing to do with duet fanatics, or any other type of fanatic. I'm not going old ground but anyone with even the most tenuous grasp on the subject would understand the post I was referring to was overly simplistic for thousands of people.

What's singing in pairs got to do with it?

 

[Slick]

What's singing in pairs got to do with it?

No wonder nobody gets me.