In summary, to protect yourself against CVD, you’ll want to implement strategies that:
- Lower your insulin resistance and restore your insulin sensitivity
- Increase your parasympathetic tone and deactivate your sympathetic nervous system
- Improve microcirculation to your heart
- Improve your mitochondrial function
Here are a number of suggestions that can help you accomplish these things:
| Avoid environmental pollutants and toxins, including smoking, vaping, heavy metals, herbicides and pesticides, especially glyphosate. |
| Minimize your exposure to electromagnetic fields and wireless radiation from cellphones, Wi-Fi, routers, smart meters and more, as this kind of radiation has been shown to cause serious free radical damage and mitochondrial dysfunction. |
| Eat an unprocessed whole food-based diet low in net carbs and high in healthy fats. A ketogenic diet — which is very low in net carbohydrates and high in healthy fats — is key for boosting mitochondrial function.
When your body is able to burn fat for fuel, your liver creates water-soluble fats called ketones that burn far more efficiently than carbs, thereby creating fewer reactive oxygen species and secondary free radicals. Ketones also decrease inflammation and improve glucose metabolism.22 |
| Eat nitrate-rich foods to help normalize your blood pressure. Good sources include arugula, cilantro, rhubarb, butter leaf lettuce, mesclun mixed greens, beet greens, fresh beet juice, kvass (fermented beet juice) and fermented beet powder. |
| Get plenty of nonexercise movement each day; walk more and incorporate higher intensity exercise as your health allows. |
| Intermittently fast. After you’ve become accustomed to intermittently fasting for 16 to 18 hours, you can try a stricter fast once or twice a week, when you eat a 300- to 800-calorie meal loaded with detox supporting nutrients, followed by a 24-hour fast. So, in essence, you’re then only eating one 300- to 800-calorie meal in 42 hours. |
| If you have heart disease, consider EECP. To find a provider, see EECP.com.23 |
| If you have heart disease, you may also consider taking g-strophanthin, an adrenal hormone that helps create more parasympathetic nervous system neurotransmitters, thereby supporting your parasympathetic nervous system. It also helps flush out lactic acid. Strophanthus is the name of the plant, the active ingredient of which is called g-strophanthin in Europe, and ouabain in the United States. |
| Get sensible sun exposure to optimize your vitamin D status and/or take an oral vitamin D3 supplement with magnesium and vitamin K2. |
| Implement heart-based wellness practices such as connecting with loved ones and practicing gratitude. |
Some of these strategies are also part of Dr. Ornish’s Program for Reversing Heart Disease — a lifestyle-based program that can be boiled down to “Eat well, move more, stress less and love more.” This highly effective program is approved for reimbursement under Medicare’s intensive cardiac rehabilitation program and many insurance companies.
Ornish details the program in his book, “Undo It! How Simple Lifestyle Changes Can Reverse Most Chronic Diseases.” If you would like further guidance, you can find a listing of all the sites that have been trained and certified to teach the program on Ornish.com, along with support groups you can attend free of charge. At present, there are facilities offering the program in 18 states.
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