Reversal of Clogged Arteries Is Real! Here Are EVEN MORE Ways I Do It

Medium.com ^ | Dec 18, 2018 | Joel Kahn

[ConservativeMind]

I was taught in medical school that coronary artery disease (CAD), or the blockages that can choke off blood flow to the heart, progresses from minor “streaks” in youth, to visible plaques young adulthood, and on to complicated plaques and major problems later in life. During my training the arrow always pointed towards heart disease advancing and never reversing. This is just not true! Indeed, for nearly 3 decades it has been known that just as arteries can worsen with time, they can also improve rapidly. Some of the measures to achieve this are presented here.

Statin Medication

While reversal of clogged heart arteries has been shown before, most of the studies actually look at other endpoints like risk of heart attack and even survival in patients with calcified arteries treated with statins. A study just published looked at a database of 13, 644 patients studied for heart artery disease by a coronary calcium CT scan and followed for over 9 years. The group was also analyzed as to whether they were on a statin medication to lower their cholesterol. As the picture above demonstrates, when the score, a measurement of how much calcium was in the heart arteries, was calculated as abnormal at 100–400, or over 400, being treated with a statin was associated with a lower risk of bad outcomes. In fact, when the calcium score was over 100, only 12 patients needed to receive a statin to prevent one event like a heart attack, stroke, or death.

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Good stuff! I thought statins had some serious downsides...?

[freepertoo]

I work mainly with people 40 and older. Your prescription is a very good one. I have my clients use a rating of perceived exertion for intervals three days a week, with lesser cardio sessions the remaining days of the week. As their V02 max improves, I shift them to heart range levels three days a week, starting at a 1 minute up, three minutes rest ratio, graduating to an ultimate 1:1 ratio. I am a NASM trainer and was ACE for ten years.

[ConservativeMind]

They do have some issues, but are common and cheap.

[Mariner]

I wonder why so much HIIT (is it really high intensity at 95% max HR?)?

I find Low Intensity restorative, and offers the same cardio vascular benefit and metabolic change benefit in the mitochondria.

Of course, it takes more time.

And, does the weight training offer some of the benefit of HIIT?

You seem to be the man to ask.

[freepertoo]

Hi, actually I’m the lady to ask, LOL! HIIT can go as high as 100%, but it should not be done often, and I’m not a fan. Check your email! We might be annoying folks here! :-D