YOUR
YOUR HEART BROKEN THEN YOU KNOW IT'S JUST THIS INDESCRIBABLE PAIN AND IT CAN GO BEYOND
EMOTIONAL DAMAGE. CARDIOLOGIST,
PSYCHOTHERAPIST AND AUTHOR
OF HEARTBREAK AND HEART DISEASE
DR. STEPHEN SINATRA SAYING A
BIG BREAKUP ISN'T THE ONLY
EVENT THAT BREAKS HEARTS. IN
FACT, QUARANTINE THE PANDEMIC.
IT'S ALL BEEN A BIG CONTRIBUTOR
TO AND HE'S JOINING US LIVE
THIS MORNING. GOOD MORNING TO
YOU, DOCTOR. OH, IT'S GREAT TO
BE ANOTHER. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT
OUR HEARTS. I MEAN A LOT OF US
HAVE GONE THROUGH SO MUCH
STRESS AND SADNESS ESPECIALLY
THIS PAST YEAR OR SO. WHAT IS
YOUR CONCERN HERE AS FAR AS
WHAT WE'VE ALL BEEN DEALING
WITH THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC?
WELL, THE PANDEMIC IS VERY
UNCERTAIN. IN OTHER WORDS, IT
CAUSES A LOT OF VIGILANCE AND
IT'S LIKE AND VIGILANCE IS LIKE
WAITING FOR THE OTHER SHOE TO
DROP. I MEAN PEOPLE ARE LOCKED
IN THEIR HOMES. THEY CAN'T GO
TO RESTAURANTS. CHILDREN AREN'T
PLAYING SPORTS. I MEAN
EVERYBODY EVERYBODY'S CONFINED.
ANGER SEEMS TO INCREASE.
SUICIDES ARE GOING UP. I MEAN
IT'S JUST INCREDIBLE AND AND
HOPEFULLY WITH THE VACCINATION
SITUATION COMING TO FRUITION,
YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY WE CAN ALL
GET BACK TO A NORMAL ROUTINE
BECAUSE ONCE OUR NORMAL
ROUTINES ARE JUST THROWN IN THE
GUTTER, EVERYTHING BREAKS LOOSE
AND UNFORTUNATELY ILLNESS
PREVAILS AND I'VE SEEN IT
HAPPEN MANY TIMES BEFORE IN
OTHER SITUATIONS, YOU KNOW,
ESPECIALLY DURING WARTIME LIKE
THE VIETNAM WAR WHERE I SAW A
LOT OF SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH AND
IT'S ALMOST LIKE THE SAME
SITUATION. SO SOMETHING'S GOT
TO GIVE AND HOPEFULLY THINGS
WILL GET BETTER. I AM
OPTIMISTIC IT'S HARD TO
DESCRIBE BUT I THINK A LOT
OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT FEELING
JUST WHEN YOUR HEART HURTS IT
FEELS LIKE IT'S JUST SUNK LOW.
I'M NOT SURE HOW TO
SCIENTIFICALLY OBVIOUSLY
DESCRIBE THAT BUT THAT FEELING
OF IT GETTING HOPEFUL OR RISING
A LITTLE BIT IS LIFTING UP A
LITTLE BIT OBVIOUSLY MAKES A
HUGE DIFFERENCE IN JUST HOW WE
APPROACH LIFE AND YOU KNOW,
JUST OVERALL FEELINGS. BUT WHAT
YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT FEELING
IS ALSO IMPACTING OUR HEALTH IN
OTHER WAYS, RIGHT? OH,
ABSOLUTELY. WHEN YOU HAVE HEART
BREAK YOU HAVE DEEP SORROW AND
SOMETIMES YOU GET VERY
DEPRESSED AND THE THING WITH
HEARTBREAK IS IT'S IT'S LIBERAL
AND ALSO FIGURATIVE AND WHEN
HEARTBREAK OCCURS THE DEEP
SORROW AND SADNESS THAT
COMPANIES SOMETIMES CAN BE
OVERWHELMING AND THE BEST
REMEDY AND THE BEST REMEDY IF
YOU'RE SUFFERING FROM FEELINGS
WHERE YOU HAD A BREAKUP OF A
RELATIONSHIP OR YOU LOST YOUR
JOB OR YOU CAN FIND TO YOUR
HOUSE BECAUSE OF THE EPIDEMIC,
THE BEST THING TO DO IS TO GET
INTO SORROW, FEEL YOUR
SYMPTOMS, FEEL YOUR DEPRESSION
AND CRYING IS THE BEST REMEDY
THAT I KNOW OF TO RELEASE THE
HEARTBREAK THAT WON'T LEAD TO
HEART DISEASE. SO GETTING INTO
YOUR TEA IS GETTING INTO A
DEEP, DEEP SORROW IS THE
ANTIDOTE AND I AND I RECOMMEND
IT TO ANYBODY ESPECIALLY DURING
THIS TIME. THIS MAY SOUND A
LITTLE I DON'T KNOW HIPPIE IF
YOU WILL OF ME BUT THERE'S SOME
YOGA POSES THAT JUST MAKE ME
BREAK DOWN AND CRY MORE SO IN
THE PAST FEW MONTHS JUST AFTER
ALL THE THINGS WE GO THROUGH
IT'S LIKE THESE EMOTIONS JUST
COME OUT. BUT AFTERWARDS I DO
FEEL A LOT BETTER. MY HEART MY
HEART FEELS LIFTED. ABSOLUTELY.
WHEN YOU CRY YOU'RE NOT ONLY
RELEASE AND DAUPHIN'S IN YOUR
TEARS WHICH ACTUALLY THE THE
FEEL GOOD TYPE OF HORMONE THAT
COULD RELEASE BUT WHEN YOU CRY
OR SOB YOU'RE RELEASING
CHEMICALS IN THE LUNG WHICH
ACTUALLY HAS AN IMPACT ON
IMPROVING BLOOD FRAGMENTATION
IN THE BODY SO THE BLOOD
DOESN'T CLOT. WE CALL IT THRAWN
IN A TUBE FOR EXAMPLE AND
THAT'S THE SCIENTIFIC TERM. BUT
YOGA IS GREAT AND YOU KNOW ONE
OF THE THINGS ABOUT YOGA IS
THAT WHEN YOU PUT YOURSELF IN
CERTAIN POSES AND YOU CREATE A
LOT STRESS AND TENSION OR TWISS
WELL LET'S SAY A COBRA POSITION
WHEN YOU DO THESE SITUATIONS
AND IF YOU CAN BREATHE INTO THE
TWIST OR BREATHE INTO THE
UNCOMFORTABLENESS, THAT IN
ITSELF IS VERY GOOD FOR RELEASE
AND LOCKED IN STRESS AND
TENSION IN THE BODY. SO I'M
GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP YOGA.
THAT'S A GOOD POINT. MEDICAL
AND PROFESSIONAL PRESCRIBING
CRYING TO HELP WITH HEART ACHE.
I LIKE HEARING THAT. SO YOUR
CARDIOLOGIST IS PSYCHO
THERAPIST AND CERTIFIED
NUTRITION SPECIALIST. TELL US
ABOUT HOW DOES ALL OF THIS COME
TOGETHER? WELL, IN OTHER WORDS,
YOU KNOW ONE THING ABOUT HEART
DISEASE, IT'S IT'S
MULTIFACTORIAL. YOU KNOW, THE
BRAIN AFFECTS THE HEART. WHAT
YOU EAT AFFECTS THE HEART. SO
ALL BY THE TIME I JUST BECAME
CERTIFIED IN SO MANY DIFFERENT
SPECIALTIES AND NUTRITION IS
IMPORTANT. PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE
BUT LET'S FACE IT IN THIS
COUNTRY RIGHT NOW WE HAVE
ALMOST ONE HUNDRED MILLION
DIABETICS WHETHER TO TYPE ONE
OR TYPE TWO OR INSULIN
RESISTANCE, IT DOESN'T MATTER.
BUT DIABETES IS A HORRIFIC
COMORBID FOR COVID-19 SO IT
JUST MAKES SENSE TO EAT LESS
SUGAR, NOT DIET, EAT MORE OMEGA
THREE ESSENTIAL FATTY ACIDS. IN
OTHER WORDS EAT TO EAT THE
THINGS THAT CAN MAKE US FEEL
GOOD. YOU KNOW ONE OF THESE
FATS FOR EXAMPLE AS WE CALL IT
THE COSSACKS ANOA ACID IT'S
FOUND IN FISH MIGRATORY FISH
SALMON YOU'RE ON THE WEST COAST
SO MIGRATORY SALMON WOULD BE
VERY GOOD. SO FOUND IN CHICK
CHICK CHICKPEAS AND AND
CERTAINLY GARLIC AND ONIONS CAN
HELP THIN THE BLOOD. THERE'S SO
MANY DIFFERENT FOODS WE CAN USE
AND SOME OF MY FAVORITES BY THE
WAY ARE ARTICHOKES. I MEAN I
LOVE ARTICHOKES FOR SUPPORTING
THE LIVER AND AVOCADOS AS WELL
BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN THESE
MONOUNSATURATED FATS, EVEN
OLIVE OIL OLIVE OIL IS
FANTASTIC BECAUSE IT'S A SECRET
SAUCE ON A MEDITERRANEAN DIET
AND REMEMBER INTO THE
MEDITERRANEAN BASIN HAS THE
LARGEST NUMBER OF ONE HUNDRED
YEAR OLD PLUS'S IN THE ENTIRE
WORLD. IT DOESN'T MAKE A
DIFFERENCE WHETHER YOU LIVE IN
GREECE, TURKEY, LIBYA OR SPAIN
OR ITALY. THERE'S SO MUCH
LONGEVITY IN THAT BASIN AND THE
FEELING THAT RESEARCHERS
BELIEVE IN IS THAT OLIVE OIL IS
THE SECRET SAUCE BECAUSE OF THE
FATS. AGAIN, IT'S THE FATS IN
OLIVE OIL THAT BRING WELLNESS
TO THE TABLE DRIZZLE THAT ON
EVERYTHING. OK, DR. SINATRA
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