Forty percent of people 20 years or older have high cholesterol
and many of them also have chronic inflammation. You take those two
things and combine them together, well, that's a really bad combo. And that's one of the reasons
that the number one cause of premature death is cardiovascular related issues. So let's
talk about some of the different foods you can eat in order to help you clean up your arteries.
Hey Wellness Warriors, I'm Dr. Nick Zyrowski, and I started my wholistic health practice in order to
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I would venture to say that 90% of the people that I take care of over the age of 40 have
very poor cardiovascular markers. Early death statistics due to heart related issues are
incredibly bad so we have to take this problem very, very seriously. The arteries become clogged
in a process known at atherosclerosis. What happens is that you take chronic inflammation,
as I mentioned before, and then what happens with that chronic inflammation is you get
fatty deposits that start to lay down along your arterial wall.
What it does, is it causes hardening of the arterial walls, it causes also,
narrowing of the blood vessels; and as a result of that, it restricts blood flow to,
not only the entire body but even the heart itself. I know what you're probably thinking,
"Well, this happens to other people but it won't happen to me."
But let me tell you this, according to the research, 50% of people that die prematurely
in the Western countries, it's due to atherosclerosis. So if you haven't had
a proper heart panel done on you, then how do you know that you're not part of the 50% club?
Well according to the research, there's a few pointers we can look to to determine if we are.
Do you have high LDLs or even high triglycerides, maybe both? Do you have high blood pressure? I
mean, this is something that I'd say an enormous amount of patients that I work with have.
Are you over the age of 40? Do you suffer from inflammatory issues?
Okay this is a major problem for today, it's one of the major drivers of chronic disease
that should be altogether avoided. Do you eat a lot of processed foods?
Do you smoke cigarettes? Do you have a high amount of fat accumulation around your waist?
Do you have type 2 diabetes? [00:02:23] Do you consume high amounts of sugar?
Are you obese? It's estimated that 50% of people will be obese by the year 2030,
which is absolutely insane. Do you live a sedentary lifestyle and not exercise?
Okay these are all guidelines that can help us know if we're part of that 50% club.
It doesn't mean we are, but it just means that we should go to a doctor who is going to run a proper
heart panel, and not just look at cholesterol whether it's high or low. We have to look
at many other markers to determine if this is happening in our arteries.
Now, let's go ahead and talk food because this is the fun part. We have to take this seriously
but we also could have some fun with it, and make sure that we're incorporating some of these very
foods that will help clean up our arteries. Now, this first food I want to talk about, you're going
to think I'm going crazy because you're going to be like, "Well, how can life be so good?"
Because this is a really delicious food that most people love,
and that is dark chocolate. What the research shows is that consuming dark chocolate will
help reverse a lot of the damage that's being done in your arteries which is really
incredible. And so who's to say that you can't eat good and eat healthy all at the same time?
Now, according to research when we consume dark chocolate, we want to make sure that it's 85%
cacao so we want to make sure we're getting the good stuff. We want to get 85% cacao content
and also sugar-free. Get one sweetened with Stevia, they're way better for you.
Now, here's what we want to look to as well, and that's the research because
the research is actually very compelling. There was a study on 2,217 participants and they found
that eating chocolate was associated with less atherosclerotic plaque in the coronary arteries.
Now, these are the arteries that actually go and supply oxygen to the heart. And it's one
of the major arteries that becomes affected with this plaque growth in there. Now,
there was another study that showed us that eating chocolate is associated with a reduced
risk of stroke and also heart disease and diabetes. Like, this is a win-win, okay.
So when you sit down at night and you have your glass of wine, which is gonna be
really good for you as well because it has all of that resveratrol in it, you can also
grab some dark chocolate, and improve your heart health as well. See, eating healthy is very good.
Now, you may not know this about me due to the strong Polish name, but the fact is, genetically,
I'm mostly Italian. And when we look at growing up around a whole bunch of Italians, and going
to Italian restaurants, what did we eat? Well, we ate this next food and that's olive oil. Now,
olive oil has so many different cardiovascular benefits, we don't want to overlook this one. And
the major component in it that supports our heart health so much, it is going to be the polyphenols.
This is a micronutrient that is absolutely loaded with antioxidants. In fact,
it's one of the major reasons that the Mediterranean diet is so healthy. Now,
when we look at olive oil, it has shown to help reduce atherosclerosis from many different angles.
Now, let's take a look at the research, there was a four-months study in 82 people
with early atherosclerosis. And they found that a daily intake of one ounce of olive oil
significantly improved participants' blood vessel function and reduced their inflammatory markers.
So this is other thing that's very important about olive oil, is it's very, very non-inflammatory.
There was a 2018 review that concluded that, "Although consumption is associated with
reduced atherosclerosis, related inflammatory markers, and decrease risk of heart disease,
and complications." Now, because I don't give you garbage health information,
I'm not going to tell you to go follow the guidelines set in place by the "experts," and
go eat from the food pyramid, and make sure that you get your healthy whole grains in every day.
Okay, that's not how you improve your heart health. But I will tell you that if you want
to improve your heart health, you should eat some good fatty fish because fatty fish has high
contents of omega-3s in it, and this is part of any good healthy heart diet. Now, some of the best
fatty fish you can eat are going to be salmon, mackerel, herring, sardines, and even anchovies.
I personally like to try to get sardines in my meal plan at least twice a week. And I
know what many of you are saying, "Sardines are disgusting, and I will never eat them."
But let me tell you, if you're going to eat sardines, I do like the Wild Planet brand
in using and eating the ones that have lemon in them. They're actually pretty decent.
Because the fact is, is I don't look at sardines is the most tasty food that I
eat throughout the week, but it's definitely one of the healthiest superfoods that I eat;
loaded with DHA, incredibly good for our heart health, and also lots of omega-3s.
Now, if you're somebody who just doesn't like eating fish at all,
the least you can do is make sure that you're taking a fish oil every single day. Because
that is going to really help support, not only lowering inflammation in the body,
but also reducing your risk of cardiovascular related issues.
Now, before we get to the next food that's going to help you clean up your arterial walls,
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Now, this next group of food is not only delicious but it's incredibly powerful at cleaning up your
arteries. In fact, if you're eating a healthy diet, it makes a really great dessert or treat,
and that's going to be berries. Many berries have been shown to improve your arterial health:
That's going to be strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, cranberries.
They're all incredibly beneficial because they have lots of fiber,
they have lots of vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants in them as well. So they're very,
very micronutrient dense but also very low on the glycemic scale.
Now, when we look at the research, the research shows us some pretty incredible stuff.
Research has shown us that eating berries significantly reduces atherosclerosis,
risk factors including elevated LDL, cholesterol, blood pressure, and even blood sugar levels,
which is truly, truly incredible. I mean it's berries, they're delicious.
Berries also, according to the research, may help us prevent clogged arteries by reducing
inflammation because they're highly non-inflammatory, and cholesterol
accumulation. It also can help us improve arterial function and protect against cellular damage.
One of my favorite ways to eat berries is to get a big bag of mixed frozen ones
and put them in a smoothie combined with lots of good, healthy leafy greens.
And there you have a complete, not only, possibly meal, but also a complete delicious
snack that is going to help you improve your heart health in an incredible way.
Now, let's go ahead and talk to you for a minute because many of us drink coffee but
we tend to forget that tea has been around forever in ancient medicine, proving to have
a lot of therapeutic benefits. Now specifically, green tea is one that I want to talk about today
because green tea has been shown to help us improve heart health. It has been shown to help
reduce cholesterol, decrease inflammation, and also even have anti-cancer benefits.
So drinking some green tea throughout the day is a great way
to help clean up your arteries. In fact, this is a good reminder for me to start
increasing my tea intake a little bit because of all the benefits it does have.
Now, are you somebody who drinks tea? Let me know in the comments down below.
Now, the next thing we want to look to is going to be natural supplementation.
Because in the natural realm of health, we use this all the time in order to help people move the
needle a little bit faster, but more importantly stay off a lot of the pharmaceuticals. Now,
according to the research, there's some great ones that we can take. And I'll also put a link
to a cardiovascular kit that has these in it in the description below.
The first is going to be omega-3 fatty acids, okay, that's what I had mentioned
before. That's why we should eat more fish, but a lot of people don't eat near enough fish. And
quite frankly, a lot of the fish out there is, kind of, toxic with a lot of mercury in it, and
healthy sources sometimes are a little bit hard to come by. So omega-3 fatty
acids are going to be something that's good to supplement with.
The next thing that we can look to is a vitamin D3, we want to get the active form.
And we want, also want to get it combined with K2, because K2 and D3 are a great combo together
to help us improve our cardiovascular health and prevent atherosclerosis. Next,
we want to look to magnesium. Magnesium is very good for the cardiovascular health, CoQ10.
And then niacin, that's vitamin B3, it really helps us reduce those bad cholesterol scores.
We use this all the time clinically, and as I mentioned before, we're trying to keep people
off the pharmaceuticals that have pharmaceuticals that have all kinds of negative side effects.
So that's where these really come in and they're very powerful. The next is going to be curcumin,
okay, it's one of the most powerful anti-inflammatory herbs that is out
there. We really want to use this in order to help drive down inflammation. Inflammation within
the cardiovascular system is incredibly dangerous and your curcumin really helps.
So as I mentioned, I'll put in the description below a link to the
cardiovascular kit that I use that has many of these vitamins in it. And also,
go and check out some of the other videos on this channel. That's going to help you
improve your eating, it's an incredibly important part of this. I'll see you in the next video.