AltMedAngel: Alternative Medicine Angel
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Heart Disease Testing:
Critical information needed to affect a cure
The prospect that heart disease can be reversed or cured is unthinkable among cardiologists--heart disease is simply managed. Yet every single day, year after year, the unthinkable happens. People with heart disease are cured, the disease is fully reversed because correct therapeutic measures were employed to address the cause of the disease.
Unless the cause is identified, most heart disease is managed with treatments that cause other diseases, until the patient finally succumbs. Providing adequate data from which a protocol can be developed is a critical part of the treatment. Keep these data questions in mind the next time you consult, or accept treatment from, any practitioner-- especially a holistic one.
Average blood pressure: If you are on blood pressure drugs, which ones are you using? How long have you been on them? What does your blood pressure do without drugs?
Blood fat levels: These include cholesterol, HDL, LDL, and triglycerides. Always note that a blood test for these fats must be taken after at least 12 hours of fasting.
Lab test results: Lab tests are important. If possible, your homocysteine level should be tested.
Diabetes: Are you diabetic? Do you take insulin or oral drugs for diabetes? If so, for how long?
Exercise: Do you exercise? Does exercising cause chest pain?
Liver or kidney disease: Do you or have you had liver or kidney disease? What type?
Blood type: What is your blood type (A, B, AB, or 0)?
Previous medical treatment: What medical treatments have you had or are you taking now? For how long? Have they helped?
Previous alternative treatment: What holistic therapies or supplements are you taking? How long? Have they helped?
History: How long have you had your present heart problems? Have you had a full medical diagnosis? Prognosis? Include these.
Stress test: If you have had a treadmill stress test, how quickly (how many beats in the first minute) did your heart rate drop after peak exercise was stopped.
For most people the collection of this data is not an easy task. Some doctors simply don't ask the right questions. Blood type, for instance, is extremely important but often ignored. Blood type has an influence on our entire system at the cellular level. According to Dr. Peter J. D'Adamo, author of Live Right 4 Your Type, "There is an active interplay among various genes, especially those in close proximity to each other."
One example of this interaction is the relationship the blood type gene has with genes that control our stress responses. According to Dr. D'Adamo, "When we examine the body of research on stress and blood type, we can see a clear difference in the ways that humans respond to stress. Blood type plays a significant role in how much stress we carry around inside all the time, the way we respond to stress, and how quickly we recover from it."
Type A's usually over-respond to even minor stress. This can be measured by increases in cortisol. Type O's on the other hand, produce the least amounts of cortisol and adrenaline in response to stress. Blood group A and AB are prone to high cholesterol while Type Os and Bs are more susceptible to carbohydrate intolerance resulting in high triglycerides and insulin resistance. [Blood Type Encyclopedia: 2002; pp 216-222]
In other words, for Os and Bs, it's not necessarily the fat in the food as it is the fat on the person. When group O and B adopt low-fat, high carbohydrate diets, they gain weight. This particular kind of weight gain (the "apple-shaped figure") is a major risk factor for heart disease because the release of fat from the abdomen into the blood stream is much faster than for other fat cells -- such as hips and thighs in the "pear-shaped" figure.
As a matter of fact, Os and Bs actually need the right kind of fat to stay thin. Without protein in their diets, they do not gain the benefits of the specialized fat-busting enzymes in their intestines. This explains why they can lower their cholesterol by adopting high-protein diets. Conversely, Type As and ABs have lower levels of this enzyme (intestinal alkaline phosphatase) which is why they are not as able to break down fat which predisposes them to high cholesterol and heart attack. Each of these pathways leads to a very different life-style plan and diet to stay heart healthy.
Of course this simplistic description doesn't even begin to tell the entire story. For more information on the connection between blood type, diet, and disease, go to the Library section of this web site for the book reviews on Eat Right 4 Your Type and the Blood Type Encyclopedia.
Current Event - FYI
Join Delawareans for an Alternative Medicine Lunch - May 19, 2005
Dr Frank Noonan, DO, principal of Central PA Integrative Medicine, is the keynote lunch speaker at an all-day seminar called The Delaware Conference at the Embassy Suites on Route 896 in Newark, DE. He runs an Alternative Medicine Clinic in the Lancaster area and has been practicing family and alternative medicine in Myerstown for 28 years. His topic is Alternative Treatment for Heart Disease.
Dr. Noonan, a very lively and interesting speaker, will give an overview of alternative therapies and treatments designed to bring blood chemistry back into balance and allow the cardiovascular system to function normally. He will compare the alternative approach with the conventional approach and explain why and how it works and why most doctors are hesitant to move in this direction. With all the pharmaceutical side effects that have hit the headlines lately, you won't want to miss this cutting-edge, potentially life-saving presentation.
If you have an interest in attending only the lunch to hear him speak, please let Angel know. She can arrange a special ticket for you to attend and pay for only the lunch. There will be a Q&A following the presentation and Dr. Noonan will be available after the Q&A to speak with individuals.
Dr. Noonan does phone consultations for around $60. If you would like to set up an appointment with him directly, go to the Physician Reference Guide and scroll down to Pennsylvania for his contact information.
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