{"id":10505,"date":"2012-06-14T18:57:17","date_gmt":"2012-06-14T22:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/living-well\/2012\/06\/heart-healthy-living-in-functional-medicine-style-2.html"},"modified":"2017-11-28T11:51:19","modified_gmt":"2017-11-28T16:51:19","slug":"heart-healthy-living-in-functional-medicine-style-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/living-well\/2012\/06\/heart-healthy-living-in-functional-medicine-style-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Heart Healthy Living in Functional Medicine Style (2)"},"content":{"rendered":"

As mentioned in the previous
\nweeks on my homepage, the functional medicine conference provided those of us
\nwho attended with more inspiration, science, and supportive tools for
\naddressing the root cause of disease specific for the individual. After attending
\nthe conference, I’m still in awe of how Functional Medicine never ceases to
\nexplain or leave behind any individuals labeled “medical mysteries”. (Please visit my homepage for this week’s
\ndiscussion on functional medicine and how it addresses biochemical
\nindividualized medicine).<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr. Houston, as well as all our other
\nmentors and presenters at the conference, spoke of these medical outliers who feel
\nlike they are “oversensitive” to the world. These individuals may experience
\nannoying, unexplained, and negative reactions to medicines, strange responses to
\nenvironmental stimuli, and seemingly disconnected symptoms. We learned from
\nthese geniuses that these people are just annoying patients who like to be
\nsick, but those who need the holistic mind-body-biochemical approach that functional
\nmedicine offers. <\/strong><\/p>\n

As far as the cardiovascular
\ntopic, Dr. Houston awestruck his audience when he was able to provide
\nscientific evidence and biochemical explanations between the gaps in treatment
\noutcomes based on serum cholesterol, lipid, and inflammatory markers. One example left me with my mouth, “catching
\nflies!” <\/strong><\/p>\n

Dr. Houston gave us the evidence
\non why those with low LDL and lipids may still experience heart disease and why
\nthose with high lipid panels may actually be at a lower risk! This had more to do than just the amount of
\ncholesterol in the blood, or in lipid particle size (with smaller sizes more
\nlikely to clog the vessels). Heart dysfunction was created by “infinite
\ninsults” with three finite results (inflammation, oxidative damage, and immune
\ndysfunction). Our job as Functional medicine doctors was to find what infinite
\ninsult created these three finite results that caused cholesterol in one’s body
\nto be a risk factor for disease! <\/strong>We have to ask how the biological
\nenvironment is interacting with an active infection, blood sugar imbalance,
\nenvironmental toxins, or other triggers that are causing these negative changes on the
\nvasculature. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Below is an article highlighted
\nby Dr. Mercola on one factor in heart disease, getting the right kind of fat in
\nyour diet.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Less Saturated Fat in
\nYour Diet = Higher Risk of Heart Disease<\/a> (Dr.
\nMercola)<\/p>\n

Since the
\nintroduction of low-fat foods, heart disease rates have progressively climbed,
\neven as studies kept debunking Keys research–repeatedly finding that saturated
\nfats in fact support <\/i>heart health. For example:<\/p>\n

\u00b7A meta-analysis
\npublished two years agoii<\/sup><\/a>,
\nwhich pooled data from 21 studies and included nearly 348,000 adults, found no
\ndifference in the risks of heart disease and stroke between people with the
\nlowest and highest intakes of saturated fat.<\/p>\n

\u00b7In a 1992 editorial
\npublished in the Archives of Internal Medicine<\/i>, Dr. William Castelli, a
\nformer director of the Framingham Heart study, stated iii<\/sup><\/a>:<\/p>\n

“In Framingham,
\nMass., the more saturated fat one ate, the more cholesterol one ate, the more
\ncalories one ate, the lower the person’s serum cholesterol. The opposite of
\nwhat… Keys et al would predict…We found that the people who ate the most
\ncholesterol, ate the most saturated fat, ate the most calories, weighed the
\nleast and were the most physically active.” <\/i><\/p>\n

\u00b7Another 2010 study
\npublished in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition<\/i> found that a
\nreduction in saturated fat intake must be evaluated in the context of
\nreplacement by other macronutrients, such as carbohydrates iv<\/sup><\/a>.
\nWhen you replace saturated fat with a higher carbohydrate intake, particularly
\nrefined carbohydrate, you exacerbate insulin resistance and obesity, increase
\ntriglycerides and small LDL particles, and reduce beneficial HDL cholesterol.
\nThe authors state that dietary efforts to improve your cardiovascular disease
\nrisk should primarily emphasize the limitation of refined carbohydrate
\nintake, and weight reduction<\/i>. -Mercola, J. Why I believe Over Half of Your
\nDiet Should Consist of This. May 31, 2012.
\nhttp:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2012\/05\/31\/coconut-oil-for-healthy-heart.aspx?e_cid=20120531_DNL_art_1<\/p>\n

Interestingly, Dr. Houston provided evidence that high saturated fat diets were
\nlinked to lower stroke risk, but higher cardiovascular disease.<\/i> He
\nexplained how even with food, we can’t look at things in isolation from our
\ncellular biology. It is the combination of saturated fats with highly processed
\nfoods and sugar or in too high of a ratio that can and does create inflammation
\nin the vessels of the body.<\/u><\/strong> However, I have good news— if these fats were taken with antioxidants
\nand other substances, the effect could be mediated–good news for those who
\nlike sweet potato fries. <\/strong>J<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

References: <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

MARK HOUSTON, MD, MS. <\/strong>Coronary
\nHeart Disease Risk Factors, Noninvasive Cardiovascular Testing, and Metabolic
\nCardiology. June 2, 2012. IFM Phoenix, AZ. A New Era in Preventing,
\nManaging, and Reversing Cardiovascular and Metabolic Dysfunction<\/p>\n

JEFFREY BLAND, PHD. The Impact of a Toxic Environment and Unhealthy
\nLifestyle Factors on Cardiometabolic Disease. June 1, 2012.. IFM Phoenix, AZ. A New Era in Preventing,
\nManaging, and Reversing Cardiovascular and Metabolic Dysfunction.<\/p>\n

MARK HOUSTON, MD, MS . <\/strong>Release the
\nPressure: Effective Interventions for the Treatment of Hypertension. June 2,
\n2012. IFM Phoenix, AZ. A New Era in Preventing, Managing, and
\nReversing Cardiovascular and Metabolic Dysfunction.<\/p>\n

Eldon Taylor. May 29, 2012: Biology
\nof Belief and Spontaneous Evolution. HayHouse Radio. http:\/\/www.hayhouseradio.com\/episode_preview.php?author_id=432. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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