For years, heart disease has been the leading cause of death in the United States. By now, we can recite the risk factors in our sleep: Diabetes, high blood pressure, smoking, high cholesterol levels, a positive family history, getting older, being male (though a woman’s risk catches up quickly after menopause).
For years, we have had scores of drugs on the market to help us reduce our cardiovascular risk, to keep our blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugar under control. Why, then, do we still have this great problem? Is there something else going on? Is there something else we can do to minimize our risk of heart disease?
The answer, of course, is, “YES.” There’s a lot more going on. There are a number of newly-emerging risk factors that we can identify and treat. Many medications themselves can adversely affect the heart.
Hormones play a major role in cardiovascular health. Nutrition plays an enormous role. Specific vitamins, minerals, and co-factors are absolutely essential to cardiovascular health. There are a number of non-pharmaceutical, non-prescription tools we can use to improve cardiac function.
At Living with Intention, Dr. Elliott can design a plan specifically for you. By measuring these newly-emerging and cutting-edge cardiac risk factors, by evaluating your unique nutritional needs, hormonal balance, and physiological stress status, he can design a plan to optimize your heart’s health.
“When I was younger I could remember anything, whether it happened or not.” – Mark Twain