13% OF U.S. CITIZENS CONSUME >25% SUGAR DAILY AS CALORIES. WHILE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS FIND THIS ACCEPTABLE, THE AMERICAN HEART ASSN DOES NOT, CITING 5% OR LESS IS A BETTER GOAL. WHY? STUDIES SHOW HIGH FRUCTOSE, NOT GLUCOSE INCREASES BAD LDL CHOLESTEROL AND TRIGLYCERIDES, NOT TO MENTION FREE RADICALS/OXIDATIVE STRESS ALONG WITH OTHER ADDED CARCINOGENS. STAY AWAY FROM SODAS AND FRUIT “JUICES” CONTAINING LITTTLE OR NO JUICE!

COMBINING HEART FUNCTION, HISTORY OF HEART ATTACK OR HEART FAILURE, THE PRESENCE OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION, DIABETES OR WORSE KIDNEY FUNCTION, AND LESS PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ARE THE FACTORS. THE MORE PRESENT, THE WORSE THE RISK. RISK INCREASES UP TO 10X WITH MORE FACTORS PRESENT.

HAVING A PARENT OR SIBLING WITHA HEART ATTACK GIVES YOU A NEAR 50% CHANCE OF ONE, HAVING BOTH PARENTS  WITH HEART ATTACKS? 6 TIMES MORE LIKELY! HAVING A FAMILY HISTORY OF STROKE, DOES NOT EQUATE THE SAME RISK. 

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AN EMERGING PATTERN OF “VASCULAR” DEMENTIA IS NOW BEING CONSIDERED WHICH CAN BE PREVENTABLE! ALL THE RISK FACTORS FOR STROKE: ATRIAL FIBRILLATION, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, DIABETES AND HIGH CHOLESTEROL SHOULD BE LOOKED AT WHEN SOMEONE BEGINS TO HAVE MEMORY IMPAIRMENT. WE DID A GREAT SHOW ON THIS: “OOPS I FORGOT THE TOPIC: A SERIOUS LOOK AT ALZHEIMER’S”

<50% EXPERIENCE TYPICAL SYMPTOMS, THE AVERAGE TIME IS 48 HOURS POST OP AND SEVERAL FACTORS INCREASE RISK: OLDER AGE, WORSE KIDNEY FUNCTION, PREVIOUS STROKE, HIGHER PREOP HEART RATE, TYPE OF SURGERY (VASCULAR HIGHER RISK), OR NEED FOR EMERGENCY SURGERY. 

BUT IF YOU GO BACK TO IT, YOU HAVE TRIPLE THE CHANCE OF DYING IN A YEAR (THE EARLIER THE RETURN TO CIGARETTES, UP TO 5X MORE RISK OF DYING) NOW YOU KNOW!

A STUDY OF 6000 STROKE FREE INDIVIDUALS SHOWED THOSE WITH THE MOST OPTIMISTIC VIEW ON LIFE AND THE FUTURE HAD LESS STROKES. NOTE: THIS DOES NOT MEAN ONE SHOULD NOT EXAMINE ONE’S RISK AND TAKE NECESSARY STEPS, DENIAL IS NOT JUST A RIVER IN EGYPT!  ;) 

IN OUR TIME LIMITED, STRESS FILLED LIVES, WHICH HAS BEEN SHOWN TO IMPROVE METABOLIC PARAMETERS (WAISTLINE, TRIGLYCERIDES, BLOOD SUGAR, BLOOD PRESSURE, HDL CHOLESTEROL) BETTER? HIT THE ROAD JACK IF YOU ARE GOING TO EXERCISE, IT WILL IMPROVE YOUR CARDIOVASCULAR RISK IN THE LONG “RUN”.