Dr Ford Brewer - PrevMed

50-60 people viewing this channel each day have FH (Familial Hypercholesterolemia). But only between 1 to 6 actually know it. FH is seen in 1 of every 200-250 people. That's far more than MS or Cystic Fibrosis, yet most of us have never heard of it.

And FH is lethal. With the fact that it's so under-recognized, we need to raise awareness. This video covers the CASCADE study, a study of the patterns of recognition & treatment of FH in the US.

This video introduces a series on the most common cause of disability: STROKE. It goes into recognition, risk factors & how to manage them. Stroke is a serial killer/disabler. And just like any crime mystery, there are clues and growing evidence on silent causes. It's already known that, by conservative CDC estimates, over 80% of strokes are preventable. Here's how you can prevent yours. As usual, we go from very basic to some deep science, looking at state-of-the-art genetic science.

The Healthy Life Summit is a fun, but life-changing event. We provide genetic, CIMT, inflammation & another testing for all attendees for their own cardiovascular risk. It's a 3 day, intensive focus on evaluation, management, and prevention of CV risk. We also provide a free YouTube video series on this channel. It's about 2 hours of the content presented at the first Healthy Life Summit. It's a mini-series titled: The Healthy Life Summit Series.

We are having another Healthy Life Summit in Orlando on March 22-24, 2019.

Here's the website: http://www.thehealthylifesummit.com/

As mentioned, dentists have been very interested in this. If they attend a companion event (The Healthy Dentist Summit), along with concurrent dental professional sessions, they are eligible to receive 10 CE (professional Continuing Education) credit hours for licensure purposes. Here's that website: http://thehealthydentistsummit.com/

Sitting disease is not just click-bait or fun headlines. It's a serious health risk. Detailed biochemical research shows that our metabolism slows down in less than an hour of inactivity. An example includes a decrease in blood lipase, which helps us burn fats.

JAMA recently published original research showing that OVER HALF of Americans have major risk in this area. It was done with 1000s of subjects using NHANES, the standard lifestyle survey for the US.

By the way, I use a very inexpensive standing desk - called ERGODRIVEN. (No financial association). It's less than $30. But mine have lasted for years.

There are great info graphics available for free and without copyright challenges. But most of them actually UNDERESTIMATE the problem.

https://www.juststand.org/resource/infographics/sitting-disease-by-the-numbers/

The Cochrane reviews of Vit D, Calcium & Bone Density: A disappointing review. But it's reality. This video covers the details.

https://cam.cochrane.org/osteoporosis

The Society for Sarcopenia, Cachexia & Wasting Disease developed a global expert committee for nutritional guidelines. This video covers them. It deals with protein/calorie malnutrition as well as micronutrients & supplements. There are few surprises.

Charles Hancock is a viewer that actually checked his numbers. He found something that changed his life. He was diabetic. He's working hard now to get the carbs totally out of his diet. Then we'll take the next steps. But the first step was uncovering that IR/DM problem.

OAG is a viewer. He has his own YouTube Channel. It's the real deal for farm-to-table. He's got, 28,000 subscribers. He does a great job of time-sequence videos showing the process from planning to showing to planting to weeding to each step of the growth to harvesting to cooking. Then he eats it. And he always says, "MMMM- MMM! That's good. I wish I could share it with you!"

Now he's doing a great job with low-carb farm-to-table.

James West started a diet this weekend. There are several different components and questions raised:

1. His motivation. We start with some discussion re: stages of motivation to change. He also talks about a structure he's created to keep himself involved. And he also discusses how to enroll his family's support in this long-term activity;

2. James' background - he started in the finance industry and moved to healthcare, where he started a genetics lab and a managed care organization; and

2. How he's applied that background and other information to start his own personal diet approach. (It would be hard to classify. But as we know, the best diet is one you can actually follow.).

This video covers the association between herpes & heart disease. We discuss CDC and NHANES prevalence data, as well as accumulating evidence that antibody evidence of prior infection is associated with increased CV risk, probably due to inflammation.

We also mention the association & similarities with Varicella Zoster - or shingles.

Doug Thompson DDS is the founder of the Wellness Dentistry Network (WDN). WDN dentists are working to help their patients recognize prediabetes, diabetes, Insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome - before it's too late.