Over 30? Your Calcium Score Could Save Your Life #heartdisease #screening #health

[00:00:00]How can I screen myself right now?

[00:00:02]What test should I do right now to see at what stage of inflammation and coronary artery disease am I in because coronary artery disease is the number one cause of death and inflammation is the underlying cause. So, what test should I be doing right now? If you're over the age of 30 and you have concerns, get a coronary calcium score.

[00:00:21]If your coronary calcium score is zero, you have no calcium, then you're in a good place. If you have coronary calcium, you need to go see a good cardiologist that's going to do a prevention program because it means you already have atherosclerosis.

[00:00:34]>> Atherosclerosis meaning plaque >> Hardening of the arteries.

[00:00:36]>> Okay.

[00:00:37]>> Number two, you need a good test to look for inflammation. The blood test that I order is called a Cleveland Heart Labs.

[00:00:46]In it, you get your HDL, LDL, cholesterol, but you look at particle sizes.

[00:00:52]Is my LDL small dense? Very small dense particles? Is it oxidized? Yes, I have a problem. My CRP level, other inflammatory interleukin-6, tumor necrosis factor, hemoglobin A1C, sugar level, all these are part of that panel of tests. So, you should get a good inflammatory panel, which is the Cleveland Heart Labs. So, those are the two things that everyone must do. Get a coronary calcium score, all adults, and do an inflammatory panel.

[00:01:20]Inflammation. You got to know whether you Look, you know you may not feel inflammation. It's not like you get a big pimple and it's going to hurt you.

[00:01:26]But, if you have inflammation in the body, yeah, you could know about it.

[00:01:29]How? You have mental fog. I'm not optimal, doc. My memory is going down.

[00:01:35]I'm depressed. Depression is inflammation. Depression is not something psychological, okay? Now, this I have to stress to you and I tell my patients. You come in and I'm depressed.

[00:01:43]You're depressed because that very symptom of depression is a symptom of your inflammation. You can be depressed about something. Oh, my car's not working very well. That's a difference from depression. Depression is is inflammation in the brain.

[00:01:58]So, you'll be surprised how many patients go on my anti-inflammatory diet, which is I change their diet, and fix them all up, and the depression goes away. So, ask yourself not just questions about physically how you're feeling, but mentally also. And if the answer is that doc, I'm not optimal, I'm forgetful, I'm depressed, I'm having sleep disturbances, I'm relation things my I've changed, my body's also changed.

[00:02:21]You have inflammation.