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The Heart Scan Blog is a no nonsense place to read about the newest developments in coronary heart disease detection, prevention, and reversal--Yes, reversal.

We have an impressive track record of reversal of disease. Experience is detailed here.

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  • Apr 19, 11 11:37AM
    Niacin, or vitamin B3, remains a confusing issue for many people. It shouldn't be. It doesn't help that most physicians and many pharmacists also do not understand the basic issues surrounding niaci n...
  • Apr 11, 11 11:14AM
    Among the most neglected yet enormously helpful values on any standard cholesterol panel is the triglyceride value. Triglycerides traverse the bloodstream by hitching a ride on water (serum)-soluble lipoproteins...
  • Apr 09, 11 09:51AM
    In 1985, the National Cholesterol Education Panel delivered its Adult Treatment Panel guidelines to Americans, advice to cut cholesterol intake, reduce saturated fat, and increase "healthy whole grain s...
  • Apr 07, 11 07:36AM
    Wheat, via exorphin effects, is an appetite stimulant. Eat a whole wheat bagel or bran muffin, you want another. You also want more of other foods. You also want something to eat every two hours due t o...
  • Apr 07, 11 05:43AM
    I spend a lot of my day bashing statin drugs and helping people get rid of them. But are there instances in which statin drugs do indeed provide real advantage? If someone follows the diet I've arti culated...
  • Apr 04, 11 05:00AM
    The New Track Your Plaque Guide is now available! The Track Your Plaque program has evolved over its 8 year history. While the original Track Your Plaque book reflected the program details that got t he...
  • Apr 03, 11 09:24AM
    While there is more to wheat's adverse effects on human health than celiac disease, studying celiac disease provides important insights into why and how wheat--the gluten component of wheat, in this c ase...
  • Mar 30, 11 05:31AM
    Among the most common effects of wheat are those on the brain. Consume wheat and susceptible individuals will experience a subtle euphoria. Others experience mental cloudiness or sleepiness. (This i s...
  • Mar 26, 11 12:11PM
    Dr. Eric Westman has been a vocal proponent of carbohydrate restriction to gain control over diabetes, as have Drs. Richard Bernstein, Mary Vernon, Richard Feinman, and Jeff Volek. Several studies o ver...
  • Mar 24, 11 07:20PM
    There are a number of ways to gauge your dietary carbohydrate exposure and its physiologic consequences. One of my favorite ways is to do fingerstick blood sugars for a one-hour postprandial glucose I...
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