It is the size of a clenched fist, beats approximately 72 times a minute and is one of the most important organ’s in your body it’s the human heart. But with incredible endurance and life-sustaining responsibilities comes the likelihood for breakdowns, ranging in severity from transient to chronic and slow developing to sudden or even deadly.
And while heart disease is a widely known illness — and the leading cause of death in the United States — there are actually several different “types of heart disease” that fall under the classification of heart disease. To read more about these factors, click here.
Dr. Bastomski extra comments:
In addition to the fine recommendations mentioned in the above article, I would suggest to anyone who is seriously on the path of properly dealing with their current or potential heart disease issue to get a thorough laboratory workup to include a number of tests that frequently are not ordered on a routine basis. This would include C reactive protein, homocysteine, fibrinogen, Hemoglobin A1c (your long term blood sugar number) and more information on the type of cholesterol present besides the HDL and LDL numbers. In addition one needs to have a thorough thyroid profile done including free and total T3, and T4, TSH and reverse T3 levels. Many people have undiagnosed low thyroid condition going on and it contributes to heart disease. So does low testosterone in males, but rather than just taking testosterone if yours is low, ask the question WHY is it low and fix those issues.
You start with a detailed lab as noted above and then proceed with your chosen program of treatment which should include diet modification, exercise, detoxification and nutritional supplements. Then four months later repeat the lab and see how you are responding. If you are doing the correct things you should see a definite improvement on the lab.
As always, we can order these lab tests and they are available to our patients at our wholesale prices. A good overall lab test will cost approximately $200.
Please contact our office at (805) 569-5000 to discuss heart health and what actions you can take to avoid heart disease.
