Heart Health: Stats, Facts, and How Functional Medicine Can Support A Healthy Heart Naturally

Heart Disease is, without doubt, a huge problem in America.

And it’s not slowing down.

Currently, Heart Disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women, causing 610,000 deaths every year* – about 1 in every 4 deaths..  About 735,000 people have heart attacks every year.

The issue with heart health is that you only get ONE heart.  And if it stops beating, that’s the end of the story.

It’s estimated that about 100 million Americans (1 in 3!) have high blood pressure*…one of the major “red flags” of an impending cardiac incident.  Heart health in America has deteriorated fast, and it’s getting worse – by 2035, it’s estimated that 123,175,101* will have hypertension (high blood pressure).

HEART HEALTH – PREVENTABLE, AND CONTROLLABLE

Cardiovascular Disease is very much a “lifestyle” disease – meaning, we get to control this problem with the way we live our lives.  Diet, stress, sleep, exercise, and routine “self care” all go into the equation, and influence our results for blood pressure, heart rate, and risk for heart disease.

Heart problems are driven by lifestyle, and we get to control that. Which means, if you’re concerned about heart health, there’s a great deal of direct influence you can have on your results.

FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE AND HEART HEALTH?

Functional Medicine is a lifestyle and nutraceutical approach to mainstream disease.  This is different from a pharmaceutical approach. There are many, many medications available to help treat heart disease, and the fact is that as helpful as these medications may be, the numbers tell a story of worsening results.  Heart attacks don’t occur due to a lack of Aspirin – they occur through diet and lifestyle choices.

Functional Medicine takes an approach of reviewing lifestyle and blood lab results combined with specific nutraceutical applications to produce an outcome in which the body is healing itself. Any good Functional Medicine protocol should start with comprehensive diagnostic testing to understand what values are outside the range, and relate that back to what activities are specifically causing the abnormal values. Then, modifying the activities, the goal is to modify the values, and ultimately, modify the results.

HOW TO HELP YOUR HEART NATURALLY

It starts with knowing where you stand. Find a Functional Medicine doctor in your area who has access to comprehensive blood diagnostics, and get a full panel review of your cardiovascular biomarkers. Review this with your doctor, and work together to get a plan of action that is customized for your specific blood values. This approach can help you avoid becoming a statistic, and ensure your heart is healthy for the long run.

TAKEAWAY: Heart disease is the #1 killer in America. Knowing the warning signs of heart problems, and getting regular bloodwork will help in getting ahead of problems.

Our offer to you: If you’d like to come in, see one of our doctors to discuss heart health, or how Chiropractic Care or Functional Medicine might support your body, then you can do so by claiming our $19 new patient special. Simply select the location you want to visit, give us a call, and we’ll look forward to meeting you!