Atherosclerotic arterial disease is a whole
body disease, but tends to be managed by physicians and surgeons
as a localized disease. In other words, when the heart arteries
are plugged you go to see a cardiologist and then a heart surgeon.
When the vessels to the brain are involved, you go to a neurologist
and then possibly a neurosurgeon. When the vessels to your leg
are obstructed, you go to a peripheral vascular surgeon. When
the vessels to your penis are plugged, you go to a urologist
and a marital counselor.
Veith suggested that a single specialty
devoted to noncardiac vascular disease should be developed.
He praised a Swedish team who created
such an integrated vascular service. According to Veith: “Instead
of many specialties competing for the rewards of treating noncardiac
vascular lesions, vascular disease would be managed by those
with appropriate judgment, skills, and -- most importantly --
commitment to the field. Specialists with skills derived from
many different disciplines would work together within a single
department or service without allegiance or obligations to a
large department of medicine, surgery, or radiology -- as is
currently the case in most institutions and most countries.“
Your family doctor is supposed to help you manage this pervasive
disease, but his or her time is limited and resources may be
meager at the doctor’s office. The only person in the
whole expensive medical/surgical network that can make sense
of whole-body arterial disease is the patient. The patient needs
to change disease-causing habits. It is up to you to solve this
problem by removing the causes. This book is dedicated to the
effort of intelligent well-motivated people to become well-informed
and to take charge of their own management.
Most human problems can be solved by changing
human behavior. This web-resource has been developed for the
intelligent, well-motivated reader who is capable of lifestyle
change. This is not to argue that constructive changes in diet
and lifestyle are easy to achieve. It is to argue that if you
understand the issues and pursue a healthy revision of your
food choices, exercise more, and lose weight you can enjoy a
healthier, longer life.
Two short tutorials with audio assistance
are available to guide you to a solution.
Arterial
Disease Tutorial
Hypertension
Tutorial
The Alpha
Nutrition Program can be recommended, along with Alpha DMX,
exercise and relaxation as a rational strategy of preventing
and managing cardiovascular disease. The program is designed
to reduce sodium, cholesterol, total fat, saturated fats, while
increasing calcium, potassium, folic acid, omega 3 fatty acids
and vegetable fiber. These are all desirable measures in the
effort to prevent blood vessel diseases, heart attacks and strokes.
High Blood
Pressure According to the Canadian Coalition for High Blood
Pressure Prevention and Control, non-drug strategies should
be the priority for hypertension control. Smoking cessation,
low sodium, low fat diet, weight loss, exercise, reduced alcoholic
beverage consumption, and increased calcium, magnesium and potassium
intake are the important steps to avoid high blood pressure.
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