Heart Disease root causes - and the tests that can save your life !

Vince · Jun 13, 2016

Published on May 12, 2016
My talk recorded at the May 11th Dublin Cardiovascular event, prior to the free screening of The Widowmaker Movie. Event organised by Alan Crean of DCU, sponsored by David Bobbett and the www.IHDA.ie team - and a great night it was too! We had around 200 people in this superb lecture theatre - not bad for an event starting at 6pm on a Wednesday evening

The punters got a lot of value out of the 4-hour session I think. Further material to be released includes introductions, a short talk by cardiologist Ross Murphy - and excerpts from the two-hour Q&A session 8pm-10pm. The latter became quite heated at times - which is the way I like it...! The lineup and details in this link: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/dcu-widow...
(Professor of Cardiology Sherif Sultan got called to an emergency case and sadly we missed his presence - but we'll get him next time!)

https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/dcu-widow...

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Vince · Jun 13, 2016

DietDoctor recently interviewed Ivor, and has the full length (13 minute) video up at:
The Engineer Who Knows More Than Your Doctor – Full Interview
It includes some personal backstory, a synopsis of Widowmaker, near term plan, and opinion on how we got into the present mess.

Vince · Jun 13, 2016

Diabetes can be responsible for explosive plaque growth. Type 1 and type 2 diabetics are prone to heart attacks, strokes and kidney disease.High insulin levels lead to coronary heart disease. Blood insulin levels remain high as a person progresses from hypoglycemia to type 2 diabetes. Insulin declines in the later phases of type 2 diabetes, as pancreatic beta cells that produce insulin die.

Insulin is a strong anabolic hormone which pushes blood glucose into the artery walls to begin the process of atherosclerosis. Insulin stimulates the growth of smooth muscle cells and causes arteriosclerosis and hypertension. It also stimulates the formation of fibrous tissue assisting in the formation of plaque in the arteries. Insulin stimulates an increase in fibrinogen that thickens the blood and forms blood clots.

Insulin resistance peaks and insulin levels can rise rapidly but medical practitioners rarely measure their non-diabetic patients' insulin levels.High blood sugar is inevitably accompanied by high blood insulin. Repetitive surges in insulin lead to insulin resistance, i.e., muscles, liver, and fat cells unresponsive to insulin. This forces a pancreas to produce even more insulin, which causes even more insulin resistance.The only way to prevent diseases caused by insulin spikes and plunges is to eat a low carbohydrate, no wheat ,reduced- grain diet.

Dr. Kraft's test for the earliest diagnosis of diabetes is shown in the video at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0nV-_ddXoc