Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease - Be Heart Attack Proof - Evidence Based Cure?

[@time4sanity]

This is so important, and so many industries depend on our being in the dark! I am SO BEYOND GRATEFUL for every physician who breaks out of the "system" and gets him/herself informed about the facts! Having been medicated for many years with high blood pressure, and dealt with high cholesterol & pre-diabetes, a chance viewing of Forks Over Knives rocked me enough that I made the changes they prescribed...and inside 90 days had MUCH better blood pressure without meds than I ever had with them, dropped my cholesterol from 268 to 132, and got totally off the diabetes spectrum! These plants WORK! And best part, unlike all those medication ads that say "results not typical," moving to a whole food plant based way of eating gives results that ARE typical!!!! And I've met hundreds of people over the past several years who had experienced exactly the same thing! GO DOC! You're onto something here!!!!!

[@DrStevenLome]

Judi Bryan Thank you Judi! Inspiring story and you are right...results ARE typical!!!

[@classiccontessa72]

Yes the choice is meds and illness or whole food plant based lifestyle.

[@fineanna13]

My husband's cholesterol was 230 last year , before we switched to whole food plant based way of eating. He was always very active physical and wasn't a big meat eater, but he loved his cheese. He had SVT , HTN ,migraines , chronic back pain , could run as he used to any more . After only 4 month of about 80% wfpb his cholesterol dropped to 180, headaches gone. After a year not a single SVT episode, cholesterol 143, BP 110/60, HR-55 , no more pack pain and he can now play soccer much longer and without any shortness of breath . As a bonus he also lost 35lb,but just to make it clear, even 20 year ago when he was in the same weight as now he had all those heart issues and always had high cholesterol since his 20th, so all those changes aren't due to weight loss (for those who will argue that losing weight alone will do it) WFPB is the only way to go for longer healthier life. Incorporating intermitting fasting sometimes can also promote healing. Thank you Dr.Lome for you video!

[@Mrm1985100]

Finally a real cardiologist who knows what he talking about. I've had enough of all the clowns and quacks on youtube promoting dangerous nonsense.

[@DrStevenLome]

M 85 Thank you for your kind words. Yes we need to remain evidence based. There is too much misinformation out there. Hope you enjoy the videos!

[@Maharlikangdukalpa]

Yeah ur right they are scaring people..thank u doc for encouraging or teach to switch plant base diet

[@books_and_music9199]

Eye opening! Life changing! Bravo! Thank you!

[@Mrm1985100]

My LDL was 51 after one year of going vegan. Total cholesterol 115.

[@DrStevenLome]

M 85 Great numbers!!! It really works!!!

[@Companionanimalstx]

Are you on Statins also??

[@Mrm1985100]

@@Companionanimalstx No. Never taken a statin in my life.

[@sharonspoetrycorner.1427]

Loving your channel! Subscribed....😊

[@RJT11]

This video and ALL of your other videos are OUTSTANDING! Thank you for having the courage to move out of the group think mentality of the medical profession.

[@tclequang1487]

Awesome video Dr. Lome. Very glad to have you as my Cardiologist.

[@sudarshanmusic7689]

Thnks for your valuable information 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@DrDesHarrington]

Brilliant video, love your approach! This took a lot of work!

[@DrStevenLome]

Dr. Des Harrington Thanks! I did put quite some time into it! After practicing cardiology for almost 10 years I quickly realized I could save more lives by focusing on prevention and then by pushing pills and procedures. This platform I feel is the best way to reach a larger audience to open more peoples eyes to the power of lifestyle medicine! Thank you for your comment!

[@DrDesHarrington]

@@DrStevenLome Great stuff, now if only we could convince convince every other cardiologist! Keep up the good work! :D

[@fadecouples]

Fantastic job, Dr. Lome! Everyone should be aware of this info.

[@AzerPaul]

You really pack in the facts. Thanks again for your work.

[@kelvinlow9594]

THANK YOU DR STEVEN. I HAD ALREADY STARTED PLANT DIET A WEEK AGO. I CAN FEEL THE EFFECTS. CLEARER SKIN AND MORE ENERGY. I HOPE TO REDUCE MY LDL AND TRIGLCERIDES WHICH IS TOO HIGH

[@deadenders16]

Thanks for the aside about not approving of animal studies!

[@DrStevenLome]

deadenders16 Of course! That is the vegan side of me coming through! 😉

[@reachtrita]

I appreciated that part of this video, too, aside from all the valuable information! Thank you, Dr Lome!

[@FuzzyWuzzy01]

Great overview! I'm bookmarking this to share. Thank you!

[@DrStevenLome]

Sara Shannon Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@thedogsmaid]

Just came across your channel from a posting on Facebook and have subscribed. I am distraught over my blood test results. Two years ago I dropped my total cholesterol from 229 to 180 along with the triglycerides and LDL. I was excited to get my results last week with a goal of 150. Well it's now 202 with high triglyceride and LDL's! What the heck?!! How is this even possible? I just can't get my head around these results. I'm not a junk food vegan, but I do enjoy desserts on the weekend. I would love a video about this situation.

[@DrStevenLome]

thedogs maid Will do! There is a lot of “individual variability” regarding blood cholesterol. I will do a video but in the meanwhile check this: www.heartstrong.com/1-31-high-cholesterol-heart-disease/

[@Eno1-s5p]

Coconut oil, coconut milk and palm oil raise cholesterol due to their high levels of saturated fat

[@DrStevenLome]

James Shakour Yes they do! Very high in saturated fat!

[@Eno1-s5p]

@@DrStevenLome What do you think about not dropping your cholesterol too low because of the increased risk of hemorrhagic stroke? Dr Fuhrman said it is the salt, but the latest study controlled for hypertension. I keep my total cholesterol around 150 to protect against both the ischemic and hemorrhagic forms of a stroke. www.nytimes.com/2019/04/10/well/live/very-low-cholesterol-may-increase-stroke-risk.html www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3299064/

[@DrStevenLome]

James Shakour The overall balance of evidence does not suggest there is any harm with cholesterol being too low in healthy individuals or heart disease patients which is the consensus of the ACC/AHA. The study you cited is not robust enough to make firm conclusions for many reasons. The LDL was 114 in intracranial hemorrhage patients which is still significantly higher that we would prefer which is < 70. The #1 risk factor for ICH is hypertension. Especially if your blood pressure is normal there is no concern about ICH with low LDL. The study was case controlled which is not ideal for many reasons. Certainly hypothesis raising but nowhere near conclusive. Your body will make the right amount of cholesterol for you...keep it as low as you can via diet to prevent cardiovascular disease.

[@dvdmon]

This is great stuff, is it possible to post links to the studies you referenced, especially the primary prevention ones that specify mortality risk percentage for those with heart disease and those without? I'd never seen some of those before and would love a reference. I have CVD and have been on the Esselstyn program for almost two years, and am very interested in nutrition and mechanisms for disease. I did have a couple of other questions, but I'll post them as separate comments.

[@Companionanimalstx]

Excellent video & information. I bought dr. Esselstyn's book & started a Wfpb way of eating 4 months ago, after finding out I have blockage. I'm Feeling better & have lost a good amount of weight.

[@DrStevenLome]

Companion Animal Outreach - Sarah Manns Great job!!! So many wonderful success stories! Stay tuned as I will be publishing another video on heart disease reversal soon!

[@JKSalonga]

Just subbed. From the philippines

[@CarolinaSilva-on5yf]

Thank you so much, you explain this so well. I am a nurse practitioner and currently my focus is in diabetes management and chronic disease management as well and one of my biggest struggle is learning how to explain the plant-based diet to patients because some patients get offended some patients get upset with me because they feel like they're never going to eat meat again and which they do and they think I'm crazy and I'm like bringing these like making up these theories and so it's really difficult I've been really hard these past three weeks at work trying to increase Awareness on the benefits of the plant-based Whole Foods diet

[@ObserverOfThisWorld]

Doctor can we add dried grated coconut while cooking vegetables and beans ? Will adding clogs my arteries ? Or is this ok to have as this is not oil which was bleached & devoided of fiber, protein ?

[@sherjack7283]

This is LIFESAVING information ❤

[@ThatGuy-dj3qr]

Excellent video Steven. You hit all the notes and provide the essential studies to back up your presentation.

[@DrStevenLome]

Thank you! Trying to spread the word! I show this video to my patients regularly while they are waiting...has been quite effective! Glad you liked it.

[@fnyfrm]

Thank you !, can you explain how changing to a plant-based way of eating impacts the “old “ plaques that have developed over time... does it just clear the vessel on newly formed plaques??? TKIA.. and I thank you for all you do !

[@DrStevenLome]

Ginette Gundlach Yes!!! That will be mentioned in my next video! If your questions/concerns aren’t answered let me know!

[@MindFit-fd2zp]

This video provides compelling evidence why eating whole plant-based food affords wide-ranging heart healthy rewards. Dr. Lome states why body inflammation, triggered by a Standard American Diet (SAD), paves the way to heart disease and the leading cause of death in America for 100 years. What equally powerful is his passion for lifestyle medicine to help others take control of their health by changing what they put in their mouths every day! Thank you, Dr. Lome!

[@DrStevenLome]

MindFit2020 Thank you for your kind words! If we all speak up and spread the word hopefully we can overcome culture and industry to change to world/healthcare system for the better via plants!!!

[@jonlen100]

Aortic stenosis can it be helped by diet?

[@ColinFirthFan777]

Thank you very much.

[@macjackson5521]

How to reverse bradycardia

[@tecemarkel1831]

great video. (PS. Scarring, not scaring)

[@davidhenderson5051]

You rock!

[@o.b.v.i.u.s]

i've had two rabbits; they both hated carrots... wouldn't touch em... loved apples, though, and lotsa greens... but no carrots...

[@WaveFunctionCollapsed]

atherosclerosis is made up of cholesterol fat fibrin and calcium so what if i stopped the intake of fat fibrin and calcium and cholesterol

[@gesund_mit_chris_IG]

Hello Dr. Lome, would you mind if I translated parts of your video to German and used them in a video (of course giving full credit)? There are so many myths being spread here in Germany and I find your illustrations and explanations are very valuable (more so than I can create them at this point in time)! Thank you! Chris

[@DrStevenLome]

Healing with Chris Thank you! I appreciate your kind words. Yes please spread the word and use whichever figures you need. I would appreciate you sharing my video for those who would like to hear this info in English. Keep spreading the lifestyle medicine message!

[@gesund_mit_chris_IG]

@@DrStevenLome Fantastic, much appreciated! Thank you Dr. Steven, have a good day!

[@gesund_mit_chris_IG]

@@DrStevenLome I see you probably don't understand the language, yet I still wanted to share the video link with you: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5TagnuPeLGMias I believe it will benefit many people! Thanks again Dr. Lome. Chris

[@dvdmon]

So I'm personally convinced that eating meat is bad for us, but I often hear the complaint that plant-based folks are wrongly obsessed with dietary cholesterol and that because most cholesterol is produced in the liver, that we shouldn't care about the stuff in the diet. So my question is, understanding that we don't NEED it, if there were some plant food that had it, would it really matter? Or is it simply the fact that it almost always comes with other bad stuff like saturated fat choline/carnitine, arachidonic acid, etc. that makes it mad by association? Have they shown that the plaque in arteries is actually directly coming from the food? I understand that lipid metabolism is very different from protein metabolism, and that while protein is broken down to the amino acid level and then our body reconstructs our own protein with it, we tend to use lipids directly in fat tissue rather than having to break it down first. Is it well understood how dietary cholesterol is used in this way?

[@dvdmon]

Another question is around this setting of the upper level of trans fats, saturated fats, and cholesterol by the IOM. Apparently anything above 0%, but plant foods do have some saturated fat in them, not just oils. According to Cronometer, about 1.3% of the calories of chickpeas come from saturated fat, for adamame it's 4.6% and for oatmeal it's 2.6%. So I guess what I'm wondering when they say 0%, are they talking about 0% from ADDED fats, or just fat that's part of every food, animal or plant? And is 0% really 0%, because obviously that would be impossible given the natural saturated fat in everything if even in very small amounts. Maybe this is nitpicking, but I believe in explaining things both to others and to myself in as detailed a way as possible, so when I come across something that isn't very clear given the facts, I don't want to assume I know what the recommendation is without actually asking more pointed questions. Thanks!

[@LisaLightning]

I like it, very concise, easy to understand. So the PBMM sounds interesting, you don’t actually say what it stands for. Are you also a member of PCRM? Physicians committee for responsible medicine? I hope so.

[@DrStevenLome]

PBNM is Plant Based Nutrition Movement, see the video description for links. Yes!!! I have been a member of PCRM for a while and have had dinner with Dr Barnard many times...great guy!