Dethroning Heart Attacks and Strokes

00: 00 The 4 Areas of Testing
02:50 Collaboration is Crucial to Healing
04:12 The Clarity Blueprint

There are 4 areas of testing in particular that unite us in the dental office and in the non dental medical office. It starts with blood work. If we focus on Myeloperoxidase and plaque, these are 2 markers very specific for inflammation in the wall of the artery. If those are inflamed, we have to talk to each other from the dental office to the non dental office in order to resolve this inflammation.

hs-CRP is a global marker of inflammation. It may or may not indicate that the inflammation is occurring in the oral cavity. It could be due to a whole host of things, but hs-CRP is being measured more in the conventional practices and is being recognized. We ought to start looking at inflammation as it plays a role in cardiovascular disease and in heart attack and stroke.

Microalbumin/Creatinine ratio is a urinary test that can help us determine if there's vascular disease in the renal arteries. When we look at arterial wall health, this is just one way to do it. Is there inflammation and infection festering on the wall of the artery in the form of plaque? We can find that by using ultrasound of the carotid arteries: CIMT. We want to know if that intima-media looks healthy, or if it's starting to show evidence that there's plaque formation.

Thirdly: the sleep test. Most of the things that we see, whether it's, upper airway resistance, or it's a sleep disordered breathing of any kind or even classic sleep apnea requires the dental team and the non dental team to work together to get the right diagnosis or diagnoses and then treat that appropriately.

And then lastly, our saliva test, where we identify these five dangerous bacteria that have, undoubtedly, numerous studies tell us clearly that these are not just contributory, but causal of heart attacks and strokes and other vascular diseases.

There's no way that I can resolve these in the medical office alone. It takes this collaborative effort.

These are four objective ways to look at a patient. Together we're creating healthier patients and healthier practices. We want to talk about working together to keep people out of the cath lab, to keep them out of the emergency room, to keep them healthy and create health for them rather than setting them up for this future that no one wants requires integrating medicine and dentistry.

And so we've created the Clarity Blueprint to take not only ourselves and our practices from a healthcare standpoint, from confusion to to collaboration, but to take our patients through this same process. The way that Lora and I came up with this is the fact that we kept seeing patient after patient that was confused about either why they had the heart attack or confused about whether or not they were protected from having their first heart attack or stroke.

For example, an individual, let's say in their 40s, and they start to think about, "could I have a heart attack lurking in my future? The way my father started down this path at age 50 or 55?” People, before they've ever had a problem, begin to think about these things and they either think they've had a thorough evaluation or that they're standing on good data, that they are protected or they're confused because they just say, "Well, if it happened to my father, it's going to happen to me."

They think there's nothing that can be done and nothing's further than, for them, from the truth. There's health care confusion because we're still relying on old data, on old measures. We're not using very precise ways to determine, "Is this individual looking at us today in the operatory, in the dental office, or in the clinical exam room, in the medical office... what's going on inside of them at the cellular level? Are they headed towards a heart attack or are they protected?"

And we can know that today with these measures. And then we have to collaborate on the topic, so we have to get clarity around that, which is understanding what's been missing. And then we start to work together to get some competence after your first 5, 10, 20 cases.

And then fifthly, then we bring all of that to the collaboration and there's where the power team occurs, is when there's a dental team and a non-dental team working together with this confident approach and collaborating together.

That's how we're going to take heart attack and stroke off the number one killer spot and help people have the longevity, the health span for their many, many years to come that they want.

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3 More Reasons to Attend the Skip Your Next Heart Attack

Hello, I'm Dr. Gina Pritchard. What if everything you have been taught or thought to be true about health, wealth, and happiness is wrong?

Here are three reasons not to miss out on our Skip Your Next Heart Attack challenge on March 11 to 15:
1) All our goals and joys hinge on our bodies, our vibrant and healthy bodies.
Being vibrant means being full of energy: lively, vigorous, resonating, or resounding.
2) It takes health to generate and sustain wealth. Our well-being plays a vital role in achieving the prosperity we want.
3) The bliss of fully and peacefully living a life we love, shared with those we love and with God.

The good news is that it is not too late to turn things around for your heart and your well-being. Creating the life you deserve begins with a healthy heart. You deserve to know how to address the factors of heart health in order to live the future you desire.

I want everyone to know we can skip the next heart attack and skip through a beautiful life that we create simply because it is what we want. I want you to have the life you want.

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Skip Your Next Heart Attack 5-Day Challenge

If you want to know why you had the heart attack and nobody has been able to tell you, then the Skip Your Next Heart Attack Challenge is for you.
If you've been wondering why have you had to go back for your second or your third, maybe even your fourth heart stent, your coronary stent, any of you who's ever had a stent, have a loved one that's had a coronary stent procedure, knows what I'm talking about. Almost everyone goes back for a second procedure. Oftentimes, it's just a continual way of life throughout the rest of their life. They miss work. They lose their job. Perhaps their business suffers. Their family suffers. Their health suffers. If that's you, you do not want to miss the Skip Your Next Heart Attack Challenge.

00:50 The Importance of Early Evaluation for Heart Attack Risk
But maybe you just wonder if you're going to go down the path, you're wondering if you're going to go down the path that you saw your mother or your father or your grandparents or your aunts or uncles go down.
Maybe you're trying to live a healthy life or not, but you're getting to the age of 40. Or 45 or 50. I say everyone deserves to have a complete evaluation for heart attack risk, for stroke risk, for diabetes risk, at least by age 40, 45 at the latest, if you haven't had it, because we hear all the time, Lora, don't we?
People say, I had no idea all of that was going on inside my body. I'm so glad I know. We hear that a lot. I love when people say that because I love knowing what all you can know about what's going on inside your body, not just because you can check that off that it's good to know, but because you can do something about it.

01:44 The Role of Complete Evaluation in Preventing Heart Attacks
Lora and I would not be talking about this topic if we didn't have hope and answers, real answers. We're not kidding when we say, even if we give the advice that the American Heart Association gives and has on the website and have numerous studies to back it up, 80% of heart attacks and strokes can be prevented, at least 80%.
We see a much higher number in our practice because we take it to another level, even beyond that. It's not hard. It's easy things that you can implement. A lot of times, it's just that you haven't had a complete evaluation. You don't really know what all is contributing to a potential 1st heart attack or 1st stroke or potential diabetes and other problems or if you've had a problem, you don't know that something is still going on inside your body that hasn't been addressed.
So, as you know, Lora, I say, we both have said for a long time that, oftentimes, an evaluation or a workup for a patient is not inaccurate. It is just incomplete, and oftentimes, it's grossly incomplete. There are several things that are missing that are key contributors to a person's risk of heart attack and stroke and diabetes and dementia. It's just not evaluated routinely. But that's what we do every day in our practice.
And so, we want to bring this information and the implementation of it to more people. What can you ask your doctor for? What can you talk to your nurse practitioner about? What can you talk to your dental hygienist and your dentist about to get the answers you need, to get the tests you need.

03:22 The Power of Lifestyle Changes in Heart Attack Prevention
And yes, there'll be plenty on strategies that you can implement today in terms of diet and exercise and daily routines. And, you know, how we're going to talk. If you've heard us talk at all, we're going to talk a lot about bliss and joy and happiness and laughing because there's a lot of science and definitely clinical experience that we know, without a doubt, addressing those relationships, addressing the joy of life, addressing the spiritual aspect of life is associated with length of life, that's for sure, and reduction of heart attack risk.

04:20 The Impact of One Change on Your Health
You may only change one thing but we see in our practice every day that one decision moves you closer to the health you desire, to the future you desire, to the health in the future that you desire. One change can make all the difference.

054 The Importance of Preventing the First Heart Attack
Well, what most people don't know, I think that's so important about Skip Your Next Heart Attack is that once you have a heart attack, statistically, you're going to have another one. And so, whether I say you want to Skip Your Next Heart Attack, for me, I want to skip the first heart attack, because we don't really understand that statistic.

05:40 The Five Secrets to Cardiac Care
So, what are these five little secrets? That's really what we're going to go over in the challenge is things that really get overlooked or aren't discussed.

060 Join the 5-Day Challenge to Skip Your Next Heart Attack
So, I ask everyone to join us in this 5-Day Challenge.

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3 Reasons To Attend The Skip Your Next Heart Attack Challenge

00: 00 Dr. Gina Pritchard
Hello! I'm Dr Gina Pritchard, and here are the top three reasons you don't wanna miss the upcoming Skip Your Next Heart Attack Challenge.

00:10 Top Reasons to Join the Challenge
Number one. Find out if you have had all of the very best, latest, and most detailed testing and what the results mean for you.
Number two. Learn what you can do to reduce your risk of heart attack and stroke by up to 80% according to the American Heart Association.
Number three. Understand if your mouth is putting your heart at risk for a heart attack.

00:34 Taking Control of Your Heart Health
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5 More Tips to Prevent Heart Attack | Dr. Gina Pritchard

Heart attacks are optional. You can take control of your heart health. I'm Dr Gina Pritchard, founder and director of The Prevent Clinic, specializing in cardiovascular disease prevention and treatment. Here are tips that can help lead you to a heart healthy life.

00:19 Intermittent Fasting and Heart Health
Number one. Intermittent fasting reduces inflammation. When you give your body a break from constant eating, it triggers a process called autophagy where your cells clean up and get rid of old damaged stuff. This cleanup crew helps reduce inflammation.

00:37 The Keto Diet for a Healthy Heart
Number two. Try Keto for heart health. Embrace good fats, kick carbs to the curb and treat your heart to a wellness journey.

00:48 The Importance of Sleep for Heart Health
Number three. Sleep. Six to eight hours of restful, restorative sleep on a regular basis is vital for heart health and has numerous other health benefits.

00:59 Laughter: The Best Medicine for Your Heart
Number four. The more you laugh, the less likely you are to die from a heart attack. Embrace the power of laughter. Keep your heart smiling and laugh your way to cardiovascular health.

01:13 The Role of Intimacy in Heart Health
Number five. Sexual activity can add years to your life. Regular intimacy has been linked to lower blood pressure and a reduced risk of heart disease. That's right. Sex can increase your long-term survival and your quality of life.

01:30 Taking Control of Your Heart Health
You have the power to take full control of your heart health, and possibly even reverse heart disease.

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Final meal of the day yesterday. Part of a ribeye with some mushrooms in butter.

So I wanted to follow through with the suggestion I made about keeping a diary of your journey to better health. So this is day 2960 in my journey of intermittent fasting and keto which is kind of crazy now that I think about it. So for me it becomes just another day but to think back when I used to eat the American standard diet or sad which says it all really, it makes me appreciate how much better I feel on a daily basis.

I ended up fasting a bit longer than I normally do because of a busy workday this Saturday and I didn’t eat until 3 PM. This ended up being about a 19 hour fast for me which is perfectly fine. I didn’t get all lightheaded or Hangry like I used to and I was able to function at a rather high level even though I didn’t get as much sleep as I normally do. The fact that I am fat adapted and don’t depend on carbohydrates to make it through the day makes all the difference in the world. When I first started I looked like Santa Claus and I looked at myself in the mirror one day and said it’s not gonna happen anymore I need to change something drastically. Luckily at the time one of my friends was doing in a minute and fasting and I tried it in the first day it was miraculous. I hadn’t had that much energy in a while and I had trouble getting to sleep. What transpired over the next 90 days was nothing short of miraculous.

For the first couple of weeks I only did intermittent fasting and having done Atkins before and losing about 20 pounds I decided to incorporate keto into it as well which at the time was not known and it really wasn’t as widely popular as it has become now.

I proceeded to lose 36 pounds of fat and had more energy than I’ve had in years. And at the time I was only doing intermittent fasting and keto six days a week and on Sundays I would eat whatever I wanted to. This included a whole chocolate cake with about a half a gallon of vanilla bean ice cream on one occasion. And on another occasion I decided to have three extra large vanilla custard milkshakes. And even while I was doing this I still lost the fat and gained a ton of muscle mass.

My biggest reason at the time was that I wanted to make more money and it actually worked out quite well! Once you clean up your body from excess carbohydrates your mind goes into what I call six gear and there’s a whole lot of physical reasons for this including better hormonal balance better endocrine function and a whole lot of other things that go into it when you’re not depending on carbohydrates for your energy. When you get into ketosis your mitochondria only have to work half as hard for instance to create the energy you need to survive. This allows your body to repair itself from damage and the fact that you’re doing intermittent fasting gives you A chance to heal and repair.

So to break my fast today I had about five eggs and four pieces of sausage for starters and then I proceeded to have a half a pound of ground beef. And then a few hours later I proceeded to have two bites of a brownie and two small pieces of chocolate because I could lol. Then I had about 1/3 of a pound of mozzarella cheese with no RBST in it which is important and about a quarter pound of salami without any added ingredients.

My total carb intake was less than 30 g which will still allow me to stay in ketosis. Now I normally don’t indulge myself but I will upon occasions during the weekend. Which is fine this is a way of life for me not a sentence that allows me not to Eat things that I enjoy. I just don’t eat the whole candy bar or eat the whole baking sheet of brownies. The reason why is the longer you do this the more you realize how much of an impact it has on you until you get to the point where your body is cleaned out and running normally you never realize how much it impacts you such as getting sleepy feeling lethargic getting all puffy and achy.

So in the future I will be posting some of the articles that I’ve written over the past seven or eight years in my journey that I hope will help you.

I look forward to reading your daily journals of your ventures into getting healthy and living a wonderful life.

Enjoying the beautiful view from the back porch tonight! Have a BLISSFUL Saturday evening everyone! ❤️

Enjoying the beautiful view from the back porch tonight! Have a BLISSFUL Saturday evening everyone! ❤️