Is a Heart Attack in Your Future?

We didn’t invent the practice of medicine…. we’re just changing the way it’s provided.

Enrique Saguil, M.D.

Grounding

Nutrition

Movement

DrRicWe didn’t invent the practice of medicine…. we’re just changing the way it’s provided.

First Health Associates

2010 S. Arlington Heights RdLL Suites

Arlington Heights, IL

The First Health Approach

We didn’t invent the practice of medicine…. we’re just changing the way it’s provided.

Your Community of Care

Ric Saguil, MDJason Gruss, MDTom Jordan, RD

Katrina Christie, LCPCJennifer Green, NDJoe Musolino, DC

Emery Paredes, PTAimee Weber, EPLori Szczupaj, MAYu Zhu, MD China

You

We didn’t invent the practice of medicine…. we’re just changing the way it’s provided.

Avoid Early Death!

Do we really need to worry about MI?

• 935,000 in 2013 will have a heart attack• 610,000 will have their first heart attack• 320,000 have occurred in prior heart attack

• 385,000 will die from Coronary Artery Disease• 108.9 Billion Dollars annually for CAD

In this room who is at risk?

• Heart disease in family (doesn’t matter if they were foolish)• Smoker• High Cholesterol• High Blood Pressure• High BMI• Hi Sugar (Diabetes out-or-in control)• Hi Stress/Low Ground• Hi Couch

Doc said your safe for this year?

Pree’s Disease

• Pre Hypertension• Pre Diabetes• Pre Lipidemia• Pre Death Living

Stay away from the South!

Concentrated Events

US Southern Body Weight Statistics Evolving:

BMI Matters! See DrRic Tutorial BMI youtube

What will would I feel?

• Indigestion that doesn’t go away with OTC• Dizziness/shortness of breath/weakness• Left shoulder ache/jaw pain/neck pain• Difficulty with tolerating usual activity

How do we find risks

• High Blood Pressure• High LDL• High Sugar• High BMI• High Sedentary Life• High Processed Food/Animal Products• High Alcohol/Tobacco Use

History Taking!

Blood Tests

• Fasting Lipid Profile• Fractionated Lipid Profile• Cardiac CRP• Homocysteine Level• Ultrafast CT Scan of the Heart• Stress Test • Cardiac Catheter

Echo or Thallium

Goin to the “fancy store”

Putting a halt to further damage

• Prescription medicines if impending doom• Lifestyle changes (Ornish, McDougal,

Mediterranean, Japanese….)• Herbals to help reverse fast, while developing

sustainable diet• Relax• Move • Chelation? Detox?

Reversing disease within hours

• Heart Catheter to find narrowing• Angioplasty to crack open the plaque• Stent to maintain opening

• Bypass to jump over stenosis

Coronary Artery Stenting

• If stable chest pain

• Relieves pain (reduces symptoms)• Doesn’t prevent heart attack• Doesn’t help live longer• Risky procedure for progression to bypass

Prescription Medicine

• Lower Cholesterol• Lower Blood Pressure• Lower Sugar• Lower Blood Thickness

Life saving effect?

• No statin will make you healthy• Unless the pill cooks a mostly plant based diet,

acts as an exercise coach, teaches you to meditate.

T Colin Campbell

• Philippine indigent with whole plant based protein

• Affluent families in the P.I. higher chance of childhood liver cancer (high animal protein)

Caldwell Esselstyn, MD

• 5 years 18 patients• 4 with regression of disease (CAD)• Whole food plant based diet• Removed dairy after reading Campbells work• 14 patients still alive

Dean Ornish, MD

• Stress management• Fitness • Nutrition • Love and Support

or

Sustainability

• Seattle Sutton/Jenny Craig/Weight Watchers• South Beach/Atkins/Pritikin• Gluten Free/Dairy Free/Wheat Free• Raw/Vegan/Vegetarean/Lactoovepescoveg

• Invest in a Registered Dietician/Nutritional Coach/Diabetic Educator

Outside help worth their weight in Gold!

Reason for Failure-Survival Instinct

• Least effort• Least pain• Most pleasure

Pleasure trap

• Hijacked pleasure circuits

• Drugs• High processed foods• Mechanisms of satiation fooled• Stretch receptors (volume)• Density receptors (richness) -Doug Lisle PhD

DrRic Practical Advise

• Wedge in Whole Foods Plant Based Food• Supplement for what’s missing/hurting• Move (steps, hike, run, bike, gym, enlist)• Meditate (Chopra Center, Umass MBSR,

Benson Henry Inst, Miraval…..)

• Pinnacle and Reassess

Now go take a Hike!

QUESTIONS?

COMMENTS?CONCERNS?

Detoxing DilemmaMarch 9th Saturday

3-4pm

2010 South Arlington Heights RoadArlington Heights, IL

Phone: 847-593-3330www.FirstHealthAssociates.com