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The video discusses the importance of understanding high blood pressure and how it can lead to serious health issues such as heart attacks, strokes, blindness, kidney failure, and atherosclerosis. The traditional approach to treating high blood pressure involves prescribing medication without looking for underlying causes. The speaker, a cardiologist, emphasizes that metabolic syndrome is a common cause of high blood pressure and suggests that addressing it through diet and lifestyle changes can reverse it. He explains that insulin resistance is a key factor in metabolic syndrome and that eating non-processed foods and intermittent fasting can help restore insulin sensitivity and lower blood pressure. The speaker emphasizes the importance of a complete workup that includes metabolic tests and suggests that high blood pressure should not be seen as the end of the road, but rather a starting point for finding and reversing underlying causes.
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The video discusses the importance of controlling high blood pressure, a condition that can lead to heart attacks, strokes, and other ailments. Treating the root cause of high blood pressure, metabolic syndrome, is key to lowering it and having a complete cardiac examination. The video also shares links to other videos and lectures that discuss how to reverse diabetes and insulin resistance through diet and intermittent fasting. The video was created by Dr. Pradip Jamnadas, founder and Chief Medical Officer of Cardiovascular Interventions in Orlando, Florida, who is recognized as a Top Doctor and noted for his passion for teaching and illuminating prevention for cardiovascular disease. A disclaimer is included stating that viewers should consult their physician before starting any medical program or treatment, and that neither Dr. Jamnadas nor Cardiovascular Interventions will be liable for any damages or losses in connection with the content on this YouTube Channel.
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Why Your Cardiac Examination is Incomplete: Uncovering Hidden Prediabetic Patients
High blood pressure is prevalent and dangerous, leading to heart attacks, strokes, and atherosclerosis. However, treating high blood pressure requires identifying its root cause, metabolic syndrome. Unfortunately, many cardiac examinations are incomplete, missing a crucial factor in patients’ overall health: prediabetes.
Dr. Pradip Jamnadas, MD, MBBS, FACC, FSCAI, FCCP, FACP, founder and Chief Medical Officer of Cardiovascular Interventions, P.A., has dedicated his career to educating patients and physicians about the connection between prediabetes and cardiovascular disease. In his video, “Why Your Cardiac Examination is Incomplete,” he covers the Kraft Test and five major causes of insulin resistance, shedding light on hidden prediabetic patients.
The Kraft Test: Uncovering Hidden Prediabetes
The Kraft Test is a glucose tolerance test that checks blood sugar levels for three hours after consuming glucose. Unlike conventional glucose tests, the Kraft Test measures insulin response, revealing whether the body can produce insulin effectively.
Dr. Jamnadas explains that many patients with high blood pressure fall under the radar without the Kraft Test, as they show no symptoms of diabetes but struggle to produce insulin. These patients are prediabetic, with an increased chance of cardiac disease and a critical need for lifestyle changes.
Five Major Causes of Insulin Resistance and Ways to Reverse Them
Aside from genetics, insulin resistance has several significant causes that can be identified and reversed to help lower blood pressure and prevent heart disease. Dr. Jamnadas discusses the causes of insulin resistance in detail in his videos “The Fat Lies” and “The Bittersweet Truth,” focusing on dietary factors and intermittent fasting.
The five major causes of insulin resistance are:
1. Obesity: Adipose tissue releases cytokines that impair insulin action.
2. Inflammation: Inflammation in the body can increase insulin resistance.
3. Sleep Apnea: Sleep apnea leads to decreased oxygen levels, increasing insulin resistance.
4. Chronic Stress: Chronic stress increases cortisol levels, which can lead to insulin resistance.
5. Unhealthy Dietary Habits: High calorie and high-fat diets, especially those high in added sugars, can lead to insulin resistance.
Ultimately, reversing insulin resistance requires lifestyle changes, including balanced, healthy eating, exercise, stress management, and quality sleep.
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Don’t Leave Your Health to Chance
High blood pressure is a dangerous condition that can lead to severe health consequences. But, with the right testing, treatment, and lifestyle changes, you can take control of your health and reduce your risk of developing heart disease.
Consult with your physician and take the Kraft Test to uncover any underlying prediabetes issues that may be missed in conventional glucose tests. Work with your doctor or a nutritionist to create a personalized, healthy eating plan, and incorporate exercise, stress management, and quality sleep into your daily routine.
Take action today to protect your heart, and don’t leave your health to chance.
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There is an epidemic of high blood pressure (hypertension) happening, and it’s the one thing you want to control because it can cause heart attacks, strokes, plaque build-up in the arteries (atherosclerosis), among other ailments. Treating high blood pressure’s root cause, metabolic syndrome, is key to lowering it and having a complete cardiac examination. So in this video, I will explain why the workup of high blood pressure in most patients is incomplete.
Videos and lectures on how to reverse diabetes and insulin resistance through diet and intermittent fasting:
How Hidden Prediabetic Patients are found with Kraft Tests and 5 Major Causes of Insulin Resistance – https://youtu.be/SxS2AayOHmo
“Fasting for Survival” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuOvn4UqznU
“The Fat Lies” – https://youtu.be/Yo-IL-LH5FQ
“The Bittersweet Truth” – https://youtu.be/6zZBiTfIp4Q
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What is a Heart Attack? – https://youtu.be/lPzT62_b4Ko
Heart Attack Treatment – https://youtu.be/N0vFV3wOGPU
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Monitoring Heart Failure with CardioMEMS – https://youtu.be/A35IsJxs6mw
Introduction to Cardiac Catheterizations – https://youtu.be/k4UyUBGnojU
What is a Loop Recorder? – https://youtu.be/mXHAuV27bs8
External Counterpulsation (ECP) for Chest Pain and Coronary Calcium – https://youtu.be/4wd-3WyvlNQ
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About Dr. Pradip Jamnadas, MD, MBBS, FACC, FSCAI, FCCP, FACP
The founder and Chief Medical Officer of Cardiovascular Interventions, P.A. in Orlando Florida where, since 1990, he has been repeatedly recognized in local publications as a Top Doctor performing thousands of interventional procedures in hospital and out patient settings. As a consultant cardiologist with a large diversified inpatient and outpatient practice he is noted for his passions for teaching and illuminating prevention for cardiovascular disease . He is also a clinical assistant professor of medicine at The Florida State University and University of Central Florida.
Disclaimer: The information provided is for general knowledge and is not a substitute for individual medical advice. All viewers should consult their physician before starting any medical program or treatment. Any action you take upon the information that you find within this content is strictly at your own risk. Neither Dr. Pradip Jamnadas nor Cardiovascular Interventions will be liable for any damages or losses in connection with the content on this YouTube Channel.
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