Episode 117
117: Live From The Seattle Study Club Symposium 2018 in La Quinta, CA - Dr. Jeffrey Boone
I am live at the Seattle Study Club Symposium 2018 speaking with Dr. Jeffrey Boone. Dr. Boone is a cardiologist who believes that cause of death by heart disease is largely preventable. He runs the Boone Heart Institute where they perform exams and patented tests to provide a comprehensive view of your cardiovascular function.
Once you know what your risk factors are, you can start working on risk prevention factors. Dr. Boone believes in using the latest prescription medicines along with supplements and lifestyle change which includes diet, exercise, stress reduction, and a healthy mindset. He is sometimes controversial, but if you really want to live a long quality life he sheds groundbreaking information that not everyone knows or accepts.
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Show Notes
[01:39] Dr. Jeffrey Boone is a cardiologist who runs the Boone Heart Institute. Their focus is on the complete eradication of heart attack and stroke.
[02:02] Their goal is for no one to have heart attack or stroke and to further prevent dementia, cancer, and other issues.
[02:09] Unfortunately, most healthcare and funding is at the end of life when things are already going on.
[02:16] Our whole practice is based on the early anatomic biologic and physical identification of abnormalities and correcting them.
[02:59] How disease prevention takes an entire different mindset and goal set.
[03:05] I went to medical school with the dream in mind to eradicate heart attack and stroke.
[03:10] It's very complicated to fix and save heart issues once the damages done, but it's very easy to implement things that will help prevent heart issues.
[03:32] Dr. Boone defines significant disease as detected abnormalities that need to be embraced early. Aggressive care is to reverse those identifies problems.
[04:13] Patients want to be told that they are healthy. I will find things wrong with you. Embracing abnormalities and correcting them reverses the process.
[04:56] Our treatment plans improve every six months and keeps getting better and better.
[05:06] We are on the way to eradicate heart attack and stroke, and the next frontier is working on the aging brain.
[06:42] Misconceptions with heart health include not diagnosing or recognizing problems early enough and beginning treatment before the problem becomes life-threatening.
[08:50] Attacking plaque and not letting it grow and actually shrinking it or reversing it a person will never have a heart attack or stroke.
[09:14] The brain can be saved while saving the blood vessels and the heart.
[09:25] Statin drugs reverse plaque. Plaque causes heart attack and strokes.
[10:45] Blood pressure medicines, aspirin, and clock controlling medicines also help. Along with diabetic medicine, and lifestyle changes.
[11:03] If the individual embraces all of that they will have a fabulous success.
[11:25] Protecting the lining of the arteries also prevents the heart muscle from getting stiff. The same things that prevent heart disease also prevent cancer.
[12:24] Early detection and prevention is really chasing health. Healthcare is totally different than health.
[13:34] Dr. Boone has been on this crusade for a long time. Kirk went to Dr. Boone and he spent a long time going through everything with Kirk.
[14:50] How in a few years it will be possible to use technology to create an entire personalized program for someone faster and more economical.
[15:48] On one hand there are going to be incredible technologies to fix the sick heart. The ability to actually prevent these things from happening is going to be much more prevalent.
[16:25] There is a new drug that is going to prevent plaque buildup with an injection. That is what is possible for the future.
[16:58] Dr. Boone looks forward to a time when we are working on our valves pumping longer. Clean out the arteries and clean out the brain and have a great life.
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