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As we continue to celebrate and acknowledge national heart health month, I want you to seriously consider the health of your old ticker. Thousands of people are dying prematurely everyday from heart related conditions and disease. I want to encourage you today to be proactive and to not become a sad statistic before your time. One of the absolute best things you can do for your heart health is to feed it the essential nutrients that it needs to remain healthy. One of those essential nutrients for the heart is Coenzyme Q10.

CoQ10 is extremely beneficial to heart health. This is my absolute favorite heart health supplement and the one that I recommend the most to patients with heart problems. Whether it be high blood pressure, angina, or even congestive heart failure, taking CoQ10 can have tremendous benefits, and there have been numerous medical studies done to validate these benefits. I have personally seen several of my patients benefit from taking CoQ10. Keep in mind though that the CoQ10 I’m speaking of is a supplement and is no substitute for doing all the things that I mentioned in last weeks blog that can help protect your heart health.

Here are some alarming statistics on the impact of heart disease in America taken from The Heart Foundation website:

– Heart disease (which includes Heart Disease, Stroke and other Cardiovascular Diseases) is the No. 1 cause of death in the United States, killing nearly 787,000 people alone in 2011, up from 616, 000 deaths in 2008. That is a 28% increase in only 3 years!

– Heart disease is the leading cause of death for people of most racial/ethnic groups in the United States, including African Americans, Hispanics and Whites. For Asian Americans or Pacific Islanders and American Indians or Alaska Natives, heart disease is second only to cancer.

– Cardiovascular diseases claim more lives than all forms of cancer combined.

– Coronary heart disease is the most common type of heart disease, killing nearly 380,000 people annually.

– In the United States, someone has a heart attack every 34 seconds. Every 60 seconds, someone in the United States dies from a heart disease-related event.

– About 720,000 people in the U.S. suffer heart attacks each year. Of these, 515,000 are a first heart attack and 205,000 happen in people who have already had a heart attack.

– Direct and indirect costs of heart disease total more than $320.1 billion. That includes health expenditures and lost productivity.

If we want to see the number of deaths from heart disease decline then we’ve got to be proactive. We have to take the preventative measures necessary to prevent heart disease and not become one of the statistics. As I tell people all the time, you are the number one person responsible for your health and especially the health of your heart!

Healthy Blessings and Happy Valentines Day,

Dr. Phil

I am excited to announce the launch of my podcast next week! On the Feeling Good Podcast with Dr. Phil, I will be speaking on different topics and answering your health questions each episode! If you have a question that you would like answered on the show you can click on “Ask Dr. Phil” microphone you see on the screen and record your question!

Who’s Got Your Heart?

February is national Heart Month,designated by the Centers for Disease Control for an increased awareness about the health of our most vital organ. One major corporation has gotten behind heart health recently, and I want to call into question the duplicity of their campaign. The company I’m speaking of is Coca Cola and their recent Diet Coke and the Heart Truth campaign. This is pulled directly from the campaign, under the headline The Heart Truth – We Heart Women: “Did you know that heart disease is the #1 killer of women? It affects 8.6 million women each year, and one-third of women underestimate their own risk for heart disease. For five years, Diet Coke® has been a passionate supporter of The Heart Truth® campaign to help raise heart disease awareness and to help women get heart smart.”

Now I am all for Coca Cola and Diet Coke empowering women, and everyone, with information about heart health. Increasing awareness of the dangers of not taking care of your heart is important because the following statistics are alarming:

• Heart disease is the #1 killer of American women.
• More women die of heart disease than from all forms of cancer combined.
• Women’s risk of heart disease usually starts to increase in middle age.
• About 3 million American women have had a heart attack.

However, is the same company that’s pulling the fire alarm also throwing gasoline on the flames?

A study published by the American College of Cardiology in March 2014, analyzed diet drink intake and cardiovascular risk of 59,614 women who participated in the Women’s Health Initiative Observational Study. The study, linked here, revealed several pertinent pieces of information such as a 30% increase of a cardiovascular event, for women who consumed two or more diet drinks a day compared to those who drank no diet drinks. The study also was in line with previous studies associating consumption of diet drinks with an increased risk of metabolic syndrome and diabetes.

Again I applaud Coca Cola for sounding the alarm about the dangers of heart disease in America, but I condemn them for creating these cans and the illusion that diet coke can reduce the risk of heart disease in women, when the facts clearly state this is not the case. If someone you know drinks more than two diet drinks a day please share this with them, and if you are concerned about your heart health, I recommend the supplement SmartQ10 CoQ10. It is one of the top recommended supplements by cardiologists worldwide. If you have any thoughts or questions please leave a comment to add to the discussion below. As always you can contact me by filling out the contact form or clicking on the Ask Dr. Phil Microphone on the screen. I look forward to hearing from you!

Healthy Blessings,

Dr. Phil

How Healthy is Your Heart?

Here are some alarming statistics on the impact of heart disease in America taken from The Heart Foundation website:

– Heart disease (which includes Heart Disease, Stroke and other Cardiovascular Diseases) is the No. 1 cause of death in the United States, killing nearly 787,000 people alone in 2011, up from 616, 000 deaths in 2008. That is a 28% increase in only 3 years!

– Heart disease is the leading cause of death for people of most racial/ethnic groups in the United States, including African Americans, Hispanics and Whites. For Asian Americans or Pacific Islanders and American Indians or Alaska Natives, heart disease is second only to cancer.

– Cardiovascular diseases claim more lives than all forms of cancer combined.

– Coronary heart disease is the most common type of heart disease, killing nearly 380,000 people annually.

– In the United States, someone has a heart attack every 34 seconds. Every 60 seconds, someone in the United States dies from a heart disease-related event.

– About 720,000 people in the U.S. suffer heart attacks each year. Of these, 515,000 are a first heart attack and 205,000 happen in people who have already had a heart attack.

– Direct and indirect costs of heart disease total more than $320.1 billion. That includes health expenditures and lost productivity.

Healthy Blessings and Happy Valentines Day,

Dr. Phil

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