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Dhru Purohit Show

Becoming Heart Attack-Proof By Protecting Your Endothelial Health

Dhru Purohit Show

Dhru Purohit

Alternative Health, Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.73.6K Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

This episode is brought to you by Birch Mattress by Helix, Cozy Earth, and Lifeforce.  In today’s minisode, Dhru discusses the lessons he’s learned on his heart health journey and the critical role our endothelial health plays in our risk for heart disease. He shares what damages the endothelial lining, which coats the inside of over 60,000 miles of blood vessels, and how you can strengthen it by supporting your mitochondria, circadian rhythm, sleep, and more.  Dhru also discusses his personal experience navigating high cholesterol despite making diet and lifestyle changes and how working with Dr. Michael Twyman and getting a series of lab tests helped him get a deeper look into what’s going on with his heart health. In this episode, Dhru dives into: -Crazy heart disease statistics (00:42) -Endothelial dysfunction as the root cause of heart disease (4:30) -The three events that lead up to a heart attack (6:28) -How plaque forms in our arteries (11:30) -Important lab tests for cardiovascular health(12:37) -Dhru’s heart health history (13:40) -Simple strategies to protect your endothelial lining (18:53) -Supporting and protecting your mitochondria (19:57) -Tips for programming your circadian rhythm (21:06) -Sleep hygiene and heart health (22:09) -Stress management and heart health (22:36) -Dietary factors (24:37) -Smoking and vaping (27:15) Also mentioned in this episode: -Sign up for the Try This Newsletter here. -Try This: Becoming Heart Attack-Proof by Protecting Your Endothelial Health -Try This: The Miracle Molecule You Need To “NO” About -Episode 158 with Dr. Louis Ignarro -Episode 383 with Dr. Michael Twyman -Dr. Michael Twyman’s website, drtwyman.com.  -Dr.Michael Twyman’s @drtwyman -Episode 378 with Dr. Sunjya Schweig Sleep Master Class Birch mattress by Helix is made of organic latex, cotton, New Zealand wool, and American steel springs. To get 20% off your Birch Living mattress, head to birchliving.com/dhru today. Cozy Earth has the most comfortable, temperature-regulating, and non-toxic sheets on the market. Right now, get 40% off your Cozy Earth sheets. Just head over to cozyearth.com and use code DHRU Lifeforce is a revolutionary new health platform that’s changing the game when it comes to personalized performance and longevity-based action plans. Right now, get 15% off your first purchase at Mylifeforce.com with code DHRU. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Hi everyone, Drew Prod here with a solo episode. We haven't done one of these in a while and we're talking about how to become

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more heart attack proof by protecting your endothelial health. It's a fantastic topic today that's based on a newsletter that we wrote for our try this newsletter.

0:20.0

By the way, if you aren't signed up for our try this newsletter, you can click on the show notes below and visit

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DrewPeroet.com and click on the tab that says try this newsletter and you can sign up today to get more

0:31.0

news that is like this sent to every Friday. Now on today's topic, endothelial health is all about

0:39.0

cardio vascular disease. Let's read some top line numbers that are out there just so we get how big the problem is

0:48.0

when it comes to artifacts. In the United States, did you know that 700,000 people die of cardiovascular disease every single year?

0:58.0

Half of these cases have no symptoms before the individual experienced their cardiovascular event. Half of them had no

1:09.0

symptoms at all before they had a heart attack. Endothelial health plays a vital role in protecting against heart disease.

1:18.0

What is that? We're going to get to that in a second. Your endothelial lining coats the inside of over 60,000 miles of blood vessels inside

1:29.0

of your body and lastly protecting your endothelial lining is key to reducing your risk of a cardiovascular event.

1:39.0

This episode is brought to you by the Birch mattress by Helix. You know, indoor air quality has to be one of the most overlooked

1:46.0

areas of health. Think about it. We spend most of our lives indoors, which is a little sad, and about a third of that

1:53.0

time is spent in our bedroom sleeping. Now there's a source of VOCs, which is short for volatile organic compounds and off-gassing chemicals

2:01.0

that could be polluting your bedroom air quality and interfering with your sleep. Can you guess what it is?

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It's your freaking mattress. Q Birch mattress by Helix. Birch mattress is one of the only mattresses that's made from 100% organic textiles.

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I'm talking about organic cotton, cashmere, and wool. It's free from polyurethane foam and formaldehyde used in conventional mattresses.

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And instead the Birch mattress uses natural latex for firmness that's lab tested to ensure no toxic chemical emissions.

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I love my Birch mattress because it's super soft and breathable. And I can rest soundly knowing I'm not breathing in all those harmful chemicals while I try to sleep.

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Right now my community can try the Birch mattress too for 20% off plus two free eco rest pillows and free shipping straight to your door.

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I cannot wait to jump into my bed after a long day of work or especially when I come back from a lot of travel. I know you can totally relate.

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