Statistics show there is even more missed heart disease treatment for women. The symptoms and diagnosis of heart disease are different for women; they are more subtle.  Women have twice the death rate subsequent to a recent heart attack.

According to Dr. Michael Mogadam of George Washington University , “The overwhelming majority of women with heart disease actually suffer from low  HDL  cholesterol.” Numerous studies verify that reduced  cholesterol  lowers  the core ingredient (HDL cholesterol) that is needed in vitamin D and the steroidal hormones which include the estrogens and cortisol. (This need for optimal HDL is true in the case of men as it is in heart disease and women.)

You are probably wondering about heart disease and women…  what constitutes the best treatment.  Surprisingly low fat diets are not the answer. There are essential fatty acids, the Omega 3′s, that increase the good HDL cholesterol. Both the Omega 3′s and niacin (vitamin B-3) are proven the best HDL builders.

The symptom of heart attack and even heart disease are different for women than for men. Unfortunately women do not get the same treatment as men because of the myth that heart attack is a man’s “disease”. Furthermore there does not seem to be good scientific studies that point out the differences so that medical doctors can recognize the subtleties found in women…Denis Van Loan D.D.S.

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