Life and Longevity with Dr. Monica Aggarwal
Reflections from a Preventive Cardiologist, Nutrition expert, Mom, Motivational speaker, Wife, Daughter, Triathlete and Patient
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The Power of Strength Training (opens the original)
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Many of you know that I love to run. It has been my happy place since I was young. It was a way to dissociate from the stress and goings-ons of the day. When I run, I feel strong and singularly focused. It is also incredibly good for your heart. From the science perspective, exercise is good for your cardiovascular health. Why? When you move, your blood vessels release nitric oxide which allows your blood vessels to dilate. Angiogenesis is activated which means blood vessels start growing. After
The Effort it Takes to Be Kind (opens the original)
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There is a woman that walks the lake in our community and each time that I see her, she is walking with someone else. They are both smiling, having an animated conversation and carrying on.When I first saw the woman, my guard went up and I thought, “what is her deal?” “Why is she talking to everyone?” I had to take a minute and put myself in check and I looked again. She was talking to everyone and connecting, on her daily walk. It was actually lovely. I realized that I admired her actually.<
Bone Health and Calcium (opens the original)
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Calcium is essential to build and maintain bone. More than 99% of the body's calcium resides in the skeleton, stored as calcium-phosphate hydroxyapatite crystals that give bone its rigidity and mechanical strength; calcium is a required substrate for bone mineralization throughout life. Calcium alone is not sufficient, though. Building bone also requires phosphate (the other component of hydroxyapatite) and vitamin D, which drives intestinal calcium absorption and mineralization. When dietary ca
Even the Healthy of Us Get Sick (opens the original)
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People often say that they can’t believe they got sick because they eat so well and do “everything right.”I have darn good diet (exact for the occasional chocolate pudding). I am very active. I sleep and work on stress reduction. Despite this, recently, I started getting reflux-GERD-heartburn. It sucks. Makes me not want to eat. I tried not to eat late. I cut out spices. I even cut out my carbonated water—which I love. It would get better and then worse.Life and Long
BREAKING NEWS (opens the original)
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Yesterday, the Horizon data was released. We have all been anxiously awaiting the data for months. And it has arrived and it is NOT what we were hoping for. Let’s go back to what we were studying and why.Lipoprotein (a) is a lipid protein that makes cholesterol sticky. It is inherited and 1:5 people have it. But in people with premature (early) heart disease, we see it in 1:3 people. Lp(a) is 90% genetically determined. It is largely unaffected by diet changes. We know that it is associated with
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