Heart Health Articles
For Your Enjoyment

I'm Gene Millen. What qualifies me to write heart health articles? Well, here's my story, and I'm sticking to it.

It was a pleasant fall morning as my wife Bernie and I casually drove to Valley Heart Associates  for a “routine” thallium treadmill test.

Upon arrival at the cardiologist’s office the proficient nurses wired me up to the cardiac monitors and I was looking forward to “showing them my stuff”.

After about 3 minutes of huffing and puffing on the treadmill the technician stopped the instrument of torture, unhooked me and guided me to a chair for a very welcome rest.

A few minutes later a nurse said, “The doctor would like to see you now.” and ushered me into the cardiologist’s office. As I sat down he was staring at my chart with a deep frown on his face.

“I don’t like what I see here”, he said, “You are a walking time bomb. You need to go to the hospital immediately.”

The probability of writing heart health articles was looming its ugly head. My wife and I were in a state of shock as we drove to the hospital and went through the check-in process.

Two days later Dr. Hugh Tobin, a highly skilled heart surgeon, sawed open my heart and stitched in bypasses to six of my favorite arteries. 

A six way heart bypass isn’t a record but it’s not bad for a 59 year old with normal cholesterol and blood pressure and no weight problem.

A wake up call.
The unanticipated "brush with death" and my wife’s interest in keeping me alive, jump-started me to change my priorities and started me on the road to writing heart health articles.

I suddenly “found” the time to exercise and became highly motivated to learn about healthy foods and nutritional supplements that would improve my cholesterol and keep a heart attack at bay.

Hear is a sampling of some of my heart health articles:

Need more energy? Taking Lipitor or Zocor? You need Coenzyme Q10! Statin drugs will rob you of CoQ10

HDL Cholesterol and Superman. Both are "More powerful than a Speeding locomotive".
This describes the powers of the superhero in the “Heart Attack Drama”, HDL (high density lipoprotein) cholesterol.

Is Your Body a Vintage Model or a Junker?
The human body is a remarkable machine. It will work well for 100 years or more—if given the proper care and maintenance.

Heart attack odds you can live with.

Want a healthy heart? Please don't pass the sugar.

Are your heart arteries sending you a message?
Heart Health Tips

If you're worried about high cholesterol you should eat eggs sparingly, right? Wrong!

These Policosanol Cholesterol Supplements Beat Zocor, Lipitor and Crestor.

Cholesterol and Heart Disease. This is one of my favorite heart health articles.

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Healthy Heart Diet

The 10 Minute Heart Health and Weight Loss Program

PS:

As Fitness/Wellness Director of a residential retirement community in the San Joaquin Valley of California, my responsibility is to provide the heart health articles, motivation and programming to keep our residents vital, active and mentally sharp.

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