Podcast: Blood Vessel Health 

Dr Greger and staff - Thank you for this podcast. I can't tell you how many times I've recommended people to NutritionFacts. Keep up the great work!

Nowadays there are so many people who would need to hear this! Thank you for educating and inspiring smaller channels like us!

I just want to thank you. In the past month and a half I have been listwning and taking notes on how to improve my diet. My diet has done a 180 and my anxiety is nearlt nonexstant from a state of me panicking nearly ever month. My blood pressure seems to have been the culprit and everyone was shocked when it was measured and it was slightly low. I have had hypertension my entire teenage and adult life. I switched to a walking desk recently because my desk is hitting my shoulder which i had injured and my enegry is also through the roof. I eat as much as I want whenever I want and as long as it is whole plant based foods I feel just great! I've also lost 10 pounds! I just wish I could get my family to make these changes as well. At least I can give them the information and visual proof.

Lentils, mushrooms, broccoli, walnuts, coq10 and vitamin C 🎉 👍

I love these podcasts.

And it was super interesting that nitrate rich vegetables such as beets can lower blood pressure 🎵💜🌺♥️🎶

Brilliant- Thank you Doc Greger 👊

I’m ashamed to say I have an aversion to beets! I do love beans though!

Thank you from the bottom of my heart ❤️

Love all you do and share with us Dr. Greger. Thank you. 😊

Great sharing. Thanks.

Try beet juice mixed w low salt v8 or tomato juice. I also add hot sauce to taste.

Thank you.

Thanks for the info!

Low-fat diet is the best thing you can do for your blood vessel health, being extremely hydrated and doing cardiovascular exercise to absolute failure. At least once a week will give you maximum results, Carbs FTW!! 💪💪💪

Daily exercise is key to as healthy life. Ride a bicycle to school, work or for fun. Riding a bicycle is a great way to exercise. Ebikes are bringing many older adults back to cycling. Cities need to do more to encourage people to ride bicycles. Safe protected bike lanes and trails are needed so adults and children can ride safely. Speak up for bicycles in your community. Bicycles make life and cities better. Ask your local transportation planner and elected officials to support more protected bike lanes and trails. Children should be riding a bicycle to school and not be driven in a minivan. Be healthier and happier. Ride a bicycle regularly. Make a bicycle your transportation option for short distance travel.

Regarding Peripheral Artery Disease (warning: soapbox ahead) If you have an older, low active/mostly sedentary person in your life, encourage them to get the test. It's quick and painless. Basically it's taking your blood pressure at your arms and lower legs. My MIL died from PAD and she was in otherwise good health. When I asked her doctor why she was not tested sooner he said she never complained of the main symptom-leg pain with vigorous exercise that stops when the exercise stops. She was an older lady who did no vigorous exercise. That's their main criteria to get it on their radar. She'd had a triple bypass years before and every year the vascular surgeon gave her a clean bill of health but no one thought to check her legs. She lived on her own, had her own business, drove her own car, except for nighttime cramps in her legs she felt fine. Until she didn't and ended up in the hospital then hospice. Once it got bad she was gone in a month. She could have easily had another good 5 or 10 years. Get your loved ones tested.

does the insertion of medicated Stents require taking blood thinners forever?

Riveting, as usual😊. Is it same advice re veins as it is for arteries?

I live in a fire zone and yearly our summers, on and off, can have smoke-filled air. It will be interesting to see how much it may increase heart and lung disease in this area in the future. I've actually seen a rare person smoking during these smoke filled days, uck.

Dr. Greger - Any chance you can address the nausea reaction from betaine in some folks after drinking beet juice?

I’m curious, at the end you said 4 of 26 participants got better. Isn’t that basically nothing? How do we know it was because of beans?

So, "beet your brain out" .....🤩

Very good information in this video, thanx. By the way, the famous WFPB Doctor McDougall recently died at the ("young") age of 77. Cause???

Are you talking about cooked or raw beets?