Love your attitude. I think you're going to live a lot longer with that outlook!

Ur reasoning and judgement is soothing to me as i was recently diagnosed with CAD and calcium score of 50 at 55 . Not sure where my path will lead by my Lord 🙏

My friend got his to zero in 1 years using vitamin K2.

​@@norsangkelsang7939WHAT?!!! That's amazing! Are you sure? I heard K² is very beneficial but that's crazy!

how high was he to start with? @@norsangkelsang7939

Hence, science is an art form

That’s exact what he wants you to think so one will be sheep to follow alone until death. Lol

How is your CAC score now?

1

He might be dead

Did you have high cholesterol?

Have a look at Prof. Robert Lustig, endocrinologist at USF, particularly his discussions about cholesterol. He suggests that determination of particle size of LDLs is important to establish the ratio of the dangerous small dense LDLs vs buoyant LDLs.

@@geoffharrower2845 Dr Lustig has amazing credentials. But I think you've misinterpted his point. Yes, some LDL particles are more deleterious to health than others, but for the layman, as in us, ALL LDL particles are atherogenic. So if you lower your LDL-C, regardless of particle size, you've effectively lowered your risk. Now if, and only if that becomes complicated and stubborn to achieve even with pharmacology, then you can begin to dissect particle size in order to find a more targeted personal therapy. We have to be careful of those in the keto/high fat camp that like to parse false complancies by defending things like high HDL, which is not protective of CVD, and low triglyceride levels somehow off setting the risk high LDL-C.

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I please stop the keto/carnivore diet on that CAC score. It's not worth it. Lower the LDL to 60.

CAC is a measure of risk, a 0 is the lowest possible risk of a coronary event in the next 5-10 years. If the doctor is to be believed then having calcium in your arteries means you’ve already had an event and calcium buildup is the end of that coronary episode. He also said age is a big factor, the example he used was the 60ish with 0 CAC but high LDL may have a system resistant to coronary disease or has successfully bio hacked themselves. Ultimately it’s up to the individual to reduce risk as low as possible and getting second opinions is most definitely important.

@@andrewrivera4029 It looks as if Vitamin K2 may have a protective effect for arteries, if the studies are to be believed, it supposedly moves calcium in the bloodstream to bones, and helps prevent it settling in the artery walls with cholesterol deposits. This matches up with the Japanese diet of eating Natto, fermented young soybeans, which has high levels of K2 apparently, and their relatively low incidence of heart disease (among other dietary factors like seafood (taurine) and smaller meals).

@@andrewrivera4029 My brother in law- who is a #1 MD and knows everything - told me a 73 YO male- that my calcium score of zero doesn't guarantee anything- plaque can still be there but not calcified.

All good steps that you have taken, but a score of 707 indicates very high risk of future major cardiac events. If I were you, I would take measures to get your LDL below 50 so you stop any progression of current plaques and regress current plaques. PCSK9 inhibitors can significantly slow calcification and maybe reverse it.

@@dgreen1064 In 3 months of switching to Crestor I was able to bring my LDL down from 95 to 56. I’m hoping to be under 50 at my next test in a few months.

How is the med diet how's the food any good

@@dgreen1064 Hi, would you mind sharing the data on PCSK9 inhibitors? thanks

You could… take vitamin K2, Omega 3s, even a low dose statin🤷‍♂️

I should have done this. I’m 35 with a CAC score of 10, made some pretty awful life choices such as smoking since 15 and drinking a lot of diet sodas. Now It’s all i can think about, I am constantly terrified.

​@@AgrippaMaxentiusWhat matters is that you now keep on living healthy in order to avoid inflammation in your artheries thus preventing any soft plaque ruptures. What is already there should be calcified sooner or later, making it rather safe.

Please don't get complaisant. I also follow keto/carnivore 5+ years. Lean Mass Hyper Responder with High LDL levels. TG/HDL ratio is great. Three years ago I had a CAC of 35. Just had a follow up done and my score is now 144. 😮😢 My theory is arterial inflammation caused by covid jab but who knows.

@@selenataylor6959 My theory is that the soft plaque that you had five years ago has hardened in the meantime (because allegedly no diet can remove already formed plaque). Calcified plaque is better because people mostly get a heart attack from rupturing the soft plaque.

I’m diabetic thank God off of Med BEC of Proper human diet Low carb, no sugar ,organic Pasteur raised beef,chicken,no processed food ,I learned that standard diabetic care is not useful, DO THE OPPOSITE, I do fasting and Omad . And still going there, take a listen to Dr.Ken Berry for more sound health advise.

I'm 70 and my score was 32. I have eaten carnivore for 4 years. If saturated fat is the cause of heart disease, then the test would have shown it. Please research keto/carnivore way of eating. Reduce sugar consumption and then cut out all sugar, carbs and seed oils like canola oil. Here is a video by Dr Ken Berry...kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kNeki7eBl6iol5c.html

Look into oxalate toxicity. Avoiding high oxalate foods might be a good thing. There is some evidence that calcium oxalate causes inflammation in the blood vessels. I just had my CAC score done three days ago. Score = 305. I'm nearly 76.

Have you established the volume of small dense LDLs vs buoyant LDLs

Your arthritis is pretty bad could be because of the statins your Dr prescribed.

I love Peter but I don't like his recommending medications it seems so much

What's your lipoprotein (a) level tho?

Do you have FH? similar story as yours pretty healthy, not overweight, low blood pressure, homocysteine good, so are the triglycerides, but cholesterol at 430 LDL!

LAD is usually where it happens - the issue is not so much about calcified, stable plaque, but because you have it, it’s likely that you may have soft plaque, too - for this reason, statins can be cardio protective as they’re not only reducing cholesterol, but are also anti-inflammatory and stabilize current plaque and can even regress (make smaller/less bulgy) it…

@@DrProfX Droprofx would you still recommend bypass with no symptoms inspite of medication management , exercise, plant base diet 60% and carnivore 30% n carbs 10%

Intermittent fasting is excellent!!! 16/8 fast 16 hours….

Im pretty much on teh same boat. i had a score of 400, I have a pretty variable cholesterol, which curiously seems to increase when I lower my thyroid medication. It also seems teh plaque is concentrated on one artery. However Im not overweight, I do 20 miles in a stationary bike every day and 40 miles every other day. Im also a bit confused .

Statins tend to have so many good things: stabilize and even regress current plaque, and are also anti-inflammatory… So, if that’s a bulgy piece of soft plaque a statin would make it smaller and would stabilize it with calcium cap on top…

There are lots of marathon runners that drop dead frequently. That's why cardio of frowned upon now by some cardiologist. The recommendations are now HiiT walking and cycling

What did you do to lower your ApoB without medication?

Rosuvastatin 5mg/Ezetimibe 10mg is a good combo - you’re getting a statin at a low dose with minimal side effects and it’s synergistic work with Ezetimibe makes it more effective than higher dose statin alone😉

Exactly what was your wake up call? Not that CAC score of 57 I had a wake up call at 1778 so what are you on?

Seems rather nonsensical that HIIT would be recommended as that’s supposed to be at VO2Max or 100% cardio capacity - blood flow is way more turbulent at higher paces than slower ones… Of course, some observational data show that if MACE happens during a marathon race it usually happens in the last 6 miles (the last 10 km), which is why pre-race low dose aspirin is recommended… Otherwise, the risk of death is over 100 times more likely while sitting on a couch then running a marathon… Also, there are additional benefits of longe distance running, including increase in diameter of coronary vessels and improving collateral arterial (i.e., “reserve”) blood flow… Science on all of this is inconclusive and you’ll find that 10 different cardiologists will produce 10 different views, mostly based on their clinical experiences (which is biased) rather than any specific guidelines, because there are none! 🤷‍♂️

CAC measure ONLY hard plaque NOT the dangerous soft plaque! CIMT is better dummies!

@@jerseytony1 It is still valuable because its quick, easy and cheap and tells you you have atherosclerosis and need to investigate more deeply. CIMT's , if done well, are more useful. Dummies

@@jerseytony1 what is the soft plaque and what causes it?

No plaque is “safer”.

I just racked up an 1124. Be my spirit brother/sister?

@@Whineboy Brother. I could tell you my protocol, but I have no idea what, if anything, was helpful.

@@gabymalembe I've got my Calcium score it is 676 and I'm scared to death I'm 62 years old pretty active woman with high cholesterol 367 and ldl 250 over 2 years on keto Statins? Any sugestions from your experience with doctors? Thanks in advance

@@barbarapecka4935 Ford Brewer, on his youTube channel, recommends statins (as did every cardiologist I’ve seen), exercise, weight loss, vitamins D3 and K2, and optimizing blood sugar.

If you want to optimize your blood sugar, I found that a continuous glucose monitor was very helpful, because in 2 weeks I was very surprised at which foods cause my glucose to spike and which ones don’t.

Hang tough Bi0lizard. I was over 500 at 50. I'm 68 now, with a score of 2,100. But I have no blockages. My angiogram is clear.

@@ZonaJimhave you been taking statins since you had CAC when you were 50? I’m 54 and just got a score of 246 despite good lipid (APO B 78, AP a 64) and low inflammation and low insulin resistance score and slim. My doctor thinks it’s because of prednisone use when I was a child (autoimmune disease) and recommended me to take statins. But I’m hesitant.

@@12yukos I started on statins in my 40's.

@@ZonaJimThat is awesome, your annual progression rate of calcification is 5%. Did you change anything after receiving your first score of 500? Diet, exercise supplements? Great job

With that score, CT coronary angiogram maybe useful as it would show if there’s a soft plaque there. If so, a combination of lifestyle and low dose statin (e.g., rosuvastatin) and ezetimibe… If you have side affects on statins your cardiologist can recommend Repatha (x2 monthly self administered injection) or Nexlizet (combo of bempedoic acid and ezetimibe) - both these meds or either one of them should obliterate your Apo B (get it to bellow 40)… Keping your LDL at or below 38, HDL 45 or higher and Apo B 40 or lower would assure stoppages of atherosclerosis progression, and would likely lead to plaque regression (and 1% reduction/regression of plaque leads to 20-25% decrease in risk)… 😎👍

Doctors always says you’re fine re your blood glucose well check it next year even though you’re in borderline. Just learned from my experience.

What other tests do you recommend?

did you have high cholesterol?

Any tips on how you reversed it?

​@carmenross1077 if your blood glucose is borderline or HbA1c is borderline, ask for a Fasting Insulin. A high insulin might be causing as much a problem as glucose.

Took the interviewer for ever to get to his point after qualifying it and then changing the equation multiple times. I'm not sure it had much validity since 1. he didn't define the exercise levels 2. No lipid #s were associated 3 no cac scores were cited. It sounded like he just wanted to sound as intelligent the Dr.

WFPB

Exactly...just push those statins!

Hello. What was your last cac score?? Are you still doing keto?

I'm of the same conviction as you. I'm 75 did keto bfor two years and now on carnivore. I'm nearly 76. My CAC is 305.

@@bostonjackson9384 cac was 200 something. Last week my other numbers were: Total cholesterol. 282 LDL. 190 HDL. 79 Triglycerides. 57 VLDL. 13 I Went from 212 lbs to 170 and remain there now for about 18 months and feel better physically, mentally and emotionally. So good that I un-retired and now work 42 hours a week at a large hardware store, walking an average of 6500 steps a day there and getting to lift heavy things like sand, concrete, soil etc. I ride to work rain or shine on an electric bike, 5 miles one way. I have relaxed my sugar rules and now have a big bowl of ice cream every night. But that’s the only carbs I consume. My Total and LDL actually went down from 349 and 248 with the others staying the same. Of course the doctor and I don’t get along, we both are firmly convinced that each other is crazy. She works for a large medical group in the state and she flat out told me that she has to push the statins for legal liability reasons for her AND the medical group. Long answer to your question, I am not in ketosis anymore. At least I can attest to its effectiveness and will never forget lessons learned…….. throw out ALL seed oils, don’t eat fruit, bread, pasta and rice. Eat 2 meals a day, don’t drink or count calories, eat till you are full, don’t eat if you are not hungry, eat fatty meats, fish and lots of eggs. I was disappointed by my CAC score but I do blame my standard American diet from decades past. I expect a repeat CAC will remain same or perhaps go down a bit as time goes by.

@@MarkSmith-js2pu Did you have a previous CAC score or was the 200 your one and only score ever sat through? Do you take vitamin k2 supplements?

Hi. I've got my Calcium score. It's 676. I'm scared to death . I'm 62 years old pretty active woman with high cholesterol 330 and ldl 220. Over 2 years on keto . Did you see your cardiologist? Any sugestions?

Any update from cardiologist you'd wish to share, as to how to reduce the risk from here?

Watch Dr. Ken Berry he has a CAC video and has a personal predictor form there you can fill up and will personally tell you what it means. Let me know what your cardiologist say. I will see mine this Thursday too good luck to us. Let’s talk about this matter and share what our cardiologist says.

@@barbarapecka4935 watch Dr Berry re keto people have high ldl cholesterol,I’m on keto same issues

I thought CAC was a scale from 0 - 300 ? what did your cardiologist say ?

Insurance doesn’t pay for it anyway. Call around. In my town, prices range from $150-$400.

I paid out of pocket $100, best I ever spent!

We just had ours done at a cost of $99 each. (In Pennsylvania)

I was able to have my CAC done, paid for via insurance, based on the fact that my mother died a few years ago from complications or arteriosclerosis, I have a family history of CVD on both sides, I'm 52 and menopausal, and my cholesterol is high (although I've gotten is down to 232 overall). I'm so glad I did. My CAC was 601, and I've been going through the evaluation process since that finding that information out in September. I have a stress echo on Tuesday, my standard echo found mild diastolic dysfunction, but nothing to worry about according to the Stanford cardiologist. I was also recently diagnosed with HBP after a lifetime of having low blood pressure, but my medical team and I are fairly certain that it's due to a different medication which I have since stopped.

My doctor told me I didn’t need a new CAC because I had an event for years earlier after the first CAC. 🤷🏻‍♂️

CAC of 97 at age 71 is excellent. CAC is thought to represent about 30% of total plaque. Some think that in highly trained endurance athletes that the calcified plaque represents all of the plaque, which was the case for me, 30 years of high level triathlon training and racing, at age 63, CAC 235, CT Angiogram showed no soft plaque. Look into APO b levels. My cardiologist suggests that low dose statins are safer than baby aspirin and there is some thought that low dose statins are the way to go as part of a diet and exercise program to lower APO b.

Thanks. That is helpful. Probably will start the low dose staten at my next yearly physical. I can’t adjust my diet anymore as my weight keeps dropping and I need to gain some back or I will blow away.!

I read somewhere that the statin will harden some of the soft plaque which in turn puts your calcium score up. A calcium score does not measure soft plaque.

Wow I would like to try Keto...

@@arlenepospisil586 it will be the best decision of your life.

@@arlenepospisil586 Hi Mike - how old are you? I too had a score of zero - Had diabetes, neuropathy I'm on a low carb low calorie diet and 15K steps. BS still average 160

@@donfrussell I'm 53 years young

If your blood sugar is at 160, you need to drop down the carbs even further. I would recommend no more than 10 g of carbs per day and see how that helps.

Listen to Dr. Ken Berry proper human diet.

According to this Dr. It’s statins statins statins!

@@carmenross1077 Berry is a quack.

@@bettywhill Exactly! Doctors with logical brains who approach and interepret the science properly, and the studies properly, all know that statins work.

@@napnap609 I avoid the KZfaq docs who have a cure for everything under the sun. Sometimes they may be spot on, other times giving dangerous advice. How does a layperson know one from the other? Stick with the PhD's and MD specialists in a particular field, in my opinion.

You cannot reduce your number. Regardless of what anyone says. However, you can slow/prevent any new plaque from forming in new areas.

The Dr asserts CAC = not 0 is abnormal, period. Whereas the published tables show ranges to age for CAC scores with more latitude.

@@HellcatManual2023 Oh really? Maybe you should watch this... kzfaq.info/get/bejne/r9mZmbB8vLG-fI0.html

@@njsongwriter Do the research and you’ll realize it’s just not possible. I wish it were. Dr. Agatston would be the one person who truly knows whether it’s possible, and he says it’s not.

@@HellcatManual2023 So how do explain Ford Brewer’s own personal case as well as cases of his patients and patients and others lowering CAC scores?

Check out @medicalmedium Anthony Williams. He says that "autoimmune" issues are caused by pathogens, like the Epstein Barr virus.

That was my exact scenario. Lipitor can lower inflammation, but it also prevents absorptionof K-2, which actually helps de-calcify, so I take Lipitor once a week, but I'd like to get off of it completely

Are you nuts? Work on your diet and stop thinking medication will fix it without un-known side effects

Professor Robert Lustig, endocrinologist at USF , maintains the statins have very minimal effect unless you’ve already had a cardiac event

@@geoffharrower2845 Lustig is a charlatan

Hi

Zero cac means you have not had an incursion/event yet but CAC does not pick up on soft plaque. Check you blood work.

By cta do you mean CT angiogram with IV contrast?

CT WITHOUT X2 CT WITH CONTRAST

Let me know if you ended up taking statins. I’m on he same boat.

In another video Petter explains that a low dose of 5mg of Rosuvastatin gives you 85% of the benefits of statins. Might want to start there and see if you get any side effects.

It's a very lucrative model for the industry as it stands.

IDK, what are your triglycerides? If they're in the same range as HDL your risk is probably low.

@@thefisherking78 67 for triglycerides

I remember hearing about a meta analysis a while back that showed a total cholesterol up to 280 was the safest group to be in. Cant remember the lower floor to the range, but I recall it being in the upper 100s

@@beezowdoodoozoppitybopbopb9488 🤙🏼

Most admit that there is a correlation but do not say that one causes the other. Correlation is not causation.

Since the calcified plaque is thought to represent only 30% of the total plaque, it is the soft plaque that causes heart attacks by rupturing, it could be that the soft plaque not seen on a CAC scan calcifies thus becoming relative safe while increasing the CAC score.

Hey man can we stay in touch? Got a similiar score at the same age and I am terrified. What did your doctor tell you about risk going forward? My score was 10 but pretty sure it’s all bad at our age irregadless of the score.

@@AgrippaMaxentius yeah I get checked every year and really watch my lifestyle. I drove myself crazy worrying about it, but essentially cannot do much besides manage and constantly monitor.

@@AN-jz3px Man I am wishing you the best. Did the Doc give any positive feedback? Ive read all of the studies and it seems we are for sure more likely to have Cardio issues but seems to be a much more case by case basis. Id love to see a study with folks with our scores that turned their lifestyles around.

@@AgrippaMaxentius I've always had a good lifestyle - am 6'1" 200 lbs and have been wrestling / doing mma / jiu jitsu all my life. Don't smoke, don't drink. Just genetics!! I wouldn't worry about it, just live your life and monitor.

Watch Dr Ford Brewer & cardio Risk

Wtf is that lmao

Correct. I have Calcium score 4.1

Same age, same numbers. I already exercise but will reluctantly start statins, have dropped from 161 lbs. to 145 lbs. in 2 months (easily) and will be dropping sugar drinks and ice cream (NOT so easily) and just hope for the best. You can only do what you can do and live your life.

Eat better NOW

They can't make money off you if you're cured.

But Dr Attia explained that since statins stabilize plaque your CAC score will usually go up on statins. It is not calcified plaque that is the issue, the calcium represents a stable bandaid in a damaged artery. Its the liquid soft plaque that is the killer, and statins will calcify the softer plaques.

Statins increase calcification

@@msantello1 Is it the drug that does that, or is it the body that does that once you've lowered your cholesterol enough? In other words, would a diet and lifestyle that consistently delivers a low cholesterol/ low LDL do the same thing?

@@Joseph1NJ My understanding is that while your body will calcify plaque on its own, as the good, non-oxidized LDL is designed to do, my Dr and other sources say the statins amp that process up in a big way...if you have a bunch of unstabilized plaque in your arteries. Dr. Ford Brewer said in one of his many videos that he got to have a look/see at the inside of an diseased artery in a cadaver, and he said it was like "pimples on a teenager's face." We have been led to believe that when you have a cardiac event is is the calcified plaque that has dislodged and caused the stroke or CI, but its not. Its the soft, infected plaque that has erupted into the blood stream, and when it interacts with blood forms a clot...and then boom. The bottom line is that this process is not cholesterol driven as a whole, but thought to be more about a body-wide biochemistry of insulin resistance that oxidized the LDL particles in the first place, making them highly inflammatory. And when these kinds of LDL particles invade a crack or fissure in an artery, that inflammatory stuff gets into the under layers, and your off to the races so to speak. Some, not all statins, can have more of an anti inflammatory & plaque calcifying effect, thus making these soft lesions in "safer" and less inflamed. Crestor is the best for this I have heard. And yes, diet, exercise, supplements - there are many other ways to address this issue without stains and their terrible side effects. But again, the actual cholesterol particle #'s are not the whole story. How LDL is getting oxidized is. Cheers.

Statins also reduce inflammation. Low carb diets also reduce inflammation. It is possible the real reason statins work is because they reduce inflammation not because they reduce cholesterol. This is not studied. Statin drug companies have a lot of data they refuse to release. The main creator of the CAC score, Dr Agatston, has said low carb diet is the best way to address calcium build up and has recently updated his south beach diet to be closer to a real LCHF diet. Dr Dave Diamond has an excellent study to show people on a low carb diet with high LDL live longer. Not conclusive but evidence points in that direction. We need more studies!

You should be on a statin with that CAC

Try The Caldwell Esdelstyn diet. Whole plant based food, no oils, surgers, fry food, processed food. I'd beleive him over someone tell me that I can eat fat. LOL

The only problem is an inflammation test is of no help if there are other sources of inflammation in the body. I have skin cancer that will give me elevated levels on inflammation tests.

You mean a CIMT

@@roscoetanner5996 WE know. Sorry you got nothing to do. lol

I wouldn't take a statin and might contact Dr Ovadia for his advice. Read his book.

LDL particle count doesn’t really mean much at all. Even some iDLs can penetrate the intima. All ApoB particles are athogenic according to the science literature - thinking that only the small oxidated/glycated LDLs are dangerous is a myth.

When you're in the 90th percentile, you need to be on a statin which is probably why the doctor called it in without hesitation. And, a CAC test in 1 year may not provide much more useful info, since you're already in a range that indicates aggressive risk factor modification; not just lifestyle but pharmacological as well. CAC tests aren't usually repeated because they only cause more unnecessary alarm in patients because the score will most certainly be higher than your first test; which if on a statin a higher score means more stable, if you're not on a statin and your score is higher than the initial test, then you're just rolling the dice. But of course to each his or her own, we all gotta do what we feel is best for ourselves.

@@njsongwriter Satins work.

Are you Apo E3/4? And have you checked Lp(a)? Looked at LDL-P? Small dense LDL? These can be check with NMR Lipoprofile. And Lp(a) and blood labs. If you do your genetics through 23 and me, and then run your raw data file through Found my fitness genetics (Dr Rhonda Patrick), you can see if you are Apo e 3/4, which can be more sensitive to saturated fat. Look at Apo E 3/4, lots of websites and articles online. And there are other genes that can make you poor at metabolizing saturated fat you may find in your full genetic report. For some people with these genes, high saturated fat diets (like Keto), may make LDL-P and cv disease worse. I have seen this with some clients doing Keto, despite good HDL/Trig ratio, good glucose/insulin, good weight, and other seemingly healthy metabolic makers.

I think the best next step is to go study Dr Brewer’s (PrevMed) videos! He has LOTS of information about CAC along with heart attack and stroke prevention! He talks about controlling inflammation and insulin as a key ways to prevent cardio events and stroke. Probably taking the Kraft Insulin Survey or OGTT WITH insulin markers to find out if you have insulin resistance is your key next step. Plus get a good CIMT done at a technically reliable place. (Call Cardio Risk to find out where you can get the scan in your city) A possible best case scenario for you could be that the high calcium score reflects that your have already done some damage control to the plaque that you have accumulated in your arteries before your current healthier lifestyle and Keto diet? But whether your body is still making soft plaque is the key question.

@@pollyptwan Thanks for your input. My last blood test showed total insulin of 5 with a range of 3 - 25 uIU/mL and my CRP < 1 which indicates low inflamation. I had a high carb/low fat very little sugar vegetarian diet for most of my adult life prior to switching to Keto. It will probably take years for my body to heal from the vegetable oils, gmo foods and all those carbs.

@@roncav8 Yes, I think we have all done damages to our health when we followed all the wrong suggestions on what was healthy for us in the last decades! As for an insulin of 5, according to Dr Brewer, a fasting "snapshot" still doesn't mean you don't have insulin resistance at all. The best test to find out for sure is the Kraft Insulin Survey. We need to be put under a "challenge" and actually do a tolerance test and watch our insulin response to the glucose challenge for three plus hours. Good luck! PS: I have been researching all this because I recently got a 1300 on my CAC as a 60 yr old female!! Otherwise, I am healthy and symptom free. I also have normal BMI, pretty good blood work numbers, and eat a low carb high fat diet! But of course my case is much worse than yours since I am only 60. I have been learning so much on Dr Brewer's channel. :)

Wear a CGM for a couple weeks to check your glucose levels.

Take 4 triple strength fish oil supplements daily. 2 morning before breakfast, 2before dinner. Your hdl and trigs will improve and can reverse Plaque. Stay away from bad carbs. Eat whole unprocessed food. Fish oil should be 3600 total omega 3’s. About 900 epa,dha combined per one pill. So 4 daily is your 3600. Get your LPa measured. If high may need upwards of 6000 daily omega 3’s.

I do a ketovore diet. I also take an unfortified cod liver oil and magnesium, nattokinase and K2 derived from natto (not synthetic). I also avoid high oxalate foods as calcium oxalate has been implicated in causing atherosclerosis. I'm 76. My score is 305. I'm determined to start exercising more.

​@@njsongwriterprogress update?

Just dont eat there lol

Any imaging center

We went to UPMC in Pennsylvania. Cost = $99

I googled CAC near me and found one an hour from my home and it was $50

@@michelleweaver3279 thank you 😀

Whaaat? My dr told me mine was 0 and he said I was doing great

@@Viz210 that’s why I found a new doc. Zero reason to use statins ever. But even more so for a cac of 0

You are crazy. Stop you bad diet. Eat whole food plant based. I dont like it but it works.

No, but they may have had a heart attack. What it really means the higher the number the more likely an event in the next years. It’s not a perfected science yet, because a heart attack could start in a non-calcified area.

You can think of it as a scare. There's been some damage there, and is was repaired. He says "generally" those areas are now stable, and there's nothing you can do about it, nor should worry about the areas already scared. What you need to have assessed is what are your risk factor(s) moving forward, and what to do about it. This is where an experienced cardiologist takes his time and does an analysis of your cardio health based on multiple factors, and CAC is just one. BTW, I was able to find several MESA risk calculators online, but I won't share them because they are best rough estimates. Also, I found one that as HDL went up, risk went down, and according to current studies, I don't know that a higher HDL is still being considered protective.

@@Joseph1NJ Keep in mind: a cardiologist may tell you to take a statin and eat bad oils. You need to see a cardiologist who is up-to-date on valid research.

Following

Read about k2 and calcium

Watch this... kzfaq.info/get/bejne/r9mZmbB8vLG-fI0.html

According to allopathic medicine, no because there is no pharmaceutical drug to reduce plaque. Look up the root cause protocol from Morley Robbins.

IF you do that with a plant based or near plant based diet, it really won't matter. But if you want change the way you eat than sure why ow

You cant be serious. fix your diet.

@Islayman How much k2 and Vit c did you take for this?

I would consult with Dr. Ovadia.

@Islayman What are you doing for soft plaque?

K2 may remove the calcium (if it's natural K2 from natto) but nattokinase would be needed to remove the soft plaque. I take both.

Do you know what you will do about it? I recently discovered I have a non-zero calcium score at age 41 after learning my lp(a) is off the charts high.

@wrongworld I have started statins for now to calcify any soft plaque. Add more cardio (V2 and V02max) eat healthier. Try my best to manage stress. Hopefully things get better.

@@learnmore6120 what prompted you to get the score? It’s scary that the data on cac doesn’t start until age 45. Like you I’ve lifted weights all my life and have done a lot of cardio. My vo2 max is in the excellent category. Life can change in an instant, can’t it? Best of luck to you.

@wrongworld ask ur doctor to write u a CAC even if he says no just tell him to do it.

@@learnmore6120 I took the test last week. Just wondering why you took it. Have you had your lp(a) tested?