over 80% of heart attacks and strokes are not plaque cholesterol or calcium that's blocking your arteries most of the time when someone has a heart attack or a stroke they die from a clot this is not the same and it's very different than a buildup of cholesterol or calcium or plaque if someone told you the reason why you die is your arteries fill up with cholesterol they are lying to you that's usually not what kills you it's the clot that can form in less than 5 Seconds what we're going to do today is we're going to really dissect a clot and understand what it is and give you a solution to prevent clots because a clot is a very necessary thing a clot is a response to injury and the way it's supposed to work is the body is supposed to form a clot fix the hole in the artery and then dissolve it the real problem that we need to focus on is the hole in the artery but the biggest trigger to a clot is not cholesterol it's not calcium number one and people know this is the inhalation of smoke from cigarette smoke and now your arteries are exposed to all these chemicals and it's going to create inflammation also pollution or being around any type of chemicals in the environment can do that as well a solution is not to do vaping okay you need to just stop smoking alcohol is another one you're drinking alcohol it's a considered a poison to the liver it gets into the bloodstream and that also can create problems in the inside of the arteries Believe It or Not birth control pills or hormone replacement therapy is another thing that can actually affect the arteries because of the hormonal interaction increasing the risk of a stroke and heart attacks then you have stress and this is an interesting one because there's something called the broken heart syndrome where someone has a loss of a loved one and the risk of having a heart attack goes up by 2,000% which by the way triggers the clotting action anything that increases stress can increase the clotting action also surgery okay surgery is a very stressful thing to the body and Endurance Sports marathons it's a tremendous stress in your body and refin starches that's just like pure inflammation going through your arteries and this is why diabetics are at four to five times the risk for getting clots not just in the heart but in the brain as well the last thing that can trigger these clots is an infection it could come from an infection in your tooth from a failed root canal where you have this absis that's leaking bacteria into the body or it can come from some other chronic infection I think for most people it's going to be the high levels of sugar that's flowing through their bloodstream that's creating the problem because of their diet and it makes their blood really sticky also it chronically elevates inflammation inflammation is one of the most potent things for clotting there's another uh trigger for this clot as well an excess amount of calcium in the arteries and let me explain this because in certain studies involving postmenopausal women who take High amounts of calcium for their bones they have an increased risk of getting uh this clot because calcium is involved in over 15 different clotting factors I'm talking about excess calcium excess calcium is just not good for the heart it can cause excessive calcification in the soft tissues especially in the arteries as the antidote and the thing that kind of counters this clotting there's two things that are very very important to know number one is vitamin K2 the purpose of vitamin K2 is to keep the calcium from building up in the soft tissue K2 is all about keeping the calcium out of the arteries and guess where vitamin K2 comes from dairy butter it comes from fatty foods the exact things that they tell you to avoid because of the cholesterol you should always take a vitamin D with vitamin K2 simply because vitamin D is super important as an anti-inflammatory in the inside of the arteries and it works together with vitamin K2 magnesium is another very important calcium regul it prevents calcium from going inside the tissues magnesium helps prevent arrhythmias especially atrial fibrillation which by the way causes an arhythmic problem in the heart that can cause pooling of the blood that can increase your risk of getting a clot what turns down clotting the big one is something called nitric oxide here are some things that can increase nitric oxide vitamin D L arginine is an amino acid that can help nitric oxide and one of the best sources of L arginine is meat and liver the exact things that they tell you not to eat there's something else that increases nitric oxide sunlight that can penetrate deep into the body and help increase nitric oxide in the inside of the arteries this is why getting sun is so valuable in so many different ways not just vitamin D but other ways as well what's happened since 1980 is we become Sun phobic because we're afraid of getting melanoma which is an absolute lie you want to get regular doses of sun very therapeutic to the heart other things that can help you is polyphenols in natural herbs and vegetables vitamin C omega-3 omega-3 fatty acids naturally thin the blood also when people consume leafy green vegetables that are high in vitamin K1 they think oh that's a lot of vitamin K1 that's going to uh cause clotting it's going to thicken my BL but no it's not going to create thickening more than normal it's just going to bring you to a normal level it's not going to create excessive amount of clotting fasting is another potent way to help reduce the risk of clotting fasting is also anti-inflammatory ketones getting on the ketogenic diet a low carb diet is also anti-inflammatory to your arteries regular exercise and I'm not talking about like high stressful exercise where you're doing marathons but regular good exercise with good recovery is extremely important in preventing this clotting garlic and onion super important in preventing clotting as far as supplements go there's three that are really powerful nines is a natural enzyme that helps prevent clotting you also have another enzyme called serap pepti that's an extract from silkworms and then brolene from Pineapple when you take those enzymes to help reduce clotting and I'm not even recommending you take them unless you have a clotting problem but they're a great natural source that's not endorsed by big Pharma because they're competitive you want to take those on an empty stomach so it can actually work on the factors in your blood that's maybe too excessive now you know the basics of what really is behind most heart attacks and strokes follow the advice I hope you took notes and implement the data that I showed you in this video thanks for watching and I will see you in the next video