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Hi B and family.
I’ve watched the recording several times with Dr R Esposito and didn’t hear what he said on the satin meds he’s taking. I heard him say something rice.
Question: What is the name of the satin meds?
Also my husband wanna start protein supplements any recommendation.
He exercise daily have high B/P on amlodipine 2.5mg once/d. Weight about 200 lbs, height 5’8”.
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Hey ,
Let me answer your questions!
Questions about the recording:
What Dr. Ralph is saying is that Atorvastatin & rosuvastatin have the potential to increase insulin resistance. He is a fan of red yeast rice as a natural alternative to statin medication. Red yeast rice contains chemicals that are similar to prescription statin medications. One of these, called monacolin K, has the same makeup as the drug lovastatin.Questions related to your husband’s wish to increase protein:
Am I right to assume that the goal of your husband is to lose weight and that he would like to increase protein to decrease muscle loss as much as possible? If so, can you tell me a little more about his health & lifestyle? For example:
• how are his kidneys functioning?
• Is he on a plant-based diet? And can you give me an indication of how much protein he is currently having in his diet?
• How high is his blood pressure with the medication?
• How high would his blood pressure be without the calcium channel blocker he uses?
• What type of workouts is he doing and what benefits would he like to get from his workouts? -
Oh gosh! Red yeast rice….Thanks much Daniel.
My Husband:
Yes he plan to loose weight and wanna increase protein.
Kidney function test was normal range on the last test done.
He do not smoke, however consume wine sometimes.
Hmmmm plant base diet Lord I wish. said he will join me . He does eat veggie salads daily and fruits and veggies smoothies
With meds B/P basically 125/80 or at times a little lower. Diastolic usually good. I check it myself.
He said his B/P use to be high which is up to 2 years ago. -
Type of workout jogging, lifting his body weight pushups, pull-ups etc. Just to be healthy
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Hey ,
It’s amazing he wants to work on his health and he and that he gets such great support from you!
I think, if he eats meat, it’s easier for him to get in his proteins and because most people who train do not consume enough protein, it is good not to rely solely on shakes for the recovery of their muscles.
I usually recommend my clients consume 1.8 – 2.2 grams of protein per kg of body weight. That’s about 1 gram per pound of bodyweight. So for someone weighing 200 lbs that is about 200 grams.
A shake often contains about 30 grams. So getting him to eat more is important.
I like PurePaleo from Designs for Health. It comes unflavoured (yugh!… but with an excellent recipe it will make a nice smoothy) and it comes in chocolate and vanilla. There is also a vegan version. My guess is you’ll love this product better. The product is called Phytotein and it’s composed of organic pea protein with additional protein from organic sunflower, pumpkin seed, sacha inchi, and rice sources.
Since your husband likes to work on his health, he might like this handout as well. It talks about the root causes of high (and low) blood pressure and what you can do about it!
Let me know if you’ve got any further questions!
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Thanks much Daniel
Will inform him.
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