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Mark Menolascino Md, Ms, Abihm, Abaarm, Ifmcp HEART Solution for WOMEN A Proven Program to Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease MARK MENOLASCINO MD, MS, ABIHM, ABAARM, IFMCP Founder and Medical Director of The Meno Clinic Center for Functional Medicine This book contains advice and information relating to health care. It should be used to supplement rather than replace the advice of your doctor or another trained health professional. If you know or suspect you have a health problem, it is recommended that you seek your physician’s advice before embarking on any medical program or treatment. All efforts have been made to assure the accuracy of the information contained in this book as of the date of publication. This publisher and the author disclaim liability for any medical outcomes that may occur as a result of applying the methods suggested in this book. heart solution for women. Copyright © 2019 by Dr. Mark Menolascino. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information, address HarperCollins Publishers, 195 Broadway, New York, NY 10007. HarperCollins books may be purchased for educational, business, or sales promotional use. For information, please email the Special Markets Department at SPsales@harpercollins. com. first edition Designed by SBI Book Arts, LLC Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Menolascino, Mark, author. Title: Heart solution for women : a proven program to prevent and reverse heart disease / Mark Menolascino, MD, MS, ABIHM, ABAARM, IFMCP, founder and Medical Director of The Meno Clinic-Center for Functional Medicine. Description: First edition. | [San Francisco, California] : HarperOne, [2019] | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2018040470 (print) | LCCN 2018052981 (ebook) | ISBN 9780062842169 (e-book) | ISBN 9780062842138 | ISBN 9780062842138(hardcover) | ISBN 9780062842145(paperback) | ISBN 9780062864895(audio) Subjects: LCSH: Heart diseases in women—Prevention. | Heart diseases in women—Alternative treatment. Classification: LCC RC682 (ebook) | LCC RC682 .M46 2019 (print) | DDC 616.1/20082—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018040470 19 20 21 22 23 lsc 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 NNT Chart Drug NNT Score Context/Details Antibiotic treatment 2 (98 of 100 people No recurrence for a for H. pylori bacteria treated benefit from the year (with additional to prevent recurrent treatment) medications used in the stomach ulcer H. pylori cocktail) Cholesterol-lowering 5,000 (5,000 women • Nine in 100 people statins for women must take the drug to taking statins become younger than fifty with prevent one death) diabetic no history of heart • Forty to 50 percent disease increase for older women in the risk of Cholesterol-lowering 500 (500 women developing diabetes statins for women over must take the drug to from cholesterol fifty with no history of prevent one death) medication heart disease • Women on statins have a higher risk of Cholesterol-lowering • 39 (39 must take the developing diabetes statins for patients drug to prevent one than men on statins who have already been nonfatal heart attack) • About one in ten diagnosed with heart • 83 (83 must take the people on statins disease or had a heart drug to prevent one suffer muscle damage attack death from heart attack) In sum, treating 500 • 125 (125 must take people with statins the drug to prevent prevents one death one stroke) and gives 50 to 250 of them diabetes, thus Cholesterol-lowering 250 (up to 250 must increasing their risk for statins for women and take the drug to a future heart attack men with risk factors prevent one heart such as diabetes or attack or stroke) high blood pressure Cholesterol-lowering 500 (over 500 must take statins for women and the drug to prevent men with no diagnosis one death from heart of heart disease yet attack) 1 Glycemic Response in High Glycemic Index Healthy Adults Low Glycemic Index 160 100 80 40 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 Blood Sugar (Milligrams/Deciliter) Time (Hours) “Finger-like” layer of cells that line the small intestine Tight junction for absorption between cells Blood Stream Leaky Gut Absorption layer Wider junction lets is damaged undigested food proteins pass through cells Blood Stream 2 96 Food IgG Panel DAIRY 500 600 700 800 900 1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 1500 Casein 1292 High 1 Cheddar Cheese 708 Moderate 2 Cottage Cheese 1180 High 3 Cow’s Milk 1356 High 4 Goat’s Milk 614 Moderate 5 Mozzarella Cheese 932 High 6 Whey 1402 High 7 Yogurt 997 High 8 MEAT/FOWL Beef 257 No eactionR 9 Chicken 618 Moderate 10 Duck 192 No eactionR 11 Egg White 1608 Very High 12 Egg Yolk 584 Moderate 13 Lamb 201 No eactionR 14 Pork 343 Very Low 15 Turkey 273 Very Low 16 SEAFOOD Clam 539 Moderate 17 Cod 709 Moderate 18 Crab 385 Low 19 Halibut 334 Very Low 20 Lobster 297 Very Low 22 Oyster 630 Moderate 22 Salmon 238 No eactionR 23 Scallop 208 No eactionR 24 Shrimp 244 No eactionR 25 Sole 221 No eactionR 26 Yellowfin Tuna 168 No eactionR 27 VEGETABLES Asparagus 261 No eactionR 28 Avocado 231 No eactionR 29 Beet 297 Very Low 30 Broccoli 148 No eactionR 31 Cabbage 530 Low 32 Carrot 470 Low 33 Cauliflower 352 Very Low 34 Celery 589 Moderate 35 Cucumber 285 Very Low 36 Garlic 293 Very Low 37 Green Pepper 255 No eactionR 38 Lettuce 296 Very Low 39 Mushroom 259 No eactionR 40 Olive 329 Very Low 41 Onion 186 No eactionR 42 Potato 170 No eactionR 43 Pumpkin 197 No eactionR 44 Radish 235 No eactionR 45 Spinach 328 Very Low 46 Tomato 178 No eactionR 47 Zucchini Squash 225 No eactionR 48 3 FRUIT 500 600 700 800 900 1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 1500 Apple 420 Low 49 Apricot 313 Very Low 50 Banana 1061 High 51 Blueberry 429 Low 52 Cranberry 372 Low 53 Grape 253 No eactionR 54 Grapefruit 304 Very Low 55 Lemon 217 No eactionR 56 Orange 233 No eactionR 57 Papaya 215 No eactionR 58 Peach 269 Very Low 59 Pear 147 No eactionR 60 Pineapple 271 Very Low 61 Plum 148 No eactionR 62 Raspberry 201 No eactionR 63 Strawberry 197 No eactionR 64 NUTS/GRAINS Almond 797 Moderate 65 Amaranth Flour 298 Very Low 66 Barley 362 Very Low 67 Bean (Kidney) 1685 Very High 68 Bean (Lima) 917 High 69 Bean (Pinto) 1303 High 70 Bean (Soy) 360 Very Low 71 Bean (String) 1437 High 72 Buckwheat 213 No eactionR 73 Coconut 317 Very Low 74 Corn 281 Very Low 75 Filbert 308 Very Low 76 Green Pea 300 Very Low 77 Lentil 212 No eactionR 78 Millet 198 No eactionR 79 Oat 262 No eactionR 80 Peanut 316 Very Low 81 Pecan 263 No eactionR 82 Rice 164 No eactionR 83 Rye 483 Low 84 Sesame 1560 Very High 85 Spelt 267 No eactionR 86 Sunflower 599 Moderate 87 Walnut 1142 High 88 Wheat (Gluten) 274 Very Low 89 Whole Wheat 254 No eactionR 90 MISCELLANY Cocoa Bean 1636 Very High 91 Coffee Bean 544 Moderate 92 Honey 616 Moderate 93 Sugar Cane 426 Low 94 Yeast (Baker) 1604 Very High 95 Yeast (Brewer) 1496 High 96 High (Very High, Extremely High) IgG reactivity is highlighted with a gray background. The ELISA analysis is a semi-quantitative assessment for specific IgG antibody levels. This test has not been evaluated by the FDA. 4 How to Avoid Arsenic Arsenic in rice is an example of the importance of frequently and diligently researching the latest information on the foods you eat. Consider the following to minimize your arsenic ex- posure due to rice consumption: • White rice contains less arsenic than brown rice. • Processed rice food products contain more arsenic than plain rice. • Rinsing the rice thoroughly and cooking the rice in extra water (6 cups of water for every 1 cup of rice) has been shown to remove 35 to 45 percent of the arsenic from the rice. • Rice cakes have exceptionally high arsenic content. • Rice from California, Pakistan, and India has the least arsenic. • Rice from US states other than California—especially Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas—has the most arsenic. 5 Precision, Personalized Assessment Precision, Personalized Assessment To help you choose the lifestyle medicine that will benefit you the most, we need to determine where you stand on the spectrum of heart disease risk. You and I can’t interact here in the pages of this book in the same way we would if you came to my clinic, but the following as- sessment is designed to share with you the things I do in my clinic that you can do on your own, and give you the empowering ex- perience of being both the patient and the expert. The Precision, Personalized Assessment contains four parts: (1) “The Heart Solu- tion Matrix,” (2) “Your Sources of Inflammation,” (3) “Body Type,” and (4) “Internal and External Clues.” When you understand all four, your self-knowledge will be vast indeed. This knowledge will be the compass needle, pointing us toward a solution tailored specifically for you. Consider this assessment to be a virtual walk into my clinic. Using what you learned about your body in the first part of this book and your vast experience being who you are, go through this assessment thinking about your pain points. Pain, fatigue, intestinal discomfort, brain fog, mood, and anxiety are the ways in which your body expresses dysfunction. These sensations are 6 Precision, Personalized Assessment not just “in your head.” They are real.
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