How to Read a Coronary Artery Calcium (CAC) Score

How to Read a Coronary Artery Calcium (CAC) Score

How to Read a Coronary Artery Calcium (CAC) Score

What is a CAC test, and how can you read your CAC score? Find out in this quick video.
In this video, we’re going to talk about how to read your coronary artery calcium (CAC) score.

Timestamps
0:00 Introduction: How to read a coronary artery calcium (CAC) score
1:25 What your CAC test results mean
2:04 What to do if you have bad CAC test results
3:10 Share your success story!

A CAC test will tell you the amount of calcium plaquing that is in your arteries.

When the inside of blood vessels becomes injured or inflamed, your body repairs the damage with calcium and cholesterol.

Your risk of heart attack is increased if you have high calcium in your arteries.

90% of men and 67% of women over the age of 70 have some amount of calcium in their arteries.

Consuming a high amount of carbohydrates is the primary cause of artery damage—it causes a large amount of irritation and inflammation.

Your CAC score can go from 0 to over 1000. Ideally, you want your score to be 0.

The CAC test is one of the best predictors of mortality from all causes.

Here’s how you can read your CAC score:

Score: 0
• Plaque: none
• Probability of heart disease: very low


Score: 1-10
• Plaque: minimal
• Probability of heart disease: low


Score: 11-100
• Plaque: mild atherosclerosis
• Probability of heart disease: minimal


Score: 101-400
• Plaque: moderate atherosclerosis
• Probability of heart disease: moderate


Score: 400+
• Plaque: extensive atherosclerosis
• Probability of heart disease: high


What can you do if you have unfavorable CAC test results? Try…
• Healthy Keto
• Intermittent fasting
• Vitamin B3 (niacin)
• Tocotrienols
• Vitamin K2
• EDTA

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Content

0.16 -> all right let's talk about how to read a cac  score what is cac it stands for coronary artery  
6.48 -> calcification score this is the amount of calcium  and plaquing that is inside your arteries when  
13.36 -> the inside of the blood vessel becomes irritated  through oxidative stress or injury the body comes  
20.56 -> in to repair it with calcium and the cholesterol  and the more calcium you have in the arteries  
26.48 -> the more you're at risk for getting a heart  attack in fact 90 of men and 67 percent of women  
32.72 -> over the age of 70 has some amount of calcium  in their arteries and personally my opinion of  
39.36 -> why this is because consuming high amounts  of carbohydrate in your diet is like taking  
44.96 -> steel wool and kind of sanding the inside of  your arteries it creates a lot of irritation  
50.88 -> a lot of inflammation so this scoring system goes  from zero you can go over a thousand but ideally  
59.12 -> you want this score to be zero and that will  tell you there's no plaquing in the arteries  
64.32 -> and the possibility of getting heart disease is  very very low in fact this test the cac test is  
70.48 -> one of the best predictors of mortality from  all types of death it just tells you what's  
76.8 -> going on internally but it's way better than  a cholesterol test and it's not that expensive  
81.84 -> i got the test and thank goodness it was zero all  right now if the score is between one and ten the  
88.24 -> plaque is very minimal and there's a low chance  of getting a heart attack if the score is between  
93.6 -> 11 and 100 there's mild atherosclerosis and your  probability of getting a heart attack is minimal  
100.32 -> but it tells you something is brewing in the  oven okay so if your score is between 101 and  
105.76 -> 400 there's a moderate amount of atherosclerosis  and you have a moderate risk or a probability of  
112.08 -> getting a heart attack now if you're over  400 okay we have extensive atherosclerosis  
120.48 -> and you have a high chance of getting a heart  attack so i would recommend getting this test  
126 -> find out where you are and realize if it's high  you can do something about it okay and then go get  
131.68 -> retested maybe three months later but here's what  you need to do you need to go low carb you need to  
137.04 -> do intermittent fasting and periodic prolonged  fasting i would highly recommend taking niacin  
142.48 -> the type of niacin that gives you that flushing  that is going to increase your hdl which is kind  
149.36 -> of like the vacuum cleaner it tends to take any  excess cholesterol and pull it out of the body  
154.4 -> and then the next one i would recommend is  tocotrinols because that is going to protect  
158.64 -> the inside of the arteries against free radicals  it's 50 times stronger than the tocopherols  
164.64 -> tocotrienols it's a type of vitamin e so that  actually will help you reduce inflammation all  
170 -> right and then i would take vitamin k2 vitamin k2  helps to mobilize calcium out of the arteries and  
176 -> keeps it in the bone and lastly i would take a key  later it's called edta that can help remove some  
184 -> of the calcium inside the arteries all right  that's the plan and thanks for watching so if  
190.48 -> you're enjoying my content which i hope you are  and you're applying this knowledge to your health  
195.52 -> and you have a success i'd really appreciate you  sharing your success story so click the link down  
200.88 -> below to my website where you can upload your  success story so you can help inspire others

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