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1. 0:00Heart disease and arterial plaque is the number one cause of death in the world.
2. 0:06And yet... most people don't know that your body...
3. 0:09already... has...
4. 0:11a built-in system to clean your arteries.
5. 0:14Today
6. 0:15I'm going to show you what that system is, how it works, and...
7. 0:19what you can do to support it
8. 0:21naturally. Hello, Health Champions.
9. 0:24Let's talk about how to dissolve plaque.
10. 0:27When most people hear about plaque and the way they've had it explained,
11. 0:31they typically would think of it... as
12. 0:34cholesterol, as some type of grease...
13. 0:36that's just gumming up a pipe on the inside.
14. 0:39But we need to understand
15. 0:41plaque is not... grease.
16. 0:43It is a complex... mixture...
17. 0:45of different things.
18. 0:46It's oxidized, damaged... LDL,
19. 0:49it is... calcium.
20. 0:50There is cellular debris from various immune cells and foam
21. 0:55cells trying to clean things up.
22. 0:59And most importantly, there is something called fibrin in there
23. 1:03that ties things together, that binds things...
24. 1:06And fibrin is a protein.
25. 1:08And that's the critical component, that's the central theme
26. 1:12of this video, is to understand...
27. 1:14what fibrin is and that it is a protein.
28. 1:17And one more thing we need to understand...
29. 1:20is that when we look at
30. 1:22the blood vessel as a pipe,
31. 1:24it's going to have...
32. 1:25multiple layers.
33. 1:26And on the outside
34. 1:28here we have...
35. 1:29a muscle layer so that it can
36. 1:32contract
37. 1:33and relax.
38. 1:34But then
39. 1:35this plaque...
40. 1:36that we're talking about is not inside the lumen,
41. 1:40it's not inside the pipe.
42. 1:42And that's why I'm saying it's not grease in a pipe,
43. 1:46but instead
44. 1:47what it is, it's... inside
45. 1:49the vessel wall.
46. 1:51So
47. 1:52here
48. 1:53is... a...
49. 1:54thin... layer
50. 1:55called the intima. And
51. 1:58the... plaque is actually...
52. 1:59inside
53. 2:00behind
54. 2:02that layer. So here
55. 2:03is where
56. 2:04we have... the plaque,
57. 2:05which is composed of all those different things.
58. 2:08So if it was just grease in the pipe, then you could just
59. 2:12throw in some kind of solvent,
60. 2:14just mix in a solvent with the blood and it would wash out that plaque.
61. 2:18But that's not how it works.
62. 2:20This is a lot of different things and one of them is protein.
63. 2:24So that is what we need to break down...
64. 2:27So the fibrin is a protein, like I mentioned, and...
65. 2:30it is a clotting agent.
66. 2:32It helps thicken blood when we need to do that.
67. 2:35And it's also a tissue patch.
68. 2:38So it's essential...
69. 2:39to have it because if we didn't, then every little cut, every time
70. 2:43we get the tiniest amount of bleeding,
71. 2:46then we would bleed out because there would be nothing to stop it.
72. 2:50Now... the problem
73. 2:51occurs
74. 2:52when there is a buildup... that is...
75. 2:54more than the breakdown.
76. 2:56Normally when we're healthy,
77. 2:58there's a balance.
78. 2:59The body is building some up when it's necessary,
79. 3:02and we're breaking it down...
80. 3:04at the appropriate rate.
81. 3:05But if there's more
82. 3:07buildup...
83. 3:08now, we have some problems. If there's too much
84. 3:11in the wrong place
85. 3:13now, we can stiffen up the tissue...
86. 3:16We can have... thickening
87. 3:18and blood clots.
88. 3:19We could have...
89. 3:20blood that's too thick.
90. 3:22It doesn't circulate the way it's supposed to.
91. 3:26The viscosity...
92. 3:27is too high,
93. 3:29and
94. 3:30this contributes... to...
95. 3:31atherosclerotic plaques.
96. 3:33But then the question is... right here.
97. 3:36Why... would the buildup...
98. 3:39be
99. 3:40faster
100. 3:40or... more
101. 3:41than the breakdown?
102. 3:42Why would the breakdown not keep up?...
103. 3:45So the body has its own cleanup system.
104. 3:48It's called the fibrinolytic... system.
105. 3:50And lytic comes from lysis, which means to break down or dissolve.
106. 3:56And the key enzyme the body uses is called plasmin.
107. 4:00So this is what your
108. 4:02body's natural breakdown...
109. 4:04system is, the fibrin
110. 4:06cleaning agent...
111. 4:07And one way we can find out...
112. 4:09how we're doing on this, if we have too much,
113. 4:12is by a blood test,
114. 4:14where we can test for something called fibrinogen.
115. 4:18And the gen
116. 4:19here stands for genesis.
117. 4:20It's short for genesis. It means...
118. 4:23something that gives rise to.
119. 4:25So fibrinogen is the precursor...
120. 4:27to this fibrin.
121. 4:28So if we run the blood test and we have...
122. 4:31a very high level of fibrinogen, then we know that the body is making
123. 4:36too much... fibrin.
124. 4:37And if the test comes back
125. 4:39elevated, then
126. 4:40it would indicate an increased...
127. 4:43clotting risk,
128. 4:44because...
129. 4:45if we have more fibrinogen, we're making more fibrin.
130. 4:49But it also
131. 4:50indicates that we have
132. 4:51an increased systemic inflammation,
133. 4:54because basically, if the fibrinogen is high
134. 4:58due to inflammation, then the body
135. 5:01is responding to that inflammation... by...
136. 5:04increasing the production.
137. 5:06It's anticipating... a need
138. 5:08for repair, because that's what inflammation does.
139. 5:11It irritates tissues and breaks it down.
140. 5:14So we need...
141. 5:15more repair agents.
142. 5:17So why would fibrin...
143. 5:18Why would this clotting agent be too high?
144. 5:22Well,
145. 5:23plasmin, the breakdown agent,
146. 5:26it
147. 5:27decreases
148. 5:28with age. As we get older, the plasmin activity...
149. 5:31goes down. Also, there are many,
150. 5:34many things in our lifestyle that can result...
151. 5:38that will drive an increased inflammation.
152. 5:41And that's a lot of the stuff that we're talking about on this
153. 5:46channel virtually every episode,
154. 5:48like modern diets with sugar and processed foods and seed oils
155. 5:53that lead to insulin resistance.
156. 5:56We can have dehydration because we're not drinking enough water or we're not
157. 6:02combining it with enough electrolytes,
158. 6:05then environmental toxins can drive inflammation,
159. 6:09as well as stress, smoking, alcohol, and infections.
160. 6:13And one of the main infections that people don't really know that this
161. 6:19is involved was the COVID-19.
162. 6:21And many of the symptoms and many of the complications associated with COVID were
163. 6:28due to abnormal clotting in the blood,
164. 6:31thickening of the blood, and a very high level of fibrinogen.
165. 6:36So what can we do then about high levels of clotting,
166. 6:40high fibrinogen, other than the totally obvious,
167. 6:44which of course is your lifestyle?
168. 6:47If you're doing all these things that are driving inflammation,
169. 6:52then you're driving blood clotting.
170. 6:55So the, the obvious is to reduce or stop those.
171. 6:59And that's, again, what my channel is about.
172. 7:02That's what these videos are talking about,
173. 7:05is primarily different lifestyle measures to reduce inflammation.
174. 7:09But another thing that we can do is to understand a little
175. 7:13bit more about enzymes.
176. 7:15A lot of enzymes are proteolytic.
177. 7:18Some enzymes build things up and others break things down.
178. 7:22But proteolytic enzymes are what helps us break things down.
179. 7:26And they can break down fibrin, they can break down scar tissue,
180. 7:30and they can break down debris in the body.
181. 7:33So the one that most people have heard about,
182. 7:36which we definitely need, and our body makes that,
183. 7:40but sometimes we don't make enough and then it's a good idea to supplement,
184. 7:45that's digestive enzymes.
185. 7:46And they, of course, break down food.
186. 7:49We put food in the mouth,
187. 7:51the mouth goes into this long digestive tract,
188. 7:54but along the way,
189. 7:55it's primarily enzymes that will break down the food into smaller
190. 8:00pieces so that we can use them. Well,
191. 8:02the same principle applies to breaking down debris and other things,
192. 8:07but the difference is digestive enzymes are supposed to be taken
193. 8:11with food and break down that food.
194. 8:14When we're talking about fibrin and clotting,
195. 8:17we're talking about systemic enzymes,
196. 8:19something that's supposed to enter the bloodstream.
197. 8:23And that's very different from these digestive enzymes.
198. 8:26They don't get in the bloodstream.
199. 8:28They're supposed to work on food and help us break that down.
200. 8:31But here, systemic,
201. 8:32they get into the bloodstream so they can interact with blood clots and
202. 8:36other things that are in there.
203. 8:39And they work throughout your body, not just the digestive tract.
204. 8:44And one of the reasons there's not more talk about these systemic enzymes
205. 8:49is that we're not really sure how they get into the bloodstream,
206. 8:54because we have...
207. 8:55These are very,
208. 8:56very large molecules and we have a defense system.
209. 9:00We have a barrier in our gut that's supposed to keep things out with what's
210. 9:05called tight junctions between the cells.
211. 9:08And with these very large molecules, they're not supposed to be able to get in,
212. 9:14or typically that size molecule is not supposed to get in.
213. 9:17So when we break down food to be absorbed,
214. 9:20we have to break down these proteins into individual amino acids,
215. 9:25or maybe a pair or a triple or something,
216. 9:28but very small pieces before they can get into the bloodstream.
217. 9:32So we're not really sure how this works,
218. 9:34but here's what we do know and why there's been more and more talk,
219. 9:39and why we do know this stuff works.
220. 9:41Even though we're not sure,
221. 9:43we know that they must be taken on an empty stomach,
222. 9:46because if you take them with food,
223. 9:48now your stomach acid and your digestive enzymes are just
224. 9:52going to turn them into food.
225. 9:53And that's not the point.
226. 9:55But if you take them on an empty stomach, and especially some of the better brands,
227. 10:00they have slow-release capsules that kind of resist the first
228. 10:04half of the digestive tract,
229. 10:06so they can get down to the small intestine.
230. 10:11Some of the theories, the best theories,
231. 10:14is that when the body recognizes a compound when it's not
232. 10:18considered a threat,
233. 10:20now there's something called endocytosis.
234. 10:24So the molecules in our cell membranes, they're flexible
235. 10:29and they can sort of loosen a little bit and wrap around things when
236. 10:34want to engulf them and include them.
237. 10:36And this is how our immune cells work when they engulf foreigners.
238. 10:41But your body is really smart,
239. 10:43so most of the time it knows when there's a dangerous foreigner
240. 10:48and when there's a friendly
241. 10:50compound that we want to include.
242. 10:53So one of the best and most likely theories is endocytosis,
243. 10:57where it kind of wraps around what we want to bring in and it "ingests" it.
244. 11:03Another theory is that these molecules are partially broken down and
245. 11:07that they still keep some of their enzymatic activity.
246. 11:11And there's some evidence on this
247. 11:14regarding an enzyme called nattokinase. But
248. 11:17probably
249. 11:18this
250. 11:20method of partially breaking them down would work better for smaller molecules
251. 11:25because these are still very,
252. 11:27very large with dozens or hundreds of amino acids.
253. 11:30But here's the bottom line:
254. 11:32Even though we don't really know, and when people tell you, "Hey,
255. 11:36that doesn't work because we don't know," here's what we do know: that
256. 11:41the bottom line is that studies show,
257. 11:43many studies very consistently show, significant
258. 11:47reductions in fibrin and clots when you take these systemic
259. 11:51enzymes on an empty stomach.
260. 11:53And there's three key enzymes that have been studied and proven.
261. 11:58And the first one is nattokinase.
262. 12:00That was kind of the first
263. 12:03on the scene.
264. 12:04And
265. 12:05it is a product,
266. 12:06it's a compound that's created when you ferment soybean.
267. 12:10So in Japan, they eat a lot of natto, which is fermented soybean.
268. 12:15We know this is fibrinolytic, which means it reduces
269. 12:20both fibrinogen and fibrin, and it reduces blood viscosity,
270. 12:24so it makes the blood a little bit thinner so it flows better.
271. 12:30And then we have something called serrapeptase or serrapeptidase
272. 12:35that is a little bit different in mechanism.
273. 12:39It works more so by being anti-inflammatory and cleaning
274. 12:43up debris in general,
275. 12:45rather than just the fibrin,
276. 12:48breaking off the fibrin and fibrinogen molecules.
277. 12:52Now,
278. 12:53this will break down fibrous tissue and cellular debris.
279. 12:58So it's a great overall cleanup agent.
280. 13:01And then there is a third one called lumbrokinase.
281. 13:06And this is a very potent fibrinolytic.
282. 13:10It's the least
283. 13:11studied, it's the least known,
284. 13:13and it's kind of the last one on the scene in the Western world,
285. 13:18but
286. 13:19it's well-known in Asia for being used in cardiovascular medicine,
287. 13:24cardiovascular
288. 13:25protocols,
289. 13:26to reduce blood clotting and improve circulation and cardiovascular health.
290. 13:32So all of these three have slightly different mechanisms. They cut the
291. 13:38fibrin molecules in different places, some work more on cellular debris,
292. 13:43etc. But the end result is the same, that overall they help
293. 13:48break things down,
294. 13:49so they help contribute to less plaques and less clotting material.
295. 13:54So how do you go about this if you want to try some of these
296. 13:58proteolytic systemic enzymes?
297. 14:00Well, the first thing is, have to emphasize,
298. 14:03and please don't skip over this, is
299. 14:06first you have to
300. 14:07reduce or eliminate all the factors that contribute to the problem.
301. 14:11So all of this is caused by a pro-inflammatory lifestyle,
302. 14:15like I talk about in all these videos.
303. 14:18It is our lifestyle that is creating these problems.
304. 14:22Inflammation, chronic low-grade inflammation,
305. 14:25is the primary cause of cardiovascular disease and stroke and most
306. 14:29of the things that kill us.
307. 14:32So work on reducing that first and then anything else that you do
308. 14:36is going to work so much better.
309. 14:38So first you reduce sugar, refined carbs, processed foods, seed oils,
310. 14:43and all that. Now
311. 14:45your body's in a better position
312. 14:47to do the right thing
313. 14:49and for these little additions to actually work.
314. 14:52And remember what I said about the systemic enzymes,
315. 14:56you have to take them on an empty stomach,
316. 14:59otherwise your digestive tract is going to break it down and then it's
317. 15:04just a little bit of extra food.
318. 15:07So you want to take it two to four hours after food or 30 minutes before food.
319. 15:13So the two to four hours is a big range.
320. 15:15It depends on what you ate.
321. 15:17So if it was a light meal, then probably two hours is enough.
322. 15:21If you felt really full and you really loaded up on fat and protein,
323. 15:26it might take a little bit longer.
324. 15:28So make sure that you don't feel
325. 15:31full or like the last meal is still there when you take these.
326. 15:35And now there's two different effects that we're looking for.
327. 15:39The short-term effect is to lower fibrinogen.
328. 15:42So if you do a blood test and you check for fibrinogen and then you
329. 15:48change your lifestyle and you start taking these enzymes,
330. 15:52you can probably see a change,
331. 15:54a reduction in fibrinogen in as little as two to four weeks.
332. 15:59And...
333. 16:00that's the first thing that we're looking for.
334. 16:02Because if you reduce your fibrinogen, then...
335. 16:05you're probably no longer adding
336. 16:08to the problem...
337. 16:09And the reason you can reduce it so fast is that fibrinogen
338. 16:13and fibrin is
339. 16:14a circulating...
340. 16:15protein, okay?
341. 16:16If it's circulating, it has a half-life.
342. 16:18It doesn't sit around forever.
343. 16:20It's not really part
344. 16:22of
345. 16:23your solid tissue.
346. 16:24It's part of the blood...
347. 16:25And because it has a half-life,
348. 16:27it breaks down and it's being cleaned out...
349. 16:30continuously. Now, when it comes to plaques,
350. 16:33we want to think about those completely differently.
351. 16:37So
352. 16:38first of all, plaques, they take
353. 16:40decades to develop.
354. 16:41This is not an overnight thing.
355. 16:43And then as I showed you on that drawing,
356. 16:46it's not grease in a pipe. It is
357. 16:49solid tissue... It is
358. 16:50protein and calcium and cell debris
359. 16:53that's been kind of
360. 16:55mingled and
361. 16:56tied together, and it's sitting behind the wall...
362. 16:59of that blood vessel.
363. 17:01So it's kind of difficult
364. 17:03to get to.
365. 17:04We can get to it, but it's a very slow process.
366. 17:08So once you start this and you do everything right,
367. 17:11you do... your
368. 17:12low inflammatory lifestyle, you reverse a lot of these lifestyle
369. 17:17risk factors, and you start taking some
370. 17:20of these enzymes... you
371. 17:22want to continue
372. 17:23the process and know... that...
373. 17:25it's going to take years
374. 17:27to reverse a process
375. 17:29like that.
376. 17:30So 12 to 24 months, you could probably
377. 17:33start making some changes.
378. 17:35And one more thing you want to make sure of...
379. 17:38is...
380. 17:39that you want to check with your doctor if you are on blood-thinning medication,
381. 17:44especially
382. 17:45because
383. 17:46these proteolytic enzymes, they will help
384. 17:49normalize... your blood viscosity, your...
385. 17:52circulation
386. 17:53and your blood flow.
387. 17:54The thickness of your blood...
388. 17:56so if you're taking
389. 17:57something in addition,
390. 17:59that's a medication that very powerfully blocks
391. 18:03something and thins the blood... now you...
392. 18:06have two factors that work...
393. 18:08in addition to each other.
394. 18:10So what I would suggest...
395. 18:12you do, check with your doctor.
396. 18:14But... you can ask...
397. 18:16if... they understand...
398. 18:17these proteolytic enzymes,
399. 18:19these systemic enzymes that help thin the blood...
400. 18:22and if that might be...
401. 18:24a good alternative.
402. 18:25But don't just jump off any medication you've been prescribed...
403. 18:30and... don't take...
404. 18:31something
405. 18:32if you are on medication without consulting with your doctor.
406. 18:36So there are a lot of enzyme products out there
407. 18:39and we need to understand
408. 18:41that enzymes are natural.
409. 18:43They're little pieces...
410. 18:44of amino acids and proteins...
411. 18:46and it's nature's way of breaking things down.
412. 18:49Virtually everything that gets broken down in nature is...
413. 18:53by an enzyme.
414. 18:54And over the years in the clinic I developed some personal
415. 18:57favorites and
416. 18:59I'll post some links down below if you want to try them out.
417. 19:03There's some that I have used extensively and still use personally
418. 19:08and
419. 19:09also in clinic and with patients.
420. 19:11So the thing that I look for is first of all the quality of the stuff,
421. 19:15the amount of stuff that goes into it...
422. 19:18But then also...
423. 19:19the best value is going to be if you find one product...
424. 19:23with all three of these.
425. 19:24And... for a while
426. 19:26we worked with a product that had two of these
427. 19:29from
428. 19:30a company and then recently
429. 19:31that company made a product with all three.
430. 19:34So that is the one that I'm using right now.
431. 19:37It contains about eight different
432. 19:40enzymes.
433. 19:41But it does have all these three key enzymes,
434. 19:43the nattokinase, the serrapeptase or serratiopeptidase,
435. 19:47and
436. 19:48also
437. 19:49lumbrokinase.
438. 19:50If you want to check these out, I'll put a link down below.
439. 19:53If you enjoyed this video, you're gonna love that one.
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