Just couldnt let September slip by without spotlighting an educational program for people with elevated cholesterol and other heart disease risk factors. The program is called Our Healthy Heart and is offered at no cost to patients who have had a VAP Lipid Panel.
For those not familiar with this test, the VAP (Vertical Auto Profile) Lipid Panel is a comprehensive cholesterol test that was developed by Jere Segrest, M.D., an internist and professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). This test is more thorough than the usual cholesterol readings done in the doctors office and measures 22 cholesterol components.
So, lets say that after a discussion about heart disease risk factors, your doctor refers you to a clinic for the VAP test. The results show lipid levels that put you at moderate risk for heart disease. At this point the physician will most likely address the test results and make recommendations to reduce the risk. How many patients, however, think of pertinent questions and concerns after leaving the doctors office? Or, how many patients may need a bit of help realizing suggested eating and/or exercise changes? Here is where Atherotechs Our Healthy Heart program steps in.
Registered dietitian Audrey D. Jowers is the Our Healthy Heart Cardiovascular Risk Reduction Educator Manager. She is on hand to advise patients with in-person office visits, phone consults, or online video conferences. This is a great benefit of the program that puts the dietitian within easy reach of anyone that needs help. A fat loss overview can help you produce a clear describe of what you need to focus on to carry out your fat loss purpose if you're a rookie; or serve as a reminder for those who are at an advanced or more enhance step of their losing weight plan. Following are seven steps that can serve as guidelines for your own weight loss system. The first thing that one must understand is that losing weight and losing fat is not the same. Many weight loss plans have tricked people into considering that it is the same, but most diets and weight loss applications only work by producing a person's body to lose more muscle tissue and water than actual body fat, more help please visit The Fat Loss Factor.
Meetings with a qualified and degreed nutritionist such as Audrey can provide patients with helpful dietary information and instill the motivation needed to make eating or other lifestyle changes to help reduce disease risk. Sessions with the dietitian will not only help improve cholesterol for the next doctors appointment but can also help with positive changes that last a lifetime.
In a recent press release, Stacy Smith of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, had positive comments about her experience with the program. With Our Healthy Heart, Ive learned a lot about my nutrition. My goal was to get off blood pressure medicine, and now they tell me my blood work looks fantastic! I am very proud of what Ive done.
Candidates for the test include anyone with heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, low HDL-C, those on cholesterol-lowering drugs, or having other risk factors including a history of smoking, or a family history of heart problems.
According to Atherotech, the blood test is available across the nation and is covered by many insurance providers, including Medicare and Medicaid. Moreover, the VAP test is compliant with the National Cholesterol Education Programs ATP III Guidelines.
For real-time information and chat about this Birmingham-based company, check Atherotechs Twitter and Facebook sites.
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The articles written by Andrea Wenger, Birmingham Diets Examiner, are for informational purposes only and are not to be used in the place of medical advice. Please contact a licensed physician or other medical professional before changing any health care routine or before starting any diet, fitness, or exercise program. Although every effort has been made to include the most current information, new information is released daily and may cause some recommendations to change.
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