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About soys health claims. >> are soy foods really good for you? it depends on the benefits you are looking for and how they are prepared. soy is naturally low in saturated fat. and high in fiber and healthy fats. recently the fda proposed revoking a claim that soy can reduce your risk for heart disease. citing inconsistent findingsen about health experts say eating soy instead much red meat may lower levels of bad ldl to a small september. as for breast health, they stain plant estrogens and som...

These medications and he has this calcium score that leads to plaque and problems down road. his score is 1 tleefl anything over 100 is considered moderate heart disease. so thats the issue. his heart now is functioning well. these tests are done to be predictive and to figure out if the heart disease will cause a problem. >> and the doctor wants to elevate his statins that he takes because of the high ldl, the high cholesterol that he has. but crest or was widely criticized a year or so ago, th...

Atrocious. and you now see the impact of that sort of lifestyle on ones heart health. it increased over one year. his ldl went up despite being on medication. thats the bad cholesterol. you can correct that. many men who are about that age do have the problem and can correct it. >> what about the stress of being the president of the united states? >> well, thats a significant issue. it was interesting. dr. jackson said that he has velcroed himself to president trump. he is there all the time. an...

>> to be clear, he is taking cholesterol lowering medication, he is bored he line obese. can you characterize that as excellent health? >> i think based on his current cardiac study, his heart is very healthy. >> help sort this through for us. >> well, he has these various risk factors. part of reason do you these risks on the heart is to figure out if they have heart disease and what the likelihood is down the road. these are tests. objective data. i think the point that dr. jackson is make go,...

Deal with cholesterol. how do you explain that? >> well, i explained it in part because he is also well known for eating two cheese burg takers setting. two fish sandwiches, a chocolate shake and two schooops of ice cream. he doesnt exercise at all. these the things any cardiologist would be concerned before the so youre right, despite being a cholesterol medication, it went from 169 to 223. i also saw the ldl, the lousy cholesterol, went up despite being on medication. so hell get an increased ...

Over 220, do you hope to get it under 200? >> well, were not focused in on the total cholesterol as much as we are the ldl. we would like to get the ldl down below 120. thats what were shooting for. >> anyway with the low, i understand the blood pressure was within norms but with the high cholesterol is there any concerns for his heart health? >> not at all. i think the one good thing -- many good things that came from his exam. i think he had great findings across the board. one that stands out...

So when pressed, dr. jackson was still comfortable saying that because of the test thats did he to determine the presidents heart function. >> his ldl at 143. they say it should be under 100. they like the hdl over 60. and then the total cholesterol at least under 200. in the past it was under 200. it went up from 170 to 223 so it went up 50 points in one year. >> if we your patient, what is the major advice would you give him? >> heart health has to be the big one. they make recommendations abo...

Cholesterol medicine is very lowest takes a very low dose so we have a lot of trumroom to increase it. most cardiologists would prescribe a hire dose to start with. so i think his ldl will fall even more. and if we do the diet and exercise, i just dont think that he has much room to do anything else. >> you just said there were stroke concerns? >> no no. i was talking to dr. gupta saying it is not just the heart that hes asking questions about. i understand hes asking questions vascular health i...

We have room to increase that. most cardiologists would put a patient on a larger dose of medicine to start with were going to up that. we can do that and his ldl will fall even more. like i said, you know, if we did the diet and exercise, i dont think that hes got much room to do anything else. >> you said there were stroke concerns? >> no. i was talking to dr. gupta saying theres not just the heart that hes asking questions about. i understand that hes asking questions about vascular health in...

His ldl is problematic at 143. but everything else that dr. jackson wept into to me, neil, was a big finger in the eye by the president to everybody who has said that he could be out of shape, that he doesnt have the physical stamina to do this job, that he doesnt have the mental stability to do this job. dr. jackson said administered the montreal cognitive assessment. this is something that he said that is good at detecting early signs of alzheimers disease. after listening to the statistics, i...