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Podcast: Ultra Life Today
Episode: Rheumatoid Arthritis & the Heart: The Hidden Inflammation Link
Description: Board-certified cardiologist and electrophysiologist Dr. Royce Bargas (Bargas Wellness) returns to unpack how chronic inflammation—from stress, trauma, leaky gut/leaky brain, seed oils, oxidized LDL, and omega-6:omega-3 imbalance—drives heart disease. She walks through the 7 pillars of functional medicine, why integrative cardiology looks at the whole matrix (mitochondria, detox/biotransformation, assimilation, transport, structure, communication/hormones, immune/inflammation), and the advanced cardio-metabolic panel she uses (lipoprotein fractionation/NMR, inflammatory markers, oxidation, omega 6:3 ratio, cholesterol balance).What you’ll learnHow ...