Breaking Conventional Barriers to Heart Health:
Unveiling Uncommon Paths to Lifelong Cardiovascular Vitality
A Self-Study Course with Dustin Strong, ACN
Welcome to a new era of heart health! Go beyond the conventional approach to cardiovascular wellness and discover uncommon, yet highly effective, ways to boost your heart vitality, as clinical nutritionist Dustin Strong guides you through lesser-known tests, critical metrics, and actionable strategies for promoting lifelong cardiovascular vitality.
Uncommon Paths to Lifelong Cardiovascular Vitality
Explore a groundbreaking approach that emphasizes early detection and targeted interventions for optimum heart health. Dustin Strong covers tests and strategies often overlooked by conventional wisdom, offering you a deeper understanding of how to maintain and enhance your cardiovascular well-being.
A. Critical Tests for Cardiovascular Health
- Homocysteine – A review of “The Homocysteine Revolution”
- Understanding Homocysteine: Learn about homocysteine, a sulfur-containing amino acid produced in the body. Elevated levels can increase the risk of coronary artery disease, stroke, and peripheral vascular disease.
- The Link to Heart Disease: Delve into how homocysteine affects your heart and circulatory system.
- Homocysteine and Stroke Risk: Discover the relationship between high homocysteine levels and stroke risk.
- Nutritional Interventions: Learn how diet and supplementation can help manage homocysteine levels.
- Lifestyle Recommendations: Find out how changes in your daily habits can contribute to lower homocysteine levels.
- Clinical Implications: Understand how homocysteine levels impact your health and what your medical provider can do about it.
- C-Reactive Protein (CRP)
- CRP levels are key indicators of inflammation and cardiovascular risk. Discover how measuring CRP can provide valuable insight into your heart health.
- Lipoprotein(a)
- This inherited risk factor for heart disease often goes undiagnosed. Learn how testing for Lipoprotein(a) can lead to proactive management of your heart health.
- Coronary Artery Calcium Score (CACS)
- CACS provides a clear picture of your heart’s health by measuring calcified plaque in the arteries. Understand how this test can guide your risk management.
- Omega-3 Index
- Find out how measuring your Omega-3 levels can give you an edge in promoting heart health and reducing cardiovascular risk.
- Heart Sound Recorder – a computer-based version of Dr Royal Lee’s Endocardiograph, released in 1937.
B. Navigating Your Heart’s Journey
Your heart’s journey is like navigating 100,000 miles of road with heavy traffic. Understanding what it takes to do construction, and what is creating a greater need for it. You’ll learn proven mind-body approaches, diet, exercise, lifestyle, nutritional supplementation and herbal medicine strategies.
Each week the live class will be uploaded to the curriculum, and you will have forever access to this course.
About Dustin Strong:
Dustin, with years of clinical practice and founder of the Strong On Health Wellness Center, is a renowned figure in health and wellness. He’s a featured practitioner and author in esteemed health publications such as Selene River Press Self-Help Nutrition Blog and Texas Runner and Triathlete Magazine. Dustin serves as a guest expert on various platforms, including video series, podcasts, and interviews. Notably, he’s been featured on “Yes, And Yoga” on Prime Video, the “Happy Accidents” Podcast, and in publications like Mansfield NOW Magazine and Voyage Dallas Magazine, where he’s recognized as a local “Hidden Gem” in the DFW area. Recently, Dustin was honored as a Healthcare Hero by the Fort Worth Business Press.
In addition to his one-on-one work with clients, Dustin is an experienced consultant to other healthcare professionals with difficult cases or who wish to incorporate nutrition more fully into their practices. He is also a sought-after educational speaker whose seminars are approved for professional continuing education credits in all 50 U.S. states.
Dustin has also developed multiple whole food-based, organic-focused products, including Strong On Health Healthy Handfuls, a line of raw, organic, sprouted nuts, The Strong On Health Box, a health and wellness subscription box available throughout North America, and The Sugar Stopper®, which was carried by Central Market, other retail outlets and in healthcare practitioners’ offices nationwide.
Dustin is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is certified as an Applied Clinical Nutritionist by Parker University, is certified as a Holistic Nutritionist by American Fitness Professionals and Associates (AFPA), and is Board Certified by the American Association of Drugless Practitioners. Dustin is also a trained and accomplished vocalist and performer.