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 learn
- How leaky gut → leaky brain can show up as anxiety/ADHD and raise cardio risk
- Why oxidized cholesterol (and industrial seed oils) matters more than total cholesterol
- The surprising RA–heart disease connection (and what “inflamm-aging” means)
- Labs to discuss with your clinician for a deeper risk picture
- Practical starting points: whole foods, fewer ultra-processed oils, targeted coaching
About our guest
Dr. Bargas runs Oklahoma’s only truly integrative cardiology practice and offers telemedicine. Learn more: bargaswellness.com
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