Cardiologist Dr. Guarneri Speaks on the Peoples Pharmacy About “Healing the Heart”

Anger can harm the heart

Yesterday as I drove through the Blue Ridge Parkway with the little ones, chirping in the back seat and the leaves of autumn painting a hue that can only be described as Devin, I had the inclination to turn on the radio.

Maybe it was a reason to drown out the impending argument of the two year old fussing with his older brother or maybe just a reason to have an adult conversation in my mind. Regardless of the reason, I found an interesting program on the radio on a show that I listen to quite often. The Peoples Pharmacy Host Joe and Terry Graedon talk with Mimi Guarneri , MD, FACC about Healing the Heart.

In the program, what struck me as eye opening was that a cardiologist with years of surgery experience decided that mainstream cardiovascular medical intervention may not be appropriate in many cases.

The show centered on the topic that the body is a holistic mechanism that reacts to the environment and can be damaged from such acts as stress, anger, and poor lifestyle choices.

The program further went on to discuss some of the results that Dr Guarnari obtained that were intriguing. Such remedies as group therapy, acupuncture, stress and anger management, herbs, meditation, vitamin as well as some medications were indicated with far better results than the conventional surgical approaches. Dr. Guarneri indicated that prevention medicine is has better results but it is not always taught to medical students.

To listen got to The Peoples Pharmacy

Guest: Mimi Guarneri , MD, FACC, is co-founder and Medical Director of the Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine in La Jolla, California. Her book is: The Heart Speaks: A Cardiologist Reveals the Secret Language of Healing. Her Web site is: www.mimiguarnerimd.com

Disclaimer: No information in this article is intended to replace the advice of your primary health care provider.

Nike Roach, MS, LMBT, is Vice President of 6th Sense Health and Wellness Centers. We offer tips and ideas about massage therapy, acupuncture, nutrition counseling, herbs, and fitness training as integral parts of a good health maintenance plan. We also speak on the benefits of being healthy and how to know what is healthy on the market and what is just great marketing