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Dr. Millie Lee

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11/18/2021

𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙚! 🙏⁠
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Today, I am grateful for my PATIENTS! ❣️ I am truly inspired by your stories, your resilience, and your determination to take ownership of your health and your lives. 🙏⁠
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I would love to hear what inspires you. What are you grateful for? ⁠
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The act of writing it down, even in digital format, has tremendous health benefits - reduces stress, anxiety, depression, inflammation, and cardiovascular risk! ❣️⁠
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𝘼𝙥𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙖 𝙙𝙖𝙮, 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚 𝙖 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚. 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙖𝙧𝙮. 🙏⁠
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# meditationismedicine

11/18/2021

DAY 4 🙏 - 𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙜𝙞𝙛𝙩, 𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙛𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙮⁠
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I am so grateful for the renewed health of my beautiful mom. About a month ago, mom almost had a heart attack. I say almost because we caught it in time. ⁠
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She, like so many other women, was having some atypical symptoms (pain in her shoulders). After much prodding and begging on my part, she sought medical attention. ⁠
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We went back to my old stomping grounds - New York-Presbyterian Hospital - where they discovered she had a 90% blockage in a major heart artery. She had a stent implanted in one of her arteries and thankfully 🙏 had no damage to her heart. ⁠
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I am forever grateful to the amazing people who work at New York-Presbyterian, from the incredibly kind woman, Carmen, we met in the emergency room, to all of the nurses, especially my old friends Rita, Maria and Noel in the cath lab, the PAs, & my dear friends Dr. Maurer and Dr. Irobunda. 🙏⁠
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Cardiovascular disease touches ALL of our lives. I never thought it would personally touch my family. We, like so many of you, do our best to be healthy. This taught us that we can, and must, do better. ⁠
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We can all eat better, exercise better, manage stress better, spend more time with loved ones, and be more grateful. 🙏⁠
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05/24/2021

I hope everybody got outside this weekend, did something physically fun, and enjoyed the beautiful, warm weather. ⁠
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Let's keep up the momentum and commit to moving your body several times a day. 👣⁠
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HEALTH BENEFITS OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY: ⁠
👉Lower blood pressure⁠
👉Lower blood glucose ⁠
👉Lower cholesterol ⁠
👉Reduce the risk of heart disease ⁠
👉Help you lose weight⁠
👉Decrease depression and anxiety⁠
👉Improve brain function ⁠
👉Improve immune function⁠
👉Reduce inflammation⁠
👉Improve sexual function⁠
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03/13/2021

𝑫𝒂𝒚𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝑺𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝑻𝒊𝒎𝒆 (𝑫𝑺𝑻) begins tomorrow for most of us in the U.S.

DST results in more hours of darkness in the morning, and more hours of daylight in the evening. For many people, it may be harder to wake up in the morning and harder to fall asleep at night. 😴

Our internal clock doesn’t automatically sync to the changes in the official time, like the clocks on our cellphones do.

Our bodies are guided by 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝒓𝒉𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒎𝒔, which are 24-hour cycles (internal clocks) that regulate 𝒔𝒍𝒆𝒆𝒑 and other key bodily functions, like 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒐𝒗𝒂𝒔𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒓 𝒇𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏. These rhythms are largely dependent on light exposure.

Cutting sleep short one hour one night might not sound that detrimental to health, but, the lost hour can have significant effects, especially among the many of us sleeping less than the recommended seven to nine hours to begin with.

Even though our bodies will adjust to the new schedule after a few days, there’s evidence the change may still affect our health, and more specifically 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒉. Researchers have found a 24% increase in heart attack risk the first Monday of DST in the spring. The findings were published in the journal Open Heart.

8 𝑻𝒊𝒑𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝑮𝒆𝒕 𝑮𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝑸𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝑺𝒍𝒆𝒆𝒑

1. 𝑷𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝑮𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝑺𝒍𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝑯𝒚𝒈𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒆. Sleep hygiene refers to good habits that can influence sleep for the better. Set a time to start unwinding & prepare the body & mind for sleep.

2. Avoid caffeine & alcohol in the evening before bedtime.

3. Your last meal of the day should be about 3 hours before bedtime.

4. 𝑼𝒏𝒑𝒍𝒖𝒈. Turn off the TV and the devices at least one hour before bedtime. The brain sees this blue light as sunlight and suppresses melatonin, a hormone released in the evening to make you feel sleepy.

5. Establish a Consistent Sleep Routine. Going to bed and waking up at the same time each day.

6. Practice deep breathing exercises & meditation before sleep to help the body & mind relax

7. Make sure you get at least seven hours of sleep each night

8. Spend Time Outdoors. Natural light is the master regulator of our circadian rhythms

02/28/2021

Feeling the good feels 😊⁠
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💓 Research shows that focus on your 💓 and positive emotions such as love and appreciation creates a beautiful, smooth electromagnetic field from the 💓 that can be measured as heart rate variability (HRV). ⁠
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💓 Remember .. everything is energy, including every organ in our bodies. ⁠
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💓 The heart’s electromagnetic energy field is 5000 times greater than the brain’s. In fact, the heart has its own nervous system, called the heart-brain which sends vital information to the brain.⁠
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💓 The heart’s energy is said to reach at least three feet outside of the physical body and can be detected in a nearby persons ECG (heart) and EEG (brain). Have you ever walked into a room with an angry person in it and immediately felt the negative energy? ⁠
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💓 The rhythm of the heart synchronizes with your brain waves. (Yep, the brain has rhythm too!) Positive emotions send messages to the brain that strengthen your response to stress. ⁠
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💓 When the heart and brain are in energetic alignment, this generates a state known as COHERENCE. This state builds RESILIENCE. ⁠
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💓 My favorite tool and app to practice coherence is the Inner Balance app that tracks your HRV while you feel the good feels. ⁠
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02/24/2021

𝑴𝒆𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒄 𝒔𝒚𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒆 may be the most common & alarming syndrome you may not have heard of. ⁠
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😮 Metabolic syndrome (Met Syn) is a cluster of risk factors associated with increased risk of multiple chronic diseases, including diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular disease.⁠
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😮 Met Syn doubles your risk of developing heart disease and triples your risk of Type 2 diabetes.⁠
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😮 Nearly 90% of Americans have at least one of the Met Syn criteria! About 30% have three criteria which make the diagnosis of Met Syn. ⁠
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What are the criteria?⁠
🔥 𝑶𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒚 - Waist circumference more than 40 inches in men and 35 inches in women⁠
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🔥 𝑯𝒊𝒈𝒉 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒍𝒚𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒔 (𝒇𝒂𝒕) - 150 milligrams per deciliter of blood (mg/dL) or greater⁠
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🔥 𝑳𝒐𝒘 𝑯𝑫𝑳(𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅) 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒍 - less than 40 mg/dL in men or less than 50 mg/dL in women⁠
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🔥 𝑯𝒊𝒈𝒉 𝒇𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒈𝒍𝒖𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒆 - l00 mg/dL or greater⁠
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🔥 𝑯𝒊𝒈𝒉 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 - systolic 130 mmHg or higher and/or diastolic 85 mmHg or higher⁠
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What can you do if you Metabolic Syndrome or any of these criteria? ⁠
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Simple Lifestyle changes! ⁠
❣️ Lose weight if overweight or obese⁠
❣️ Eat whole foods - vegetables, fruits, lean protein, healthy fats⁠
❣️ Exercise - move your body several times a day⁠
❣️ Sleep at least 6 hours a night ⁠
❣️ Take time everyday for stillness, breathing & meditation⁠
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02/18/2021

"The 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒆𝒔𝒕 of all human emotions is 𝑮𝑹𝑨𝑻𝑰𝑻𝑼𝑫𝑬." ~ Hans Selye

A positive mental attitude, like gratitude, is 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕. It fends off depression, stress, and anxiety, which can increase the risk of heart disease.

Studies also show that expressing gratitude (especially if you write it down) can lower inflammation. And we all know that heart disease is an inflammatory disease.

Yes, times are hard and stress levels are higher than ever. But, when there are so many of our neighbors dealing with Covid-19 or without heat or food during these challenging times, we are reminded that there is still SO much to be grateful for.

I am so grateful for:

❣️ The health of my family, friends, & neighbors
❣️ My health
❣️ A warm home
❣️ Delicious, nourishing food
❣️ The beauty of nature all around me
❣️ A successful practice with beautiful patients
❣️ A #1 International best-selling book
❣️ My new puppy, Shanti

Taking the time to focus on what you are thankful for and letting that sense of gratitude wash over you helps us manage and cope with stress.

𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑𝒔 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒉𝒚.

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