760. Stress and Heart Disease

What’s worse for your heart? If you had to choose between smoking, cholesterol or obesity, which one would you choose? Most people would pick smoking, but the answer is actually stress! A recent study out of The Journal of the American Medical Association is saying that stress is the number one most dangerous factor for your heart. When we are stressed, high levels of cortisol start circulating. Join Dr. Martin in today’s episode as he explains why cortisol plays a huge factor in a diagnosis of heart disease.