Most of my adult life I've dealt with high fasting blood sugar (pre diabetic range), high blood pressure, and high amounts of triglycerides in my blood. Other inherited things like sweating a lot and rosacea are also noticed if you hang around me enough! Most of these functions are controlled and regulated through DNA at the sympathetic nervous system level. By far the most dangerous and hardest on cardiac output and health is the triglycerides being elevated to almost 3 times the accepted level. This is called, in medical terms, hyperlipidemia class 4 and the risk for having a heart attack or stroke is more then four times the normal risk. So as I come into this year of training the first thing is lowering triglycerides through the intake of more fish oil, more niacin and a one meal (1-2 snacks) a day program. It's very effective if used in combination with a lot of water. Many of us walk around with hereditary issues such as non alcoholic fatty liver, diabetes and elevated triglycerides and/or cholesterol and don't even think about it, and we all fall prey to aging and environmental factors that can affect us all in many different ways. We often don't even think to limit alcohol, toxin and food intake or to change our diets to limit caloric intake. However as a 230 lb runner, I always have to be aware and in control of things that can be somewhat controlled through diet and exercise. So one thing to think about as we train and we start to have issues that we can't seem to overcome as easy as others, or when we were younger, is to start planning to combat those issues head on, especially during peak training periods. If a person doesn't know some of their numbers beyond just a heart rate and blood pressure reading along without concentrating on genetic predispositions it can limit the ability to perform almost all together if left unchecked and unmonitored under a variety of conditions, testosterone and estrogen included! Happy running...
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