Dr. Stephen Sinatra, a board certified cardiologist, describes himself as an “integrative cardiologist”. That is, he prefers to treat heart disease by using the best of both conventional and alternative medicine.

Dr. Sinatra began studying heart disease from non-traditional perspectives because he noticed that so many of his patients had high-achieving Type A personalities. He took courses in bioenergetic analysis (a field that examines the relationship between the mind and the physical body) and immersed himself in nutrition, learning how vitamins and minerals influence cardiovascular health. With this knowledge, he created Heart MD Institute as an educational resource for disease prevention using lifestyle changes.

His work at the Institute that calls upon his wide experience as a cardiologist, nutrition specialist, certified bioenergetic psychotherapist, and an anti-aging specialist, is responsible for much of the information we now have about alternative medicine. This is particularly true for stress and particularly regarding the heart but also for general good health. Quoting from his blog, Dr. Sinatra explains some of his “integrative” philosophy,
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The Western world is generally perceived to be the bringer of modernity, and oftentimes, their particular standard when it comes to certain areas of life, such as medicine for example, is deemed to be the ultimate and absolute measurement for modern living.

In the field of medicine, for example, it has been traditionally perceived that mainstream medical treatments are the only acceptable means for treating patients with several diseases. Lately however, with the growing acceptance of alternative medicine techniques that employ unconventional treatment methods, but are nonetheless proven to have healing capabilities, the Western standard is slowly opening up to these newer treatment techniques.
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