1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:09,250 --> 00:00:11,720 Well as you all know , it is men's 3 00:00:11,729 --> 00:00:13,880 health month , every month is men's 4 00:00:13,890 --> 00:00:15,946 health month or just health month in 5 00:00:15,946 --> 00:00:17,946 general . But for this month , what 6 00:00:17,946 --> 00:00:20,409 we'll focus on are diseases specific to 7 00:00:20,420 --> 00:00:22,690 men , not only prostate issues or 8 00:00:22,700 --> 00:00:24,922 cancer or things like that , but things 9 00:00:24,922 --> 00:00:27,159 before you have disease and what we 10 00:00:27,170 --> 00:00:28,948 want to really focus on . I'm a 11 00:00:28,948 --> 00:00:31,170 cardiologist is risk factors , right ? 12 00:00:31,180 --> 00:00:33,291 Whether that be high blood pressure , 13 00:00:33,291 --> 00:00:35,689 cholesterol diabetes and unfortunately , 14 00:00:35,700 --> 00:00:38,040 obesity , which all culminated into a 15 00:00:38,049 --> 00:00:40,105 syndrome called metabolic syndrome . 16 00:00:40,209 --> 00:00:42,376 This syndrome starts off insidiously . 17 00:00:42,500 --> 00:00:44,667 We don't know . Right . We , we gain a 18 00:00:44,667 --> 00:00:46,889 couple of pounds , we do some different 19 00:00:46,889 --> 00:00:49,056 things and before we know it , what we 20 00:00:49,056 --> 00:00:51,056 used to could do , guess what ? Now 21 00:00:51,056 --> 00:00:53,278 we're limited and that's the first step 22 00:00:53,278 --> 00:00:55,389 in that process that creates an issue 23 00:00:55,389 --> 00:00:57,444 for us . But this month , what we're 24 00:00:57,444 --> 00:00:59,556 gonna do , we're gonna take this bull 25 00:00:59,556 --> 00:01:01,611 by the horns . We're gonna educate , 26 00:01:01,611 --> 00:01:01,549 we're gonna empower , we're gonna 27 00:01:01,560 --> 00:01:04,589 engage and hopefully we energize you to 28 00:01:04,599 --> 00:01:07,000 make a change , to make a difference 29 00:01:07,010 --> 00:01:09,066 because the only difference from the 30 00:01:09,066 --> 00:01:11,288 word change to chance is one letter and 31 00:01:11,288 --> 00:01:13,343 we're flipping that letter and we're 32 00:01:13,343 --> 00:01:13,230 taking a chance on you