{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Keep It Clear","title":"S04E38. Why Your High Blood Pressure Is a Symptom, Not a Diagnosis with Mark Young","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2349,"description":"If you've been handed a blood pressure prescription and no explanation, this conversation will change what you ask at your next appointment.\nIn this episode, Katie sits down with Mark Young, PhD, CEO of Zona and host of the Age Defiantly podcast, to talk about why heart health stops being a men's issue somewhere around age 45. They get into what happens to your blood vessels when estrogen production drops, why hypertension became its own diagnosis instead of a clue, and how the same root-cause thinking Katie uses for skin applies to your heart. From protein folding and why every drug label says \"side effects may include,\" to the isometric hand grip research that came out of a US Air Force study on fighter pilots, Mark connects dots most people never see connected. If you've ever been told something is just part of getting older, this one's for you.\nIn This Episode We Cover\nWhy estrogen is one of the body's primary vasodilators and what happens to your blood vessels when production drops in perimenopause.\nHow the same blood flow restriction that men act on immediately gets quietly accepted by women as normal aging.\nWhy only about 10 percent of the body's proteins have been mapped, and what that means for the phrase \"side effects may include.\"\nHow hypertension became an insurance billing code, and why that single change stopped clinicians from looking upstream.\nThe three-part mechanism behind isometric hand grip work: nitric oxide release, sodium to stop muscle spasm, and potassium to soften the endothelium.\nWhy the endothelium behaves like a sponge, and what a hardened one does to your body's ability to regulate pressure.\nConnect with Mark\nWebsite: zona.com\nPodcast: Age Defiantly\nInstagram: @themarkyoung\nDiscount code: KatieStewart for 100 dollars off at zona.com","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/FFbxg2ZzkmybHIRNWNc7W798umej0E4_jV4tkpr6t6M/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81NzQ4/YTZhODY4YmQxNmZl/YTI0ZDUyYTM5ZTIx/ZTRlZS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}