Meet Millie Lee, MD, FACC: Integrative Cardiologist and Author
Dr Millie Lee is an integrative cardiologist and author in New York City who is passionate about preventing heart disease and empowering people to take ownership of their heart health through healthy lifestyle choices. As a cardiologist trained in Western Medicine, and a yoga teacher trained in the ancient wisdom of Eastern medicine, she integrates the two worlds to provide a wholistic approach to health and wellness. She is passionate about using the
principles of Functional Medicine to get to the root cause of disease or dysfunction and working together with my patients, create a personalized health plan for body, mind and spirit. Read on for more about this dynamic leader's work and her new book...
~Share something you are passionate about:
I am passionate about health and wellness. I believe that heart disease and most chronic diseases of our time are preventable and many possibly reversible with good lifestyle choices. I am also passionate about education and believe that if armed with the right information, people would make better lifestyle choices.
~What are some ways you are helping to bring this forward in the world?
That is why I wrote the book, “Your Heart Health is in Your Hands”.
In the book, I discuss the root causes of heart disease and more importantly some lifestyle recommendations to prevent and reverse disease. I have also given talks in the community trying to spread the message.
~Describe something our readers today can look forward to discovering in your book, Your Heart Health is in Your Hands:
Readers will learn about the real causes of heart disease, how they can be detected and what to do to prevent heart disease.
~What are 1-3 tips you can give our reader today to help them step forward in their life powerfully?
1. Meditate. Stress is a major contributor to heart disease. Meditation can significantly reduce stress and its harmful effects on our bodies.
2. Eat more real foods and less processed foods.
3. Move your body every day, several times a day.
~What tip or piece of advice can you