Hope your DRS appt goes very well for you. I am trying to cook with herbs such as tumeric which cuts plaque in the arteries. Google the benifits of tumeric. I also use ginger, cinnamin, and (some) garlic powder. Google those too. Found out my grandfather died of heart diease at 59 and my own Father passed at 63. I am now 56. I do hike a lot---2 hours of turkey scouting this morning here in New York! Lift weights and still practice martial arts---34 years now! I had a DRS appt yesterday and my blood pressure was 123 over 80. That is good!! I need to lose some (winter weight) however---like 15 to get down to 200. Anyway - I use those 4 herbs every day. I also take Gingko Biloba which increases bloodflow through legs and brain---all areas. And panax Ginseng. That Ginseng gives this 56 year old alot of energy!! Hope this helps.