5 Things Your Feet Say About Your Heart and Your Sugar After 60 (Family Doctor, 31 Years)

In this episode, Dr. Alan Whitmore, a family physician with 31 years in practice, walks through 5 things your feet can tell you about your heart, your arteries, and your blood sugar after 60: the missing pulse on the top of the foot, the toe that stays pale after you lift the leg, the color change that points to peripheral artery disease, the numbness that arrives before a diabetes diagnosis, and the one sign that predicts a heart attack years ahead. Plus the 5-minute check you can do tonight with your socks off and a good light, and what to say to your doctor. Chapters 0:00 The patient who came in for a toenail 1:35 Why the feet show heart trouble first 2:50 How the arteries reach the toes 4:30 Sign 1: the pulse on the top of the foot 6:20 Sign 2: the pale toe test 8:10 Sign 3: color, temperature, and hair 10:40 Sign 4: numbness and blood sugar 13:00 Sign 5: the sign that predicts a heart attack 15:10 A story from the office 16:10 The one I saved: the 5-minute check tonight 19:00 The sentence to remember 19:40 Five things to do this week 20:50 The limits of what I've said 21:30 Next episode 22:10 One last thing