Cardiovascular Disease

One of the scariest things about heart disease is that it is often a silent killer, with few to no outward symptoms. As one of my medical school professors liked to point out, the most common “presentation” of the disease is a sudden, fatal heart attack. You know the patient has heart disease because he has just died from it.

And while mortality rates from those first, surprise heart attacks have dropped significantly thanks to improvements in basic cardiac life support and time-sensitive interventions, such attacks are still fatal roughly 1/3 of the time.

Below is a collection of past articles and podcasts related to heart disease prevention, atherosclerosis, coronary disease, cholesterol, apoB, and more.

Medications & supplements

Free Article

Cardiovascular benefits of GLP-1 drugs independent of weight loss

Longevity

AMA

Peter evaluates longevity drugs, aspirin for CVD, and strategies to improve muscle mass — promising, proven, fuzzy, noise, or nonsense?

Ep. #370 (AMA #76)

Nutrition

Guest Episode

Rethinking protein needs for performance, muscle preservation, and longevity, and the mental and physical benefits of creatine supplementation and sauna use

Ep. #369 with Rhonda Patrick, Ph.D.

Risks

Free Article

Artificially sweetened beverages for metabolic health: motivation matters

Risks

Free Article

When zero doesn’t mean zero: the limits of coronary calcium in women

Nutrition

AMA

Sugar and sugar substitutes: weight control, metabolic effects, and health trade-offs

Ep. #361 (AMA #74)

Longevity

Guest Episode

How metabolic and immune system dysfunction drive the aging process, the role of NAD, promising interventions, aging clocks, and more

Ep. #359 with Eric Verdin, M.D.

Exercise

Premium Article

Understanding and improving important cardiovascular metrics

Medications & supplements

Guest Episode

Women’s sexual health, menopause, and hormone replacement therapy (HRT)

Ep. #348 with Rachel Rubin, M.D.

Risks

Free Article

Erectile dysfunction as an indicator of cardiovascular health

Longevity

Podcast Episode

Aging well: Peter shares strategies for improving longevity with residents at a senior living center

Ep. #342

Longevity

QPS

Peter’s takeaways on aerobic exercise and VO2 max, insulin resistance, rising healthcare costs, treating children with autism and ADHD, and strength training | Quarterly Podcast Summary #4

Ep. #338

Longevity

AMA

Fasting, well-balanced diets, alcohol, exercise for busy people, wearables, emotional health, assessing cardiovascular health, and more

Ep. #336 (AMA #68)

Risks

Free Article

Compounding effects of multiple metabolic conditions on cardiovascular risk

Risks

Guest Episode

Cardiovascular disease, the number one killer: development, biomarkers, apoB, cholesterol, brain health, and more

Ep. #334 with Tom Dayspring, M.D.

Risks

Free Article

Precautions against increased fall risk associated with antihypertensive drugs

Longevity

AMA

Special AMA: Peter on exercise, important labs, building good habits, promising longevity research, and more

Ep. #329

Exercise

Free Article

Calming the concern over exercise duration and coronary artery calcification

Other tactics, tools, & treatments

Free Article

Could plasma protein levels be a surrogate for VO2 max testing as a measure of cardiorespiratory fitness?

Risks

Free Article

Coronary atherosclerosis is a silent killer, but we have tools to stop it

Nutrition

AMA

Protein’s impact on appetite and weight management, and uric acid's link to disease and how to manage levels

Ep. #313 (AMA #62)

Longevity

Podcast Episode

Longevity 101

Ep. #311

Medications & supplements

Free Article

Does pharmacological treatment for ADHD increase risk of cardiovascular disease?

Nutrition

Free Article

Does xylitol increase risk of cardiovascular disease?