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When does heart disease begin (and what this tells us about prevention)?
Before I get into this post I want to lay a few things out.
#247 ‒ Preventing cardiovascular disease: the latest in diagnostic imaging, blood pressure, metabolic health, and more | Ethan Weiss, M.D.
“If everybody got truly optimal medical therapy, if we didn’t have barriers to using all these tools in everybody, I think this disease would largely be controlled.” —Ethan Weiss
Narrative glossary: lipids
A companion post for the podcast episodes with Thomas Dayspring, M.D., FACP, FNLA (October 15-19, 2018).
#67 – AMA #8: DNA tests, longevity genes, metformin, fasting markers, salt, inflammation, and more
“If you are genetically blessed to become a centenarian, the gift you got is that you have genes that delay your receipt of chronic disease by what appears to be about 20 years.” — Peter Attia
#231 – AMA #41: Medicine 3.0, developments in the field of aging, healthy habits in times of stress, and more
“We have reached the limits of medicine 2.0 capacity, and if longevity is something we are aspiring for, we need a new strategy.” —Peter Attia
#173 – AMA #26: Continuous glucose monitors, zone 2 training, and a framework for interventions
“Zone two is a metabolic state. It’s not determined by speed. It’s determined by which energy system you’re requiring and what the equilibrium is.” —Peter Attia
#134 – James O’Keefe, M.D.: Preventing cardiovascular disease and the risk of too much exercise
“If exercise were a drug, it would be the best drug we have for preventing heart disease . . .. But like with any drug, you’ve got to get the dose right.” — James O’Keefe
#203 – AMA #34: What Causes Heart Disease?
“Not everybody dies from atherosclerosis, but… everybody dies with it.” — Peter Attia
Reassuring new data on statin-induced Lp(a) elevation
Statin therapy is known to raise Lp(a) particle concentration in some patients, but how does this impact the overall effect of these medications on ASCVD risk?
#261 ‒ Training for The Centenarian Decathlon: zone 2, VO2 max, stability, and strength | Peter Attia, M.D.
“I would never want anybody to come away from this thinking, ‘I’m too old to do anything about it.’ I think as long as you’re breathing, you have a chance to do something about it.” —Peter Attia