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Stopping Statins: Be Careful if you do this!! (Part 3)
In this last part of the Stopping Statins Series, we will discuss the impact that stopping statins has on your body. Are you tempted to stop your statins? Well, you’re not alone. Plenty of my patients have done it. However, be careful if you plan to stop your statins. I just...
Pleiotropic Effects of Vitamin K2.
This article explores some of the effects of vitamin K2, especially those related to cardiovascular disease. K2 can affect calcium, insulin resistance, and inflammation. One of our recently released videos on K2 and artery calcification received a lot of attention in the...
Stopping Statins: Is it Safe After an Ischemic Stroke? (Part 1)
Today we're going to talk about stopping statins. It is an interesting topic since some folks think it is safe to stop statins regardless of how long they were used. However, there are some things to consider before making that decision. An Introduction Story I have a friend,...
A Whole New Paradigm For The Mechanism Of Obesity
Today we're going to talk about changing the game on obesity. This is one of the underpinnings of why we question whether or not somebody should be eating carbs. I just gave you a significant clue. It comes from a well-known obesity researcher at one of our better-known...
The Truth Behind Stents and CV Prevention from a Cardiac Surgeon’s Perspective with Guest Dr Ovadia
I'm sharing information from an interesting interaction with Dr Ovadia in today's blog. If you follow my YouTube channel or read my book "Prevention Myths", you might be familiar with what I think about stress tests; they don't predict heart attacks and often lead to stents,...
Supplements: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly- An interview with David Meinz.
In today's blog, we are covering a topic in high demand: Supplements. To do so, I'm sharing with you the more essential takes of an interview we had with a professional who knows his way around supplements. David Meinz. David is a registered and certified dietitian. But that's...
Effects of Intermittent Fasting on Aging and CV Disease
For this week's blog, we are covering interesting evidence published in one of the most important medical journals, The New England Journal of Medicine. This article was published in December 2019 and had some findings that I know will be of interest to you. Introduction to...
HOMOCYSTEINE & METHYLATION
We've had many people ask about homocysteine. Homocysteine gets a little bit technical. It gets into things called poor methylators. ZdoggMD is a physician with a large social media following. He did a video on poor methylation. He said, "it's real, but it doesn't matter.". But...
Do Statins Prevent Heart Attacks?
This week's blog explores a controversial topic: statins' role in plaque reversal, reducing inflammation, and ultimately preventing heart attacks. I was a statin hater from day one and delayed my own statin treatment for about three years. But after dealing with cardiovascular...