About Dr. Alo and Alo Academy
Meet Dr. Mohammed Alo, America's Cardiologist
Board-certified internist and cardiologist, certified personal trainer, and professor of medicine. For over 20 years, Dr. Alo has taught physicians, patients, and millions of people online how to protect their hearts, lose weight properly, and live longer, healthier lives.
Board-certified internist and cardiologist
Certified personal trainer
20+ years teaching physicians
His story
From Toledo, Ohio to America's Cardiologist
Who is Dr. Alo?
Dr. Mohammed Alo grew up in Toledo, Ohio, attended St. John's Jesuit High School, and graduated Magna Cum Laude with an Economics degree from the University of Toledo. Economics is the study of decision making, and it still helps him every day as he evaluates patients, data, and publications.
Before medical school he worked in politics, business, computers, sales, and networking. He also worked at the Medical College of Ohio, publishing research on human liver transplants and researching human immunodeficiency virus in the pathology lab. That background shaped his love of science, and all of his work is based on research and scientific evidence.
He then moved to Chicago to attend medical school at Midwestern University's Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, and later came home to Toledo to care for the community he grew up in and loves.
Teaching has been his passion ever since he taught Sunday school as a teenager. He began lecturing at medical schools and conferences in 2002, while he was still a medical student, and he started posting his medical lectures online before YouTube was even called YouTube. He has been invited to speak all over the world and has been called America's Cardiologist.
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The Doctor's Doctor
For over 20 years, Dr. Alo has taught doctors how to help their patients lose weight properly and optimize their health, without the fads and gimmicks. He also teaches cardiologists how to care for cardiometabolic disease, weight loss, heart disease, lipids, and longevity, and as a professor of medicine he teaches medical students, residents, and cardiology fellows. He has taught thousands of physicians in person.
The Cardiologist's Cardiologist
Hundreds of cardiologists from all over the country have consulted Dr. Alo about their own medical and cardiac problems, and he has helped them optimize their health and longevity. He has a special interest in lipidology and advanced lipid testing, and his frameworks and algorithms are used by many cardiologists.
The weight loss doctor who struggled with his own weight
Like many of his patients, Dr. Alo was overweight, and at times obese, starting in college, when he reached 197 pounds. He tried almost every popular diet you can imagine. Each time he would lose a little weight, only to gain it all back, and he developed an unhealthy relationship with food and exercise. It was frustrating and embarrassing, especially because he was the weight loss doctor.
It took him over 20 years of researching, writing, and lecturing on weight loss to finally figure it out. With a research-backed approach, while still eating the foods he enjoyed, he lost about 50 pounds of fat and gained muscle in about 6 months. His patients and clients kept asking him to make that system available to everyone, so he put it into videos, books, courses, and tons of free content.
The most beautiful part is developing a good relationship with food and a healthy mindset. That matters more than the pounds you lose and the weights you lift.
*Individual results may vary.
Credentials
- Board Certified, Cardiovascular Medicine and Internal Medicine
- Fellow of the American College of Cardiology
- Certified Personal Trainer
- Weight loss and obesity medicine
- Advanced lipids, lipoproteins, and lipidology
- Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Midwestern University, Chicago, Illinois (2006 to 2014)
- Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio (present)
- Medical licenses in Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, and Indiana
Dr. Mohammed S. Alo, DO, FACC
Alo Academy
Alo Healthy Living Academy: the future of medicine
Welcome to Dr. Alo's Healthy Living Academy, where cardiology meets lifestyle medicine, obesity medicine, cholesterol, lipids, longevity, fitness, diet, weight loss, and nutrition.
Empower yourself with knowledge. Dr. Alo believes in education: giving you the data and knowledge you need to proactively improve your heart health and well being, long before problems start.
Too many of today's cardiovascular conditions could have been treated with yesterday's decisions and choices. Most of his patients tell him, “I wish I would have met you 40 years ago,” because that is how you prevent heart disease. Cardiovascular disease is still the number one killer, and his goal is to eliminate atherosclerosis as a disease.
Inside Alo Academy, members support one another and help each other optimize their lives, their healthcare, their diet and nutrition, their activity, their longevity, and their heart health. We discuss health, longevity, exercise, nutrition, diet, and cardiometabolic topics every day. We would be honored to have you on our team!
Courses, books, and masterclasses
University level teaching on weight loss, cholesterol, longevity, and heart health, including the Cholesterol Masterclass, the Weight Loss Masterclass, the Weight Loss Mindset course, and Dr. Alo's books.
The FREE Dr. Alo app
Download the free Dr. Alo app on your phone for tons of free courses, all of your paid courses and masterclasses in one place, and access to the VIP Community.
The community
The Heart 2 Heart VIP Community is a cardiologist-led online community of like-minded people who are passionate about weight loss, longevity, fitness, nutrition, lipids, cardiology, and healthy living, with weekly Zooms with Dr. Alo.
Our commitments
Three promises behind everything we teach
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Excellence and accuracy
Every lesson at Alo Academy is taught by a board-certified cardiologist who has spent his career caring for cardiac patients and has a special interest in lipidology. We hold every topic to the highest standard of accuracy, because your trust matters more than anything else.
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Up to date medicine
Our goal is to give you the most up to date, current, and in depth information on the most important cardiometabolic topics. As a cardiologist, professor of medicine, and certified personal trainer who teaches future cardiologists, Dr. Alo stays current on health, nutrition, cardiology, lipids, and longevity. None of this is sponsored by any corporation. It is all self funded, with one goal: to eliminate heart disease.
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Evidence based medicine
Our recommendations follow today's evidence: findings that have been corroborated and reproduced reliably, based on the totality of the evidence rather than any single study, opinion, or animal experiment. Medicine changes quickly, and we keep what we teach in step with the latest science.
Free education for everyone
Millions of people learn from Dr. Alo every month
13 million+
YouTube views
20 million+
views a month across his channels
500,000+
followers across social media
24+ years
teaching physicians
Dr. Alo's educational videos help people improve their heart health, lose weight, improve their cholesterol, strengthen their nutrition, grow bigger muscles, and improve their lifespan and healthspan.
He posts his medical lectures and talks on YouTube and on his podcast, the Dr. Alo Show, and you can also find him on LinkedIn, Pinterest, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, X, Threads, and other platforms, educating the public on cardiovascular disease prevention and treatment.
In the news
Featured on media outlets locally, nationally, and internationally
Dr. Alo has published hundreds of articles, posts, research papers, and books, and he has been a featured guest on many television shows, podcasts, and broadcasts. Pictured below with the Mind Pump Media crew, the late John Meadows, Carnivore MD Paul Saladino, Simon Hill on The Proof podcast, and many others.
The cardiologist's cardiologist
What physicians say about Dr. Alo
“I would highly recommend Dr. Alo to anyone who is seriously interested in cardiovascular disease prevention, improved heart health, and overall health and longevity!”
“Dr. Alo possesses a wealth of information regarding cardiovascular disease, lipids and prevention. He's able to present complex information in a concise and easy to understand way for patients and physicians alike. Even though I am a cardiologist, I do not treat myself, and I found his counsel to be invaluable.”
Matthew Phillips MD FACC
Austin Heart Emeritus
Past President Of The Texas Chapter Of The American College Of Cardiology
“As physicians, we don't like to treat ourselves. This is especially true in cardiology. If I have cardiology questions, I ask Dr. Alo. I have no hesitation in recommending him to anyone.”
Abeer Berry, DO, FACC
Preventive and invasive cardiologist, Michigan
On Dr. Alo's cholesterol book
“There is something here for everyone from patients to individuals keen to learn more, as well as healthcare professionals. In short, this book should be on your wish list this year.”
Prof. Kausik Ray, MD, FMedSci
President, European Atherosclerosis Society
“Dr. Mohammed Alo is a multitalented and skilled invasive cardiologist, a preventive cardiologist, a teacher to his peers, a personal trainer, and a nutritionist who has dealt with every aspect of the number one global cause of morbidity and mortality.”
Thomas Dayspring, MD, FACP, FNLA
Lipidologist
On Dr. Alo's cholesterol book
“Dr. Alo's ability to translate complex medical concepts into understandable language makes this book an essential resource for anyone interested in the truth about cholesterol.”
Danielle Belardo, MD
Preventive cardiologist, Los Angeles
Real stories
What people who followed Dr. Alo's advice say
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But when I started to follow Dr. Alo's advice regarding healthy food choices and developing a healthy relationship with food - I finally began to see the positive changes I knew I could achieve. Based entirely on the Dr. Alo's advice I was able to lose 40 lbs in five months and get stronger. The most important part of my journey was the confidence I now have with food.
Anurag Tandon
Naperville, Illinois
*Individual results may vary. Results not typical.
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I was eating only 1200 calories and in the gym daily doing the stair climber, running on treadmills, and doing all kinds of things. Weight just wouldn't come off. [...] Dr. Alo taught me not to punish myself in the gym and with food. I learned to enjoy, take days off, have diet breaks, improve my mental health and self-care. All while still losing weight, getting better definition, and improving my confidence.
Melissa Speiker
Deerfield, Illinois
*Individual results may vary. Results not typical.
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I was 240 pounds and I could barely breathe and keep up with my boys. [...] I’m an attorney with a very busy national law firm with multiple offices in different states and I have 4 young children, I had no time for anything. [...] Dr. Alo showed me that I don’t need time to make these simple changes. [...] I followed Dr. Alo’s plan precisely and I got down to 175 pounds! And have kept it off for two years now!
Mo Idlibby, Attorney
Dallas, Texas
*Individual results may vary. Results not typical.
“The most unique cookbook ever written.”
Dr. Karen J. Nichols, DO
Dean, Midwestern University Medical School · Cookbook Connoisseur
On Heart 2 Heart, Dr. Alo's heart healthy weight loss cookbook
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The information on this page is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice. Always consult your own physician about your health. Individual results may vary.