Is Coffee Good For You?

I think I would absolutely die without coffee. I had to try and stop coffee once because of acid reflux. I tried for just 6 weeks. It was incredibly hard. I ended up going back to it.

Everyone in the world is generally pretty addicted to coffee, but what does the research say...

Do Statins Cause Dementia?

The most common form of dementia is Alzheimer’s Dementia. The second most common form is vascular dementia. Both forms of dementia can exist in the same person. Medications that lower LDL cholesterol and apoB have generally been shown to reduce all forms of cognitive decl...

How Much Longer Do You Live On Statins?

Do statins really increase your lifespan or healthspan? I get this question a lot from patients and people online. How much longer will I live if I take a statin medications. Why should I take a medication if it really isn't going to improve my quality of lif...

What Are Saturated Fats?

Saturated fats are solid at room temperature; butter, bacon, cheese, lard, margarine, tallow, ghee, coconut oil, chicken skin, fat on steak, sausage, cocoa butter, and suet. But they can also exist in a more liquid form. Some liquid oils have a bit more saturated fat, like p...

High cholesterol - Symptoms Causes Treatment

We can now completely eliminate heart disease. Yes! I said it. We can completely eliminate heart disease if we wanted to. We just have to "want to".

We now have the ability to maximize genetics and increase lifespans and health spans by decades. Yes, yo...

Is The Carnivore Diet Safe or Good For Your Health? A Review of the Evidence and Studies

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Preventative Cardiology: We Can Now Completely Eliminate Heart Disease

"I wish I would have met you 40 years ago"

As a cardiologist, the biggest problem is that I see patients after it's too late. I see patients that actually need a cardiologist. Most of my patients tell me they wish they would...

Coronary Artery Calcium Score Test (CAC Test)

There's been a lot of debate regarding the accuracy of CT calcium scoring and what it actually means. I've received a lot of questions from people saying, "Since my calcium score is 0, that means I'm good, right?"

Definitely not!

Another question I ge...

Diet Trauma and Diet Culture

As someone who has struggled with their relationship with food and their body, I understand the toll that diet culture and diet trauma can take on your mind, body, and spirit. I've been there, feeling like I'm never enough, constantly trying to shrink myself to fit into ...

Heart Disease Prevention

We all know that heart disease is a leading cause of death in the United States and worldwide. The World Health Organization estimates that 17.9 million deaths occur each year due to cardiovascular diseases. In the United States alone, about 650,000 deaths per year are from...