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Using AI To Interpret Bloodwork, Creating Genetic Freak Of Nature Athletes, The Most Fancy & Comprehensive Executive Health Program Ever Created, Reversing Disease With Precision Medicine & Much More

Ben Greenfield Life

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How Do You Know if You Have Heart Disease?

A lot of times people come to me and they're freaking out because of typically their LDL, high cholesterol, high LDL. I skip straight over to blood glucose and hemoglobin A1c because high levels of blood glucose or high glycemic variability can actually oxidize that cholesterol in the bloodstream. Same thing with inflammation CRP. Then I look at the triglyceride to HDL ratio, which is the so-called atherogenic index that's more predictive of heart disease than cholesterol. As a matter of fact, this person has like a pristine lipid panel, even though reference ranges in modern medicine would indicate that they need to be on a statin"

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