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Weight loss

"I can only eat like a third of one now on my GLP... Get yourself a GLP and lose 40 pounds. I was at a Halloween party, man. People were like, 'Jay Cal, you look great.'"

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Primary prevention of cardiovascular disease; early LDL lowering

"I then went on to start medical school. I took niacin in med school. As soon as statins became available, I started taking a statin. My brother did not take statins until much later, and at age 44 has bypass surgery and very significant coronary disease. So..."

Michael Davidson

Preventive heart attack screening to detect early cardiovascular disease

"This is the highest ROI thing you can do in healthcare. Every cardiologist I talk to does this for themselves, their family, and their friends. It's a hundred bucks, 15 minutes. Get it done. If we turn this into the mammogram for the heart, we'll save 50,00..."

Brad Gerstner

Assessing cardiovascular disease risk in women, especially those with PCOS or other cardiometabolic risk factors, by age 45

"If women went away with one thing today, it would be to do a coronary artery calcium score by age 45, and sooner if you've got premature heart disease. It almost gives you this fork in the road in terms of how much you need to pay attention to cardio-metabo..."

Sara Gottfried

Revealing severe hyperinsulinemia in patients with normal blood glucose and A1C who are at high cardiovascular and metabolic risk

"I did this test — I gave her this drink and it was the most shocking thing I'd ever seen. Her blood sugar was perfect. Her insulin normally should be under five fasting and under like 25 or 30 after a drink. Her insulin was like 50 fasting and like 250 afte..."

Mark Hyman, MD

Allowing vascular dementia and Alzheimer's patients with atrial fibrillation to safely discontinue anticoagulants, reducing fall/bleed risk and enabling monoclonal antibody therapy

"If they do have atrial fibrillation or some kind of heart problem that is the cause of the strokes, I recommend a Watchman so that they can then go off the anticoagulant medication — Eliquis, Xarelto, etc. — because many of these patients are at higher risk..."

Gayatri Devi