Heart Disease Blindspots: What Risk Calculators and AI Miss
Below is the full podcast episode and a shortened blog summary. I encourage you to listen to the full podcast for depth and inspiration from my human (non-AI) voice. It’s also available on your favorite podcast apps here (Apple, Spotify, etc.). Background I'm finding more and more patients…
August 13, 2025
Why “Healthy” Young People Get Heart Disease
Below is the full podcast episode and a shortened blog summary. I encourage you to listen to the full podcast for depth and inspiration from my human (non-AI) voice. It's also available on your favorite podcast apps here (Apple, Spotify, etc.). Heart Disease in “Healthy” People? In my clinic,…
April 22, 2025
Is Your Liver Fat? The Rising Incidence of Fatty Liver in Adults and Kids
Updated June 2024 Background This post was originally prompted by a blog reader who was concerned about her 10-year-old son developing fatty liver. I've updated it further after a viral instagram post here where I highlighted the case of a 20 year old who developed fatty liver with almost daily…
June 19, 2024
#22 – Lipids Part 2: Cholesterol Numbers and Heart Disease Risk
In this episode we will tie together cholesterol metabolism using the boat vehicular model from Part 1, and understanding your own cholesterol results in greater depth. My free cholesterol e-book here summarizes key numbers and concepts discussed in this episode. We'll discuss the following:…
June 21, 2022
# 21 – Lipids Part 1: Metabolic Trafficking using Cars and Boats
Lipid (cholesterol) physiology is complicated, but essential for you to understand as part of metabolism, health, and longevity. Let's simplify lipids (and glucose) using cars, boats, and traffic. This sets the foundation for future episodes where I discuss the practical implications of lipids…
May 24, 2022
#18 – Multiethnic Metabolism and Heart Disease Risk
There are significant ethnicity-specific differences in metabolism and heart disease risk that are not often discussed. In this episode we cover: A brief overview of insulin resistance (IR) and the renin angiotensin system (aka RAS) How IR and RAS present in major ethnic groups like African…
March 3, 2022
Is It Time to Rethink Omega-3 Supplements?
Background I received lots of questions about recent headlines reporting an increased risk of atrial fibrillation in individuals taking omega-3 supplements. In the US alone, over $1.2 billion dollars is spent on the consumption of fish oil supplements. On an individual basis, many of my patients…
June 13, 2021
The Dark Side of the Keto Diet
Background I've lived through many cycles of fad dieting and one observation I've made is that the minute a diet becomes mainstream and especially when food companies latch onto it, the diet often transitions into a dark phase. One of the problems with diets is that although initially the…
March 16, 2021
Is Intermittent Fasting Overrated and Harmful to Health?
Background I got a ton of questions from patients and readers about the recent UCSF study on a form of fasting called time-restricted feeding (TRF), being ineffective for weight loss. This is a perfect opportunity for me to dig deeper into how fasting can either be a powerful tool that potentially…
October 4, 2020
What’s the Best Cooking Oil?
Background There’s a ton of conflicting advice and confusion on cooking oils and I will not claim that I am the subject matter expert on this topic. The advice I share in this post is based on a combination of what I think are higher quality studies, common sense given the manufacturing process…
December 14, 2019