#376 - AMA #78: Longevity interventions, exercise, diagnostic screening, and managing high apoB, hypertension, metabolic health, and more

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So without further delay, here's today's sneak peek of the Ask Me Anything episode. Welcome to Ask Me Anything AMA episode 78. In today's AMA we take on a wide-ranging mix of some of the most common listener questions. from lifespan interventions and cardiovascular risk to fasting, blood pressure management, hormone replacement therapy, diagnostic screening, and more. This conversation is less about the deep research dives that we typically do, and more about how I think through each of these topics in practice, personally, clinically, and even somewhat philosophically.

So In this episode, we discuss the single most important intervention for extending lifespan and health span, how to motivate midlife patients to prioritize training using the centenarian decathlon framework, the interplay between lifespan and health span and why separating them is a false dichotomy, how to manage high APOB and cholesterol even with perfect metabolic health. and biomarkers such as a zero calcium score, optimal blood pressure targets, lifestyle levers, and when to use pharmacologic therapy, how to assess and monitor metabolic health beyond the hemoglobin A1C test, including insulin, triglycerides, and zone two output, common mistakes people make when trying to improve health, and why sustainable habits beat short term intensity, the effects of time restricted eating and fasting when calories and protein are controlled, the nuances of ultra processed food, from practical trade offs to the difference between nutrient loss and caloric density, approaches to hormone replacement therapy for women in perimenopause and menopause, the evolving understanding of testosterone replacement therapy in men, the risks, the benefits, and certainly the misconceptions, why I recommend earlier and expanded screening and diagnostics, including colonoscopy, PSA, coronary imaging, and low-dose CT for lung cancer, the pros and cons of full-body MRI,

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