: Episode 1326 – LCHF cardiologist Dr. Bret Scher joins Vinnie for a second appearance on the Friday show, and the two talk calcium score tests, healthy lifestyles for healthy hearts, the importance of sleep, ghrelin and leptin, the “Mediterranean Diet” and more!
- Dr. Scher is an awesome cardiologist
- Check out his first appearance on the podcast here
- He also has a big role in the Fat Doc
- Tries to help people over Twitter, over e-mail, and taking over their care in person
- He advises a low-carb, high-fat diet for best heart health
- Great book available!
- Recommends particular calcium score test to see what is really going on with your cholesterol
- Tells you more than just LDL
- There are general guidelines, but it’s also age-related and other risk factor-related
- Can help show you whether or not a statin would actually help
- This is for people who are eating high carb, though
- Unsure how it would affect people eating a healthy, low carb diet
- You can reverse risk factors by primarily cutting out sugar and grains
- Still important to look at mental health, sleep, exercise, stress, skin, etc.
- Not quite as simple as just going low-carb, though it’s an amazing step and a great place to start
- Being exhausted is bad for your health
- Messes with your hormones, your cravings (ghrelin and leptin levels)
- Not grazing is important
- Mediterranean diet – who knows what that means?
- Most important part is eating real food
- But the studies around it tend to be BS
