Why a Coronary Calcium Score Test Is So Empowering • Ivor Cummins

04/18/19 • 53 min

BioHackers Lab: Health Show for How to Live Your Best Life

Biochemical Engineer and Fat Emperor, Ivor Cummins, is today’s guest interview. Ivor shares with us why the coronary artery calcium (CAC) score is the most reliable measure of heart disease. He explains what the CAC score tells us in terms of heart attack risk and how it actually measures disease progression rather than risk factors. We then find out about why seemingly healthy people die prematurely of heart attacks, where to get tested and reversing/slowing progression of disease. We also go into discussing other useful markers, calcium supplements, diet, as well as other factors including ApoE4 genotypes and gum infections. Go to the show notes for episode 89 at https://www.biohackerslab.com/ep89-ivor-cummins/ for more links & highlights.

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Co-founder of Nutrita and Neuroscientist, Raphael Sirtoli, is today’s guest interview. Raphael shares how his new venture, the low-carb/keto food search engine by Nutrita came about. He explains how The Nutrita app scoring system works and helps people make informed food choices more easily with their keto and low-carb friendly nutrition tracker. We then find out about the three food ratings Nutrita uses: the keto score, nutrient density score and insulin index, as well as how their macro calculator works and the more in-depth nutrient breakdown option. We also go into discussing bad data, Nutrita’s data sources and their approach to analysing data, the glycemic index and its limitations as well as more about the goals and future of their web app that’s coming soon. Go to the show notes for episode 88 at https://www.biohackerslab.com/ep88-raphael-sirtoli/ for more links & highlights.

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Nutrient Deficiency Testing (Review & Tips) • Dr Chris Masterjohn, PhD

Nutritional scientist, Dr Chris Masterjohn, PhD, is today’s guest interview. Chris shares with us the best ways to start assessing your nutrient status and how he came up with a cheat sheet - Testing Nutritional Status: The Ultimate Cheat Sheet to help guide us in understanding the blood test numbers. He explains what current lab tests and RDA’s tell us and why they aren't always the best indicator of nutrient status for vitamins and minerals. We then find out about depletion/repletion studies and the problem with a general lack of data. We also go into discussing other key information in determining deficiencies such as diet, lifestyle, genetics and general signs and symptoms as well as tips on before and after testing, food vs supplements and low-carb/keto diets. Go to the show notes for episode 90 for episode 90 at https://www.biohackerslab.com/ep90-dr-chris-masterjohn/ for more links & highlights.

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