About this episode

This episode discusses three inexpensive blood tests that can better predict heart disease and Alzheimer's than standard cholesterol tests.

Your doctor orders a lipid panel every year — but 3 cheap blood tests predict heart disease, diabetes, and even dementia far better than cholesterol, and most doctors never order them. In this episode, Robert Lufkin MD walks through fasting insulin + HOMA-IR, homocysteine, and high-sensitivity CRP — three tests that together cost about $60, take one blood draw, and catch the metabolic dysfunction a standard lipid panel systematically misses. CHAPTERS: 00:00 — The 3 Blood Tests Your Doctor Isn...

People in this episode

Host: Robert Lufkin MD

Topics covered

• blood tests
• heart health
• Alzheimer's prediction
• metabolic dysfunction
• healthcare
• preventive medicine

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Organizations: cholesterol, HOMA-IR, homocysteine, high-sensitivity CRP, lipid panel, diabetes, dementia, heart disease

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