Source: Mark Hyman, MD
What You Need To Know About Annual Physicals #shorts
Jun 14, 2023 · 1m 7s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLqBQwUaOXs
the annual physical tests only around 19 biomarkers 19 specific aspects of your body function health is doing over a hundred what's the real difference here let me give you an example let's talk about your heart in your annual physical doctors do a standard lipid panel looking at cholesterol and triglycerides to determine if you have an increased risk of having a heart attack but here's the problem
Studies have shown that nearly 75 percent of people who have heart attacks don't have high cholesterol so what are they missing a lot instead doctors now are looking at things like April lipoprotein B and lipid fractionation in particle size and lipoprotein a a number of additional biomarkers that are tested in our function Health panel and they're actually what many cardiologists today believe is actually the major
driver of cardiac events we also look at the cholesterol particle number and size in great detail a far better determinant of your risk of heart disease than the typical cholesterol panel many cardiologists now use these tests and use these markers to save lives a regular diet generally does not and this example is just one of dozens of tests that are missed in traditional care if function
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