Got my first blood results from
@rythm:
I have high apoB (apolipoprotein B) which
@PeterAttiaMD says is causally related to increased risk of heart disease / atherosclerosis.
Meaning, the higher the apoB number, the faster plaque buildup and calcification happens in your arteries.
His analogy is similar to smoking: we don't tell smokers to keep smoking, and only until they do enough "damage"/risk, do we tell them to stop. No, we tell them to stop now, so the damage doesn't progress. Same goes for heart disease, which is the leading cause of death globally.
Need some help here... anyone here else get a CAC scan? I'm going to get one soon. (Also getting an LP(a) test to figure out how "genetic" it is.)
Depending on the results, I think it will determine how aggressive I should be with getting my apoB down. Peter recommends getting this number down as low as humanly possible, especially if you're at increased risk (genetics). From my research, it seems that you can "reverse" damage done at or below 60-70mg/l.
I don't want to be on statins. That said, Peter does recommend taking a PCSK9 inhibitor to get this number down even lower, like 30mg/l.
Will continue to investigate & report back. Open to any and all opinions, data, feedback. Thx!