Episode 284: Navigating the Cardiometabolic Panel + Functional Medicine Interventions

Are you concerned about cardiovascular health? Want an in depth look at your individual biomarkers and risk factors? Just curious about taking things beyond a standard cholesterol panel? Tune in to hear us navigate our CardioMetabolic Panel along with interventions for common concerns such as elevated triglycerides, low HDL, high LDL, elevated hsCRP and so much more!

If you joined us last week, we discussed heart health updates everything from how the heart works to myocarditis to improving endothelial function and more. This week we’ll be covering how to assess cardiovascular health using our in depth CardioMetabolic Panel! We’ll cover who should consider this panel, how it differs from a standard cholesterol panel you might get at your annual physical, and we’ll be walking through a sample panel providing insights and interventions for common concerns.

Also in this episode:

Beat the Bloat Program starts 4/6 - Sign Up Now Cardiometabolic Panel - $60 off with code CARDIO60 Episode 40 Heart Health and Cholesterol Episode 157 Cholesterol as Medicine Episode 128 Keto Cardiologist with Guest Episode 283: Heart Health Updates • What is the CardioMetabolic Panel?

View a Sample Panel Here • How is this Different than a Standard Cholesterol Panel?

• Who Needs This Panel?

• What Markers are Included? • Total Cholesterol

• HDL Cholesterol

• Triglycerides

• LDL Cholesterol

• LDL Particle Count & Distribution

• Lipoprotein (a)

• C-Reactive Protein

• LP PLA2 Activity

• Oxidized LDL

• Homocysteine

• CRP

• Fasting Insulin

• Fasting Glucose

• Leptin

• Adiponectin

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• Intervention Strategies

• Elevated Triglycerides • Lower Carbs, Eliminate High Fructose Corn Syrup

EPA DHA Extra 10 Day Detox •

• How to Increase HDL • Exercise, Fat Loss

B Complex Red Wine - Dry Farms Bold Reds Multidefense •

• Elevated LDL PhytoFiber • Why NOT Red Yeast Rice

Glucomannan 2-3g/day Foresterol Plant Sterol Stanols 2g/day Episode 237: Mediterranean Keto •

• Elevated VLDL & Small Dense LDL • Intermittent Fasting

• Sauna/Cold Plunge

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• High Oxidized LDL • 5 cups produce/day

Cellular Antiox at 4 capsules/day Bio-C Plus at 2-4 capsules/day Super Turmeric at 3 capsules/day •

• Lipoprotein a Inflammazyme Bio-C Plus B Complex •

• High PLAC Probiotic Challenge Beat the Bloat Cleanse Rebuild Spectrum Probiotic Targeted Strength Probiotic •

• High Homocysteine Relax and Regulate B Complex •

• Elevated hsCRP Inflammazyme Super Turmeric EPA DHA Extra MRT Food Sensitivity Panel (if experiencing inflammatory symptoms, food reactions or CRP is above 3.0) •

• Fasting Insulin Berberine Boost 12 Week Food as Medicine Ketosis Program 12 Week Keto Meal Plan Consider a CGM from Nutrisense •

• Gycomark Episode: Why is my A1C Elevated? •

• Leptin

• Adiponectin

Sponsors for this episode:

This episode is sponsored by KetoCon! I am so excited to share that I will be speaking at/attending KetoCon Austin on July 8 - 10 this summer! KetoCon is an annual event held at the Palmer Event Center in Austin, TX. It is the largest event in the U.S. focused solely on the science and stories of living a ketogenic diet and lifestyle. It will feature over 50 speakers who are a combination of medical professionals, researchers, bloggers, technology developers, fitness experts and every day people who have used the ketogenic diet and lifestyle to improve their health. For discounted tickets, go to ketocon.org and click on the GET TICKETS button and use the discount code: nourished10 at checkout and receive a 10% discount code on 3-Day General Admission passes.