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AI-enabled coronary CT angiography

What are your thoughts on this? Worth the cost? https://cleerlyhealth.com

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Qualys 4-26-2024

VO2Max calculation is not explained in terms of muscle fiber type or size. Isn’t the ratio of slow/fast twitch impacted by the VO2 Max being impacted by this? It seems endurance fiber types play a role in RPE but I am missing how the episode teases that apart? You can train VO2 Max on a lubed up spin bike or winded pedaling in sand on a Concept 2 bike. Are VO2 Max tests as light as possible in order to tease out this fiber strength and type issue?

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Pre diabetes and Metformin

Hi Peter, I’ve had several HbA1C tests return results within the pre diabetic range, as well as an average fasting blood glucose of around 6.2. Would Metformin be a beneficial adjunct to a healthy diet and continued high level of exercise?

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Steam shower benefits

What are the benefits of steam showers and are they as beneficial as dry saunas?

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Blood glucose at night

Hi, I read in the show notes/ your book that increases in blood glucose overnight can be a sign of stress/ cortisol production, but is it also true that there is a natural increase overnight? What would be a satisfactory pattern approximately?