{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"hol+ with Dr. Taz MD | The Future of Medicine is Holistic","title":"Heart Disease Can Hide for Years. These Tests Find It Earlier | Dr. Darshan Shah","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3139,"description":"Join The Circle (use code PODCAST): ➡️ https://holplus.co/circle/\nWhat if heart disease, metabolic dysfunction, and other chronic health problems are developing years before you ever feel a symptom?\nIn this episode of hol+, Dr. Taz MD sits down with Dr. Darshan Shah, longevity physician, board-certified surgeon, founder and CEO of Next Health, and host of the Extend podcast, to explain why waiting until you feel sick may mean waiting too long and which health markers can help you take a more proactive approach to your health.\nDr. Shah shares his own journey from conventional surgery into functional and longevity medicine after struggling with fatigue, poor sleep, chronic stress, autoimmune disease, and other health issues himself. He explains why improving nutrition, metabolic health, hormones, gut health, sleep, and lifestyle changed the way he thought about medicine and eventually led him to build Next Health.\nTogether, Dr. Taz and Dr. Shah break down the health markers people may want to understand earlier, including hemoglobin A1C, fasting insulin, ApoB, Lp(a), inflammatory markers, hormones, blood pressure, skeletal muscle mass, and coronary artery calcium scoring.\nThey also discuss why traditional cholesterol testing may not tell the whole story, how cardiovascular disease can present differently in women, the relationship between estrogen and heart health, and why preserving muscle and bone becomes increasingly important with age.\nThe conversation also explores longevity medicine, biohacking, wearables, peptides, sauna, cold exposure, red light therapy, AI in healthcare, and why advanced tools should come after the fundamentals rather than replace them.\nYou'll learn:\n• Why cardiovascular disease can develop long before symptoms appear\n• Why LDL and total cholesterol may only show part of your cardiovascular risk\n• What ApoB, Lp(a), A1C, fasting insulin, and inflammatory markers can reveal\n• Why Dr. Shah believes people should start tracking important...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/dk3-2MWMfnX775_3EJvEAYePX2gPGqNcU4lUBYgbkNg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81OTFk/YjRmODQxYmQxMDdk/ZGY4NmNhYmQ3YWRi/ZmFmMi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}