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Heart Health & Screening
Articles about cholesterol, ApoB, CAC and CCTA testing, plaque, cardiovascular risk, screening, and prevention.
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Ezetimibe More Effective on a Ketogenic Diet
Study proposes a novel insulin-centered mechanism for ketogenic diet-associated hypercholesteremia and highlights a potential new approach to lipid management TOWARD Health is proud to announce the publication of…
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Breaking Down Cholesterol Myths: Dr. Tro Leads Q&A After Powerful Film Screening
Dr. Tro Kalayjian recently took part in a special screening of The Cholesterol Code, a compelling new documentary that is already sparking widespread conversation in the metabolic health…
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Debunking Low Carb: Myths vs Facts
A ketogenic diet is high in fat and very low in carbohydrates. Here we will address the 12 most common anti-keto claims found in the media. While…
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Understanding CAC Scans & Heart Disease Risk
What is a Calcium Score? In order to understand what a calcium score is, we must first understand how heart attacks occur. The initial stage of heart disease…
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A New Era for Menopausal Hormone Therapy
At TOWARD, we have been helping women navigate menopause with science-backed hormone therapy and whole-person lifestyle care long before the FDA initiated removal of the black-box warning from…
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New Study: Outlining the Impact of Low-Carb Diets on Cholesterol
A new paper recently co-authored by Dr. Tro Kalayjian, DO, found that having lower BMI and a lower TG/HDL ratio was associated with larger increases in LDL when beginning a…
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New Study: Hypertriglyceridemia Can be Reversed by Ketogenic Diet & Intermittent Fasting.
A case series recently co-authored by Dr. Tro Kalayjian, DO, suggests hypertriglyceridemia can be reversed through the implementation of a very-low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet and intermittent fasting. The manuscript…
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Can Old Doctors Learn New Tricks?
Patient Convinces Cardiologist to Hold Off on Meds & Allow Him to Give Low-Carb a Try The following account was written in April, 2019 by Bob, a patient…
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