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With patients with heart disease who want to lose weight, what macro percentages do you usually recommend? Do you still shoot for about 15 percent carb or go a little higher to allow for less total daily fat intake while still focusing on total daily calories being about 10 to 20 percent deficit?

Laura Schoenfeld: I think there’s a lot of debate out in the nutrition community about what kind of diet is...

If a patient has heart disease and is on Plavix, is there a safe amount of vitamin K to supplement with?

Dr. Amy Nett: Not entirely sure what you mean by “Is there a safe amount of vitamin K to supplement...

Chris talked about supplements recommended for people with high cholesterol and heart disease. I think he suggested 5 milligrams of K2 as one of the supplements. Thoughts?

Dr. Amy Nett: As I mentioned, it depends on the risk factors and kind of the severity of cardiovascular disease...

Chris said that someone with familial hypercholesterolemia might do better on a high-carb diet, and yet someone with insulin resistance blood sugar problems would do better on a much lower carb diet. Given the fact that the main cause of elevated lipids according your high cholesterol action plan is insulin and leptin resistance, would you go high carb or low carb on a patient with elevated lipids caused by insulin resistance?

Chris Kresser: There are several causes as you know and as you all will find out more about us when...

I’m looking for an alternative to the True Health Diagnostic testing for the metabolic work-up. I am a chiropractor and True Health at this time does not allow chiropractors to order. Is there another lab I could look into that is close to the True Health testing for the metabolic workup including fructosamine, fasting insulin, etc., for blood sugar dysregulation?

Dr. Amy Nett: Great question. I like True Health Diagnostic, mostly for the cardiovascular disease risk assessment. I think True...