Is One Drink With Dinner Healthy?

From eNewsletter 6/10/2026

DID YOU KNOW that there is a bare minimum you need to add one year to your life, according to a study from The Lancet eClinicalMedicine?

Participants in the study slept about 5.5 hours a night, logged 7.3 minutes of daily moderate activity, and received a diet quality score of 36 out of 100 or less.

The bare minimum daily: People who added 5 minutes of sleep, 2 minutes of at least moderate activity, and a small diet change such as a half serving of vegetables daily lived 1 year longer than those who made no changes.

The optimum daily: Getting 7-8 hours of sleep, 43 minutes of moderate activity, and a high-quality diet (score of at least 72.5 out of 100 or higher) was linked to more than 9 years of additional healthspan and lifespan!

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How Low Should LDL GO?

From eNewsletter 6/8/2026

DID YOU KNOW that according to a study from Cardiovascular Diabetology, the lower your LDL cholesterol (LDL-C), the higher the risk for type 2 diabetes (T2D) in individuals without a prior history of T2D and cardiovascular disease?

Baseline LDL-C levels of participants were: low (< 84 mg/dL), medium (≥ 84 to < 107 mg/dL), high (≥ 107 to < 131 mg/dL), and very high (≥ 131 mg/dL).

Overall, 13% of participants developed incident T2D. The incidence was 20% among statin users and 6% among non‑users. Lower LDL-C levels were associated with a higher risk for incident T2D, with participants in the low LDL-C group (< 84 mg/dL) having the highest risk.

Given that many physicians and cardiologists are pushing for LDL-C levels below 70 due to the ACC/American Heart Association Updated Guidelines, this is problematic.

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Scarcely Considered Inflammatory Test

From eNewsletter 6/3/2026

DID YOU KNOW that there is a very little discussed blood test linked to cardiometabolic health called uric acid?

Long known for its link to gout and kidney stones, the test for urinary metabolic waste is now gaining steam as a biomarker for inflammation.

Researchers investigated the role of serum uric acid in disease progression from baseline to first cardiometabolic disease, subsequent cardiometabolic multimorbidity, and mortality.

According to results of the study from Nutrition Journal, each 1 mg/dL increase in serum uric acid above normal was associated with higher risks of first cardiometabolic disease, transition from first cardiometabolic disease to cardiometabolic multimorbidity, and all-cause mortality.

This is why uric acid is part of our blood work requirements.

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