South Dayton Metabolic Center

06/15/2023

Working toward a single dose treatment to fix Lp(a) in high risk individuals (20% of US population!) Incredible!

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05/01/2023

I am honored for the invitation to give Grand Rounds for Kettering Health this Friday. I will be giving a glimpse into the future of cholesterol treatment. Really looking forward to it!

03/24/2023

Today is Lp(a) awareness day. Lp(a) does not show up on routine screening, but can be detected in a simple, inexpensive blood test. It is so important and so common that at the Lipid Clinic, we screen EVERY patient. Testing saves lives!

03/21/2023

The Lipid Clinic is proud to support Lp(a) awareness day on 3/24- drawing attention to this extremely important genetic disorder. The Family Heart Foundation has done incredible work in this space! Individuals with high Lp(a) are at significantly increased risk of heart disease.

03/16/2023

This is definitely the opposite of healthful eating, and an unfortunate example of large companies putting profit over health. Consuming calories close to bedtime when our insulin sensitivity is at its lowest (and in particular sugary cereal) increases the risk of loads of chronic diseases such as heart disease, fatty liver, and diabetes. It WILL NOT improve the quality of your sleep. Do yourself a favor and stay far away from "sleep snacks"...

Marketing late-night meals as sleep enhancers is a food-industry tactic to create a so-called fourth meal that follows dinner.

03/14/2023

So grateful to UD for inviting us today to discuss what basic blood tests can tell us about our metabolic health! The engagement was amazing- tons of great questions! We hope to do it again very soon!!

02/28/2023

As we say goodbye to "Heart Month"- here are my thoughts on the most effective approach to actually make a dent in heart related deaths.

Why we need a longer term approach to cholesterol treatment

02/14/2023

Published this week in Journal of American College of Cardiology. It's great to see more attention paid to long term thinking. 10-year risk prediction (the current norm) is meaningless in younger patients and we need to stop relying on it to make treatment decisions.

02/07/2023

Have you had your Lp(a) checked? Less than 1% of people have...It is so important that we screen everyone. Check out https://www.sdacclipid.com/get-to-know-lpa

Personalized Care, Compassionate Commitment: Leading the Way in Metabolic Medicine

12/19/2022

In this 6-min video, Dr. Saxen discusses the role of Ozempic (aka semaglutide, Wegovy) in the management of body weight.

12/08/2022

https://www.sdacclipid.com/diet-changes-for-fatty-liver
Encouraging findings for treatment of fatty liver disease, a common metabolic problem which has proven difficult to treat...

How relatively simple dietary changes can have a HUGE impact on fatty liver disease.

09/01/2022

Familial Hypercholesterolemia is an extremely common cholesterol disorder affecting 1 out of every 250 people, leading to devastating premature heart disease. Phenomenal progress has been made through the hard work of the Heart Foundation and others! Still a ways to go though with nearly a million patients in the US yet to be diagnosed...

08/26/2022

Don’t forget to join us tomorrow 2p-4p at Heartfulness Dayton for the Community heart Health Fair. Get your free 5-minute cholesterol test and enjoy our discussion on heart health followed by a guided meditation!

08/21/2022

So grateful to Heartfulness Dayton for inviting us to the Heart Health Fair. We'll have free cholesterol testing, a fantastic discussion on heart health, followed by guided relaxation & meditation. Come join us 8/27 from 2-4pm!

08/10/2022

Doctors think of smoking risk in terms of pack-years (How much you smoke and for how long). Cholesterol is no different. Achieving/maintaining lower levels early in life virtually ELIMINATES your lifetime risk of heart attacks/strokes. Early intervention is key and current medical guidelines do not do nearly enough!!

08/04/2022

Click to read my thoughts on a 20-year long study published this week showing that low fitness was associated with a 4-fold increased risk of dying...6 times greater than the impact of smoking!!

The findings of a 20-year study looking at the results of aerobic fitness on risk of dying from any cause.