Episode 5: Dr. Ronald Krauss on the Development of Heart Disease, Related Risk Factors, and Biomarkers to Track Disease Progression

Thanks for listening to Backedbriscience. Check out the website at backedbriscience.com or Brian's Instagram @BrianDevorkin.   In this episode, Dr. Krauss discusses the development of heart disease, important biomarkers to track, and the implications ASCVD has on human longevity.      Dr. Ronald Krauss is a world-renowned research scientist and Senior Scientist at Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Professor of Medicine at UCSF, and Adjunct Professor of Nutritional Sciences at UC Berkeley. Dr. Krauss’s research aims to understand how to best prevent cardiovascular disease through early detection and management of its major risk factors: most notably, elevated levels of blood cholesterol and lipoproteins.  He has published over 450 research articles and reviews on metabolic, genetic, dietary, and drug effects on plasma lipoproteins and the risk of coronary artery disease, with over 100,000 citations of this work.