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Pulse Check

What Medicine Misses--and Why Staying Curious is the Key to Protecting Your Heart, Your Health, and Living Longer

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Pulse Check

By: Nick Norwitz Md Phd
Narrated by: Nick Norwitz Md Phd
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Summary
A Harvard- and Oxford-trained metabolism expert challenges conventional dogma about cholesterol, statins, and heart disease—using insights from his own extraordinary medical case—to reveal what actually predicts long-term cardiovascular health and longevity.

Why is heart disease still the world’s leading killer—and what is medicine missing?

At just 23, Nick Norwitz, MD, PhD, learned his cholesterol was so high that doctors warned it should be killing him. But he wasn’t dying. In fact, defying medical textbooks and experts’ opinions, his heart was completely healthy with no plaque to be found anywhere.

Determined to understand why, Dr. Norwitz dug deep into the data and started asking questions. What he discovered is that what he learned during his medical training—and what cardiologists know about heart disease—is only the tip of the iceberg.

Pulse Check draws on cutting-edge research, insider knowledge of how science really works, and Dr Norwitz’s own experiences as a patient to explore:

  • Why cholesterol doesn’t tell the full story of heart health
  • How inflammation, insulin resistance, and metabolic health influence cardiovascular risk
  • How to navigate conflicting advice about cholesterol medications and diet
  • Which tests, biomarkers, and lifestyle factors matter most
  • How to make more informed decisions about your health

By challenging the conventional wisdom—and often through very unconventional means, like Dr. Norwitz’s viral Oreo cookie experiment—Pulse Check will explain why we’ve been so ineffective at addressing heart disease, and what you can do, specifically and realistically, to improve your own heart health.
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