Medicine 2.0 relies on two types of tactics, broadly speaking: procedures (e.g., surgery) and medications. Our tactics in Medicine 3.0 fall into five broad domains: exercise, nutrition, sleep, emotional health, and exogenous molecules, meaning drugs, hormones, or supplements. I will not be talking much about molecules, because that would make this book twice as long as it already is, but one thing that I will say is that I do not shy away from pharmaceutical drugs because they are not “natural.” I consider many drugs and supplements, including lipid-lowering medications, to be essential items
...more
