Dhru Purohit

It made me feel like if I want to keep it this way, I need to continue to pay attention to those numbers.

And I also, in my situation, that's when I went to go also say, okay, my LDL was lower before and it's increased from lifestyle and dietary factors, which I derive a lot of pleasure from.

But I'm going to choose to go on something like Azetia, which is not a traditional statin, but blocks sort of, for my audience that's listening, obviously you know, blocks some of that cholesterol reuptake.

And I was able to bring my ApoB to a number that felt a lot more comfortable.

That, okay, if I'm going to live this way for the next 40, 50 plus years, I feel comfortable at this level, right?

Yeah.

it's not an automatic thing that my heart is going to be okay because there's a lot of factors as you've mentioned but it gave me at least a sense of if i want to keep it this way i got to be proactive about this aspect for me right not medical advice for anybody else and i think that

Okay.

Are you open for a few rapid fire questions to follow up on some things that I told the audience that we'd come back to?

Let's do it.

First one, you talked about a big picture.

Mouthwash destroys the beneficial bacteria.

But now with everything else that you've shared, which has added more layers and nuance to the heart disease conversation and plaque buildup, help us dig a little bit deeper.

Why do you not recommend people using alcohol-based mouthwash on a daily basis?

Why do they need to throw it in the trash and what should they be doing instead?

I'm a huge fan of that.

Alcohol.

Talk to us about alcohol.

You've made a number of videos about it, but also talk to us about your journey with alcohol and if you've changed your mind over the years.

One thing I'll throw in as a follow-up, which could actually be a cool experiment if you want to also try it too, is I went down this rabbit hole of looking into this whole classification of these molecules that come along with coffee, these oily part of the coffee bean.