Dr. Florence Comite

You don't have to get chronic disease as you age.

They ask that question because in the old days, it was an important piece of what we did.

And asking about the family is important if you can implement what it tells you.

So if you hear that someone's mother just got diagnosed with diabetes or a grandfather fell and broke his hip, you should be looking for those signs and symptoms deep within the patient's body, the person that's facing you, because it's already brewing under the surface.

And that's why family history is important.

but far too often it doesn't really get addressed in depth.

over the years, what I designed, you know, over 20 years ago, before I came to New York, was looking at people through the lens of N of one, meaning each of us is unique.

And again, that speaks to my innate knowledge of epigenetics that my twin and I have the exact same genes, but we express them differently.

And as a result, I studied people in depth, I would get 100 to 150 lab tests.

Today, we call them biomarkers.

And I was able to tell if people were on a track

to get a heart attack, to get dementia, to get osteoporosis or cancer.

And so what I learned from that test, which I think of as real world research, is that there are five key biomarkers that everyone should request in their visit with a doctor or even try to do it online through a telemedicine company.

And basically it's looking at fasting sugar, fasting insulin, hemoglobin A1C, a cholesterol test called cholesterol risk ratio.

And the final one is a little less often, and most doctors don't do this, would be a free testosterone.

Because the combination of those tests in all the thousands of patients I've seen

have never been optimal.

They've always shown me and can show your doctor and you what is brewing in your body and what you might wanna think about so that you can keep your health for life and it's not inevitable to get sick or to get a chronic disease.

Right.

Well, I don't think I'm a proponent of living forever, but I do think there are more and more people we know for a fact that are living beyond 100, even 110.