Drs. Chris and Zand van Tulleken

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We've just finished our discussion with Dr. Sergeant Zach Verghese on the topic of calcium.

She is a consultant diabetes endocrinology and general internal medicine specialist.

And I think that interview was amazing because it made me inspired to look after my calcium levels a bit more.

But I didn't feel panicked about it or that I had to rush out and buy any supplements or anything.

I thought it was really helpful.

And the thing that I think is so great for this episode of Doctor's Notes is that Sargent is...

I would say unusually passionate about calcium.

I don't recall ever meeting any, maybe anyone, but certainly any medical colleagues who really cared about calcium.

You know, we all knew it was important.

I'm not sure I've ever met anyone who cares about anything quite as much as Sargent cares about calcium, parathyroid hormone.

bone health, and all of the other things she's interested in.

That's right.

So that is what we're digging into in Doctor's Notes, and especially a bit more on osteoporosis.

We know there will be lots of listeners who are interested in this.

We've had lots of people write in about it.

We are going to do a separate episode on osteoporosis itself, but we wanted to get a bit further into it with Sarjan because it tells us a lot about calcium and its management in the body.

Zandi, let's open the notes.

Open the notes.

Sergeant, thank you so much for staying with us for Doctors' Notes.