Eric Topol
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
You've got the same people who wouldn't take a vaccine, which has, you know, randomized trials, tens of thousands of people with overwhelming benefit to risk ratio.
And there's the same people that would inject an experimental peptide in their blood.
Well, you know, we have a
a moment where the medical community's word and judgment is being challenged every day.
And the idea that there's these influencers who they have the secrets they know, right?
They have big impact.
So like example, cold plunge, right?
This is remarkable.
I mean, I'm a cardiologist and I would consider a cold plunge a stress test.
Much more than a treadmill, because you get in a cold plunge, you are getting a big jump in blood pressure.
You're constricting all your blood vessels.
Your heart rate is jacked up.
And if you're going to have a heart attack, you could find out in the midst of a cold plunge or soon thereafter.
I would never suggest people who might have risk for heart disease to have that.
And there's no real data to show benefit.
Yeah, yeah.
You know, it's going to give you more brown fat.
I mean, help me.
I mean, this is just too much.