John Goldman
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And he introduced me to like functional health blood panels, you know, ultrasounds for your liver, coronary calcium scores for your heart and arteries, DEXA scans for your body composition, VO2 max.
He introduced me to this whole world.
And in doing these diagnostics with him,
I learned words that I'd never heard before in my life.
Pre-diabetic.
I was pre-diabetic at age 46.
I had no idea.
I thought I was fine.
I had lifted weights my whole life, been an athlete my whole life.
Even as an adult, I was a two-time Muay Thai national champion, undefeated amateur Muay Thai kickboxer.
I did CrossFit.
I did powerlifting.
I played sports in high school.
I thought, I was like, all right, I'm in good shape.
I'm good.
I'm a little fat right now.
But I'm probably in generally good health.
Man, I had high blood pressure.
I had hyperlipidemia, which means my cholesterol was really high.
My blood sugars were out of whack.