Hi everyone.

Happy New Year.

As the new year 2026 unfolds, I want to share three things in this episode.
1. What I hope LipidCurious continues to represent.
2. What I’m working on right now.
3. How I’m thinking about content on this platform moving forward.

I see LipidCurious as a shared journey between you and me. Let’s build it thoughtfully, together.

If you have ideas you’d like to share, I’d love to hear from you. This includes:

• Topics you'd like to be discussed in an episode
• Collaboration idea with groups or societies aligned with the mission of expanding cardiometabolic medicine.
• Mentors in the cardiometabolic space you’d love to see highlighted in an episode
• Cardiometabolic or lipid-focused training opportunities for our colleagues to explore.
• Non-clinical topic you want discussed in a future episode.

You can reach me anytime at hello@lipidcurious.com

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Disclaimer: This podcast is intended for educational purposes for clinicians and healthcare professionals. It does not provide medical advice, establish a physician–patient relationship, or replace individualized clinical judgment. The opinions expressed are those of the creator and do not represent the views of any affiliated institutions or organizations.

Inflammation!

We use the word all day in the clinic. We blame it for half the problems in medicine. Yet when you strip it down to its core, inflammation is one of the most misunderstood forces in cardiometabolic medicine.

In this episode of LipidCurious, we discuss

1. What is inflammation?

2. How do we measure it?

3. How do we treat it?

By the end, you’ll walk away with a sharper, cleaner understanding of inflammation’s role in cardiometabolic disease — and how to act on it in everyday practice.

And finally, a heartfelt wrap-up of Season 1, the journey behind building LipidCurious, and where this platform may go next.

Bonus: For the full collection of visuals across Season 1, visit the Podcast page.

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Questions or feedback? Reach out at hello@lipidcurious.com

Disclaimer: This podcast is for educational purposes only. It is NOT medical advice.

Most heart attacks don’t start with a clogged artery! They start with a microscopic storm — a small, invisible wound inside the artery wall.

That storm begins decades before symptoms, sometimes before high school. By the time someone hits their forties or fifties, the real question isn’t whether atherosclerosis has begun…It’s how far it’s already gone.

Let’s zoom in — literally inside the artery wall — and trace this disease from its very first spark.
From the moment an ApoB-containing particle sneaks beneath the endothelium…
To the slow, simmering inflammation that follows…
To the day a plaque finally stops being silent.

In this episode of LipidCurious, we’ll uncover

1. Anatomy & The Birth of an Atherosclerotic Plaque
2. Why Some Arteries Are More Prone to Atherosclerosis
3. Seeing, Treating, and Reversing Atherosclerosis

You’ll walk away seeing cholesterol numbers in a completely different light — not as abstract labs, but as a daily pressure on the artery wall.

By the end, you’ll understand why atherosclerosis is the slow burn beneath the surface — invisible for years, yet capable of erupting into the events we fear most.

Bonus: The Visual Guide for this episode is waiting for you — click here. For the full collection of visuals across episodes, visit the Podcast page.

Download the Free LipidCurious Starter Kit here

Questions or feedback? Reach out at hello@lipidcurious.com

Disclaimer: This podcast is for educational purposes only. It is NOT medical advice.