Interview Questions for Robert Lufkin MD Press Kit

Lies I Taught In Medical School:

  • Personal Journey: What health crisis inspired you to question medical teachings and write this book
  • Evolution of Beliefs: As a professor, what was the hardest “lie” you unlearned, and how did it impact your colleagues?
  • Title Choice: Why the bold title Lies I Taught in Medical School, and how do you handle criticism?
  • Metabolic Dysfunction: How does metabolic syndrome link chronic diseases, and why is it ignored in med school?
  • Cholesterol Myth: Why is LDL overemphasized in heart disease, and what role does insulin resistance play?
  • Cancer as Metabolic: How does metabolism drive cancer more than DNA damage, and how can fasting help?
  • Alzheimer’s Link: Why call Alzheimer’s “type 3 diabetes,” and what steps reduce risk?
  • Mental Health Ties: How does metabolism affect depression, and what alternatives to meds do you suggest?
  • Evidence Sources: How did you vet research from experts like Seyfried and Fung against mainstream views?
  • Medicine Critique: What examples show how institutions perpetuate outdated ideas for profit?
  • Diet Role: How do low-carb and fasting reverse metabolic issues, backed by what evidence?
  • Lifestyle Steps: What top three actions reverse conditions like diabetes or hypertension?

Imaging for Longevity:

  • Personal Involvement: As a professor and author, how did your health journey lead to developing this metabolic-focused imaging tool?
  • Technology Purpose: What makes the Complete Metabolic Heart Scan superior to standard CT scans for detecting heart and metabolic diseases?
  • How It Works: Can you explain how one scan generates reports on calcium score, arterial age, liver fat, and bone density?
  • Key Benefits: How does direct disease visualization help prevent heart attacks, NAFLD, and osteoporosis over risk estimation alone?
  • Innovations: What imaging advancements allow integrating cardiovascular, metabolic, and bone health assessments in a single study?
  • Heart Disease Detection: Why is the CT Coronary Artery Calcium Score one of the best predictors of heart attacks, per recent studies?
  • Metabolic Links: How does the scan connect insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome to conditions like diabetes and fatty liver?
  • Evidence Sources: What research backs the scan’s accuracy, and how does it align with experts in metabolic health?
  • Criticism of Conventional Tests: Why do blood or genetic tests fall short compared to this imaging for actual disease detection?
  • Applications and Interventions: What lifestyle or medical steps can users take based on scan results to reverse metabolic issues?
  • Future of Imaging: How might this technology evolve medical education and preventive care in the next decade?