Eric Thorn, MD

Cardiologist and Obesity Medicine Specialist. Real food is the centerpiece of cardiovascular health. This philosophy guides us everyday.

[Dr. David Ludwig @davidludwigmd]

The debate rages: @bigfatsurprise & @EricThornMD respond to the American Heart Assoc position paper on saturated fat https://t.co/CkucWVg445

[Georgia Ede MD @GeorgiaEdeMD]

Cardiologist @EricThornMD teams up w @bigfatsurprise on @Medscape to deliver well-deserved one-two punch to the AHA. https://t.co/ucTYRflhUp

[Larry Husten @cardiobrief]

Another attack on the AHA sat fat paper by @bigfatsurprise https://t.co/EFvnbaHCcq

[Eric Thorn, MD @EricThornMD]

New term: Medication Creep-a gradual increase in prescribed meds, often resulting in unplanned long term commitment https://t.co/YHXjE2wsRK

[Eric Thorn, MD @EricThornMD]

Interesting: dietary carbohydrate causes immediate changes in natriuretic peptides

[Eric Thorn, MD @EricThornMD]

Hear, hear! I can't agree more. https://t.co/NXVwxjyTJA

[Larry Husten @cardiobrief]

Why Guidelines Are Bad For Science https://t.co/oL3SVLQ7hr

[Eric Thorn, MD @EricThornMD]

@DietDoctor1 I don't accept the use of cookies 😁😂🍪😉

[Eric Thorn, MD @EricThornMD]

Agree: https://t.co/rfbk7Z4EfN

[Marylou VanHintum RN @RealFood_4_You]

Please help in any way possible our baby Lily is being operated on and we need to raise the money https://t.co/EL4hcvYVEc

[Stephan J. Guyenet @sguyenet]

More data from large Swedish cohorts that egg intake isn't associated with heart attack or stroke risk.
https://t.co/9f8JMPZc6s

[Eric Thorn, MD @EricThornMD]

This is why the WHO conclusions on meat are crap: https://t.co/5OzwGqsOPG i.e. Garbage in -> Garbage out

[RealFoodOptometrist @ajwodecki]

@CaseyHinds @jjdinicol @RobertLustigMD @EricThornMD @JeffRitterman @DrWheatley https://t.co/ToONgrZCLP

[Eric Thorn, MD @EricThornMD]

Always striking: the obesity paradox - in CAD only WHR predicts mortality, not BMI https://t.co/dWhPAha5mG

[Eric Thorn, MD @EricThornMD]

More weight loss, lower CV risk, and no need to count Kcal or be hungry but not an option per guidelines https://t.co/99xBG36rpc

[Rocky D. Bilhartz MD @BilhartzMD]

I currently tell MORE and MORE of my patients to check blood pressure LESS and LESS at home... Why? https://t.co/OVaL7I4ZNC #health

[Eric Thorn, MD @EricThornMD]

@BilhartzMD @drjohnm Should we change the criteria then to improve Sensitivity- e.g. <10METs or >0.5m STDep, then do Nuc? What do you think?

[Harlan Krumholz @hmkyale]

Evacetrapib monotherapy lowered LDL by ~50 mg/dl. Unfortunately w/o apparent real benefit. http://t.co/eesoRKb9PG https://t.co/3Uwbhsd6kD

[Eric Thorn, MD @EricThornMD]

.@drjohnm Average postponement of death - a way to talk about drug effects that patients & doctors can understand? http://t.co/e5yIfnOxTu

[Tim Noakes @ProfTimNoakes]

Does this include useless managements that don't work. Like hi carbs for those with insulin resistance syndrome? https://t.co/NMvKH1sqRb

[Eric Thorn, MD @EricThornMD]

I don't see any good way to sort this out. It seems every study on meat and health is hopelessly confounded. https://t.co/Wr6BzyYFZo

[Stephan J. Guyenet @sguyenet]

"Association between red/processed meat consumption &chronic diseases: the confounding role of other dietary factors"
http://t.co/OoA4u2s1bU