02/19/2026
An Online Class on Preventing Heart Disease and Diabetes
Most people think of heart disease as something that happens suddenly: a heart attack, a stent, a diagnosis that seems to come out of nowhere. In reality, cardiovascular disease develops quietly over many years. Long before symptoms appear, the body is adapting to subtle metabolic and inflammatory stresses that slowly shape risk.
That matters, because prevention isn’t about avoiding a single moment — it’s about understanding the trajectory your body is on. Cholesterol, blood sugar, blood pressure, and weight don’t flip overnight. They drift. And those drifts often begin decades before anything crosses a diagnostic threshold.
Reading about heart disease can help conceptually. The Affairs of The Heart: Understanding Hidden Lab Factors that Can Keep You Ticking class is designed to help you recognize where you are on that trajectory — not in theory, but in your own body. You’re welcome to bring any recent, pertinent labs to class; we’ll provide a clear list of which markers we’ll be discussing. We won’t review individual results, but following along with your own numbers is often the fastest way these ideas start to make sense.
Along the way, we’ll also offer optional tools to make patterns visible in real time, including the Stelo by Dexcom Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM). It’s easy to use, relatively low cost, surprisingly insightful — and honestly, a bit fun. It’s highly recommended, but never required. The goal isn’t fear or urgency. It’s literacy: seeing risk earlier, more clearly, and with enough context to act wisely.
The classes are on Wednesdays, March 4, 11, 18, and 25 at 4:30 PST. For more information: https://drdanlukaczer.com/heart-disease-diabetes/
