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Cholesterol my ass!
By the mid 1950?s, CVD became our number one killer and remains the leading killer today. It was around this time that the lipid hypothesis started to gain popularity. The lipid hypothesis, which was...
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Eat fat, forget about cholesterol
The lipid hypothesis states there is a direct link between the amount of saturated fat and cholesterol in the diet and the incidence of heart disease. This couldn’t be further from the truth. Before...
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Saturated fat is no villian.
Saturated fat found mainly in animal products has been vilified by physicians, the media, and the edible oil industry for over 60 years, despite mounds of evidence to the contrary. A meta-analysis of...
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Cholesterol no longer a risk factor for heart disease. Look to CRP?
Dr. James Stein, MD from the University of Wisconsin Medical School in Madison, praised the JUPITER study for exposing the fact that current therapeutic LDL-cholesterol levels are not only arbitrary,...
View ArticleTrans fat needs a warning label
Trans fat roles in the body include: ? Lowers high density lipoproteins (HDL), otherwise known as the ?good cholesterol?.2 ? Raises low density lipoproteins (LDL), otherwise known as the ?bad...
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