Do fish oil supplements raise the risk of heart disease?
Executive summary * A paper generated global headlines that taking fish oil supplements might raise the risk of heart disease
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Heart Disease
Is LCHF associated with CVD?
Executive summary * A study was published in March 2024, which claimed that “After 11.8 years, 9.8% of LCHF [low
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Vegan vs omnivore diet
Executive summary * The research group that brought us the DIETFITS and KETO-MED trials has published the results from its
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Modifiable risk factors
Executive summary * A global team of researchers set out to examine the associations between two outcomes and five risk
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Trans people & heart disease
Executive summary * This post was inspired by a thought, not a research paper. Sex is a fundamental characteristic in
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LDL-C & heart disease – definitive proof?
Executive summary * PCSK9s are relatively recent additions to the array of cholesterol lowering drugs. They are delivered by injection
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Keto-like diet & heart disease
Executive summary * This post is unusually about a press release, which in turn was about a conference presentation. *
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The PURE study – diet, CVD & mortality in 80 countries
Executive summary * The PURE study is an ongoing large population study, which differs from other population studies because of
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Finland, diet, cholesterol & heart disease
Executive Summary * This is the second part of the review of the North Karelia study, which claimed that reducing
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Did Finland prove that reducing (saturated) fat reduces heart disease?
Executive Summary * We’re looking at a classic study this week. The Professor Pekka Puska paper, published in 2009, entitled
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