Lowering LDL
On 10th November, 2018, the American Heart Association (AHA) published new cholesterol guidelines (Ref 1). The document is on open
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HDL
A red meat meta-analysis
On 28th November 2016, this article, “In Defence of Red Meat”, suggested that you should: “Ask for a meta-analysis of
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Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH)
While I was in South Africa, at the Professor Tim Noakes hearing, Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH) came up both home and
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PCSK9 Inhibitors & Statins
Statin side effects pave the way for son of statins… Introduction In May 2014, two doctors were maliciously attacked
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Of mice and men
The twitter hashtag has been #mousegate! The story has been quite astonishing in terms of huge claims made on a
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National cholesterol month
I was at a dinner party recently when the subject of cholesterol came up. Every (lay) person around the table
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The low-carb vs low-fat study
On September 2nd 2014 a story broke in the field of diet and nutrition, but it barely made it across
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How statin drugs really lower cholesterol & kill you one cell at a time
Introduction (Jump to the Executive Summary at the end if you don’t want the full monty). This is a review
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Cholesterol – what does the blood cholesterol test actually measure?
This post is dedicated to Mat Cooke who asked a great question! Cholesterol targets for USA, Australia and UK The
Read moreWe die instantly without cholesterol so why do we try to stop the body making it?
On May 8th 2012, we woke up to the headline:”Shot in the arm for fight against heart attacks: The fortnightly
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