Why cholesterol can’t cause heart disease
Introduction The more you examine the cholesterol-heart hypothesis, the more it doesn’t make sense. This week’s note has been inspired
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LDL
Review of 2018
A year ago, a review was published called “21st century science overload“. It reported that 2009 was the year when
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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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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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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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Worried about cholesterol and/or statins
The vast majority of comments I get on my blogs are about cholesterol and/or statins. I find myself saying the
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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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NICE issues new guidelines on statins (OR Statins in the drinking water?!)
Let’s start with a hypothetical conversation… Government: “We know that people with higher incomes are more at risk of being
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