Review of 2022
Happy New Year! We’re kicking off with a review of last year. As many people think about diet at this
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statins
A new look at statins, LDL-Cholesterol & CVD
Executive summary * Most papers presenting the benefits of statins have been done by the Oxford Cholesterol Treatment Trialists (CTT)
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These are the topics that I covered in 2021: January Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020-2025. The Dietary Guidelines for Americans
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Statins – side effects or nocebo effect?
Executive summary * A study was published in the New England Journal of Medicine in November 2020. * It involved
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Review of 2020
These are the topics that I covered in 2020: January Is veganuary healthy? Veganuary was launched in the UK in
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The 500th Monday note!
Introduction This is the 500th Monday note! They started in January 2011 in our online club www.theharcombedietclub.com and then became
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Statins in the over 75s
Executive Summary * Headlines in July 2020 reported that “A study of over-75s found that those taking statins were 25
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The following review of the year captures the 52 articles/topics that I have researched and written about during 2019: January
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Statins don’t work well for half those who take them
For those lovely people who support what I do, this will be my Monday note (22nd April). I’m sharing the
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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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