Still think saturated fat is bad for you? Still think eating eggs raises cholesterol? Still think high cholesterol causes heart disease? If you answered yes to any of those questions, you really need to watch these videos. (But hey, you might learn something even if you answered "no".) In this presentation I: debunk the myth that eating saturated fat and cholesterol causes heart disease. explain why LDL and total cholesterol are not useful markers for heart ...
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In this second podcast episode I cover the basics of essential fatty acids, discuss the importance of reducing intake of omega-6 and increasing intake of omega-3, and compare the relative benefits of fish vs. fish oil as sources of omega-3. I go through most of the material I've written about in my special report on essential fatty acids, fish and fish oil, but there is some additional material in the podcast that isn't in the written series. ...
In a shockingly rare example of the FDA actually doing its job, a report was issued on Tuesday cautioning against the prolonged use of a class of acid stopping drugs called proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs). Who knows, maybe someone at the FDA read my series on heartburn and GERD, especially this article and this one detailing the dangers of acid stopping drugs? This is a really big deal. PPIs are one of the most popular classes of drugs ...
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