Sometimes, reading medical literature is like peering through the looking glass. Because when given the exact same evidence, conclusions made by conventional researchers are often wildly [...]
Category: Cholesterol
“To egg, or not to egg” — why’s this even a question?
Are we really still debating the nutritional value of eggs? And spending precious research dollars to investigate a question we answered a long time ago? Have these researchers been living under [...]
Science comes to eggs’ defense — again
It’s hard to believe so much controversy could swirl around the humble egg. Ever since the anti-fat hysteria of the 1980s, doctors have been advising people to avoid eggs. “They’re high in [...]
Another statin “benefit” turned on its head
This next little tidbit literally hit my email inbox two hours after I read an article by some delusional public health “experts” calling for statins to be added to drinking water so that [...]
The facts behind decades of cholesterol confusion
I think we need to stop the clock today. Because it seems as if there’s a revolution on the horizon when it comes to American dietary advice. More and more doctors are speaking out to debunk some [...]
The study that could put statin makers out of business
The English certainly don’t beat around the bush — especially when it comes to health. And I trained in London — so you’d better believe I learned not to waste money or resources. [...]
The 20-minute secret to living longer and healthier!
Since I am a middle-aged man, a study I just read caught my personal attention. The study’s researchers concluded that fit middle-aged men may maintain youthful lipid (blood fat) levels longer [...]
A powerful food duo
If you know me at all, you know I love eggs. WITH the yolks. When I hear people order egg-white omelets because they’ve been told the yolk is “fattening” or “full of cholesterol,” I cringe. Yes, [...]
Danger in the produce aisle
They’re at it again…another group of food chemists have been tinkering with nature — to make an already healthy food supposedly “healthier.” And what’s worse, it’s all in the interest of [...]
Brand new research turns everything you thought you knew about cholesterol on its head
“Bad” cholesterol isn’t always bad—and 5 more cholesterol facts you need to know It never ceases to amaze (and distress) me that my patients still get concerned about cholesterol. Why does this [...]