By Chris Kresser on
May 6, 2013 in Food & Nutrition, Heart Disease, Myths & Truths |
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A recent study by published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) has proposed a new link between eggs and coronary heart disease (CHD) that doesn’t involve cholesterol. A team of researchers, led by Dr. Stanley Hazen, showed that dietary choline—a nutrient found largely in eggs, beef liver and other animal foods—is metabolized by bacteria in our gut and then converted by the liver into TMAO.
They demonstrated this with a “choline challenge”: feeding volunteers two ...
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By Chris Kresser on
May 3, 2013 in Diabesity, Heart Disease, Lab testing |
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To read more about heart disease and cholesterol, check out the special report page.
In the last article in this series, I explained that LDL particle number (LDL-P) is a much more accurate predictor of cardiovascular disease risk than either LDL or total cholesterol. In this article, I’m going to briefly outline the five primary causes of elevated LDL-P.
Conventional medicine is primarily focused on suppressing symptoms. If your blood pressure is high, you take a medication to lower ...
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