cholesterol

Chris Masterjohn coming to talk about cholesterol

May 13, 2011 in Events, Classes & Groups | 35 comments

Chris Masterjohn from The Daily Lipid is going to join us on the podcast to summarize a new paradigm of understanding cholesterol and it's role in health and disease. As you know, there's perhaps no issue in health & nutrition that is more characterized by controversy, propaganda and misinformation.We'll be taking a 30,000 foot view of "an evolutionary perspective of cholesterol in the 21st century". By that I mean summarizing what we know about ...
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5 reasons not to worry about your cholesterol numbers

January 26, 2011 in Food & Nutrition, Paleo Diet | 62 comments

I do a lot of public speaking. As you might suspect, regardless of the specific topic I'm presenting the dietary recommendations I make are always essentially the same: high-fat, nutrient-dense and low in toxins. Since omega-6 vegetable oils are toxins, when I say high fat I'm talking about saturated and monounsaturated fat. You know this.But a lot of people I speak to don't. They fully steeped in 50 years of mainstream propaganda ...
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Friday smorgasbord

December 10, 2010 in Uncategorized | 8 comments

You've probably noticed that I haven't been able to write as much lately for the blog. I've been incredibly busy with my private practice, launching the Paleo Detox program, preparing and delivering talks locally, developing new content like ongoing class series and an eBook, and of course continuing my research on various topics.I've got one more article to write for the series on diabesity. I'll discuss what I believe to be the most effective ...
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The hidden truth about statins

June 12, 2010 in Heart Disease, Medical Industrial Complex | 67 comments

Statins are the most popular drugs in history. Drug companies made $26 billion selling statins alone in 2008. 25 million Americans take them, and the number is growing each year.One reason why statins are the best-selling drug category by far is that 92% of people taking them are healthy. The FDA has approved the prescription of statins to people at low risk for heart disease and stroke, who don't even have high cholesterol. ...
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