Do You Meet the Simple Seven?
In public health school, you learn there are three levels of preventive medicine. Primary prevention...
Tag: American Heart Association
Which Beans Best Block the Spread of Cancer?
“It is well accepted that coronary atherosclerosis is a chronic progressive disease that begins early in life and slowly progresses over several decades” before symptoms arise. However, the average age in cholesterol-lowering drug trials is 63; therefore, people have already...
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Butter Is Back?
Time magazine’s cover exhorting people to eat butter could be viewed as a desperate attempt...
How Much Added Sugar Is Too Much?
In 1776, at the time of the American Revolution, Americans consumed about four pounds of...
Dietary Cholesterol Affects Blood Cholesterol Levels
In my video, Eggs vs. Cigarettes in Atherosclerosis, I profiled a study showing that both...
The Reversal on Fish Oil
Are the purported benefits of fish oil supplementation for the prevention and treatment of heart...
Egg Industry Caught Making False Claims
On the basis of concerns from the American Heart Association and consumer groups, the Federal...
Fighting Inflammation with Food Synergy
One of the reasons some studies haven’t shown more impressive results tying disease reduction to...
