Just one other quick post on this cholesterol issue. Guidelines for adults were last set in 2004 and detailed here. The journal Circulation failed to print a financial disclosure detailing possible conflicts of interest for the authors when these guidelines were first published, a fact I learned by reading Ignore the Awkward.: How the Cholesterol Myths … Read More →
I just wanted to briefly highlight a Kaiser Permanente study that was reference number two in my last post. You can read and download the pdf here if you like. Kaiser Permanente, by the way, is the HMO I belong to. This multi-ethnic, 15-year study (1979 – 1993) followed 55,300 men and 65,271 women with … Read More →
In this fifth and final post on gut dysbiosis, endotoxemia and heart disease, I want to explore the role cholesterol plays in all of this. As you know, I consider cholesterol an innocent bystander in this piece, not the villain. So what is cholesterol? Cholesterol is an alcohol but not the same type of … Read More →