Does the thought of a steak, bacon and eggs, or real milk make you cringe thinking you’re instantly clogging up your arteries? How many times have you seen physicians and nutritionists write “artery clogging saturated fats”? For the last 40 years the dietary instructions from governments and other authoritative bodies have told us to avoid all animal fats. Americans took…
Fats, Cholesterol, and Statin Drugs (16 results)
One of the most misunderstood areas of medicine, nutrition and health concerns which fats and oils are the bad ones and which are the good ones. In Nina Teicholz’s book The Big Fat Surprise, she covers the facts better than I have ever seen done by anyone before. If you are not ready to take the time to read a large book, then the entries in this category will get you going in the right direction with less reading.
Cholesterol discussion by David Getoff Part 1 and Part 2
Cholesterol is a HUGE issue in the United States, but this is predominantly due to the money being made by physicians who are ignorantly prescribing Statin drugs with little science to back up their prescriptions! I have lectured on this issue numerous times and the last time I did so I made an important realization. I HAD NOT put a…
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The benefits of the high fat low carb diet – Dr. Jeff Volek PhD, world expert on healthy diets
Exercise and a low fat diet have been (and are still being) promoted for weight loss and health promotion in…
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Cholesterol (and Statin Drugs)
The faulty premise, that cholesterol is a damaging substance which needs to be regulated below 200 for human health, is in fact destroying human health, is in fact destroying human health. It is also greatly reducing memory function, causing some amnesia, dementia and Alzheimer’s like symptoms. It is doing nothing beneficial except for making billions of dollars for its manufacturers…
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TED TALK on The BIG Fat Surprise
Nina Teicholz is the author of The Big Fat Surprise Her book is the most thorough examination of all the research studies…
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Statin drugs & insurance or Medicare
Dr. Doug McGuff is an emergency room MD. This short audio clip is from a much longer YouTube audio interview he did with Dr. Mercola. Take a few minutes and have a listen. Most people don’t know what he relates here about getting paid by insurance companies. Listen Here: (download as mp3)
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The Big Fat Surprise – By Nina Teicholz
The truth about fats- which are good, which are bad and what the science actually says, has been an elusive area of science for decades. Finally, a science writer and investigative journalist has done it! She has written the single most comprehensive book ever written covering the facts about lipid (fat) research. She has shown that the emperor has no…
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Stephanie Seneff PhD (MIT Scientist) looks into the cholesterol myths
It was interesting to see a senior MIT scientist taking the time and interest to look into the facts and myths related to cholesterol and fats. She did a good job with this short article
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Fat is NOT the enemy by Julia Ross
Julia Ross has done an excellent job under her very appropriately titled article. I have lectured on this topic numerous times, trying to explain to people that populations with higher fat intakes have less health problems of all types. Good fats include butter (especially from grass fed cows), Ghee, coconut and palm kernel oils, E.V. Olive oil, lard and the…
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Low Fat Diet Myths & Cholesterol by Joel Kauffman
Joel M. Kauffman, PhD is a friend. We met by email and then by phone many years ago after I read his great book entitled Malignant Medical Myths I had some comments and questions and a few minor disagreements that I wished to discuss with him. We hit it off almost immediately and I sent him a gift of some…
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