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Cereal Killers Movie: Don’t Fear Fat!

Watch Cereal Killers movie   Watch a preview of the new Cereal Killers movie. For only $4.99 US dollars rent or give as a gift the entire streaming online movie and support this South African independent filmmaker Donal O’Neill, who is also the main character! Follow […]

Validating more Statin therapy: disappointing!

The American Heart Association (AHA) / American College of Cardiology (ACC) new cardiovascular disease prevention guidelines were recently published in Circulation November 2013 (four sections). Read the AHA synopsis with additional ACC commentary. The federal government’s National, Heart, Lung & Blood Institute (NHLBI) felt the need to rush these recommendations to publication and with the help of these […]

Diet, Inflammation and Cholesterol

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Carb-Loaded invited me to do a Google+ video hangout. The hangout application is rather impressive as it allows live viewing, multiple users, recording and immediate posting to You Tube. We discussed diet, inflammation, oxidative stress, cholesterol and cardiovascular disease risk assessment from the perspective of a family physician. Is […]

Mummies, Clogged Arteries and Ancient Junk Food

Add Clogged Arteries to the list of just some of the chronic diseases found in Ancient mummies. The HORUS study just published in the Lancet and presented at a meeting of the American Academy of Cardiology theorizes that humans are sensitive to the development of atherosclerotic plaque regardless of diet and contemporary lifestyle. […]

More Meat Phobia

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The media is once again sensationalizing Meat Phobia. The results from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study published in BMC Medicine suggest that men and women with a high consumption of processed meat are at increased risk of early death, in particular due to cardiovascular diseases but […]