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Beating the Odds: Inside the Tribe with a Near-Zero Rate of Heart Disease.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

The average Non-HDL cholesterol for western populations is 3.6 The average Non-HDL cholesterol is 2.9 Diet When I discuss the Tsimane population, one of the first questions I get is, “What kind of diet do they eat?” This does not mean everyone should eat this type of diet. 2021 Dec 1;53(12):2512-2519.

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How To Reverse Coronary Artery Disease With Lifestyle Measures

Dr. Paddy Barrett

You cannot eliminate the plaque entirely, but multiple clinical trials have shown plaque regression using high-intensity cholesterol-lowering treatments, which I have discussed previously. This randomised trial used the DASH diet as its intervention, which is a primarily plant-based, low fat and lower-sugar diet. Am J Cardiol.

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What To Eat To Lose Weight & Maintain Muscle

Dr. Paddy Barrett

Be satiating Low in sugar In a Carbohydrate/Fat Balance that suits your preference and doesn’t drive your LDL cholesterol through the roof. Please go and read every single GLP-1 trial on weight loss (Average 15 kg) and show me where they got everyone to go on an extremely low-carb diet to avoid insulin spikes. But it works.

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Should You Take Ozempic To Lose Weight?

Dr. Paddy Barrett

They are not crash diets to fit into your swimwear. So What Is The Efficacy Of Diet & Exercise For Weight Loss? All diets work. Lifestyle measures, including all diets, are very effective but just do not have a very high efficacy. 2021 Mar 18;384(11):989-1002. Like any medication, they come with risks.

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New Guidelines on Peripheral Artery Disease Issued by American Heart Association, American College of Cardiology and Leading Medical Societies

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Risk factors for PAD include smoking; having Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, chronic kidney disease, atherosclerosis in other parts of the body (such as coronary artery disease); and being age 75 years or older. and Global Data From the American Heart Association.

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FDA Approves Wegovy for Cardiovascular Risk Reduction in Adults with Known Heart Disease and Overweight or Obesity

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Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) has approved an additional indication for Wegovy ( semaglutide ) to reduce the risk of major cardiovascular events such as death, heart attack, or stroke in adults with known heart disease and with either obesity or overweight along with a reduced calorie diet and increased physical activity.

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The legal case – naming a few names

Dr. Malcolm Kendrick

I, Dr Malcolm Kendrick, with or without other co-conspirators, would be accused of spreading misinformation about cholesterol and statins. The hypothesis that a raised cholesterol level causes heart disease [atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD)] is possibly the single most powerful idea in medicine. With thousands dying.