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Finally – the end (of the trial process)

Dr. Malcolm Kendrick

Which is five years and nine months after the articles in the Mail on Sunday were published. And you will note that Barney Calman, the gentleman – and I use this word loosely – who devised and wrote the articles has remained tight lipped. Firstly, the articles were clearly a hatchet job designed to destroy my reputation.

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We have a judgment (Part 1)

Dr. Malcolm Kendrick

The Mail on Sunday published article(s) that we felt were very damaging and defamatory. In short, we were effectively accused of being liars, and ‘ purveyors of misinformation ’ about statins (drugs that lower LDL/cholesterol). You may remember that he was stuck off as a doctor for his papers and articles on the MMR vaccine.

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Fasting Before Cardiac Catheterization May Be Unnecessary

DAIC

Building on evidence from several studies that found prolonged fasting may be unnecessary, a randomized, controlled trial at a Midwest heart hospital determined that allowing patients to eat a heart-healthy diet before elective cardiac catheterization posed no safety risk, while improving patient satisfaction and overall care.

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10 Things You Can Do To Improve Your Heart Health

Dr. Paddy Barrett

What is a normal cholesterol? What kind of diet should I eat? I have now written over 110 articles, and my initial nine newsletter subscribers have grown to over 20,000. It usually takes many years of being exposed to an uncontrolled risk factor such as high blood pressure, high LDL cholesterol or diabetes. No symptoms.

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

Dr. Paddy Barrett

As a side note, many Blue Zones are thought to be more a function of falsified or improper record keeping, but that’s an article for another day). The average Non-HDL cholesterol for western populations is 3.6 The average Non-HDL cholesterol is 2.9 This does not mean everyone should eat this type of diet.

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Cholesterol’s Star Role in Dementia Prevention: New Insights from the 2024 Lancet Dementia Report 

Cardiometabolic Health Congress

Newly included risk factors— untreated vision loss and high LDL cholesterol —underscore the critical role of these elements in maintaining cognitive health. The Cholesterol Connection Cholesterol’s recognition as a risk factor for dementia marks a pivotal advancement in understanding, preventing, and delaying cognitive decline.

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The Secret to Weight Loss: Understanding Carbohydrates.

Dr. Paddy Barrett

I am a fan of using low-carb diets for both weight loss and improving metabolic health. Low-carb diets have consistently shown benefits in improving these parameters 1. In the early 1970’s a group of 106 severely obese patients were put on a diet that resulted in an average weight loss of 63 Kg (139 lbs) over about one year 2.

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