Dr. Paddy Barrett

JANUARY 24, 2025

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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American College of Cardiology

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The goal of the DECIDE-Salt trial was to evaluate a salt substitute compared with usual salt among Chinese individuals with normal blood pressure.

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Cardiology Update

JULY 14, 2024

The primary goal was to evaluate the long-term effects of a heart-healthy diet on cardiovascular health. As the study demonstrates, a heart-healthy diet from a young age can lead to substantial long-term benefits, potentially reducing the burden of cardiovascular diseases and improving quality of life. Original article: Repo O et al.

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Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Conclusions We summarize the mechanism of arrhythmia inhibition by the active ingredients of medicinal diets in this review article, intending to provide research ideas for dietary therapy to regulate arrhythmia.

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Cardiometabolic Health Congress

AUGUST 23, 2024

Dyslipidemia, characterized by an imbalance in lipids such as cholesterol, LDL-C, triglycerides, and HDL, can result from various factors, including diet, tobacco and alcohol use, a sedentary lifestyle, or genetic conditions like familial hypercholesterolemia.

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American College of Cardiology

AUGUST 30, 2024

As the ACC commemorates its 75-year history with a pledge to integrate health equity into cardiovascular (CV) care, education and innovation, a cadre of members have recognized that a greater focus on nutrition security, i.e., diet quality, is essential to realize this goal.

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Physiologically Speaking

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Both lactate and BHB naturally increase in response to physiological stresses—lactate during intense exercise and BHB during prolonged fasting or low-carbohydrate diets. At the same time, BHB levels rise more gradually, paralleling the ketogenic state induced by fasting or ketogenic diets.

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Cardiometabolic Health Congress

JUNE 7, 2024

View Article In Press. They highlighted that the non-HDL/HDL ratio is a better predictor of ASCVD and that triglycerides (TG) are a sensitive indicator of diet and exercise, emphasizing the importance of lifestyle factors in lipid management and cardiovascular risk reduction. Here are some notable highlights: 1.LOWER

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Conquering CHD

JUNE 20, 2023

Long-term use of anticoagulants can affect regular blood tests and may require diet restrictions to prevent complications. Any signs of bleeding should be reported immediately so that adjustments can be made if necessary.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

This is not to say that you can just go to town on sauces, condiments and savoury snacks, but it should give you some reassurance that occasional consumption in an energy-balanced diet is unlikely to be harmful. But for other processed foods, I think they are probably fine when consumed infrequently as part of an energy balanced diet.

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American College of Cardiology

MARCH 25, 2025

25 later this week in Chicago, IL, will explore the association between plant-based diets and mortality in patients with cardiometabolic diseases, sex differences in cardiovascular health status and long-term outcomes, a new wearables metric related to cardiovascular disease and much more. Studies being presented at ACC.25

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

JANUARY 23, 2024

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). Diet When I discuss the Tsimane population, one of the first questions I get is, “What kind of diet do they eat?” Tsimane Tribe. In my view.

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Physiologically Speaking

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

This week, I’m sharing one of my favorite articles I’ve ever written. In my opinion, it’s even more important than diet and sleep, to an extent. Welcome to the Physiology Friday newsletter. I published it a few years ago, but since then have gained quite a few new subscribers.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

MAY 3, 2024

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. During each consultation with a patient, I would have to explain certain topics related to heart health, and I found myself repeating them over and over. What should my blood pressure be?

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European Journal of Heart Failure

OCTOBER 3, 2023

g/dl, renal function by the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease equation 72.0 HFimpEF patients had lower HF severity: left ventricular ejection fraction 44.0 34.5]%, B-type natriuretic peptide 122 [65–296] versus 373 [152–888] pg/ml, haemoglobin 13.5 ml/min, peak oxygen uptake 62.2

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Dr. Malcolm Kendrick

DECEMBER 5, 2024

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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Dr. Paddy Barrett

JUNE 14, 2024

The first is of Dr Michael Mosley, the BBC physician presenter who popularised a fasting-based diet and generally advocated for sound health-based approaches to cardiovascular health. Because, in reality, some of you (myself included) who are reading this article may not be here in 5 to 10 years. Risk is ever-present.

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The British Journal of Cardiology

APRIL 16, 2024

1 In addition to genetic and behavioural risk factors (unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, and tobacco and alcohol abuse), inhaling airborne pollutants, such as fine particulate matter (<2.5 Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) is the leading cause of death worldwide, causing around 17.9

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Dr. Malcolm Kendrick

JANUARY 12, 2023

This statement was from the same article which began with these words ‘A world-famous British scientist failed to disclose that he held a paid consultancy with a chemical company for more than 20 years while investigating cancer risks in the industry.’ An article entitled: ‘ KOL management in Pharma and Life Sciences.’ ‘As

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Cardiometabolic Health Congress

JULY 25, 2023

16] I still think, however, that in the absence of a nutrition expert, providers can do a better job in doing a brief lifestyle assessment, for instance, asking some crucial questions about daily physical activity or diet, which could make a difference in our patients’ health.

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Dr. Malcolm Kendrick

JUNE 25, 2024

The Mail on Sunday published article(s) that we felt were very damaging and defamatory. There was much discussion, in the articles, of this being far worse that the MMR scandal involving Andrew Wakefield. You may remember that he was stuck off as a doctor for his papers and articles on the MMR vaccine. If what I did was worse.

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Dr. Malcolm Kendrick

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

It certainly does if you replace fat in the diet with carbs, carbs, carbs … and more carbs. SFA naturally occurring in nutrient-dense foods can be safely included in the diet.’ SFA naturally occurring in nutrient-dense foods can be safely included in the diet. Which is what most people have done. Will it heck!

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Wellnest

JULY 19, 2023

This article delves into heart attack symptoms, golden hour, treatment & prevention. Maintain a nutritious diet. The DASH diet is an example of an eating plan that can assist in lowering your blood pressure and cholesterol, both of which can reduce the risk of heart disease.

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Dr. Paddy Barrett

MARCH 21, 2025

All diets are essentially the same. However, most people who live in the real world and just want to get on with their lives are incredibly frustrated trying to answer the question of what diet they should eat. When it comes to diet, people usually want one of two things. When Diet Just Isn’t Working. To feel good.

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Dr. S. Venkatesan MD

JANUARY 8, 2024

We have many other targets in dyslipidemia like free cholesterol, harmful fatty acids, remnant cholesterol, TGLs, dysfunctional HDLs LDL is not innocent Cone electron microscopic Image : A macrophage after a diet full of LDL molecules There are innumerable evidence LDL, is the enemy number one in human atherosclerosis.It

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Physiologically Speaking

JANUARY 4, 2025

Maybe there was a small change you made to your post-workout recovery or something you added (or removed) from your diet? If the answer to this is yes, post what it was (bonus points for linking the article) in the comments below. Anything works—no matter how small.

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

This article provides an overview of the role of the gut microbiota in the pathogenesis of atrial cardiomyopathy, including changes in the composition of the gut microbiota and the effects of its metabolites.

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Dr. Malcolm Kendrick

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

This ‘ stopping statins and dying’ concept was pretty much central to the articles. When she was diagnosed with high cholesterol, she was advised to change her diet and exercise. Sever, Peter S Liam Smeeth Cc: Greg Jones Sensitivity: Normal Dear all, thank you again for all your input into this article so far. Which they are.

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Dr. Malcolm Kendrick

OCTOBER 30, 2024

When the Mail on Sunday published their libelous articles about me on March 3 rd , 2019, I was expecting it. But it was entirely predictable what the main thrust of any article was going to be. At one point George Mann attempted to arrange a meeting of scientists who agreed that the diet-heart/cholesterol hypothesis was bunk.

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