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8 Simple Rules to Reduce Your Risk of Dying Early

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Back in 2007, the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) together with the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) issued their official recommendations on diet, physical activity, and weight management for cancer prevention. They based these recommendations on the best and most comprehensive scientific evidence currently available. I’m going to tell you what these 8 recommendations [...]

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Conventional Cholesterol Tests are Obsolete

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As many of you know, I’ve been traveling around a bit, speaking about our best-selling book “The Great Cholesterol Myth”, and one of the things I’ve been saying is that conventional cholesterol tests are obsolete, a message I repeated recently on the Dr. Oz show as well as The Doctors. And one of the questions [...]

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The Carnitine Controversy: What Does That New “Red Meat” Study Really Tell Us?

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It hasn’t been a great week for carnivores. A new study found that an amino acid-like compound found in red meat transforms into a heart-disease causing chemical called TMAO, which, researchers now theorize, is probably the real reason red meat is bad for you. The good news is that researchers are finally coming around to [...]

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Why Lowering Cholesterol Won’t Prevent Heart Disease

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Trying to prevent heart disease by lowering cholesterol is like trying to prevent obesity by cutting the lettuce out of your Big Mac. Surprised? Read on. Recently, cardiologist Stephen Sinatra and I came together to write a book—“The Great Cholesterol Myth: Why Lowering Cholesterol Won’t Prevent Heart Disease and the Statin-Free Plan That Will” (now [...]

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Mediterranean Diet…The Best Diet Ever? Not So Fast!

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Last week, the New England Journal of Medicine published a study which, according to the fawning mainstream press, proved “conclusively” that the best diet in the world was the Mediterranean diet, that it protected everyone from heart disease and stroke, and that everyone in the world should be on it. Except the study showed no [...]

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More Statin Drug Deception!

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The following is a guest article by Justin Smith, the man who made the incredible documentary Statin Nation, a DVD I strongly suggest you watch. It’s the perfect companion piece to my new book, The Great Cholesterol Myth.   A national newspaper here in the UK (the Daily Mail) recently reported “How a 40p statin [...]

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Statin Drugs May Raise Type 2 Diabetes Risk

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Canadian Press 01-25-13 TORONTO – Health Canada has updated the labeling for commonly prescribed cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins to warn users they may be at a small increased risk of developing diabetes. The department announced the change Thursday, 11 months after the Food and Drug Administration took similar action in the United States. Toronto-based drug [...]

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The Five “Must Read” Nutrition Books of 2012

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This is the time of year where book and movie critics come up with their “Best of the Year” lists, so I thought it a perfect time to do my own version of same. These five books—only three of which actually came out this year—are must reading for anyone interested in health, nutrition and diet. [...]

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8 Cholesterol Myths Your Doctor Still Believes

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As some of you may know, cardiologist Stephen Sinatra and I co-authored a book which was recently released, entitled “The Great Cholesterol Myth”. The buzz on this has been amazing, largely thanks to you! Even though our interview with Dr. Oz hasn’t been shown yet (probably around Christmas), word of mouth has been sensational, and [...]

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Scared to Death: How Stress Can Actually Kill You

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Recently, a 30 year old meth addict named Ricky Lee Fowler was found guilty of starting what’s now known as the 2003 Old Fire in Southern California, a raging 90,000 acre blaze that resulted in the evacuation of 80,000 people and the destruction of nearly 1000 homes. Fowler was actually convicted of murder because five [...]

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Trick Question: How Do You Lower Cholesterol Naturally?

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The other day, I received a request from a writer working on a story about how to lower cholesterol “naturally”. His questions are reprinted below, together with my reply. Q. What are your thoughts on taking supplements as part of a cholesterol-lowering plan? Q. Which ones do you like, and why? Q. Are they safe? [...]

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4 Things That Will Kill You Way Before Cholesterol

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I’m going to tell you a secret– something that the smartest, most cutting edge health professionals all know and have been talking about amongst themselves for a very long time. This information isn’t widely known or accepted yet, but it will be—at which point we will all be shaking our heads looking back on this [...]

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