Apparently November is National Triglyceride Month, so the publication of our Case Report featuring a patient with Multifactorial Chylomicronemia Syndrome (MCS) is quite timely! I’ll flesh out the details later, but we were able to help this patient, who had…
Today, the topic is scams, charlatans, snake oil salesman “Gut Health,” since countless influencers make confident assertions that if you “Heal Your Gut” then all your problems will dissolve more rapidly than a packet of Athletic Greens in alkaline water. …
Autumn is finally here, which means it’s PUFFY COAT SEASON! But since at Lifelovelipids.com we celebrate Science ALL YEAR LONG, it’s also BUFFY COAT SEASON! You may have come across a Buffy Coat or two when reading the Methods sections…
Some things, at first glance, just “look wrong.” And every time I see a Little Debbie “Nutty Buddy,” I immediately feel an unpleasant catecholaminergic wave of emotional dissonance. Some might think I’m merely reacting to the metabolical evil of processed,…
Unexpected cameos and unlikely showdowns often end up being among the most memorable moments in movies. I don’t think anyone was expecting Bob Barker from The Price Is Right to lay a beatdown on Adam Sandler in Happy Gilmore, but…
Cholesterol Guidelines recommend checking for Lp(a) “Felons in Your Lipid Neighborhood” AT LEAST ONCE in a person’s lifetime. We have discussed the effect of statins and other medications on Lp(a) levels in Chapter 6 of THIS BOOK and in THIS…
Nayiri and I had an awesome time discussing The Home Security System and the Lipid Neighborhood, and I think you will enjoy this episode as well! She is a great host, and my hair was even slightly less unkempt than…
Although many clinicians and patients have been embracing the “Got Plaque? Get a CAC!” strategy to “Go Beyond the Risk Calculator” and make more nuanced decisions regarding the danger of one’s Lipid Neighborhood, there are still some haters out there.…
I’ve mentioned APOC3 and APOC3-lowering therapies such as Olezarsen and Plozasiran previously, but there is potentially a NEW LXR-BASED ELIXIR for folks with high triglycerides…and perhaps even for metabolic-associated steatohepatitis (MASH). So what is LXR? Well, it’s essentially a STEROL…
Near the beginning of the 21st century, pharmaceutical companies fell prey to the fallacy that “raising the good cholesterol” (HDL) must be a good idea, and multiple companies (whom I will not refer to by name just because they get…
