So I’m opening a HUGE CAN OF WORMS here, but hopefully in doing so I’ll “bait” you into reading subsequent posts…breaching the topic of Fish Oil is a Deep Dive into some confusingly murky waters! But for a little bit…
In the category of “Interesting and Very Likely to Cause People to Overreact and Leap to Conclusions,” this new article showed an association between medications that inhibit cholesterol synthesis when used during pregnancy and a diagnosis of autism. In a…
Every now and then, an article like this one about a possible association between air pollution and cardiovascular disease pops up…and it reminds me of a magical Millennial memory from childhood cartoons…Captain Planet and the Planeteers! A green-haired hero with…
In the middle of this recent article on ketogenic diets and blood cholesterol levels, the recently discovered hormone cholesin was mentioned. (This article speculated that those on a ketogenic diet experience an increased degree of intestinal cholesterol absorption, which I…
Yesterday, we witnessed some ABSOLUTELY SUPERHUMAN performances by Sebastian Sawe and Yomif Kejelcha, as both men RAN SUB-2 HOURS at the London Marathon. And to put this in perspective (and with the Disclaimer that “Nothing I say is Medical Advice”)…
“This girl is on FIBER!” -Alicia Keys, Metamucil Remix Edition “Eat more fiber” is often hailed as a dietary axiom…but fiber is actually a rather complicated topic. Because there is insoluble and soluble fiber…and then there are viscous and non-viscous…
I actually don’t get bloodwork for myself very often (I prefer to help others with their labs), but recently I obtained a fasting Cholesterol Panel. And sometimes getting bloodwork is a good opportunity to discuss what each of these things…
Sometimes when a new set of Cholesterol Guidelines is released, you have to parody an iconic Coolio song and put the roughly 948 pages of the document into a more digestible hip-hop format. And rumor has it there is a…
Many of you have heard me rap about Cholesterol and Cardiovascular Disease at various conferences and meetings (and stay tuned for my current work-in-progress, which is a “Guidelines Paradise” that pays homage to both Coolio and the 2026 Cholesterol Guidelines…
There has recently been much hullabaloo about THIS ARTICLE suggesting that ezetimibe, a cholesterol absorption inhibitor, may have some protective effects against Alzheimer’s Disease, which I believe is ultimately a metabolic and lipid disorder (Check out this Podcast episode where…
