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Is This the End of the Cholesterol Controversy?

Nutrition Facts with Dr. Greger

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The cholesterol controversy is over in fact you can argue it was over a Century ago. Why do we have to work so hard to sell the message given what seems to be an unbeatable amount of heart evidence? Many rejected the cholesterol heart disease link because so many patients were dying of coronary heart disease Despite so-called perfectly normal cholesterol levels. Ideally we want to get our total cholesterol well under 150 since having high cholesterol levels in your blood is thought of as the only Direct atherosclerotic risk factor.

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