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Statin Deniers! With Dr. Malcolm Kendrick | Starting Strength Radio #213

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The Case of Kilmer McCullough and the Cholesterol Mafia

Kilmer McCullough was the first man to suggest that a protein called homocysteine caused heart disease. He then fell foul of the cholesterol mafia and Harvard got rid of him. There's an Australian, she was a journalist, she got PhD. She did two programs in 2013 saying saturated fat doesn't cause heart disease. The second program said that statins are not as brilliant as we think they are or might have more adverse effects. Marianne Demassis, her name. You may have made it out of her. They tried to basically absolutely get absolutely crush her. If you look her up, she's just brilliant stuff as it's sub-stat. And there's written

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