Impact of Leucine on Atherosclerosis

Sensational media coverage of a new study claims ‘protein damages your arteries' but upon deeper inspection, the study didn't even look at artery health. 

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Time Stamps: 

0:00 Intro 0:07 Media Coverage 0:44 Actual study 1:34 Junk protein and canola oil 3:44 Graphical abstract  5:00 Immune cells and arterial plaque  6:04 Human arm of study 7:44 Mice prone to heart disease  8:50 Plant VS Animal protein  9:27 mTOR in immune cells 10:02 New mechanism of heart disease?  11:20 Human arm of study 12:13 Protein used in study  14:13 Protein stimulates mTOR 15:40 Study conclusions