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The Truth about Saturated Fat with Dr. Robert Lustig, MD

The Neuro Experience

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Statins for Primary Prevention of Heart Disease

The data on statin use for primary prevention of heart disease is virtually non-existent. Large buoyant to LDL are cardiovascularly neutral. Small dense, on the other hand, are easily oxidized because they're smaller and because they don't float. So this notion that we should be lowering LDL to reduce cardiovascular disease is actually kind of turned on its head.

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