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Ep. 52 Philip Ovadia MD Metabolic Health, Diet, Cholesterol, Heart Disease, and Modern Medicine
The Moral Imagination
Is Total Cholesterol a Good Preventative Measure for Heart Disease?
In someone who is metabolically healthy, there's really no evidence that having a high overall cholesterol level is harmful. About half of the patients that end up on my operating table or end up in the hospital with heart attacks have what are considered normal cholesterol levels. At a high level, insulin resistance is a much more powerful predictor of heart disease risk than cholesterol.
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