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This week, I’ve got a breakfast and lunch recipe for you, we discuss the shocking childhood obesity forecasts in The Lancet and a note about lead levels in children too, which I thought more people should see, especially given the advice to just wait for symptoms to appear! Hope you find something truly useful x …
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Hi everyone, happy week x I hope you enjoyed the new Substack linky-look type newsletter last week. Over 65% of you opened it and read it, so I’m guessing it was OK. Of course, I’d like that to be 100% but I’m an eternal optimist! Do let me have any thoughts - this is a …
Thanks to those of you who let me know you prefer these digests rather than single posts - you say it is easier to scroll through and see what you are interested in and read. Glad they help. Any other thoughts or feedback, please let me know. All About Cholesterol I thought this article in …
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Lowering lipids causing more dementia? WDDTY did a recent piece about the importance of high-enough lipids to protect the brain - are statins behind the increase in dementia? I wouldn't be at all surprised. A reader recently sent me this fascinating case study/article about using B1 and B2 for mitochondrial CFS. A good reminder (thank …
Quote of the week for you here on how statins may be lowering cholesterol too far and increasing Alzheimer's risk. And also why lowering cholesterol is not the be all and end all of cardio treatment - it's all about inflammation, as I have said numerous times - why are we creating higher cholesterol in …
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Just have a look where allergies is! And check below for my top tips and resources on each condition. Chronic Health ConditionsAlmost half of the UK population reported having a disease or chronic health condition (45.7% of men and 50.1% of women).The most common health problems by age-standardised percentage rates were:Allergy of any type (30.4% …
Interestingly, I've been seeing a lot more shingles cases reported over the last few years so I was interested in this latest study that seems to suggest that taking statins can trigger a latent herpes virus and cause a shingles attack in the vulnerable. They're not sure if it is the LDL cholesterol that has …
Another death-knell tolls for the cholesterol myth today, from WDDTY: Careful with those statins—‘bad’ cholesterol helps us live longer As we’ve been saying for many years, ‘bad’ LDL cholesterol—targeted by statin drugs—is good for you as you get older. In fact, higher levels help you live longer once you reach the age of 60, a …
Another reminder here for you on the importance of propping up your CoQ10 levels if you are on statins, as so many of you are. I have written about this lots of times before and discuss it in my Cholesterol Factsheet, but was reminded of it again today as the results of a survey issued …
Fascinating piece this morning on findings that cholesterol possibly rises in Winter high enough for people to be prescribed statins, but then naturally drops again in warmer weather. So, your prescription might be based on seasonal fluctuations rather than you having a genuine need for statins (and that'a moot point anyway as we know ;)). …
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