Since the 1950’s we’ve been told that high cholesterol causes heart disease, therefore, we should maintain a low cholesterol diet by avoiding high cholesterol foods - eggs, red meat, and dairy. We’re here to tell you, 70 years later, what we’ve been told about cholesterol simply is not true!

Today, dive deep into cholesterol and heart health by looking at: 

• The importance of cholesterol, LDL, HDL, and triglycerides
• When did cholesterol become "bad"?
• Why total cholesterol and LDL is not the problem
• HDL and Triglycerides as an indicator of heart disease
• The myth about dietary cholesterol
• Our blood results (after eating only meat for 30 days)
• How to improve your heart health

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Resources:

• Nikolai N. Anichkov and His Theory of Atherosclerosis
• The Framingham Study (1948)
• Factors of risk in the development of coronary heart disease—six year follow-up experience: the Framingham study
• High Density Lipoprotein As a Protective Factor Against Coronary Heart Disease
• Lack of an association or an inverse association between low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol and mortality in the elderly: a systematic review
• LDL-C does not cause cardiovascular disease: a comprehensive review of the current literature
• Association of triglyceride to high density lipoprotein ratio with global cardiac microcalcification to evaluate subclinical coronary atherosclerosis in non-diabetic individuals
• Low Levels of Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Mortality Outcomes in Non-Statin Users 
• Study of 541 hospitals with 136,905 admissions for heart attacks
• High Density Lipoprotein As a Protective Factor Against Coronary Heart Disease 
• Triglyceride-to-HDL cholesterol ratio. Predictive value for CHD severity and new-onset heart failure
• High-density lipoprotein cholesterol and cardiovascular disease. Four prospective American studies 
• High Ratio of Triglycerides to HDL-Cholesterol Predicts Extensive Coronary Disease 
• New Guidelines by the American Heart Association

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