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4 stories tagged "cholesterol"
87 Trials Found the Whole-Grain Sweet Spot: Sixteen Markers Nudged Healthier, None of Them by Much
Sixty to a hundred grams of whole grain a day nudged weight, cholesterol, blood pressure and inflammation the right way across 87 randomized trials. The median trial ran eight weeks, every effect was tiny, and not one counted an actual heart attack.
Nutrition & FoodFor Forty Years They Said Skim the Fat. This Trial Fed People Full-Fat Dairy and the Cholesterol Held.
In a 74-adult trial, the group assigned three servings of full-fat dairy a day for twelve weeks held steady on weight, body fat, cholesterol and insulin resistance, and their blood pressure improved, against advice the guidelines have pushed since 1980.
Drugs & FDAFor Years the Muscle Aches Were Called a Nocebo Effect. A McMaster Lab Found Statins Injuring the Muscle Cell Itself.
An estimated 7 to 29 percent of statin users report muscle pain. The flagship trial called most of it a placebo response. In mouse and human muscle cells, a McMaster team has now traced a cholesterol-independent pathway by which statins damage muscle directly.
Metabolic & WeightFor Forty Years He Said the Standard Cholesterol Target Was Wrong. A Computer Finally Agreed.
A Northwestern model projects that the little-used apoB test would prevent more heart attacks and strokes than the LDL number your doctor chases. And non-HDL, a number already printed free on your standard lab report, beat LDL too. No trial has tested any of it on a patient.