This Plant-Based Ultra Race Runner is Striving For Healthy Change

By Nate DeMontigny

May 16, 2018 Updated January 2nd, 2019

…not use it? After giving blood the week before, I saw the doctor and was told I had the cholesterol of a man larger than myself and older. I couldn’t…

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Oversaturation of Fat in the Media

By Susan Levin, MS, RD, CSSD

August 14, 2014 Updated January 4th, 2019

…causes the liver to produce more cholesterol and raises cholesterol levels in the blood, which increases the risk of heart disease and stroke. High saturated fat intake means high type…

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Is Coconut Oil Healthy or Hazardous?

By Matthew Lederman, MD

January 19, 2009 Updated May 17th, 2023

…including HIV), to fighting cancer (by supporting our immune system), to reducing heart disease (by reducing cholesterol and benefiting our arteries), to promoting weight loss, to treating hyperthyroidism, to many…

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Doctor Prescribes Plants for Optimal Health

By Dr. James F. Loomis, MD, MBA

January 31, 2015 Updated January 7th, 2019

Up until three and a half years ago, I practiced medicine like most other primary care physicians. My day was filled with refilling prescriptions for high blood pressure, high cholesterol…

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Normal Numbers Don’t Equal Good Health

By Dr. Alona Pulde

January 31, 2015 Updated January 7th, 2019

…high cholesterol either even though she was on cholesterol lowering medication. This same aunt suffered a heart attack a year later, almost died, and couldn’t understand where it came from…

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Ethics, Evidence and the Business of Your Health

By T. Colin Campbell, PhD

January 22, 2016 Updated January 7th, 2019

…little or no attention to any sort of natural ‘whole’. For example, neither dietary cholesterol nor saturated fat are significant causes of heart disease. Dietary cholesterol and saturated fat are…

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Should I Be Tested? Ask These 4 Questions First

By Thomas Campbell, MD

July 8, 2016 Updated January 7th, 2019

…what is actually healthy. Americans for many years thought that total cholesterol below 150 might be dangerous. Having looked at other populations around the world, we now know that’s silly….

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After Husband’s Heart Surgery, Vegetarian Couple Goes Plant-Based

By Diane Lebo Wallace

June 13, 2017 Updated January 4th, 2019

Lose weight, lower your cholesterol, and reduce your risk of heart disease within a few short months, just by improving how you eat. Sounds like an ad, right? But my…

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Whole Food, Plant-Based Lifestyle Contradicted My Statin Drugs

By Allen Appell, PhD

November 2, 2017 Updated January 2nd, 2019

…a physical checkup and my physician said my cholesterol was a bit high but I shouldn’t worry because I was just getting older. This didn’t seem right so I changed…

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