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Latest Data From The NIH/CDC

Below is the latest data from the NIH showing the rate of deaths from heart disease...

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Reply: Atherosclerosis in Mummies

I'm sorry, you see a comparison between the amount of combustion by products between the...

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Interesting, a prevalence rate of 34% overall with some societies at 60% while the most...

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Reply: Statins: Lowering Cholesterol, Raising Debate

I have read this book and several others. Of the books I have read this was actually the...

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I have read this book and several others. Of the books I have read this was actually the least convincing. I have a few issues with this, first were the "studies after studies" that the good doctor sites which are really just a handful of very small trials that were not managed. Most of what he sites is data he gleans from the large studies, he cherry picks the data to fit his line of thinking.

The story of the Maasai tribe in Africa. Now there are three vital pieces of information that should be considered. They are 1) The Maasai tribe intakes up to 2,000 mg of cholesterol daily and have a high serum cholesterol as a result, 2) the Maasai tribe has a very low rate of heart disease and 3) why is that the case?

You might think research has not discovered why based on what you read. After all, the author gave you items 1 & 2 but decided not to give you item 3. Whomever wrote what you read "cherry picked" what he gave you.

This is no mystery to the world of science, it's a case of natural selection, a proven case of genetics. Let me do the job the good doctor did not finish, let me explain why.

In each of us, our bodies create lactase which is an enzyme that breaks down dairy products, mainly milk. Our ancestors were not pastoralists meaning they were not a dairy driven society where as the Maasai tribe was. This resulted in a mutation of the LCT gene which is part of chromosome 2. Where you and I stopped producing lactase in adulthood, the mutation found in the Maasai tribe allowed their bodies to continue producing lactase their entire life. Lactase helps deactivate the fatty binding FAPB1 protein which protects from obesity and CAD by not allowing the fats in dairy to bind to other tissues.

This has been known since the age of genetic science. In fact, this case study is huge in the world of genetics. Its the truth and as is the case most of the time, the truth is harder to find when sifting through the thousands of headlines citing his case.

So why would the author not publish this fact? What else did he decide to leave out? I can't trust anyone that intentionally misleads his readers.View Thread

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Reply: Heart disease and dairy.

You can spin it any way you want, the numbers speak for themselves. There simply is no...

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Reply: NIH Heart disease decline Graph

How can you know it would? I have stated this as my opinion every time you post this...

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Seems to me we've beaten this dead horse a time or two. This is simple, cholesterol...

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Reply: Heart disease and dairy.

I would be happy to. This: From 1964-1984, coronary heart disease mortality declined...

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Reply: Heart disease and dairy.

Outstanding, three of my favorite words. This the relationship that some here do not...

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Reply: Statins: Lowering Cholesterol, Raising Debate

Really sorry to hear of your issues, that is a very difficult situation, however before...

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