The Diet-Heart Hypothesis: Subdividing Lipoproteins

Two posts ago, we made the rounds of the commonly measured blood lipids (total cholesterol, LDL, HDL, triglycerides) and how they associate with cardiac risk.Lipoproteins Can be Subdivided into Several SubcategoriesIn the continual search for better measures of cardiac risk, researchers in the 1980s decided to break down lipoprotein particles into sub-categories. One of these researchers is Dr. Ronald M. Krauss. Krauss published extensively on...

MRFIT Mortality

The Multiple Risk Factor Intervention trial was a very large controlled diet trial conducted in the 1980s. It involved an initial phase in which investigators screened over 350,000 men age 35-57 for cardiovascular risk factors including total blood cholesterol. 12,866 participants with major cardiovascular risk factors were selected for the diet intervention trial, while the rest were followed for...

The Diet-Heart Hypothesis: A Little Perspective

Now that we've discussed the first half of the diet-heart hypothesis, that saturated fat elevated total and LDL cholesterol, let's take a look at the second half. This is the idea that elevated serum cholesterol causes cardiovascular disease, also called the "lipid hypothesis". Heart Attack Mortality vs. Total MortalityWe've been warned that high serum cholesterol leads to heart attacks and that...

Back in the US

Hello everyone, Sorry for the lack of new posts. I've been out of the country for work and vacation the last couple months but I'm back and ready to finish the series. In good news while onsite for two months I did run across a number of new OWA log format that I wrote some new parsers for that I will be posting so...

Hindari Usilnya Batu GinjalBy Republika NewsroomSelasa, 21 Juli 2009 pukul 12:11:00 Pastikan air minum yang Anda konsumsi telah sterill dari virus dan bakteri. Rebus selama delapan jam atau jemur dibawah sinar matahari.Benda padat yang terbentuk menyerupai batu pada ginjal bisa mengakibatkan rasa sakit serta infeksi yang membahayakan jika berada di saluran buang air kecil.Tidak seimbangnya pola makan,...

The Diet-Heart Hypothesis: Stuck at the Starting Gate?

The diet-heart hypothesis is the idea that (1) dietary saturated fat, and in some versions, dietary cholesterol, raise blood cholesterol in humans and (2) therefore contribute to the risk of heart attack. I'm not going to spend a lot of time on the theory in relation to dietary cholesterol because the evidence that typical dietary amounts cause heart disease in humans is weak.  Here's a graph...

The Finnish Mental Hospital Trial

This diet trial was conducted between 1959 and 1971 in two psychiatric hospitals near Helsinki, Finland. One hospital served typical fare, including full-fat milk and butter, while the other served "filled milk", margarine and polyunsaturated vegetable oils. Filled milk has had its fat removed and replaced by an emulsion of vegetable oil. As a result, the diet of the patients in the latter hospital was low in saturated fat and cholesterol, and...

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July 11thGibbons Park TrailJuly 18thKillaly TrailJuly 25thKomoka TrailAugust 1stFanshawe Trail August 8thKains WoodsorDirty Girls 6 & 12 hr Trail Races www.ouser.org/August 15thMeadowlilly TrailAugust 22ndWestminster Pondsor ITT 32k http://www.ouser.org/August 29thGibbons ParkSeptember 5thMedway TrailSeptember 12thKomoka TrailorHaliburton Forest 25/50/100/160 km Trail Raceshttp://www.ouser.org/September...

Who let me have a Camcorder anyhow?

Betty, win's / loses the Black Ball Challen...

Unrefined vs. Refined Carbohydrates and Dental Cavities

There's a definite association between the consumption of refined carbohydrates and dental cavities. Dr. Weston Price pointed this out in a number of transitioning societies in his epic work Nutrition and Physical Degeneration. Many other anthropologists and dentists have observed the same thing.I believe, based on a large body of anthropological and medical data, that it's not just an association--...