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What’s more important, diet vs drugs, or outcome vs regression?

Can plant-forward dietary patterns protect the heart and remodel arteries through mechanisms that standard fasting ApoB measurements fail to fully capture? ...

Should I take my cholesterol medicines? You bet.

Discover the comparative LDL-C lowering efficacy of statins, PCSK9 inhibitors, and bempedoic acid, alongside an evidence-based look at muscle safety and the nocebo effect. ...

How not to die young

Learn about the causes, risk factors, and screening of sudden cardiac death in young athletes. Discover how rapid AED use and emergency plans save lives. ...

ApoB: Longer, Higher, Worse

Is ApoB a better heart risk test than LDL? Standard tests measure cholesterol cargo, but ApoB counts the actual particles that block arteries. Learn why. ...

A disease you are born with

Is heart disease an inevitable part of aging? Discover how atherosclerosis begins before birth and why cumulative apoB exposure drives its lifelong progression. ...

What is the difference between Mediterranean and whole-food plant-based diets for heart disease?

Understand the two-ladder framework for heart health. Discover how ApoB-lowering diets, Mediterranean eating, and statins impact plaque regression. ...

Can heart disease be reversed?

Is heart disease reversible? Discover the landmark primate studies proving how lipid lowering clears arterial foam cells and stabilizes advanced plaques. ...

Does metabolic health protect you from high cholesterol?

Is a zero-plaque heart scan on keto proof of safety? Discover how plaque latency explains a CAC of 0 despite extreme LDL, and why medical ...

Can high cholesterol in your 20s and 30s cause a heart attack later even if you lower it?

Understand why ApoB is a more accurate predictor of heart disease than LDL, how "ApoB-years" build up over a lifetime, and how to lower your ...

Do endurance sports help or hurt arteries?

Can extreme fitness hide heart disease? Discover why lifelong endurance athletes develop silent coronary plaque and why lowering ApoB may protect them ...

Are Seed Oils Healthy, True or False?

Examine the scientific evidence on seed oils versus olive oil. Learn how replacing saturated fats with plant oils lowers ApoB and cardiovascular risk. ...

Is Olive Oil Actually Healthy?

Separate scientific evidence from nutrition myths with a critical review of olive oil and cardiovascular disease. ...

What Kills You Younger Than 65 May Save You Over 65 – The Protein Paradox

If you are a competitive endurance athlete over the age of 65, you are likely living through a frustrating biological mystery. You still have the ...

Can pumping iron help your pumping heart?

For a long time, most people believed that the only way to help their heart was to do "cardio." We were told to go for ...

Is red meat killing you through your gut? The great TMAO cover up

Picture the scene: a quiet Saturday morning, the kitchen filled with the heavy, savory scent of searing ribeye and the rhythmic sizzle of butter-poached eggs. ...

Treating the Biology, Not the Pipes: The Radical New Approach to Heart Disease

Imagine you are sitting in a small, sterile doctor’s office. The air is cool, the paper on the exam table crinkles under you, and your ...

Is your daily aspirin killing you or saving you? What the newest science says.

For many years, aspirin was seen as a "magic pill." People thought of it almost like a daily vitamin for the heart. It was very ...

Can Modern Medicine Save a Couch Potato? The 40-Year Triplet Experiment

Imagine you have a time machine. You travel back to the day three identical brothers turn 30 years old. They share the same DNA, the ...

Stop Trusting LDL! The Truth About ApoB, Insulin Resistance, & Diabetes

Imagine a man named Bob. Bob is 52 years old, slightly overweight, and has been told his blood sugar is a little high—what doctors call ...

Does The New Estrogen Patch Prevent Heart Disease? The Complex Truth Explained

For a long time, women have been told a very scary story. It was a story about menopause and the heart. If you reached the ...
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