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lipid hypothesis
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lipid hypothesis
Cardiology A widely accepted postulate that hyperlipidemia–eg, cholesterol, and to a lesser degree, other lipids in the circulation is responsible for CAD, the major cause of death in the US, levels which, when altered by dietary or pharmacologic manipulation, ↓ risk of ASHD-related morbidity. Cf Lipid theory.


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quot;The diet-heart idea," said the distinguished George Mann, "is the greatest scam in the history of medicine.
 
 
 
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