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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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In the past 50 years, a plethora of studies have led most medical scientists and clinicians to accept the lipid hypothesis as truth.
The cholesterol controversy continues by Hoefner, Daniel M. / Medical Laboratory Observer
19) The Lipid Hypothesis The lipid hypothesis, the label for the diet-heart connection that attributes heart disease to consumption of animal fats, has a long history.
Low-fat diet and chronic disease prevention: the women's health ... by Ottoboni, Alice; Ottoboni, Fred / Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons
In the late 1950's, a researcher named Ancel Keys proposed the lipid hypothesis, in which a direct relationship is cited between the amount of saturated fat and dietary cholesterol we consume and the incidence of coronary heart disease.
The big fat lie by Gorman, Gail / Nutrition Health Review
 
 
 
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