What About Vegan Junk Food and Vegetarians’ Stroke Risk? 

Just because you’re eating a vegetarian or vegan diet doesn’t mean you’re eating healthfully. “Plant-Based Diets Are Associated…

What About Omega-3s and Vegetarians’ Stroke Risk? 

Does eating fish or taking fish oil supplements reduce stroke risk?  In my last video, we started to…

What About Vitamin D and Vegetarians’ Stroke Risk? 

Could the apparent increased stroke risk in vegetarians be reverse causation? And what about vegetarians versus vegans?  In…

The 411 on Statins

The cholesterol-lowering statin drug Lipitor has become the best-selling drug of all time, generating more than $140 billion…

The Stroke Risk of Vegetarians 

The first study in history on the incidence of stroke in vegetarians and vegans suggests they may be…

Eating to Lower Lp(a) 

What should we eat—and not eat—to lower the cardiovascular disease risk factor lipoprotein(a)? Lipoprotein A, also known as…

How to Treat High Lp(a), an Atherosclerosis Risk Factor 

What could help explain severe coronary disease in someone with a healthy lifestyle who is considered to be…