This concluding part of the heart health series describes the real causes of heart disease. What really...
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The Cholesterol Obsession | Part 3 – Statins
Dr Nam Mburu, , Health, big pharma, cholesterol, lipitor, relative risk, statins, 0Part 3 of this series on heart health describes how the fear of cholesterol has been propagated and...
The Cholesterol Obsession | Part 2 – LDL Cholesterol and Risk Calculators
Dr Nam Mburu, , Health, cholesterol, dietary guidelines, ldl, risk calculators, 0Part 2 of this series on heart health, describes the clinical consequences of focusing obsessively on LDL, and...
The Cholesterol Obsession | Part 1 – The War on Cholesterol
Dr Nam Mburu, , Health, artherosclerosis, black swan theory, cholesterol, diabetes, familial hypercholesterolaemia, french paradox, heart disease, low fat, 0Part 1 of this 4 part series describes the origin of the war on cholesterol, and why your cholesterol...
As a doctor-in-training, I received little to no nutrition education. I was led to believe that diet was...
We all overindulge from time to time, be it with food or alcohol. We loathe the consequent sluggishness...
LONELINESS & OBESITY | What we are really Hungry for isn’t Available
Dr Nam Mburu, , Health, comfort eating, emotional eating, leptin, loneliness, 1By my own admission, I do tend to focus far more on the environmental, physical and political aspects...
ORLISTAT – Xenical, Alli | Not a Silver Bullet
Dr Nam Mburu, , Health, diets, orlistat, slimming pills, weight loss, 0It is no secret that we live in a ‘microwave society’. We are growing ever more impatient. We...
The Butter Vs Margarine battle rages on. Margarine sales are falling and manufacturers are getting desperate. As hydrogenation continues...
FAT SHAMING | A Doctor’s Perspective
Dr Nam Mburu, , Health, exercise, fat shaming, hormones, obesity, 0Why do some people feel the need to point out someone’s weight? I mean, actually vocalise their irritation...