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Apr 2023
10m 37s

Is This the End of the Cholesterol Contr...

Michael Greger, M.D. FACLM
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The correlation between high cholesterol and heart disease is settled once and for all. This episode features audio from Cholesterol and Heart Disease: Why Has There Been So Much Controversy? and Does Dietary Cholesterol (Eggs) Raise Blood Cholesterol?. Visit the video pages for all sources and doctor’s notes related to this podcast.

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