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While the relationship between diet and health is complicated, there is scientific consensus that a Mediterranean diet can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and that excessive intake of ultra-processed food increases it.

Let's get something straight right away.

Join Cameron English and  Dr. Chuck Dinerstein on Episode 98 of the Science Dispatch podcast as they discuss:

The data come from the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) trial, which gave us the DASH diet. The DASH diet begins with a reduction of sodium; it was, after all, designed to reduce hypertension.

There are two kinds of cholesterol, HDL (the "good" kind) and LDL (the "bad" kind).

If lowering the LDL cholesterol (bad cholesterol) helps your cardiovascular health than medications that lower LDL to a greater degree should afford your “better health.” That is certainly the thinking behind Repatha and an older study of the comb

Cholesterol levels in the blood are widely acknowledged indicators of heart disease risk.

We've described research indicating that the cholesterol content of egg yolks shouldn't prevent most people from gaining the nutritional benefits that eggs can provide (see here, for

Some new controversy has been cooked up recently about eggs - which is a bit hard to unscramble (ok, ok - that's enough.) 

A recent study on how olive oil affects HDL and LDL (good and bad cholesterol in your body) has us wondering.. Is all cholesterol created equal?