Health

I would like to make a short compilation that should evoke in those regarding high cholesterol as inherently a problem a measure of suspicion. This is the first follow up on the sentiment displayed in the first sentence of The Carnivore Diet by Shawn Baker. The observations go well beyond simplistic (and incorrect) notions such as “high cholesterol is bad” or “HDL is the good cholesterol whereas LDL is the bad one.” ...

Perhaps I should begin building a list of all the lies we are taught in school. That a plant-based diet is healthy for you is presented to you so adamantly and incessantly, you begin treating the claim as self-evident to the point that questioning it becomes a nonstarter. Despite being proclaimed from the highest pulpits by doctors, nutritionists, and public health experts, it lacks both empirical and logical backing. The truth is pretty much the opposite. ...