Cholesterol

Intelligent Medicine Radio Show for April 11, Part 2
April 13, 2015
Commonly-used anti-depressant Zoloft increases atherosclerosis in primate studies by SIX-fold! Herbal supplement Rhodiola scores comparably to Zoloft against major depression with fewer side effects; Heart risk calculator overestimates need for statins by 78%; New study finds statins boost diabetes risk in men by 43%; New-think on eggs: not only do they NOT boost cardio risk, they reduce chances of diabetes by a third! Click HERE for part 1. Click HERE for articles and resources relating to this podcast episode.

Q&A with Leyla, Part 1
February 18, 2015
Cholesterol is okay! Eat your eggs! Xylitol toxic to dogs (and other animals). How many vitamins can I swallow at one time? Does L-carnitine turn into plaque? Click HERE for part 2.

Intelligent Medicine for December 31, 2013
December 31, 2013
Do we really need 30-40 million additional Americans on statins? Dr. John Abramson, author of Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine, weighs in with a critique of the new cholesterol guidelines

Intelligent Medicine for December 3, 2013
December 3, 2013
Dr. H discusses new statin guidelines fiasco; chelation therapy for diabetics; "psychobiotics" and a new treatment that promises to revolutionize the treatment of tennis elbow and plantar fasciitis

Intelligent Medicine for November 20, 2013
November 20, 2013
Q&A with Leyla: "Seitan" worship; Forteo vs. strontium for osteoporosis; enormous weight gain after thyroid irradiation; slicing and dicing LDL; controversy over new cholesterol guidelines

Intelligent Medicine for November 19, 2013
November 19, 2013
Another flawed rollout -- the new cholesterol guidelines prompt widespread confusion and dismay; FDA to consumers -- eat soggy french fries; antibiotic Apocalypse? "50 Shades of Grey" goes viral -- literally!

Intelligent Medicine for November 14, 2013
November 14, 2013
Urgent Update: Statin Overkill--Is this what the U.S. really needs? 30 to 40 million more of us on statins? Dr. Hoffman breaks down the new American Heart Association guidelines that threaten to ensnare more Americans on needless and potentially harmful cholesterol-lowering drugs

Intelligent Medicine for October 15, 2013 UPDATED!
October 15, 2013
Q & A with Hoffman Center Nutritionist Leyla Muedin, RD, MS: Vegetarianism, lowering cholesterol without statins, the new anti-supplement policy at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, how to take Strontium, can it cause an ulcer?

Intelligent Medicine
August 30, 2013
Dr. H interviews Justin Smith, producer of Statin Nation, a DVD about the cholesterol controversy: Does cholesterol matter? And if not, should we be prescribing statins to tens of millions worldwide?

Intelligent Medicine: “Cholesterol Clarity”
August 28, 2013
Dr. Hoffman interviews Jimmy Moore, author of the new book "Cholesterol Clarity" and host of the Livin' Low Carb Show: Does cholesterol really matter?