Episode 2603—On today’s show, Vinnie Tortorich speaks with Dr. Zoë Harcombe and they discuss your cholesterol test accuracy, dietary guidelines, sunscreens, and more.
Cholesterol Test Accuracy
- Dr Zoë Harcombe is a researcher, author, and public speaker regarding public health and dietary standards. (2:00)
- Cholesterol is vital to life and cellular structure. (6:00)
- They discuss statins and how they are prescribed.
- Numbers that are chosen often seem arbitrary.
- Similar standards are set for blood pressure. (9:00)
- Cholesterol is non-essential, meaning that the body will make it if we aren’t eating it. (15:00)
- There is a positive relationship between low cholesterol and higher vitamin D. (26:00)
- The number needed to treat (cholesterol) and the number needed to harm is on this site https://thennt.com/
- If you’ve not had a heart attack, look at this one https://thennt.com/nnt/statins-for-heart-disease-prevention-without-prior-heart-disease-2/
- Statins are often spoken about as if there are no downsides, but there are detrimental effects such as muscle loss.
- The Lipitor patient leaflet gives more information: https://www.medicines.org.uk/emc/files/pil.5237.pdf
Sunscreens, Vitamin D, and Dietary Guidelines
- Be careful of chemical cocktails on your skin—be aware of the ingredients. (35:00)
- Zinc oxide (the mineral) is helpful, or wearing protective clothing.
- Hopefully, changes will be coming to the U.S. Dietary Guidelines. (42:00)
- RFK Jr. was going through his confirmation hearings at the time of this recording.
- Changes to the FDA and how Big Food influences politicians are necessary.
- They discuss the controversy of Title 9 sports and Lia Thomas and Riley Gaines. (50:00)
- Dietary guidelines have gone awry again. (1:02:00)
- They have not helped Americans or the rest of the world.
You can find Zoë Harcombe at https://zoeharcombe.com and on X @zoeharcombe.
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