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C15

Post author By Dr. Dave DeLapp
Post date August 22, 2024

I have been super excited the last couple of weeks over the discovery of what appears to be a new essential nutrient for human health. To put a context around that, it has been over 75 years since the last such discovery: vitamin B12. Essential means that if we do not get enough of the […]

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Saturated Fat 2

Post author By Dr. Dave DeLapp
Post date January 27, 2024

Saturated fat has been a boogeyman since the late 50s, ever since Ancil Keys decided to blame heart disease and atherosclerosis on saturated fats in his famous 7 countries study. The American medical system and the FDA jumped on his hypothesis and started a massive PR campaign to get people to stop eating saturated […]