Is Butter No Longer Back? Part I
Back in 2014 when I first wrote about butter versus margarine I could not have foreseen that the topics of butter versus seed oils on my toast or beef tallow
March 23, 2025
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Is Alcohol in Moderation Helpful or Harmful?
The skeptical cardiologist has a confession to make. He enjoys drinking alcohol. It puts him in a happy place where his frenetic brain stops fretting over the past and stops
February 2, 2025
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What is the Optimal Diet For a Long, Happy and Healthy Life?
Although my clinical focus is on cardiovascular health, when I give recommendations to patients on what to eat, I am concerned also with their overall health, well-being, and health span.
July 31, 2024
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Does CRAVE Improve Our Understanding of the Health Effects of Drinking Coffee?
In 2019 (on National Coffee Day!) the skeptical cardiologist revealed that he was a coffee snob and addict. Despite my love of coffee, as a scientist, I try to approach
March 26, 2023
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Profiles in Coronary Artery Disease: Navigating the False Dichotomies of Dietary Ideologues
I’m posting this reader’s story (with permission) which highlights many of the issues I have written about on my blog. My editorial comments are in blue. I have a lot
February 5, 2023
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Substack Newsletters on Sleep, Salt and Cycling
The skeptical cardiologist has recently been unfaithful to his longstanding eponymous blog website and has sent out several newsletters utilizing only the Substack platform. Substack is an email newsletter platform
December 14, 2022
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Is Red Meat Consumption a Significant Risk Factor For Cardiovascular Disease?
Progressive nutritional scientists recognize that total dietary saturated fat intake has little health effect or relevance as a target. Does that make red meat OK?
November 28, 2022
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What is the Optimal Diet for the Prevention of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease?
The skeptical cardiologist was asked to give a lecture in July on diet to the cardiology fellows in our training program at Saint Louis University. Needless to say, I didn’t
November 4, 2022
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Anthony C. Pearson M.D., F.A.C.C. is a cardiologist, musician, writer and a regular columnist at MedPage Today
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