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by MarcR
Sun Jun 22, 2014 8:36 am
Forum: Our Stories
Topic: New Test Results: CAC Score and LDL-P
Replies: 133
Views: 53198

Re: New Test Results: CAC Score and LDL-P

I view the simvastatin group as the control. With respect to the placebo effect, I'm relying on prior studies showing that simvastatin effects exceed placebo.
by MarcR
Sat Jun 21, 2014 3:41 pm
Forum: Our Stories
Topic: New Test Results: CAC Score and LDL-P
Replies: 133
Views: 53198

Re: New Test Results: CAC Score and LDL-P

Wow, fascinating study, Russ - thank you for highlighting it. I just ordered a pound for $16:
by MarcR
Sat Jun 21, 2014 3:13 pm
Forum: Science and Research
Topic: Review: HDL and cholesterol handling in the brain.
Replies: 52
Views: 21757

Re: Review: HDL and cholesterol handling in the brain.

Outstanding thread - great comments from everyone and lots of food for thought here. Julie, your lengthy post was most excellent!

Has anyone read the full text of the Swedish research group's phospholipid precursor supplementation paper? I'm curious as to the supplements they used.
by MarcR
Sat May 10, 2014 4:39 pm
Forum: Science and Research
Topic: Getting to the "Meat" of the matter...
Replies: 2
Views: 1953

Re: Getting to the "Meat" of the matter...

I had trouble with the link to the second paper. Here's one that works for me: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1469-1809.1999.6340301.x/pdf. I don't find the first hypothesis, that E3 evolved to support meat consumption, to be persuasive. It's a lengthy, complicated narrative relying up...
by MarcR
Sat May 10, 2014 11:02 am
Forum: Prevention and Treatment
Topic: Fish Oil
Replies: 120
Views: 48759

Re: Fish Oil

The Pizzorno paper is interesting, and many of its claims seem plausible. Without reading each of the references - so much work! - I come away with the following: 1. In general, E4 carriers do not benefit from consuming fatty fish. 2. Physically active E4 carriers who consume traditional non-process...
by MarcR
Thu May 08, 2014 8:44 am
Forum: Prevention and Treatment
Topic: Evidence in Favor of a High Fat Diet
Replies: 53
Views: 24015

Re: Evidence in Favor of a High Fat Diet

Virgin olive oil supplementation and long-term cognition: the PREDIMED-NAVARRA randomized, trial. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Virgin+olive+oil+and+long+term+cognition CONCLUSION:Better post-trial cognitive performance versus control in all cognitive domains and significantly better per...
by MarcR
Thu May 08, 2014 8:04 am
Forum: Prevention and Treatment
Topic: Protective Polymorphism re Age-Related Memory Decline & AD
Replies: 14
Views: 5736

Re: Protective Polymorphism re Age-Related Memory Decline &

I'm CC at rs17070145. I have always considered memory/recall to be one of my weaker cognitive attributes - maybe this SNP is a factor?
by MarcR
Wed May 07, 2014 8:46 pm
Forum: Prevention and Treatment
Topic: Fish Oil
Replies: 120
Views: 48759

Re: Fish Oil

A quick search for "parent essential oils" will turn up multiple ways to purchase expensive bottles of Peskin's proprietary blend of exotic-sounding oils - evening primrose, flax, pumpkin, etc. The two scientifically-styled papers that have been linked here focus lots of energy on the &quo...
by MarcR
Sat May 03, 2014 7:49 pm
Forum: Prevention and Treatment
Topic: Evidence in Favor of a High Fat Diet
Replies: 53
Views: 24015

Re: Evidence in Favor of a High Fat Diet

I reviewed the thread and found nothing about Perlmutter. It seems to be a collection of links to studies and, in the most recent case, a journal editorial. Are you suggesting that the authors of all those studies are "followers" of this Dr. Perlmutter? I did notice a remark about the LFD ...