WELCOME TO THE USE YOUR HEAD, HEAL YOUR HEART BLOG

Welcome to UYHHYH blog, a site where I share heart-health information from clinical trials and peer reviewed papers, in a simple format that is easy to understand.

Sean Fane

Sep 2, 20206 min read

What Is A Ketogenic Diet?

Much has been written about ketogenic diets recently. Advocates pitch them as the antidote to many chronic diseases-of-the-day from...

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Mental Health Advice For Heart Attack Survivors

Sean Fane

Aug 28, 20205 min read

Mental Health Advice For Heart Attack Survivors

One of the aspects of life after a heart attack that doesn’t seem to get much “air-time” or consideration, is the effect it can have on...

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Increase In LP(a) & Heart-Disease Risk Factors On A Low-Fat High-Carbohydrate Diet

Sean Fane

Aug 19, 20203 min read

Increase In LP(a) & Heart-Disease Risk Factors On A Low-Fat High-Carbohydrate Diet

If you don’t know your LP(a) statistics…you should do. 1 in 4 people has genetically high LP(a) and if you are one of them, your risk for...

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Statins Should Not Be Given To Patients With Heart Failure!

Sean Fane

Aug 12, 20201 min read

Statins Should Not Be Given To Patients With Heart Failure!

Tavazzi L et al. Effect of Rosuvostatin In Patients With Chronic Heart-Failure. (The GISSI-HF Trial) a randomised, double-blind,...

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As Saturated Fat & Cholesterol Decrease In The Diet, Rates Of Heart Attack & Death Increase!

Sean Fane

Aug 12, 20202 min read

As Saturated Fat & Cholesterol Decrease In The Diet, Rates Of Heart Attack & Death Increase!

Frantz ID et al. “Test Of Effect Of Lipid Lowering By Diet On Cardiovascular Risk.” published in The Minnesota Coronary Survey....

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Increased Death Rates, Stroke & Heart Disease Are Associated With Low Cholesterol

Sean Fane

Aug 11, 20201 min read

Increased Death Rates, Stroke & Heart Disease Are Associated With Low Cholesterol

Tilvis, RS et al. “Prognostic significance of serum cholesterol, lathosterol & sitosterol in old age, a 17-year population study”...

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Atorvastatin Increases The Risk Of Diabetes

Sean Fane

Aug 10, 20202 min read

Atorvastatin Increases The Risk Of Diabetes

Atorvastatin Causes Insulin Resistance & Increase Ambient Glycemia in Hypercholesterolemic Patients - Journal of the Amercian College of...

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Food Consumption & The Actual Statistics Of Cardiovascular Diseases: An Epidemiological Comparison.

Sean Fane

Aug 6, 20202 min read

Food Consumption & The Actual Statistics Of Cardiovascular Diseases: An Epidemiological Comparison.

The aim of this ecological study was to identify the main nutritional factors related to the prevalence of cardiovascular diseases (CVD)...

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High Levels of LDL Cholesterol are Associated with Lower Death Rates and Lower Death Rates of CVD!

Sean Fane

Aug 5, 20201 min read

High Levels of LDL Cholesterol are Associated with Lower Death Rates and Lower Death Rates of CVD!

In “Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol & Mortality in Older People” Journal of American Geriatrics Society 2005 Dec; 53(12):2159-64...

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Simvastatin Is Associated With Higher Death Rates & Increased Risk Of Cancer v Placebo!

Sean Fane

Aug 4, 20201 min read

Simvastatin Is Associated With Higher Death Rates & Increased Risk Of Cancer v Placebo!

In this long-term, multicentre randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial (in other words the “gold standard” of quality)...

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Higher Cholesterol Levels Are Associated With Less Severe Strokes & Lower Death Rates

Sean Fane

Aug 3, 20201 min read

Higher Cholesterol Levels Are Associated With Less Severe Strokes & Lower Death Rates

Olsen, TS et al. “Higher total serum cholesterol levels are associated with less severe strokes and lower all cause mortality: ten-year...

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The Unintended Consequences Of Information Sharing

Sean Fane

Aug 3, 20203 min read

The Unintended Consequences Of Information Sharing

Well, at the end of my first week as a contributor to the heart-health debate, I can say that the experience has been quite a...

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Death Rates In Stroke, Heart Failure & Cancer Are Elevated In People With Low Cholesterol Levels

Sean Fane

Aug 3, 20202 min read

Death Rates In Stroke, Heart Failure & Cancer Are Elevated In People With Low Cholesterol Levels

In “Low “cholesterol is associated with mortality from stroke, heart disease & cancer: The Jichi Medical School Cohort Study” by Nago, N....

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Do Heart Attack Survivors Live Longer If They Have High Cholesterol!?

Sean Fane

Aug 1, 20201 min read

Do Heart Attack Survivors Live Longer If They Have High Cholesterol!?

In "Long-term prognostic importance of total cholesterol in elderly survivors of an acute myocardial infarction" Foody, JM. et al noted...

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Increasing Cholesterol Reduces Death Rates!

Sean Fane

Jul 30, 20202 min read

Increasing Cholesterol Reduces Death Rates!

Cholesterol is consistently blamed for causing heart disease, when the data supports the opposite.

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Lowering Cholesterol Levels Increases Death Rates!

Sean Fane

Jul 29, 20202 min read

Lowering Cholesterol Levels Increases Death Rates!

As counter-intuitive as it seems, with the misguided health information perpetuated by the media today on a regular basis, the lower your...

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WELCOME TO THE USE YOUR HEAD, HEAL YOUR HEART BLOG

What Is A Ketogenic Diet?

Mental Health Advice For Heart Attack Survivors

Increase In LP(a) & Heart-Disease Risk Factors On A Low-Fat High-Carbohydrate Diet

Statins Should Not Be Given To Patients With Heart Failure!

As Saturated Fat & Cholesterol Decrease In The Diet, Rates Of Heart Attack & Death Increase!

Increased Death Rates, Stroke & Heart Disease Are Associated With Low Cholesterol

Atorvastatin Increases The Risk Of Diabetes

Food Consumption & The Actual Statistics Of Cardiovascular Diseases: An Epidemiological Comparison.

High Levels of LDL Cholesterol are Associated with Lower Death Rates and Lower Death Rates of CVD!

Simvastatin Is Associated With Higher Death Rates & Increased Risk Of Cancer v Placebo!

Higher Cholesterol Levels Are Associated With Less Severe Strokes & Lower Death Rates

The Unintended Consequences Of Information Sharing

Death Rates In Stroke, Heart Failure & Cancer Are Elevated In People With Low Cholesterol Levels

Do Heart Attack Survivors Live Longer If They Have High Cholesterol!?

Increasing Cholesterol Reduces Death Rates!

Lowering Cholesterol Levels Increases Death Rates!

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