Rush Limbaugh (on what causes heart disease)
RichieLion, I could use some help here: Around 1:15 pm today, Rush commented on a report written by Dr. Lundell, heart surgon. The essence of it was that inflammation is what causes heart disease, not saturated fat and cholesterol. And inflammation is caused by eating highly processed foods like white flour, sugar, omega 6 etc..
I'll give him partial credit where credit is due but I'm not sure that he got it all right. Can you come up with a transcript of what he said on this subject? If so, I may have further comments. I believe he was wrong to say that cholesterol and saturated fat do not play a role in causing heart disease.
Thanks
P.S. A quick Yahoo! search turned up the following: "Dr Lundell's clinical testing led to the development of a unique supplement designed to reduce inflammation, HeartShot [TM] developed by Asantae." He is the Chief Medical Officer of Asantae and his mission is to travel around the country promoting this inflammation reducing supplement. So already we know there may very likely be bias in his report. And what about Rush? Was he hoodwinked, or is he in on the promotion of HeartShot?
Also, I found the (March 1, 2012) paper that was partially quoted by Rush. The heading is: World Renown Heart Surgeon Speaks Out On What Really Causes Heart Disease.
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