Sublime

This is my starting point with any patient, whether they are like Anahad (with one prominent risk factor) or like me (lots of smaller risk factors). Our first order of business is to reduce the burden of apoB particles, primarily LDLs but also VLDLs, which can be dangerous in their own right. And do so dramatically, not marginally or incrementally.

the chances of a doctor tracking these health problems back to an inadequate vitamin intake is extremely unlikely—the current medical system is overwhelmingly focused on using medications to resolve problems.

Because, in the final analysis, everything I am going to talk about here, from schizophrenia to Australian aboriginals, loneliness, central obesity, diabetes, and social support all circle around this one hormone. Which may seem difficult to believe, but it is pretty much true. The hormone is cortisol.