In this episode of The Health Edge Mark and John review some papers that challenge the well accepted clinical meme that lowering LDL should be the focal point of reducing CV risk and all-cause mortality risk. Papers referenced: https://www.nature.com/articles/s4159… https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/6/6/e… https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti…

In this episode of The Health Edge Mark and John review a recent paper drawing connections between excessive sodium restriction and insulin resistance. This adds to a growing body of research suggesting the restriction of sodium below 3-4 gms/day may in fact add to cardiometabolic risk. Current guidelines of 2300 mg/day or less fall well below these levels.