The Sardinian Cholesterol Paradox

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Remember: it’s not about the calories in your food; it’s about the food in your calories! For most people most of the time, nutrient density matters a lot more than calorie count.

In today’s email we cover the paradox of Sardinians’ cholesterol levels, the best science-backed health habits of people living well in their 90s, and calming inflammation.

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One-Minute Book Review

Inflammation The Silent Fire: Combat Chronic Inflammation With A Science-Based Approach: Proven Strategies to Restore Your Immune System, Reduce Stress, & Improve Gut Health to Start Feeling Your Best – by Dr. Carly Stewart

Despite its relative brevity (188 pages), this book is quite comprehensive, covering a lot more than “eat some fruits and vegetables please”.

In terms of complexity, it starts at the level of “what is inflammation?” and progresses to the nuances of NF-kB inhibitors and the role of clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats and CRISPR-associated protein 9. And we do mean “progresses”; it doesn’t jump from one to the other.

The author, a doctor of physiotherapy, has plenty to say about the role of movement, as you may have guessed, and there’s a whole section on anti-inflammatory exercises to do (mostly derived from yoga), as well as all the things you might expect (and more) about diet, sleep, and so forth, plus a chapter on gut health, one on stress management (beyond the yoga and sleep and such in their respective chapters). She also covers supplements beyond the obvious, as well as medications—again, beyond the obvious.

The style is simple and explanatory, not complicating things more than necessary, nor padding it out with anecdotes or sensationalist fluff.

Bottom line: if you’d like to better manage inflammation, this book is a great resource for that.

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