Media Claims Protein 'Damages Your Arteries' Here's The Study Facts

Media Claims Protein 'Damages Your Arteries' Here's The Study Facts

Author: Mike Mutzel shares interviews with Peter Attia, Jason Fung, Stan Efferding, February 29, 2024 Duration: 23:30

Sensational media coverage of a new study claims 'protein damages your arteries' but upon deeper inspection, the study didn't even look at artery health. 


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0:00 Intro
0:07 Media Coverage
0:44 Actual study
1:34 Junk protein and canola oil
3:44 Graphical abstract 
5:00 Immune cells and arterial plaque 
6:04 Human arm of study
7:44 Mice prone to heart disease 
8:50 Plant VS Animal protein 
9:27 mTOR in immune cells
10:02 New mechanism of heart disease? 
11:20 Human arm of study
12:13 Protein used in study 
14:13 Protein stimulates mTOR
15:40 Study conclusions


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