Episode description
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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Time Stamps:
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