Sunday

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Workout of the Day

Weighted dip 3-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-1 reps

Practice descending from a handstand for 20 minutes.

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What Causes Cardiovascular Disease? The Response to Injury Hypothesis, Part 2

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Dr. Malcolm Kendrick revisits the response to injury hypothesis as an alternative to the cholesterol hypothesis for explaining the etiology of atherosclerosis. He evaluates three “facts” used to support the cholesterol hypothesis — 1. fatty streaks are early-stage plaques, 2. there is a high concentration of cholesterol in plaques, which must have been derived from LDL, and 3. the lipoprotein found in plaques is LDL — and finds they are all overly simplified or false.

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