Lower Cholesterol With Food: The Portfolio Diet Explained Dr. David Jenkins

The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee by Physicians Committee

Aug 10, 202645:49Health

Can you lower LDL cholesterol by changing the foods you eat? Dr. David Jenkins, the pioneering nutrition researcher behind the Portfolio Diet, joins Chuck Carroll to explain how a carefully selected combination of foods...

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