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Lions and wolves eat only meat and never get clogged arteries.

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A cyclic azapeptide ligand of the scavenger receptor CD36/SR-B2 reduces the atherosclerotic lesion progression and enhances plaque stability in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice

Randomized Controlled Trial
Animal
2023

This study used lab mice with genetic problems and junk food to test a new drug, not wild cats or wolves eating their natural prey, so it doesn’t tell us anything about whether those animals get clogged arteries.

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FFAR4 Deficiency Increases Necrotic Cores in Advanced Lesions of ApoE−/− Mice—Brief Report

Cohort Study
Animal
2025 May

This study used lab mice fed junk food and changed their genes to see how plaques form—it doesn’t tell us anything about wild cats or wolves eating their natural prey.

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