Cholesterol: A passenger, not a driver

April 17 by in About membership, Cholesterol, Heart disease, Low Carb Breckenridge, Saturated fat

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If your cholesterol gets elevated on a low-carb diet, should you be concerned?

Is high LDL cholesterol problematic – even in the presence of low triglycerides? If not – is there a better predictor of heart disease? And how does your fat intake influence cholesterol?

In his talk from Low Carb Breckenridge 2018, the relentless self-experimenter and engineer Dave Feldman digs deep into the topic of cholesterol.

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Cholesterol: A passenger, not a driver – Dave Feldman

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Interview with Feldman

Cholesterol

"My doctor urged me to take statins"
20:17
Diamond became highly interested in cholesterol and heart disease, and was able to make vast improvements – without ever taking medications.
Nutrition nuggets to combat conventional dietary advice
45:06
What are the seven common beliefs that are just myths, and that hold us back from understanding how to eat truly healthy foods?
Statin Nation
1:02:45
Statin Nation exposes the exaggerations and the misleading, almost criminal, marketing of daily drugs to people who don’t need them.
Statin Nation II
1:15:35
Is high cholesterol the main cause of heart disease? The follow up to the success Statin Nation.
The cholesterol network system
22:24
Can you drastically lower your cholesterol, by eating MORE fat?
What about cholesterol?
04:14
Dr. Unwin discusses cholesterol on a low-carb diet. This includes common improvements and the rare case when patients' cholesterol increases significantly.
Should you worry about high cholesterol?
13:49
Is high cholesterol inherently dangerous, who should (and shouldn't) take statins and what can you do instead of taking medications?
The highway to poor health
48:56
Dwight Lundell on endothelial dysfunction, and how the highway to poor health is associated with hyperglycemia.
Why high cholesterol is healthy
30:01
Is high cholesterol and LDL dangerous – or could it actually be protective?
Is cholesterol the cause of heart disease?
23:54
Does cholesterol really cause heart disease? And if not – what does?
The great cholesterol myth
37:55
“Eating all that fat and cholesterol will clog your arteries and give you heart disease!” Well, it’s not that simple.
What really causes heart disease?
49:51
What is the root of the problem in heart disease? Is it cholesterol – which we've been told for decades – or is it something else?
Solving health problems like an engineer
28:47
Applying engineering problem solving to get to the root of what causes heart disease.
Killing for profit?
11:11
Is Big Food and Big Pharma killing for profit? And why can lifestyle intervention be more powerful than medications?
Is high cholesterol dangerous on a low-carb diet?
11:22
What does it mean if some parts of one's lipid profile improve, and some become worse on low carb? Dr. Sarah Hallberg answers this question.
LCHF and LDL
28:56
Can a low-carb diet be bad for your cholesterol? Dr. Sarah Hallberg at Low Carb Vail 2016
Practical lipid management
34:55
How should you think about cholesterol and heart disease? Dr. Cate Shanahan at Low Carb Vail 2016.
Framingham and the Muddy Waters
33:15
Is there a better way to know if you're at risk for heart disease? Dr. Jeffry Gerber at Low Carb Vail 2016.

Interview with Feldman

Cholesterol

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