Cholesterol: A passenger, not a driver

April 17 2018 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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