'The truth about high cholesterol' by Dr. Paul Mason & Your Doctor Is Wrong About Cholesterol Dr. Sten Ekberg & Peter Attia

Your Doctor Is Wrong About Cholesterol Dr. Sten Ekberg 2.54M subscribers Join Subscribe 44K Share 1.2M views 1 year ago #DrEkberg #WellnessForLife #weightloss Have you noticed your LDL cholesterol getting high? Maybe you saw your cholesterol levels spike after going on a low carb diet like Keto. Are you worried that your Doctor will tell you to get on statins? Here is what is happening in your body. … Shop the Dr. Sten Ekberg store Wellness For Life Classic Tee $25.99 Spring More Than Cardio Support $84.00 Dr. Sten Ekberg Shop - Wellness For Life Just Fast. Classic Tee $25.99 Spring BrainTap Headset $597.00 Dr. Sten Ekberg Shop - Wellness For Life Real Food Pyramid Classic Tee $25.99 Spring Comprehensive Wellness Lab $387.00 Dr. Sten Ekberg Shop - Wellness For Life 2,812 Comments rongmaw lin Add a comment... Dr. Sten Ekberg Pinned by Dr. Sten Ekberg Dr. Sten Ekberg 1 year ago Watch Next: 🔷 Your Doctor Is Wrong About Blood Sugar & Fasting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhDeXOVEqvg&list=PLpTTF6wMDLR6JS-etQPLLkhxjCyjn7sPK 203 Reply 36 replies Chris Davies Chris Davies 1 year ago My father, a GP who retired in 1995 always said that Cholesterol was the biggest health lie of the 20th century, and that a little bit of toast under your slices of butter was acceptable. He died recently, but not before discovering that he had been proven right. Thanks, Dad - for having a fine and independent mind. 973 Reply 26 replies Dr. Amir Ashraaf Dr. Amir Ashraaf 5 months ago I’m a doctor, and for me, this is how a true doctor should be. Studying and advocating true and real health to the public, not just simply giving drugs to ppl that you know is not gonna treat the root cause of patient’s diseases. Truly respect to Dr Sten Ekberg & Dr Eric Berg, true idols in medical field 🔥💯 349 Reply 21 replies Natalia Jaramillo Natalia Jaramillo 6 months ago As a Cardiovascular nurse for over 40 years, this explanation and physiopathology of Cholesterol is the most clear and instructive I've ever seen, in opposition to Big Pharma and EBM pushing Statins to everyone. I wish this lecture could be seen by many people who think that high cholesterol = statin, instead of lifestyle changes on low carb nutrition and decrease inflammation, high insulin, etc. Thank you Dr. Ekberg!! 144 Reply 5 replies Mark Bodine Mark Bodine 1 year ago Great video! My father was 42 when he died suddenly of an MI. I'm 66, and in exceptional shape, but I discovered a few years that I have heart disease myself. I asked my GP to order a calcium scan. Results: score=1261- a lot of plaque. So, I have been researching atherosclerosis root causes intensively for 2+ years, and this is one of the best, most comprehensive explanations regarding the atherosclerotic process I've seen yet. The medical establishment is in bed with the pharmaceutical firms, and the flood industry is poisoning us!! Take heed! Take up arms!! 353 Reply 60 replies Oscar M Oscar M 8 months ago My Triglycerides went from 597 down to 139 in just over 11wks without taking any medication. Diet, exercise and some vitamins and omega 3 is what truly works. I’m so proud of myself! 😁 143 Reply 27 replies mingkee27 mingkee27 10 months ago You may not realize you, Eric Berg, and Ken Berry are truly game changers My life isn't the same after listened you and them 130 Reply 4 replies hornet224 hornet224 1 year ago Dr. Ekberg should be nominated for the Nobel Prize for Medicine. His integrity and quest for the real truth in real health understanding is virtually unique. 558 Reply 34 replies Vivian Morresey Vivian Morresey 1 year ago 20 years ago, I was 'diagnosed' with Very high cholesterol, which seemed weird for a slim, athletic so I was told I going to suffer with heart disease, no life insurance etc. Clearly I freaked, and did what they said, for awhile at least. After different statins, different values, different diets...I really struggled to still get it any where down to near 'normal' and didn't like being on drugs forever. Like you said, my body is doing something to want this much...so I said no more and let's see how it goes in the future. Pragmatically, I thought if it is really, really that bad, it must start to be collecting in my arteries etc so lets do a CT Angiogram and actually look. we wait another Five years after that, we looked and measured, and found absolutely no sign of heart disease. I had a CT Calcium scoring test (cheaper) and again...NOTHING. This means after 20 known years of bad cholesterol, I still show no signs so of CVD. People thought I was crazy to do, but I'm an evidence based guy and nothing better than testing like this, over such a long. Many thx for the info 144 Reply 8 replies kulturfreund66 kulturfreund66 9 months ago Your lectures are a real treasure. Many many thanks for explaining what really is going on, how the mechanisms work. I and all of my family members (half of them working in the medical field) never were unaware of a healthy lifestyle and eating just garbage food, but eating organic potatoes, apples and carrots, and whole grain bread and rice and not too much french fries and candy is by far just not enough, and even leads you in a wrong direction. In Ancient Greece doctors were paid for as long as the patient was healthy. Whereas when he or she became ill, the physician would receive no money during this time. - Maybe our modern health care systems should have a bit more of that logic. 🙂 52 Reply Matthewtron3030 Matthewtron3030 1 year ago Dr. Ekberg, I want to sincerely thank you for the work you are doing. In this case specifically, I'm grateful for this video about cholesterol. I'm also grateful to my primary physician who doesn't jump to pharmaceutical solutions at the drop of a hat. My overall and LDL levels are REALLY high. I don't want to share my personal numbers, but suffice to say they FAR exceed the minimum thresholds at which statins are prescribed. However, my doctor ordered a "cardiac calcium score" CAT/PET scan, the results of which were ZERO. That's right. Zero accumulation in my arteries, zero "clogging" by all that terrible nasty LDL. While I was waiting for that scan to happen, I was comforted by what you presented in this video and truly felt it applied to me. I was right! I am on a crusade to tell everyone I know personally, "If your doctor thinks your cholesterol is too high and wants to give you statins, #1, watch this video by Dr. Ekberg, and #2, get a cardiac calcium score scan first!" 123 Reply 4 replies Ahopefulsysan Ahopefulsysan 6 months ago (edited) Dr Ekberg, thank you so much for this. My husband reached a healthy BMI by going low carb and IF since February of this year. Today we got his cholesterol result and it went up. My husband was so discouraged, until we watched this. Thank you so much for this explanation. You bring us so much comfort through this video, thank you for equipping us. Truly, you equip us to be health champs in our own ways 🙏🏻 May the good Lord bless you more, and the work of you hands and your teams’ 🙏🏻 34 Reply Ajay Suri Ajay Suri 1 year ago This is probably the most informative video on cholesterol and impact of stains. Unfortunately medical professionals are ignorant of this level of detail and continue to prescribe statins by looking at total cholesterol and LDL. I have been a victim for 30 years till I became more learned on the subject. Doctor Ekberg is awesome in his knowledge and his videos share so much relevant information. Thank you doc for your contributions. 52 Reply 2 replies HarvardBob HarvardBob 1 year ago Congratulations Dr. Ekberg on achieving 1 million subscribers. Your amazing videos are making a million people healthier every day. 471 Dr. Sten Ekberg Reply Dr. Sten Ekberg · 13 replies NarsilRenewed NarsilRenewed 1 year ago (edited) And again, THANK YOU Doctor Ekberg! My GP had glven me a panic attack when she screamed, "you're going to DIE of a heart attack!" after seeing my cholesterol test - and INSISTED that I see a specialist who wanted to put me on statins. Your priceless info has finally set my mind at ease because it allowed me to figure out that my risk of dying is actually not higher than average. Your channel is one of, if not *the*, absolute BEST here on youtube. 32 Reply Paul Cadwallader Paul Cadwallader 5 months ago Great information. I'm in a battle with my family due to my 90 yr old father deciding to stop taking his statin after I read him the side effects. No one had ever bother to mention them to him. He had been struggling with muscle pain on our afternoon walks. He has also had some trouble with his memory. Meeting with his GP in a couple of weeks and I know he is going to try and convince Dad to take the statin. I feel better prepared with this info and Dr Ken Berry's videos to ask more questions and challenge the doctor. So many terrible side effects for no real benefit is crazy. 16 Reply 1 reply Martina Sandoval Martina Sandoval 1 year ago Thank you Dr. I got my blood work today and went over your calculations. My dr said it was a little high but after your video I realized that I am within range. I am definitely moving towards a low carb diet. 17 Reply Curtiss Fisher II Curtiss Fisher II 1 year ago This is the absolute best explanation of cholesterol I have ever heard. The root causes of problems is very interesting to me, I just wish I could get the rest of my family interested in it. Thank you for your effort in putting out these videos! 13 Reply Nick Mitchell Nick Mitchell 1 year ago This is the most informative, explanatory and motivating presentation ever on this subject. Dr Ekberg, you are an inspiration! Fantastic for me, I’ve researched statins myself extensively and stopped taking atorvastatin earlier this year but frankly was still concerned I might have been wrong….”could all these Doctors have really got it so wrong” I was asking myself. These facts have confirmed my decision….thank you so much Sten! 14 Reply 1 reply Peter Amaral Peter Amaral 1 year ago Cholesterophobia is rampant and well ingrained. Thanks for the video doc. 179 Dr. Sten Ekberg Reply Dr. Sten Ekberg · 1 reply Mike Voudouris Mike Voudouris 1 year ago Thanks for explaining all the concepts (in all your videos) in such a detailed and complete fashion. I now have a massively improved understanding on many topics and feel better equipped to make better decisions and ask more informed questions. 2 Reply Ronald Harrison Ronald Harrison 10 months ago Brilliantly explained Doctor, I have shared your beliefs for some time on this issue. Having experienced using every statin, fibrates and even PCKS9 inhibitors that all made me feel ill. Well done for exposing drug company deceit. Your health or even life for their profit. What a sickening industry they are. 10 Reply MR Stoner 2udude MR Stoner 2udude 1 year ago (edited) My physical; down 27 lbs, BP 118/72, cholesterol 276. I politely rejected the statin rec. I bike 150 miles a week and feel great. Thank u dr sten . Great video. 16 Reply Arsenalfer Arsenalfer 1 year ago Hi again doc! I began keto/low carb diet a few months ago and I got my blood tested. Before the diet I had higher total cholesterol (224.3mg/dl), triglycerides (88mg/dl) and lower HDL (59mg/dl) than now that I got total cholesterol (211.4mg/dl), triglycerides (45mg/dl) and HDL (63mg/dl), meaning that my VLDL passed from being 17.6 to just 9. Could it be bad? (considering I was always thin (61kg of weight for 1.70m of height) and I just went thinner (now I'm 57kg)). Thanks for the answer and for everything! 2 Reply English Learning & Translation English Learning & Translation 1 year ago (edited) Doctor Ekberg, you are a Health Angel!!!! Thank you so much!!! I live in Russia and I was constantly literally attacked in an aggressive way throughout a decade by my medical doctors who INSISTED on me taking those statins and threatened me with death, but I felt it was wrong, I felt fine and now I am so happy that I trusted my body and my intuition!!! I didn't take the drugs!! And I am absolutely happy to hear your deep competent comprehensive explanation about the subject!!! I wish you all possible well-being which you only wish!!! 18 Reply SaraSmile84 SaraSmile84 1 year ago Thank you for making the whole cholesterol saga so easy to understand! I am no longer afraid nor do I feel intimidated to go to the doctor to go over my labs...because I am armed with this knowledge. Very reassuring. Thank you! 80 Dr. Sten Ekberg Reply Dr. Sten Ekberg · 3 replies Joe Crowder Joe Crowder 7 months ago Saw my cardiologist assistant today for the first time since changing to the Keto lifestyle. Needless to say, we had to agree to disagree about my cholesterol. I may lose my cardiologist over this, but I'm sticking to my guns! 13 Reply 5 replies Darrell Wong Darrell Wong 3 weeks ago Your channel is an awesome resource for learning about all about how insulin resistance works, the causes of heart disease, cancer, dementia etc. You should have been around 40 years ago when I was at university! I guess you have taught me that if you are metabolically healthy you will be much less likely to suffer these afflictions. I had my hip replaced in Oct 2021 and came out of hospital 88.7kg ( I'm 1.68m). After I found your channel (a long with Dr Jason Fung, Dr Paul Mason & Dr Ken Berry), I decided to get metabolically healthy after struggling to control my weight most of my life despite very regular exercise lifestyle. I decided to follow an intermittent fasting lifestyle. Recording my weight everyday, I managed to get down to get down to around 72kg's by Dec 2022. My new years resolution was to get down to 69kg. After watching your videos on keto, carnivore, low carb etc I decided to add keto to my intermittent fasting.... ketovore more or less. I got down to 68kg in the first week of Jan 2023, got my bloods done and was amazed. They came out pretty much as you would predict. Total cholestrol = 6.0mmol/L (232mg/dL), HDL = 1.96mmol/L (76mg/ dL) LDL =3.7mmol /L (143mg /dL) Triglycerides =0.8mmol/ L (71mg /dL) Total cholestrol/ HDL = 3.1 TG/HDL = 0.4 A1C = 39mmol/L (5.7) BP= 120/75. You certainly have a gift for explaining complex stuff and making very understandable! Thank you so much for all the knowledge you have shared and for changing my lifestyle and for being such a large part of why I have finally achieved my metabolic health goals. 👍👍👍 2 Reply Dileep Raghavan Dileep Raghavan 1 year ago Thanks much Doc. Most of your video presentations are big paradigm shifts to me. I am almost 59Y. I am 1.62M and was 74.5 Kg until six months ago. I happened to watch your first video on Insulin Resistance followed by others and started practicing the essence of your videos...and....now I am 67.5Kg and I feel better. I started searching for my old cloths as the new ones do not fit me any more. The only bad habit I have is that I drink alcohol every evening and smoke occasionally. I am trying reduce it and eventually stopping. Thanks much once more Doc. 4 Reply Shawna Hipple Shawna Hipple 1 year ago I wish more people would watch your videos and listen to you. I think it's criminal that this is known and ignored by the medical community. 6 Reply Mila Berenchein Mila Berenchein 8 months ago I read a lot of articles about the danger of statins, and this was the clearest of them by far. Thanks a lot, Dr. Ekberg! 4 Reply CHHSFans CHHSFans 1 year ago Congrats Dr. Ekberg for surpassing 1 million subscribers! I am thankful for being your patient and improving my health so dramatically after working with you. Your explanations are gold and the truth - thanks for opening our eyes to the truth ! 56 Reply 3 replies Yoke Kim Wee Yoke Kim Wee 1 year ago (edited) so valuable content here, thanks Dr Ekberg for educating more people on this. I have started watching your videos 1 month ago, inspired me to start intermittent fasting and have since lost 10 pounds by following some of your advices here. I have learnt so much more about health and about my body from watching your videos. Thanks so much. Dr Ekberg's channel should be made known to more people to help them live healthier lives. 1 Reply Cherie Parks Cherie Parks 1 year ago (edited) I fit your description. My levels are considered high but when I asked my doctor what the levels for LDL were to start stains without any other problems he had no idea. I declined until we could find what that level was, as I knew the 200/100 limits were for those who have heart disease or other problems. I discovered the level turned out to be an LDL of 190, and my level was comfortably below that. I also have consistently high HDL, which my reports always tag as "considered preventative against heart disease." 11 Reply 1 reply hanbtj hanbtj 1 year ago I'm only 22 but I have "high" LDL level. Not so high, but it is above the "recommended" level. Has been going on for about 2 years but it's so hard to get it back to normal. But then I found this video. Very helpful! Definitely gonna get my "LDL size" checked soon. Thank you!! 3 Reply 1 reply BobWa43 BobWa43 2 months ago Very well done video and very clearly presented. Could you provide references for the assertion that recent studies indicate that higher cholesterol is beneficial for overall mortality rates. 1 Reply Rick Willer Rick Willer 4 months ago (edited) Execellent presentation of the truth behind this topic. I have educated myself in order to raise my HDL, and LDL reduction methods, and now rewatching this video is so much more insightful. I appreciate your work so much, Dr Ekberg ! 3 Dr. Sten Ekberg Reply Dr. Sten Ekberg · 1 reply Scott Cohen Scott Cohen 1 year ago I live in the Czech Republic where doctors dismiss this kind of talk as new age rubbish. As a type II diabetic who has successfully taken my health into my own hands, the old fashioned, outdated belief in 'fat=bad' is very frustrating. In the Czech Republic doctors don't even measure A1c as standard protocol when treating diabetics. I have no trust in the medical community here. Thank you for your videos. 565 Dr. Sten Ekberg Reply Dr. Sten Ekberg · 93 replies Eugene Krykun Eugene Krykun 1 year ago Absolutely brilliantly delivered lecture, Dr Ekberg 👏 Thanks for making it so easy to understand 3 Reply Remedios Reboja Remedios Reboja 1 year ago This saved me from the side effects of statin. Thanks, Doctor. Two doctors already removed my statin because my body doesn’t like it. I felt like dying. I can’t sleep and had muscle pains. Now I have a new doctor. Everything in my blood work is ok except the total cholesterol. I will not allow him to prescribe to me statin after watching this video. Thank you, Dr. Ekberg for this informative and comprehensive video. You’re a good teacher. This is the best channel in YT I have ever watched. God bless you for your kindness and goodness. 13 Reply Max Kotlarchyk Max Kotlarchyk 11 months ago (edited) Thank you Sten, Since starting to watch your videos I have felt much more empowered in my health. I had many diet fads, the most extreme being plant-based for 1.5 years. While on plants, I learned how to eat more whole foods in general, but still felt like a dumpster fire bomb most of the time. I was eating tons of beans to make up for the protein deficit, but attributed gas to the new high fiber intake. Many people said this would subside overtime, but it did not. I was constantly hiding in closets and squeezing my ass to make sure the slow deathly leak of methane was not detected as coming from me. This should have been a clue something was wrong, but I've always been bloated/gassy. I was hyper-focused on the messaging behind the way of eating, and was having lots of success in losing weight. Although I got skinny and fit, dropping down from 185 to 145 and 10% body fat with an 8 pack (nice before and after photos!), I felt like rubbish, was irritable, constantly thinking of food/calories. My wife was doing it with me, and the process was socially alienating on many levels. The question "where do you get your protein?" was never a comfortable one to answer. On a trip to Korea a couple years ago, where you truly cannot find anything vegetarian (probably their mushroom are actually made out of steak), I said "f" it, and started eating meat again. It was glorious, and led me to the conclusion that going back to well-balanced was more sustainable in the long term. Doing this I was still able to remain fit, but started focusing more on my energy levels. I rock-climb, and just started to notice that I had to refeed carbs constantly. I had received nutrition advice from a well respected nutritionist in the sport that a min of 40% of my cals should be carbs and that I should basically eat a carb for every minute of exercise I had done to keep my glycogen stores full. This was not working for me at all. I wanted to believe it, but my body knew something was fundamentally wrong about the approach. I became even more dependent on carbs, and power down after an hour of working out with no energy to exert power. I didn't know what was going on since I was "healthy", eating my veges, getting lots of protein, and eating lots of "good" complex carbs like sweet potatoes, brown rice, beans, etc. A more keto/balanced diet towards paleo has, so far, been a new lease on life. I was so hesitant for so long, writing it off as extreme. It also has been tainted by "bro-dude" community that sells eating bacon and ranch dressing all day.. "well isn't that convenient for you!". However, I paid more attention to the science and focusing on whole foods. I love the food I'm eating, feel healthy, energized, incredible mental clarity, new creativity in my cooking, and fat has melted off my body with minimal effort or calorie counting. It pairs incredibly well with intermittent fasting, and no longer feel dependent on meal timing or obsession over calorie counting. I have no gas while following more detailed guideline in Mark Sisson's, "Primal Blueprint book. THANK YOU. I am now aware that most of the male members of my family are on statins. When I ask, they ALL have LDL scores in the 200-300 range, which have been marked high. I am on a quest to educate myself as much as possible and empower them to question the conventional wisdom that has been thrown their way. We all have inherited a genetic predisposition to colon cancer, called Lynch Syndrome. My grandfather who I never met died of it, and my uncle is a cancer survivor. So far my Dad and I have avoided the dreaded diagnosis. I have gotten regular colonoscopies for preventative screening starting at a very early age as a result being flagged as extreme high risk, and the impetus for going vegan was my GI doc saying essentially "meat causes cancer." This led me to movies like "Forks over Knives" which were convincing enough for me at the time. What I have learned from your videos has been a big part in empowering myself with information and communicating with my family members. I am currently diving into scientific articles and want to have more healthy debates with physicians on the topic. It would be amazing to know more of your references and reasoning WHY doctors have clung on to conventional wisdom when this sort of new research is available. Again, Thank you. Would love to continue the conversation. 18 Reply Paul Taylor Paul Taylor 1 year ago Extremely clear & concise information concerning the matter of previously trusted medical advice regarding cholesterol and it's supposed damage to the body. As with most things in life, we know more now than we did fifty years ago and through Dr Ekberg's teaching, we're all able to understand the body's natural mechanisms for survival, instead of automatically accepting older, limited medical feedback & 'standard' medications. Thank you Dr Ekberg. 1 Reply mrwebman1 mrwebman1 1 year ago OMG. All of your videos are good but this one is unbelievably great. I took out my recent lab reports and followed along with you and now understand way more about my body. Please keep up the great work. 2 Reply kjmalone17 kjmalone17 1 year ago (edited) Nailed it. Our Doctor flipped out over my wife’s “high” LDL yet her Triglycerides were 42, her HDL was 93 and her VLDL 17. He Pooh poohed us getting a CAC test done and I predicted she’d be zeros across the board. Came out 0,0,0, & 2. The nurse couldn’t believe how good it was yet in the same breath said, “but what are we going to do about your high cholesterol?” Brutal.... 314 Dr. Sten Ekberg Reply Dr. Sten Ekberg · 47 replies Lori Grubb Lori Grubb 4 months ago I absolutely think this is the best video ever! Thanks you so much for this! As a pharmacist and as an almost 50 year old it just breaks my heart what we are doing to people!! 2 Reply rwilson rwilson 10 months ago Had to re-watch this video after a year or so & I absorbed the last 6 minutes this time. You have helped me so much in making proper choices ( including saying no to statins.) I experienced thigh muscle burning under my skin when on Atorvastatin for 3 months so discontinued. Another yt video supporting your claims is titled: "Dr. Nadir Ali - 'Do statins prevent or cause heart disease? Should LDL be called "bad" Cholesterol?'". He goes through a couple dozen plus studies showing how statins increase mortality not decrease. Also an awesome video. You, Dr. Sten, are my very favorite though! 🙂💕💕 God Bless You!! 6 Reply Keiko Ikeda Keiko Ikeda 1 year ago Dr. Ekberg! I am so lucky to find you on youtube! Your explanations all about health are always persuasive and completely make sense to me! I have been on Keto diet almost for 1 year and doing 48 hours fasting once in a while. One time I checked my cholesterol level with my blood test device just before I broke my fasting, my cholesterol values jumped up! (the total cholesterol (307), triglycerides (291) and even HDL (>85) After I got back to OMAD, one week later I checked again, the total cholesterol became down to 246 (still high), triglycerides 105 and HDL >85. I am wondering if this fluctuation is safe and normal during fasting? Please make a video to explain to us!! 1 Reply Joe G Joe G 3 weeks ago I just got my test back and my cholesterol looked a lot like this ones. Was 288 but my ratio was 4.3 and my vldl was 14 so that made me feel better Reply Mark Laffey Mark Laffey 2 months ago (edited) Sir your videos are so good that even someone with zero medical knowledge can grasp what you’re talking about. Amazing job! And you didn’t even try to sell me anything WOW!! The world need more doctors like you! 3 Reply JaneBunclark JaneBunclark 1 year ago I've watched many YT videos on cholesterol...some are very complicated and WAY too technical...others are vague. This is probably THE best and most straightforward explanation of them all. Dr Sten, you are a fabulous teacher! Thank you for all the hard work you put into your videos! 90 Reply Svetlana Kasyan Svetlana Kasyan 1 year ago My bad cholesterol was on a higher side while a good cholesterol was on a lower side for a number of years. This was very confusing since my lifestyle and diet are very healthy. I recently had an appointment with a brilliant Chinese medicine doctor who explained that cholesterol is often stored as a result of running chronically on a low energy fuel tank and this is the body's response in making sure that when you do run out of energy it can use cholesterol as a fuel. He prescribed some herbs, practicing mindfulness and told me to absolutely stop drinking coffee that was draining my adrenalines and contributed to creating stress in my body, that upliftment that we feel after drinking coffee is actually causing fight or flight reflex which we are not supposed to feel on a daily basis. Six months later, all the stats are normal! 2 Reply Shaji V Shaji V 1 year ago Thank you Dr Ekberg, you have no idea how much you have helped me. You deserve the presidential medal of freedom award! You have educated me enough to reverse my diabetes without a single medicine! Now my Dr wants to put me on cholesterol med. 😂 2 Reply myk4bz myk4bz 2 months ago I was on statins for 17 years following a series of heart attacks in 2003. I recently stopped taking the statins after learning about the side effects which were literally killing me. I quit the statins cold turkey about 6 months ago and I've been feeling so much better since I stopped. It's going to take a while to rid my system of them but so far I've had nothing but good results. I could probably write a book on the symptoms I had, how severe and how they're affecting me now. Night and Day. 2 Reply 1 reply SortuuR SortuuR 1 month ago This is, I don't know to express it correctly but the most informative video I have ever watched about cholesterol. I have struggled for the past 2 years (when at age 21 I was diagnosed with high cholesterol) to understand the reason why my cholesterol is so high. I now realize it is something to with my own diet (not in a good way haha), but I would recommend anyone looking for answers to watch this video. Reply Joe Crowder Joe Crowder 11 months ago Hi, Dr. Ekberg. I really enjoy and gain knowledge from your videos. I had a heart attack in 2010 and have been on statins since then. I hate them because of the side effects, but am afraid to stop taking them for fear of what might happen if I did! I take CoQ10 to try to offset some of the effects. Any suggestions you have would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance! 2 Reply lucy ingalls lucy ingalls 1 year ago (edited) I've been carnivore almost a year, keto 2.5 years before that. My doctor is amazed at my recent bloodwork, she knows my diet and lifestyle. She's particulary pleased with my cholesterol levels / ratios which are perfect. I am a 52 y/o perimenopausal woman, lost around 100 lbs and keeping it off and I feel GREAT. 87 Reply 1 reply Patty Coast Patty Coast 7 months ago I truly appreciate this very educational advice. Makes perfect sense to me. I am so happy to be educated on what truly causes heart disease and stroke. I stopped statins months ago because I don't want to interfere with the production by the liver of what we need. CoQ10 and cholesterol. Oh my goodness thank-you for this. Soooo appreciated! 1 Reply Dave White Dave White 1 year ago I absolutely respect and follow the information you provide us. Unfortunately, I had to fall into bad health before seeking your advice. A year ago I was admitted to the hospital with a-fib, 2 pulmonary embolisms, and bad arteries. Following your advice my A1c is now 6.5, Cholesterol ratio 4.7, and Glucose that was 430 is now 99. Thank you so much!! Oh, and 7 months ago I told my doctor that I refused to continue taking statins. As I continue to work towards getting my numbers within your recommended ranges I have one huge question. Now that I'm preventing further damage can I and how do I reverse the damage that I have already done to my arteries? 3 Reply chichi huahua chichi huahua 1 year ago Excellent, excellent explanation of cholesterol and statins. Thank you for explaining how statins were not the right treatment for the condition. I felt guilty for not taking the statins my cardiologist keeps prescribing, even though every statin I have ever taken has caused horrible side effects. I even had my cardiologist order the cholesterol particle count blood test, before and three months after I started a low carb diet. I had results similar to your patient. She just skipped over the results, and focused only on total LDL. She wanted to increase my statin strength. I have gone to at least 5 different cardiologists, trying to get one that understood the significance of low carb, but to no avail. I hope that one day they will catch on. 2 Reply Laszlo Bozso Laszlo Bozso 1 year ago Dr. Ekberg, very good content as alway. I completely understand that the best course of action for those struggling with cholesterol issues is to work on the underlying cause (e.g. high sugar intake). But do you prescribe statins for those not willing to work on the underlying issue? Reply Terry Kleier Terry Kleier 4 months ago It is truly a blessing to have a person of great knowledge to explain health issues like this. Thank you sir Reply Chris J Chris J 1 year ago I am a masters prepared RN and did not learn this in pathophysiology; just the opposite. Thank you Dr. Ekberg for educating us! I am a daily watcher of your videos and appreciate your candor with providing clear/concise health information. Take care of yourself and God bless! 25 Reply Jimbo Jones Jimbo Jones 1 year ago Thank you Dr. Ekberg on your enormous wealth of knowledge! I have watched your videos for several months and i have just started a keto diet. I cannot believe the changes! I'm losing weight, dropping size, my knee arthritis is settling down quickly and i feel so much better, I feel great, my mood is in high spirits, i'm nowhere near as hungry and eat much less than i used to! I can feel the transformation! You sir are a genius and need more recognition for your knowledge. I even get mum to watch you and she loves your information. So educational and accurate. So i thank you from the bottom of my now healthier heart!! And will continue to get healthier! 3 Reply Bee Bee 7 months ago (edited) Excellent explanation, everyone who has high cholesterol should watch this video. Thank you Doctor Ekberg for all your efforts to explain health issues. I wish you a lot of health. God bless 🙏❤️🍀 Reply Uly chun Uly chun 1 year ago Hello Dr Ekberg, Excellent explanation of the root cause of atherosclerosis ! You're really the best ! Thanks to you, I am on a path to better health. I can't thank you enough... P.S: The NMR profile results are mindblowing. I read also that a good predictor of pattern A vs B is the ratio Triglyceride/HDL. But maybe your patient is still in a grey area, then the NMR and particle count are probably the best measure. P.S.2 :A side note on terminology of the density of VLDL, HDL and LDL : some people relates the density to the content in (Apo)Proteins in the lipoproteins. HDL has a lot of Apo-Proteins and VLDL much less... Reply Bernadette Thoennes Bernadette Thoennes 7 months ago Thank you Dr. Ekberg! Your videos make so much sense to me. This one is specially important to me since my cholesterol has been going up and down since I've started intermittent fasting back in Nov. of 21. Is this normal? My doctor wants me on a statin and I've refused it. My cholesterol was 282 back in Feb. then it went down to 233 in May and now it is at 246. Please let me know if my cholesterol is adapting to my new way of eating. I feel great and full of energy! Thank you. Reply J Briones J Briones 7 months ago I'm 24 and I'm obsessed with trying to be healthy. Thank you for teaching me rights and wrongs, it's hard to find the truth! 2 Reply Kenneth Kenneth 1 year ago And you wonder why he just hit 1 million subscribers? Quality content that NO doctor will tell you. Amazing video. 143 Reply 18 replies Sue Prator Sue Prator 2 weeks ago (edited) Of all the well-meaning cholesterol explanation videos on YT, this is one of the best. Easy to follow. I am sharing with others even my daughter!! Reply Ric Hancock Ric Hancock 1 month ago This is the best explanation of how cholesterol works in the body I’ve ever seen! Massive kudos!! 1 Reply Amy Brownstein Amy Brownstein 1 year ago So glad I came across this channel. Dr. E is truly an angel for spreading this knowledge. I have already made some dramatic life changes. Keep up the good fight : ) 1 Reply Simple Life with Robert Pusateri. Simple Life with Robert Pusateri. 11 months ago Good morning sir. Just letting you know I appreciate your knowledge and wisdom. I had a heart attack Dec 10/21 and received a stent. Since then I’ve drastically changed my lifestyle. I eat zero processed foods, exercise 5 days a week, keep my total carb intake down to around 150 after figuring in fiber and consume only about 5gr of added sugar which comes from 90% dark chocolate. The cardiologist put me on 40 mg of atorvastatin when my total cholesterol was only at 160. My HDL was in the low 30’s. So, with changing my diet and exercise I brought it up to 47. My ratio is now at 3.4. However, the statin has increased insulin resistance and the smLDL-p is in red zone. I stopped taking it yesterday and will check my blood again in a few weeks. The main reason I’ve been able to know and understand how to make decisions like this is from learning from you on YouTube. You explain things in detail. Thank you. 2 Reply Ambitious Cook Ambitious Cook 1 year ago Thank you so much Doctor. I was actually relieved after watching this. I can say that this video and your channel so far is the most knowledgable and brilliant to watch. God bless 💚 2 Reply Ani Dee Ani Dee 1 year ago I live with familial hypercholesterolemia and stopped taking statins when I had to take 5 different medications to counteract the statins’ side effects. Life is not worth living like that. I wish I could find a doctor like you in Australia! Thank you for speaking the (unpopular) truth …one trillion $s of statins were sold in 2020 in the US alone…big pharma will not allow the truth to be spoken in the mainstream media - they’d rather scare us into statin submission. 64 Reply 2 replies Fely Takahari Fely Takahari 9 months ago Thank you for this topic. For many years I took statin and finally it damaged my nerves. I started walking an hour a day and started eating good vegetables. I stopped taking statin but feeling guilty but after watching this video I feel better. Thanks again. 3 Reply Cate Jordan Cate Jordan 4 months ago Wish he included some discussion on Lp(a) cholesterol. Most doctors don’t know about it and not tested unless you ask for it but it can have a major impact 1 Reply Richard Mathews Richard Mathews 1 year ago EXCELLENT video! This is the best explanation of how cholesterol works and how we should make lifestyle changes to facilitate the body's normal function rather than hinder it. 1 Reply MyContestPix MyContestPix 2 months ago One of the best explanations I've seen!! You and Dr Paul Mason are always on point!!! 1 Reply KETO Diamond Channel KETO Diamond Channel 1 year ago They have people so terrified of cholesterol. A few doctors tried to give me cholesterol meds after having gotten rid of 29 diseases. Luckily I knew this info about cholesterol. I'd glad you did this vid. I did one on my experience, I wrote an article on my knowledge and experience with the situation. I am so healthy now! I wouldn't take their pills and happily a few doctors knew the truth and said, "They shouldn't have tried to give these to you. " 2 Reply Carol Ginsberg Carol Ginsberg 1 year ago Excellent video, Dr Ekberg! You are an amazing doctor, and a most amazing teacher! It is an honor to be one of your health champions! 🤗💕🌈 33 Reply Lisette Campbell Lisette Campbell 4 months ago Thank you so much for your content! I discovered your channel 2 weeks ago and am sooo grateful for what you share. My husband is 58 and got a stent for the first time this year. He is now on a statin and blood thinner and was told he would have to be for the rest of his life. Is there any hope? Conventional medicine usually gears toward medications above eating and lifestyle changes. Reply Caroline Knüpffer Caroline Knüpffer 1 year ago Great respect to you and the way you explain the mechanism of cholesterol to us! 🤔😉😊👍🏻. Reply Nur Hayat Nur Hayat 1 year ago I was able to calculate my blood values ​​according to your explanations and determine my risk situation easily. It was a wonderfully successful presentation that will be watched over and over again. PROHIBITIONS=Sugar,carbohydrate,packaged food,GMO,stress,dirty gaseous environment,inactivity Reply gamesaq gamesaq 1 year ago My triglycerides was 48 and VLDL was 14 but my LDL was 119 so my doctor chastised me for it being over 100 on Keto. I just laughed in his face afterwards lol Reply Dani Savant Dani Savant 5 months ago Very enlightening video. Thank you very much. I have used your VLDL calculation and got a result of 9. This is lower than your range 16-20 What does low count of VLDL mean? 1 Reply Donna Denning Donna Denning 1 year ago Thank you, Dr. E, for this detailed overview. It really helps me better understand what is happening with my LDL. Since I’ve been your patient for almost 10 months now, I am finally beginning to see improvements and feel better. I still have a long way to go but really appreciate your working with me to help restore homeostasis in my body. 😊 14 Dr. Sten Ekberg Reply Dr. Sten Ekberg · 1 reply John Kramer John Kramer 8 months ago During teen yrs of my life i started playing badminton (on on own) and later on took 1 on 1 lessons. the 1st thing my coach told me was to "unlearn to learn".. your video is a perfect example of that in the nutrition industry. I haven't even watched it completely and am already questioning my knowledge.. :( Reply Kit Peerboccus Kit Peerboccus 1 year ago Nothing has ever blown me away as much as this video!!! The statin and medication thing is a given logically. However, the whole paradigm of how we are conditioned to think about cholesterol and its associated health indicators is so off. Thank you so much Dr!!!!!! 1 Reply TD TD 3 weeks ago This guy explains the myth and mystery better than anyone ! . Thanks for this. Reply Cynthia Nelson Cynthia Nelson 1 year ago I’ve been taking a low dose statin for almost a year because my doctor frightened me every check up and I finally gave in. 90 days later the bloodwork was “dramatically better” according to the doctor. I recently started cutting it in half, and I just don’t want to take it because I work out daily, and I’m not overweight, but feel less energetic. Is it safe to just stop taking the statin? The online articles scare me surrounding this choice, not to mention my doctor will freak out! Reply Ainan Ainan 1 month ago What a best expalation about cholesterol Ive ever heard ! Thank you Dr. Sten Ekberg . Reply Baalaaxa Baalaaxa 1 year ago Leave it to Dr. Ekberg to make sense of things. Every piece of the puzzle suddenly fits. Statins are a perfect example of where the supposed medication is worse than the problem. Can't thank you enough for this channel, you're the best doctor I never had. 18 Reply Lettylett Lettylett 1 year ago Thank you so much Dr Ekberg for this video. This is the most wonderful video I’ve ever watched. I really appreciate your sincere concern to help people. You are the real doctor of health. More power and more success to you Sir. Please keep sharing more information to us🙏 Reply Asha Asha 2 months ago Thank you Dr Sten, this lecture is really, concerning our life and our health condition Reply Hot Coffee Hot Coffee 1 year ago (edited) Every time I took Statins I got severe muscle pains and even pinched nerves. I stopped taking them after I had a massive heart attack that put me in a coma for 4 days. The doctors mean well but they are being trained to sell chemicals. I discovered this channel and have learned how to evaluate food. My doctors can't believe how much better my health is. I also lost 25 pounds in 3 months and I feel great. Thank You Doctor Ekberg for showing us how to protect ourselves. 3 Reply 1 reply Jeff Jeff 1 year ago I'm so grateful for this very informative video after I just got lab results from my first ever blood work. (and I'm 65) I am certainly NOT going to take any statins related drug - but I won't tell my doctor because he would frown on info I learned from YouTube. I feel like you, Dr. Sten Ekberg, have possibly saved my life, or at the least... lengthened it. THANKS, with all my heart and veins! 4 Reply Howard Hill Howard Hill 1 year ago Extremely helpful video. A complex subject very well explained. Thank you Dr. Ekberg! Reply PureAbsolute PureAbsolute 1 year ago You took me from an intuitive grasp of cholesterol, to a much more technical grasp. AWESOME. Be my doctor! I come from the LDL/HDL ratio era, and your video kinda explains why this words - even though not all LDL is bad, the Bad cholesterol is LDL. Your explanation about how a statin works is just goodness on top of awesomeness. Thank you! 18 Reply Beverley Roberts Beverley Roberts 7 months ago This is so interesting. I love anything to do with health. I follow a healthy diet myself. So many people have told me not to eat eggs because of the dietary cholesterol. I've been telling them for years they are wrong.....but their GP told them it was! 🙄 All the info that comes from the medical profession, that years later turns out to be just not true. Thank you for this very interesting video, I need to watch it a few times I think so I absorb all the information. 😊 Reply m k m k 1 year ago Thank you sir,I really searched this question about my LDL number of 100 being safe or not as I’m taking Statins,now you opened a door to the whole problem and I can see better whaat is best for me,appreciate you insight and expertise in medicine and medical science,you helped me a lot. Reply Natasha Natasha 9 months ago What an amazing video!! Can you please advise the names of the exact test to take so that we can gain this information. I've recently been doing intermittent fasting, fasted training, lower carbs and reduced calories but my cholesterol went up. Which was really disheartening! But now I have a new found hope that my body is in fact operating as it should. Thank you so much!!! Reply Sonja Warriar Sonja Warriar 4 months ago Dr Ekberg many thanks for such deep explanations in a simple way that everyone can understand. Your videos are very very helpful. 👏 👏 Reply Sweet Chickie Sweet Chickie 1 year ago Exactly! This just happened to me! I started OMAD and Keto (transitioned from low carb) in March with what I thought were great results until I saw my doc for my yearly wellness exam. She said my cholesterol was way too high: Total 220, LDL 132, HDL 80, Triglycerides 38 and wanted to put me on statins right away. I refused...I KNOW I'm eating all the right stuff and exercising appropriately (Thanks Dr. Ekberg!) and told her so. Then she tried to convince me to get the COVID shot. Ugh, I'm beginning to wonder what the point in seeing a traditional doctor is; they just want to push drugs. One highlight was that a nurse caught me on the way out and wanted weight loss tips (the whole office staff is overweight, including the doc) so I referred her to this channel. I hope she follows up. 11 Reply 2 replies T. Gibson T. Gibson 1 year ago (edited) A few days ago I had a doctor's appointment to discuss my annual physical blood work results - my cholesterol was high. Though I tried to clarify how important my diet and lifestyle was to me, my doctor made it clear she would not discuss anything other than getting that cholesterol number down. She was so discouraging in her prediction of my future health that I won't be returning to her. This video was insightful and really encouraging. You helped me decipher my test results more accurately. I'm so grateful for you and this awesome platform. Thank you Dr Ekberg. 1 Reply Rakesh Mehra Rakesh Mehra 8 months ago Kudos to Indian origin doctor Dr. Nadir who has done research to find out that LDL is not the culprit. A of information in this video is extracted from it, I think he deserves a mention in the video. 2 Reply Cody Taylor Cody Taylor 1 year ago This is a wonderful video that takes everything I have been hearing from lots of research and puts it all in 1 place and easily explained! 1 Reply Abelard Reyes Abelard Reyes 1 year ago Hi, Dr Berg I just received my latest lab results, since starting on cutting all sweets in October 2021, I have lost 20 Lbs Now I weight 174 and 66 years old. All the results came back good except my cholesterol at 230. I feel great and have never taken statin even though my doctor try to get on that medication. Thanks to you. 1 Reply Issey Rox Issey Rox 1 month ago Thanks for making so much sense. Could you please discuss Xanthelasma due to excessive cholesterol deposits under the skin please. Reply Sheila Smith Sheila Smith 1 year ago I’m so happy to see that you’re showing your audience what I was taught years ago and showed to other doctors and clients! I know my mentors and the knowledge I learned from them was too early for the majority of patients to understand or accept because it went against what their MD’s were telling them! I still do optimal blood chemistries but now, thanks to how information is vastly more available and people like you, showing the public the TRUTH, more people are open to the truth! People can review you videos until they “get it!” I often refer people to your channel, Dr Eckberg! Thanks for sharing the truth about health! I love working with you on this subject!💕 12 Reply Mark Todd Mark Todd 6 months ago Dr. Ekberg, thank you so much for all you do helping people. i watched your video on abdominal pains as i had such in the upper right quadrant for about 6 plus months that was causing me a great deal of concern. i watched the video and the recommended course of action for pain in this area with the supplements you recommended. i am pleasantly surprised to report the pain and sensitivity are gone. and have been for weeks now. Thank you again for what you do. Reply 1 minute ago 1 minute ago 1 year ago Very detailed and comprehensive video about cholesterol. Thank you Dr. Ekberg. Reply ray hassen ray hassen 3 months ago hi, i've been following your talks a bit, and decided to take up keto and fasting, before my bp was 145/100 with lasartan pills and after 6wks of good keto and no foods after lunch fasting 18 hrs a day, i lost 8kgs (17lbs) and i started exercise as i felt good and like i wanted to exercise. Also my bp went down on a day when i had not taking my bp pills it was 120/80 (normal) so no more pills. So i thank you, and i watched a video on utube about reversing aging (the scientific study of why we age in dna) and one of the things that came out was regular fasting was one of the ways to help slow down aging. Reply MichelleDenise64 MichelleDenise64 3 months ago I just got my results form my doctor and they were high in the traditional sense. I refused a statin, I can and will make the necessary changes. I lowered my A1c with diet alone I can do the rest. 61 Reply 11 replies Sandra Sandra 1 year ago (edited) Dr. Ekberg delivers stellar nutrition and health information! Now if he could run our great country we would have it made. I am enormously grateful Dr. Ekberg and the exceptional information he teaches. Reply Joe S Joe S 1 year ago Excellent statement at the end. When I told my doctor, in January, that I had stopped taking his metformin, he flipped out, and especially when I mentioned coconut oil. I thought he would have a heart attack. Yes, he went through his spiel about how it will clog my arteries and cause me to have a heart attack. I had been off my metformin for 3 months when I told him. So, he requested a cholesterol test. I did it at the same time as my last a1c, in April. He was an entirely different doctor at that appointment. The first thing he said, was to congratulate me for doing something that he had not seen many of his patients do. My a1c was 5.8. He said my cholesterol level was slightly high. He didn't give me the numbers. He did say that they were of no concern, but did request another cholesterol test for my next a1c test. My cholesterol won't be worse, it will be better, just like the example in the video. I follow the same diets that are told here and a couple of other doctors that promote the keto diet. 12 Reply David Baynes David Baynes 1 year ago I got my PCP to order the NMR test instead of the usual lipid panel. The numbers were encouraging to me given your explanation, but my doctor is still alarmed by my LDL-P reading of 1995. How long should I wait before getting a second test, and how can I find a doctor who will accurately interpret the results (and not reflexively prescribe a statin drug)? Reply Where Nerdy is Cool! Where Nerdy is Cool! 1 year ago I'd be really curious about your thoughts on supplementing with CoQ10, as well as creatine monohydrate (for the muscle myopathy). Being of the French/Canadian ancestry (higher cholesterol), I've relented and let my Doc put me on low loses of Lipitor (10 and then recently bumped to 20). However being an active person the muscle soreness has been an annoyance. I found a study that indicated creatine could help and been trying it. So far, energy is better and the muscles ache less. Thank you for your video. I wish my provider would let me off Lipitor but despite my HDL being super high, she wont BP is fine (97/60) and I eat healthy...Keto and IF (don't do breakfast) Reply 1 reply Adriana Perea Adriana Perea 1 year ago (edited) My Hero !!! Seems most doctors never studied phisiology !! The cause/side effects never matter...the stress does not counts...most doctors seems not to know hole body is a laboratory not just a machine...Thanks Dr Ekberg Reply Mitsuyo St.Klair Mitsuyo St.Klair 7 months ago Thank you for your very clear explanations about “the cholesterol”. Among all of the explanations which I’ve heard on YouTube, yours is the best. Although through my once a year routine “blood exam”, there is not enough informations in details like this video. I have quite high cholesterol (a little over 300) total, However, I refused to take the Statin my doctor recommended. My HDL(84)/LDL ratio is good enough(3.7) I think. Basically I’m a vegetarian with super healthy eating habits and healthy life style I always keep. - I really enjoyed your video. Thank you so much again! Reply Tai Chi Man Tai Chi Man 1 year ago It’s like I’m taking a Real medical course in grad school! Great information! Now I know MORE than most MD’s! I’ve healthfully gotten off statins, metformin, cholesterol med’s, & high blood pressure medication! PEOPLE LIKE YOU EDUCATE ME ON HOW TO TAKE CONTROL OF MY OWN HEALTH! Thanks! Reply Amila Perera Amila Perera 1 year ago Dr. Ekberg, really appreciate your channel. Your simple way of explanation is so great that most people will understand the science behind it. I am a medical doctor with postgraduate qualifications in human nutrition. 20 Reply 4 replies Theabc2000 Theabc2000 1 year ago Your understanding of Statistical analysis , correlations is good 👍. Something which many qualified experts do not understand even if they have statistical qualifications 😀 Reply Madmarsha Madmarsha 1 year ago (edited) I already know this but I can't wait to hear how you describe it!! I would like just ONE doctor to explain to me why ALL cholesterol is bad if our liver produces 75 to 80% percent of it naturally. 4 Reply 1 reply Charles didonato Charles didonato 1 year ago Doctor, I am 64 and had a stroke in January. Woke up and my right arm went totally limp. My total cholesterol was around 269. Doctors said I had a few tiny pieces of plaque break off and made it to the left side of my brain. Up to that point I had been strength training and was very active. It was a shock to me. I spent one night in the hospital and was put on a statin drug to reduce my cholesterol. Two weeks later I returned to the gym and within six weeks was back to lifting and training at my normal levels. I am concerned about getting off the drug due to this experience. I have changed my diet to attempt to eliminate sugar and fried foods from my diet. Trying to cut back on bread also and have gone more to an organic diet. I had my cholesterol retested in April and it did drop significantly and all ratios are in acceptable levels. I really like what you are saying and am considering stopping the statin and going more on my own with my diet and regiment. Oh, I am 6 foot and 180 pounds and have never been overweight, never smoked tobacco and don’t drink alcoholic beverages. What are your thoughts? Thanks so much! 5 Reply 2 replies wannawit m wannawit m 6 months ago I truly like your educational clips like this. However I am reading from other sources and am wondering what you think about LP(a). Should I be worried about this as my Mom has high level of LP(a)? I am trying to find information from different sources but am still figuring out. Thanks so much. Reply Eden Smith Eden Smith 4 months ago Dr. Ekberg, thank you for this very easy to understand informative video. I've been watching you from Australia 🇦🇺 and I am learning a lot from you. God bless you Sir🙏 Reply John Kane John Kane 1 year ago I thankfully consider myself quite educated in this area thanks to the community that I surround myself with. That being said. Many of your videos take the knowledge that I have to a whole new level. Can not thank you enough. 18 Reply Bo Tony Bo Tony 3 months ago Thank you for the medical education. This should be mandatory teaching in all schools for all children. Reply Alma Martinez Alma Martinez 1 year ago Thank you for the excellent explanation how the cholesterol works in our system and as well the statin drug. Reply Elwood Elwood 1 year ago (edited) I think we must have a different measurement system here in Australia. My dr wants me on statins which I’ve always refused. My results are Total cholesterol 6.2 mol/L, triglycerides 0.9, HDL1.90 LDL 3.68 NON- HDL Cholesterol 4.30 TOTAL/HDL ratio 3.3 I have no idea what state my body is in. CAN YOU PLEASE ADVICE DR. EKBERG? Reply Coppington Farnham Coppington Farnham 3 months ago (edited) My dad had very clogged coronary arteries. He had very low cholesterol numbers (on cholesterol drugs also). The doctor was surprised by the level of artery clogging. He barely survived a heart attack, had a bypass, and lived to age 90, when he died from hemorrhaging as a result of after a car accident...he was on blood thinners....another story/opinion. I'm adopted, so genetically different. I have elevated cholesterol and the doctor has tried me on several cholesterol drugs. They all cause GI upset and make me feel exhausted, so all I can do is try and control my diet. My reaction to the drugs makes me wonder what exactly they do to the body. My wife (who's diabetic) has no trouble with the drug she's been on for a long time, go figure. Reply Mrs. Bucket Mrs. Bucket 1 month ago This is extremely helpful information. Thanks so much, Dr. Ekberg! Reply Alejandro Katz Alejandro Katz 1 year ago I've seen a lot of videos about oxidized LDL but this one made the difference, it really helped me understand completely the mechanism of when LDL is bad and when its good and what statins do. Thank you so much Dr. Ekberg 6 Reply No Carbs Nation No Carbs Nation 1 year ago Hands down THE BEST video I have seen on this subject!! I wish I could share/re-post it a million times!! I have been fighting this for years. Thank you Doc!! Reply D D 4 months ago Excellent video very easy to understand, congratulations. I wish all the doctors would have the real knowledge about this and not only re-produce what the medical industry wands them to. Well done and thank for that so interesting video Reply Midas Tidas Midas Tidas 1 year ago Keep speaking the truth on health! 1 Reply Xena Xena 1 year ago I would like to thank you for providing valuable information. I have been watching your videos on YouTube almost every day. Your teachings have helped me in understanding my health. I am diabetic. Thanks again. Stay safe and well! Canada 🍁 Reply carlcurtis carlcurtis 1 year ago Dr. Ekberg, I really enjoy this very informative video. I've had a history of high triglycerides (200 to 220) and rather low HDL, even though I've never been over-weight. I understand that taking niacin will raise HDL and lower triglycerides--and, in fact, I've taken about a gram (in doses of 500, 250, 250mg) per day and had good results (HDL of 65 and trig of 143). But is niacin the best answer? (I am, for the most part, on a low-carb diet and have been for some time.) I'd love a video on that subject, especially since I drink a glass of wine or two per day (not for my health but b/c I enjoy it), and I don't want to overwork my liver. Reply 1 reply Olivia Olivia 1 year ago (edited) I had to have a big debate with my doctor after my cholesterol test. Fortunately I had already learned a lot about this topic and was able to stand my ground. I actually think that deep down she agreed, but she couldn't say that. I understand the pressures MDs are under (to protect the drug companies and avoid being sued). There was one thing that I said to her that later I realized I may have been wrong about. I said that hdl and ldl aren't cholesterol but they carry cholesterol. I believe I am right about that. I said ldl is thought to be "bad" because it carries choleterol to the heart and hdl is thought to be good because it carries it away. I said that I thought that ldl goes up when you burn fat because it also carries fat and ketones. I don't know where I got that notion. I looked around online later and couldn't find where I had heard that. Is there any truth to that? In any event I don't really want to debate my doctor, but I am not taking a statin. I am not going off keto. I cannot imagine our bodies are so stupid as to make so much cholesterol that it would cause us to die. It is absurd. If it were a rare condition then maybe some people could have a defect. But a huge percentage of the population? No way. I have learned so much from you about how our bodies really work. They are brilliant and amazing and every single thing they do is for a purpose. I should look into finding a Doctor Eckberg in Maryland. healthYesButtonhealthBaconhealthButterhealthAvocadohealthYesButton 15 Dr. Sten Ekberg Reply Dr. Sten Ekberg · 1 reply Red Rider Red Rider 1 year ago Thanks for explaining this so well. Your videos are so well done. Reply Nasir Karamov Nasir Karamov 1 year ago Doctor, your lectures are priceless. Thank you so much. God bless you. Reply Alethia Zivena Alethia Zivena 6 months ago Excellent presentation/explanation! Thank you SO much. Appreciate your work and channel! Reply red ibis red ibis 1 year ago Bravo pour vos travaux ! Vos vidéos devraient être diffusées dans les écoles de médecine ! 1 Reply Teresa Cesario Teresa Cesario 7 months ago What a brilliant, incredible doctor you are. Thank you!! Reply Fan Mar Fan Mar 1 year ago This is one of the best explanations I ever watched about cholesterol. My family has always eaten healthy. We are conscious about sugar, Whole Foods, fruits and vegetables consumption and we still have high cholesterol. My mother has been on statins meds for the past five years, it has made her sick, she is extremely active, she can s 74 and still works, she is so frustrated and sad. I decided I will not take statins. 11 Reply Kevin Storti Kevin Storti 1 year ago (edited) Thank you Dr. I just armed myself with great info when I go to my PCP for a physical in two weeks, he wants me to take the PCSK-9 medications to lower my LDL which last year was 142mg/dL. My overall CHOL fasting is 236, HDL is 85, Trigs are 94. Had a triple bypass 2 years ago and have been on statins for about 10 years. My dad and his father both succumbed to fatal heart attacks at age 82 and 79 respectively. Italian heritage so can't really change my DNA. Reply Concrete Concrete 6 months ago Thanks Doc for the excellent information! I've never been tested for anything... 🙃 Reply paleodude paleodude 11 months ago The best summary of the process I've read! Unfortunately, my diagnosis of familial hypercholesterolemia has been a big problem that diet hasn't been able to impact. Yet. Would love to hear of dietary options that work vs hypercholesterolemia. Reply wummerG wummerG 1 year ago Mmm, as someone that just went on Statin I'm now keen to see the full results of my blood tests. My doctor definitely went down the typical path you mentioned in the beginning. He just mentioned LDL score is bad and boom, Statin Reply George Tsitsiani George Tsitsiani 1 year ago My granma lived to almost 90, she always had high cholesterol. 155 Reply 8 replies Elisa Perez Elisa Perez 6 months ago How do you feel about those with FH? I have this from my mother. Everytime my doctors see my numbers they are shocked. My numbers have been the same for 30 years with slight fluctuations but they always try to push statins which I refuse. I am pescatarian and have normal triglycerides and good levels Glucose and A1C. 1 Reply Johnny Rincon Johnny Rincon 5 months ago That was crystal clear information on such a complicated issue. Thank you so much. I'm going to stop eating sugars, grains, processed food. Reply Leticia Ramirez Leticia Ramirez 1 year ago Wow, such a wise doctor, thank you so much for everything you do!! Reply elenafoley Foley elenafoley Foley 4 days ago Thankyou ⚘ literally had this conversation about cholesterol with a Doctor I had seen recently. I have never bought their lies and how they try to prescribe unnecessary medications 💊 I miss my old Doctor terribly 😢 Reply Shirley Rodrigues Shirley Rodrigues 11 months ago Dear Dr. Ekberg, I’m so encouraged to read your message and clear interpretation of LDL. Mine is pretty high & has become higher. My doctor put me on statin long back. I discontinued it for a while and when the tests showed a higher level, he put me back on it. I have stopped it again because of pain & discomfort in my muscles. How do I get rid of inflammation in my body? Can I send you my blood test profile for your guidance and advice? What tests should be done? Please suggest. Thank you. Shirley Rodrigues. Reply Linda Deveau Mcnally Linda Deveau Mcnally 1 year ago Amazing! My total cholesterol was 329, my doc suggested a low fat/cholesterol diet. I laughed out loud, Thank you for this clear and concise explanation of the science behind cholesterol numbers. It reaffirms what I know about my body and the lifestyle I have lived. Docs are given too much credit for what they don’t know😎 8 Reply 1 reply Jerry Goh Jerry Goh 11 months ago I love this person. I have high cholesterol, never felt better Reply Brian Levesque Brian Levesque 7 months ago I truly love your videos. I'm more knowledgeable about this area than my own doctor...keep going. Reply ray cor-stoque ray cor-stoque 4 months ago (edited) One of my health mentors...thank you Dr Ekberg Reply David Jones David Jones 1 year ago Great video, I can't help but think this is all common knowledge, good and bad cholesterol is nothing new, but as a way of explaining this, amazing thank you Dr. Reply J PereZ J PereZ 1 year ago This man is from another planet.im a cardiac patient.and after years of research.everything he says is ABSOLUTELY rigth. Reply Tony Tony 1 year ago Thank you for this life changing information Dr. My interpretation of my blood test results was changed 180 degrees to the positive based on your medical evaluation. 🙌🏻 4 Reply Vicky Lynne Vicky Lynne 6 months ago This is by far the best explanation on this topic I’ve ever seen. Reply D. Ah D. Ah 1 year ago This needs to be more mainstream. I was recommended this (by youtube) after watching Dr. Pradip Jamnadas speak in a video called The Fat Lies. If you want the background to the foundation and manipulation of the current mainstream health advice, it's a horrifying watch but recommended. Your presentation Dr. Ekberg is brilliant in that it is easy to understand and thorough. I will be having a conversation with my doctor ;) Reply Geoff Robson Geoff Robson 1 year ago @Dr. Sten Ekberg Can you please do a video on LCHF/Keto and Gallstones? I have had a couple of gallstone attacks in the past year, and would obviously really like to avoid any future episodes, and ideally reverse the condition. I'm sure there are others in the same situation and with the same concerns. Thank you! Reply Sandor D Sandor D 2 months ago Wow, I'm addicted to these videos! Extremely well explained. 😀 Reply Somany Prum Somany Prum 1 year ago I'm watch all your videos in YouTube and I follow your advices very strictly. I'm 130Kg, a T2D with HbA1c 7.3, clucose 134, Triglyceride 135, total Cholesterol 211, HDL 46, LDL 157 and Uric Acid 6.4 ( Blood tested on 10 Oct 2021). I follow your OMAD fasting and Keto for 85 days untill 4 Jan 2022, I make blood test again, I lost 18kg, my HbA1c 5.8, clucose 105, Triglyceride 187, total Cholesterol 202, HDL 41, LDL 140, and Uric Acid 8. I don't know why my HDL lower, my Triglyceride higher, and Uric Acid is higher. Please explaine, will I face any problems in the future? Reply Trang Le Trang Le 1 year ago I received my annual medical report a few days ago and I've been wondering how we can tell where we are in terms of insulin sensitivity/ resistance. I thought it was the blood sugar level but it turns out to be the VLDL. Your video is very informative. Thank you Dr. Ekberg. 4 Reply Somaye Hooshmand Somaye Hooshmand 2 weeks ago (edited) Hi Dr. Ekberg, first of all thank you for being such a great doctor and sharing the knowledge with the world. You mentioned you would like to see the VLDL in the range of 15 to 20 mg/dl, and how a big VLDL of 40mg/dl can indicate the insulin resistance. However, I wonder what a very low VLDL (4.5 mg/dl) means? (state of fasting for 19.5 hours) Cholesterol Total: 104.58 mg/dl LDL chol: 70.2 mg/dl HDL chol: 29.88 mg/dl Chol/HDL: 3.5 VLDL: 4.5 mg/dl Triglycerides: 9.9 mg/dl Insulin Fasting: 37 pmol/L Glucose Fasting: 4.5 mmol/L Hemoglobin A1C: 5.4 Reply latinomalenurse latinomalenurse 1 year ago thank you soooo much for verbalizing the truth behing EBM and standard of care.......finally! Someone who is backing up what I´ve been trying to teach for years now! Reply extranjeroviajero extranjeroviajero 1 year ago I just got my results. A1C 5.6 , cholesterol ration to HDL 5.1 - TRIGLYCERIDES 89, HDL 79, VLDL - 11. Lost about 11 pounds between April and July 30. I am in my weight; I fit my pants size 30 as when I was really young. I have the totals cholesterol about 380. I am still doing intermittent fasting minimum 16 to 22 hours at least 5 times a week and I really pay attention what I eat. mostly likely I do not have breakfast. I am sleeping super!! Reply Dj Fingers Flores Dj Fingers Flores 1 year ago Man This video was really informative, i wonder why my own doctor doesn't take the time to explain these things to me. Do you think he'll get offended if i tell him to watch this video?. Thank you Dr. Ekberg. You're the BEST Reply Ken McC Ken McC 1 year ago Excellent presentation so clear and sensical. I feel so much better and have more energy, less sleepy since I stopped Statins. It’s not easy especially when your wife is a GP. I have to say “I know more about Metabolic Syndrome and Nutrition than you” which goes down well. Reply Stewart Stewart 1 year ago (edited) You are one of the most brilliant holistic doctors and teachers on YouTube! I actually can understand difficult concepts by way of your teaching style. I have no medical training. But you have made me so much smarter. And the people I talk to about this stuff think that I am a genius, but I give you the credit. 😁👍 18 Reply erik hannig erik hannig 1 month ago Nice information. Went on keto diet, cholesterol dropped. Optometrist checked eyes before diet change, had the start of retinopathy. Two years later, another optometrist checked my eyes and no issues were found, my eyes are clear Reply EricVikings EricVikings 8 months ago Thank you, Dr. E- for your information. Much like you, I believe anything worth having is certainly worth sharing. I look forward to future installments. I’m not of any religious convictions but truly believe you are a gift to humanity. Please continue to Fight the Good Fight! E- Reply Tuy L Tuy L 1 year ago Highly descriptive and easy to understand....very sincerely put across..... ❤️ Reply Pankaj Srivastava Pankaj Srivastava 7 days ago Excellent presentation indicating the underlying correlations. Compliments for explanation it so well.I enjoyed your presentation and found it very very informative. Reply Grumpy Ginger Grumpy Ginger 1 year ago I was on a statin for 14 years, until the beginning of 2021. Getting off it was the single best thing I’ve done to regain my health, eating carnivore is the second best thing I’ve done. My pre-diabetes is gone and I’m back working part time, after 6 years off work. My memory and mental acuity have returned! I’ll never go back on that poison. Reply 1 reply Mohammad Mohammad 1 year ago I have been eating about 15 eggs a day for the past a few month and everyone kept telling me that your liver is in trouble and etc. I went for a scan and while the doctor was scanning, I told him about eggs and he told the same stuff agian. After seeing the scan's result he became silent and didn't say anything and went off 😂 110 Reply 27 replies 来自星星的塞巴 来自星星的塞巴 5 months ago Dr. Ekberg. I want to thank you for sharing all this with us and for doing such an amazing job. Reply Ryk Brown Ryk Brown 3 weeks ago I have struggled with obesity my entire life. 3 yrs ago, I found the carnivore diet. Lost 40 lbs in 6 months, then stalled. Last December, I had an MI, had a stent, and a month later, double bypass. Now, I am trying to figure out how not to become a victim of western medicine, and become dependent on meds and the healthcare system just to stay alive. My wife wants me to follow the advice of the cardiologists, but I know that their advice will not make me healthy. This video will be the first step in getting my wife to understand the truth. (Luckily, she already has a healthy lack of trust in western medicine.) Reply uitlegklas uitlegklas 1 year ago Best video on Youtube. Now I understand why my doctor doesn't explain me things. He doesn't know! Stopped the statins one week ago and I feel reborn!! Thanks you very much making this video! Reply Yogi Bear Yogi Bear 1 year ago I can't tq you enough Dr Sten for this insight Reply User C3PO User C3PO 1 year ago Two months ago I had a heart attack at the age of 46. I felt fine prior to this and had no idea something was wrong. I am a non smoker. My entire family has high cholesterol, although I'm the first to have a cardiac event before the age of 65. One thing I did discover is i have insulin resistance and high blood sugar. The hospital put me on numerous medications including a statin. After watching this I'm going to stop taking it. I hope changing my diet is enough to prevent another heart attack. 2 Reply 1 reply bhanshar bhanshar 1 year ago Amazing explanation. Congrats on your 1mil subs. We have been truly misguided in the past but thank God for the internet and Dr like yourself helping us become better at taking care of our health which is our wealth. Stay safe Dr Ekberg and we are truly grateful for all the information no matter how far away we live. 11 Reply Joseph Franchella Joseph Franchella 1 year ago You are a fantastic teacher; the best in your field on YouTube and you have a great sense of humor. Reply Mirza Nasir Mirza Nasir 1 year ago Amazing informative videos you got dr ! Could you please also enlighten us about very high Lipoprotein-A ? Reply Jo Brown Jo Brown 4 months ago This is brilliant. Thank you. So well explained. Very much appreciated. Reply Biolomnivore Biolomnivore 1 year ago Wonderful video! Very educational and captivating with a good narrative. Do you by any chance have the sources for this presentation? Reply Bobby Dale Bobby Dale 1 year ago Yep , This is happening to me right now !!! 😪 Reply Ibrahim Osman Ibrahim Osman 1 year ago Congratulations Dr Sten for a million subscribers. We going to double it up by the end of the year, let's do it again health champions. 8 Reply ALEZANDAR ALEZANDAR 3 months ago Dr Ekberg you are a genious! my total cholesterol is 185, even thou my so called bad cholesterol is over 100; and yet my current doctor wanted to put me on Statin; but after watching your very thorough explanation I don't feel bad in not taking my doctor's advise. Reply Francine Gryspeerdt Francine Gryspeerdt 7 months ago How you manage tot explain this is a real gift. Thanks so much doctor. A Belgian fan Reply Robert John Thomas Robert John Thomas 5 months ago I love how you call us ‘health champions’.... for some reason it makes me feel good. Reply Pam Thomas Pam Thomas 8 months ago Outstanding. I'm going to share this with my primary physician. Thank you for a thorough explanation. Reply Richard Chang Richard Chang 4 months ago Great video and very well explained Dr. Reply Pascale Dubé Pascale Dubé 1 year ago CONGRATULATIONS DR EKBERG ON YOUR MILLION SUBSCRIBERS! There is HOPE! Keep up your wonderful work of spreading good health information that MAKES SENSE. You are an inspiration! 18 Reply Andrew Stanley Andrew Stanley 1 year ago This is incredibly important and accurate. Thank you. Reply bruce mattingly bruce mattingly 2 days ago Dr. Sten Ekberg: Simply the best cholesterol (and statin impact) video I've seen... delivering much needed clarity to this complex topic often misrepresented by typical western doctors..! To your health..! 🧠🫀💪 Reply m k m k 1 year ago Thank you sir,I really searched this question about my LDL number of 100 being safe or not as I’m taking Statins,now you opened a door to the whole problem and I can see better whaat is best for me,appreciate you insight and expertise in medicine and medical science,you helped me a lot. Reply MitraThorpe MitraThorpe 1 year ago Thank you for this life altering presentation and phenomenal information. Reply Pam Fuller Pam Fuller 1 year ago I just got my lab results from my dr. My A1C was 5.9. My cholesterol however, (they said), was elevated. LDL-152 & HDL-48. So, I guess that's high by their standards. My bp was 115/68. Dr. said due to my losing 20 lbs. He told me to diet & take fish oil.🤔 I had been off my statin drug for a few months now. Should I go back on them? Reply Mainebob OConnor Mainebob OConnor 2 months ago My father who was a Radiologist and Radiotherapist Died in 2014 at the age of 89. He retired in Ireland and refused to take Statins even though his doctor was my Step Sister and tried to insist. ... He was a big fan of daily Eggs and Rashers (Bacon). Reply Servantof God Servantof God 1 year ago i really enjoy your videos because you don't sugar coat and actually talk facts. school was so useless compared to these sorts of videos Reply Rev. Anna C. Gheen Rev. Anna C. Gheen 1 year ago Thanks for this video. I've been on Keto (mostly clean) for 5 months and have dropped over 50 lbs., come off three medications, and have the energy to go to the gym and play outdoors multiple times during the week, sometimes for hours at a shot. I'm also aware that because of this dietary change, my cholesterol numbers in my upcoming blood tests are going to have skyrocketed and my Dr. is going to try to prescribe statins. Understanding what the numbers mean is useful since it will allow me to have an intelligent conversation with my Dr. when I tell her no. :) 4 Reply 1 reply Elle Crescent Elle Crescent 7 months ago Thank you so much Dr. I was told recently my cholesterol is too high, I was very surprised because I live a healthy lifestyle and started trying to interpret the results myself and to understand. Only LDL and total is high, the rest is great including VLDL of 8. I'm in The Netherlands where general practitioners act as gate keepers to care because literally everything needs a referral, even a broken arm. So the medical care itself is good, but there is often a problem actually getting access to it which is very frustrating and it's left me in tears a few times. Luckily I found an independent business that is legit and sends samples to a lab in Germany. They have an oxidised cholesterol test available. This test is not available in the normal system in The Netherlands, which means almost no one here is aware of the actual state of their cholesterol. I'm also getting ferritin tested through them, as my gp refuses to acknowledge that it is perfectly possible and not unusual to be iron deficient with a normal hemoglobin and B12 count and won't refer me for a simple test. Sigh. Anyway. Thank you so much really for this information, it has helped me to figure out what I need to do and I've learned a lot. Reply 1 reply Pengster Pengster 7 months ago Thank you, this was very informative. I have to see my dr tomorrow about my cholesterol levels and hopefully it will be just a chat about lifestyle changes. If not, I have the information to decline cholesterol meds at this point. Reply Narayana Nettem Narayana Nettem 1 year ago Excellent analysis to remove misconceptions about cholesterol Reply Cocora22 Cocora22 1 year ago I think I've watched this video at least 4 times and I take notes. Every time I come away with new knowledge!!! Thank you for all the valuable videos Dr. Ekberg. Reply Wavey Gravey Wavey Gravey 1 year ago What about statin if you have a calcium score of 100? Thanks for all you do Dr Ekberg! Reply JAZZ MAN JAZZ MAN 1 year ago (edited) Hi Doctor Ekberg. I just wanted to say a big thank you for your health advice videos. I am so very glad I found them. The reason for my enthusiasm right now, is that I have lost 3lbs since last Tuesday, my first weigh in. I didn’t think I would. It seems incredible that I have lost weight even when eating sausages, bacon and eggs and dinners of steak, pork, lamb and chicken with broccoli, asparagus and cabbage. I have been having bran flakes with milk for breakfast to make sure I don’t have constipation, but I have a bit anyway these last few days, so the bran flakes are out and a couple of boiled or poached eggs are in. I’ll find something else to keep me regular. I take apple cider vinegar too. I don’t miss sugar. Bread has been out for a few weeks as well as potatoes. Anyway, I am much encouraged by my weight loss. I’m going to save up and treat myself to a new suit 😁. 3 Reply Adr Mih Adr Mih 1 year ago Amazing, Dr.Ekberg help all of us more than any medicine, information is what we need to start finally a healthy diet and the body will self heal ! 10 millions views Dr.Ekberg deserves! Reply John Adair John Adair 6 months ago One of the most informative and amazing videos I've ever seen! Reply Lucian N Lucian N 1 year ago Thank you for the great content, my current lipid profile: HDL 54.2, LDL 147, Tryg. 57, Total C. 212. I'm 37. I'm from Romania, here the Dr. Says I'm fine. Reply stella maris jurado stella maris jurado 1 year ago Dr Ekberg you are an amazing teacher !! Thanks for your videos and everything yo explain so clearly! Reply Toni D. Johns Toni D. Johns 1 year ago This is incredible and fabulous real body works. Dr. Sten Ekberg gets to the point. I've been on statins. I went off when I became unable to walk up stairs to my apt. Reply Cristie Canicosa Cristie Canicosa 1 year ago This is by far the most interesting vlog about LDL cholesterol I have ever watched. Congratulations Doctor Ekberg for hitting 1M subscribers.!!!! 52 Reply 2 replies Mamma Knows Mamma Knows 1 year ago This humanitarian deserves recognition, on a global level. ❣️ 1 Reply Stan Dom Stan Dom 1 month ago Paul Maison on statins and this one are among the best and most digestible lectures. Appreciate it. Reply Clouder Clouder 8 months ago My total cholesterol was just over 200 and my dr prescribed a statin to take. After watching this video it all makes sense because none of this was explained to me by my own Dr. He said if you get side effects just change statin brands. No other advice beyond that except to eat better and exercise. I’m 5’11 180lbs and don’t have diabetes. Now I’m on a keto diet with intermittent fasting and off statin and blood pressure pills to see if I can reset my numbers. My last lipid profile is not as detailed and doesn’t show small or large LDL breakout. 1 Reply 1 reply Noel Mckinney Noel Mckinney 1 year ago Great video! Thanks for doing what you do. Reply Eric Chu Eric Chu 3 months ago (edited) I'm a 29 year old athletic male who started keto/carnivore diet around May this year. My cholesterol increased to 612 in September. Doctor said if I don't lower it, they will put me on statin. After a month of reducing the amount of meat and eggs I was eating, my numbers lowered to 440. Still got a call from the doc saying they want me on statin. Wait a second, there! I asked for my numbers first and discovered that it lowered by 28%. So... why put me on statin when my numbers went down and why didn't they suggest to continue my diet instead of going straight to the meds? Anyways, after watching this, my VLDL (cholesterol - LDL - HDL) is 10 (440 - 336 - 94), which I'm hoping that it means is very good.. I'm not at all concerned. Thank you Dr. Ekberg and for your time putting this together to inform the public. Doctors are hurting people by putting them on drugs that has so many side effects instead of getting to the root cause of the problem. It's a corrupted system. Reply Spode Boy Spode Boy 1 year ago Thank you so much for breaking this information down in layman's terms so that it is easily understood! Subscribed! Also, it is frustrating that I am unable to find a local doctor that is LCHF friendly! 9 Reply Htar Htar Oo Htar Htar Oo 3 months ago Millions Thanks for your great efforts to change the misconceptions of those 95% doctors… Reply selma bonfim selma bonfim 4 months ago This is the best explanation ever! Congratulations! So so important! Life saving Reply wesak4u wesak4u 1 year ago Dr Sten, great vid, could you pls do one on the importance of COQ 10. Would be much appreciated 🤞🙏👍 Reply Joanna Ong Joanna Ong 5 months ago Thanks Dr Ekberg for your clear explanation. Learn alot from you. 🥰 Reply Keto No Bull Keto No Bull 1 year ago I always enjoy how detailed you explain things. And how you "dummy" it down so that I can understand your explanations. One thing I may suggest, is your do your measurements in mml/l as well. I have to convert everything, and lose some of what you are saying by the time I have "translated " your measurements. Most of the world , beside the USA , use these measurements , as well as metric. Thanks for your info . Reply Brendan Ward Brendan Ward 1 year ago Clear, concise, compelling, correct. In other words, a typical Dr Ekberg video. 155 Dr. Sten Ekberg Reply Dr. Sten Ekberg · 7 replies Dante Acuba Borrer Dante Acuba Borrer 1 year ago Wow!!! Amazing and comprehensive video for me with high total cholesterol and LDL in the body. I started to worry about it until I searched this video. I will continue eating a low-carb diet, reduce my insulin resistance, and dump my 3-month supply of statin! Reply Fun and Heartache of loving dogs at our Sanctuary Fun and Heartache of loving dogs at our Sanctuary 1 month ago Thanks so much for this detailed explanation that anyone can easily understand and speaking slow enough so it actually can sink in🙋‍♀️ Reply hl khoo hl khoo 1 year ago Lot of informations from Dr. Really thank you! Doing a lot of searching on keto and lchf diet information, the best channel I find so far! Clear explanation! Reply James James 7 days ago I live in the uk and I have blood tests all the time. This is arranged through the NHS and I am never given the results. I did have a blood test done privately and I was given a report but i did not understand the figures and what they meant. This is the very first time this has been explained to me so thanks for sharing Reply Edsel D. Edsel D. 1 year ago Hi Dr. Sten, is there a way to get rid of the atherosclerotic plaques out from the body? thank you 1 Reply Marianne Wille Marianne Wille 1 year ago (edited) I got out my NMR lipid profile during this video. I feel so much better. My total cholesterol is 307, LDL 220, HDL 77, VLDL 10, TG 67. My LP-IR is< 25. I have very fluffy LDL. I'm just going to keep eating fat and meat with a few vegetables, and occasional fruit thrown in because I am pretty insulin sensitive. BTW. I"m 63. Thank you Dr Ekberg for all that you do. 61 Reply 6 replies Stephen Quirke Stephen Quirke 1 year ago Thank you for this clear description I have chosen the reducing sugar option And am on my second day of discipline A few years ago I had a two year period of very strict HFLC and benefited greatly So - this sugar is a poison - but it is soooo nice Eish! Reply Dinahsoar Dinahsoar 1 year ago Back in the late 90's my doctor put me on a low fat/fat free diet,, which was effectively a high sugar diet. Caused me to believe fat was the problem...my low 200's cholesterol skyrocketed to just shy of 300 and I gained 60 pounds. Once I realized I was being misinformed I rejected what my doctor said and put fat back into my diet and lowered my carb intake. Much later I stopped eating breakfast (I was told I must eat breakfast to be healthy) and lost my cravings for food and lost 20 pounds effortlessly. Reply A Person A Person 1 year ago Dr Ekberg, I wanted to ask you...could a long term bursitis cause high triglycerides or high cholesterol? It IS a kind of inflammation in the body. All the Dr's I have seen ignore that and want me to take statins and beta blockers. I took those for 3 years and got more and more tired, ill and my kidney function dropped badly. Now I stopped all the drugs and I am feeling better, gradually and slowly... and kidney function is improving again. What are your thoughts? By the way...fantastic channel, great work indeed. 1 Reply Margaret Cachia Margaret Cachia 4 months ago I just had a full blood test and everything was fine including the liver and glucose but my cholesterol shot up really high. I have always watched my diet making sure I had the right food on my plate. The thing is I’m on intermittent diet and have been at it for about 2 months. Could this be the reason my cholesterol levels are up and good cholesterol went down? Thanks Reply Krell Dragon Krell Dragon 1 year ago Thank you Dr Sten Ekberg. I learned quite considerably about the myth of taking statin from the lectures from Dr Natasha Cambell. You followed up with her lecture with more detailed information . Your lecture compliments Dr Natasha Cambell Reply Richard Houlton Richard Houlton 1 year ago (edited) 62 years old. 5’11” 149lbs, regular gym goer for 35 years and I’m currently doing 2 boot camps a week (training with heart rate in the 140-160 range for nearly an hour) and 4 gym visits. My total cholesterol is 251, LDL is 158 (it’s been around that or slightly more for 20 years). My Triglycerides are always negligible. My new doctor wanted me on statins. I agreed to a stress test (which was laughable if was supposed to be stressing anything) and a CAC Scan which came back at zero. I told my doctor that I didn’t want to have another discussion on statins. 6 Reply iv3nomousi iv3nomousi 1 year ago The hero we all need 1 Reply gary leschuk gary leschuk 1 year ago Hi Dr. New to your site. My wife has a pace maker and she also has blocked arteries in her leg. Her cardiologist has her on statins. He increased her dosage , but she had a bad reaction. Her family doctor reduced the level but put her on another drug , so I forgot the name. When she had blood work done , the doctor found high levels in her liver AST and Alt. The family doctor took her off the statin completely and after 2 weeks all is almost back to normal. Due to her blockage in her legs they want to find something to keep her cholesterol low. Any thoughts ? Thank you. Reply Chance1957 Chance1957 1 year ago Finally a doctor with some common sense. Reply Couchy Dragon Couchy Dragon 1 year ago Thank you for the clarification. So even though Statins will lower TC & LDL but it won’t necessarily reduce the plague. Reply Neumoi Neumoi 1 year ago Thank you for the enlightenment. I’m watching from India. Your video was made nearly 10 months ago yet my doctor, a fabulously qualified doctor at a top notch hospital who did an angioplasty one month back has prescribed Rosuvas, which is a Statin, as post operative medication. He couldn’t have been unaware of this and many other videos like this. Why does he still prescribe Statin? Reply dieyoung dieyoung 1 year ago (edited) Lets call this "Cholesterol 101 for Dummies". Information almost had me in tears. What I thought I knew was confirmed, statins were killing me. Thank you doctor for taking the time to educate us. 18 Reply The Mysterious universe. The Mysterious universe. 1 year ago Hey Doc another great video!!! Thank you so much I started to eat healthy and with no sugar no carbs diet, not too much protein and tons of veggies. Now I started 2 weeks ago, that same first day I took a blood test and the Doctor was panicking that I needed to get on a Stalin pill. I said oh thanks Doc but no, it I explained I started on a diet and it will be my normal diet for the rest of my life. She suggested the importance of the pills and insisted for me to get them. Again I refused and said no I am incharge of my life and now I will reach out to you when I say I need a check up, no pills, no alcohol, no sodas. She was furious. Then we moved from that subject to the vaccines. I said I am not taking anything foreign to my body. She went on and on how is the best choice and blah blah blah. I had covid and because I already started to follow your instructions all I had was a minor cough and some fever. It was gone with in two days. So I wanted to say thank you, you have motivated me to stay healthy and loving myself. I am not an anti Vaxer I have had all my shots till covid and always had a mild allergic reaction. Nevertheless thanks again. Harold 2 Reply Tilak Sita Tilak Sita 1 year ago Thank you for such an amazing video. Are there any clinical trial studies? Reply Michael Zhuang Michael Zhuang 9 months ago This is by far the clearest explanation! Reply Chris Bishop Chris Bishop 2 days ago I lost 15kilos on low carb high fat, one meal a day, dirty fasting (cream in coffee ☕❤️). My doctor just did a blood test and everything was great except for LDL being high. I told her I expected that with my diet and remembered this video. Should I be worried though? Or just ignore the high LDL results? Reply CARL E CARL E 2 months ago Very nice video and very clearly explained. Thank you doctor. 11 Reply L Row L Row 1 year ago You’re brilliant and should be appointed to re-educate the entire medical and pharmaceutical establishments responsible for all ill-health in modern society. Thank you for the easy-to-understand information!! 33 Reply 1 reply disutter disutter 1 year ago I would appreciate your thoughts on Apo B and how statins affect it. My Apo B is 160. I listened to Allen Sniderman and got worried Reply K M LAKSHMIPATHY K M LAKSHMIPATHY 1 year ago (edited) I am Very clear about cholesterol now after such a clear description about it by Dr Sten Ekberg...it is simply superb indeed ..lots of thank from chennai . 🙏 Reply Rony D Rony D 1 year ago Dear doctor thank u for sharing the info , love and good wishes for India 🇮🇳, by the way what was the vldl number of the second case you explained? Reply Tina V. Tina V. 5 months ago This is GOLD. Thanks Dr. Ekberg. Reply Joseph Bates Joseph Bates 7 months ago (edited) Now I need you to teach me what happens if I take a PCSK9. What the differences are. Thanks! Oh, btw you can find out if your patter A or B if you take the ratio of Triglycerides/HDL. Under 2.0 is a must. Under 1.0 is best. Anything over 2.0 is pattern B small dense. Ben Bikman from BYU talks about this a lot. Reply Elisa Hayden Elisa Hayden 1 year ago Every single video amazes us - I feel so much better equipped when my doctor tries to push more meds on me healthAwesome 90 Dr. Sten Ekberg Reply Dr. Sten Ekberg · 9 replies Kevin Thomas Kevin Thomas 6 months ago Thank you Dr Ekberg - great info as usual. Reply Tessa Tandler Tessa Tandler 2 weeks ago Thanks so much..I have very high cholesterol and tried staring and felt very ill. My doctor now wants me to take cholesterol injections. I am thin , do a lot of sport and ear healthy foods...so I am so grateful to hear this. Reply V. Lankar V. Lankar 1 year ago (edited) Great video. Switched to keto and now my doc finds my cholesterol very high (208) as well as the LDL. But if I compute the ratios you give in another video (called cholesterol live replay) then all is great. And if I do the subtraction for VLDL it's good too. Don't listen to the mainstream doctors from big groups. They don't know what they talking about. Keto and intermittent fasting are life savers. Reply Tom Kuhn Tom Kuhn 1 year ago My triglycerides had been creeping up for 10 or more years. My Dr. kept talking about statins. Finally I went to ER a week after a auto accident, they freaked out when they saw my levels at 1344 & thought I was having a heart attack. I had just told them the air bag hit my chest last week. The heart Dr. said I needed to go on 2 statins & fish oil. He said it would take 2 to 3 years to get it down. I did a little research, did the fish oil & changed my diet. 2 months later triglyceride level 355. Yes that was 2 months later not years. Reply Francesco Francesco 1 year ago Grazie Dottore, dell'Italia un caloroso abbraccio e un ringraziamento speciale per il suo lavoro di divulgazione, il Tubo é veramente un posto migliore con la sua presenza. Reply Qian Wang Qian Wang 1 year ago An amazing video ! The first time I understand what statins are and how they work and their bad side effects. I’m so glad I got off statins and on to a healthy keto diet. Thank you. 4 Reply A Qiu A Qiu 8 months ago I began to lose weight, feel muscle fatigue, even develop a fatty liver after taking statin drugs for a few years. I always suspect they may have something to do with the drug I am taking but my doctor assured me that the drug is safe and I do need it because of the high Cholesterol. I wish I could see this video earlier, am going to stop taking the drug and see what will happen to me. Thanks Dr. Ekberg! Reply Lucy Lizano Lucy Lizano 1 year ago Amazing videos. Please keep up the excellent work, sharing your knowledge with us. Blessings and thank you 🙏 Reply Patrick Dezenzio Patrick Dezenzio 1 year ago (edited) I had my blood lipids tested a few weeks ago and my doctor wants me to get off keto or else look at taking a statin in 6 months. Just because total cholesterol jumped 61 points to 222 and LDL also jumped 63 points to 156. HDL was 52 and triglycerides were 66. But VLDL is 13, which is lower than you like. He also didn't like my fasting glucose of 107 but I had read not to check fasting glucose when doing keto and intermittent fasting so I checked my glucose 4 times about an hour and a half after breaking my fast and I'm showing 93 to 98. He does agree that I need my A1C checked but I also want to the get the fluffy LDL checked in case the true rise in LDL is the larger particles not small density particles. Reply Luna Thea Luna Thea 9 months ago (edited) Just had my bloodwork done yesterday and my cholesterol was high. I'm on keto (clean keto) . Dr. was very unhappy because my previous bloodwork (3yrs ago) my LDL was OK but this time pretty high. My Dr. Told me to decrease avocado and salmon and increase other source of protein (no way!) .. Maybe I'm eating a bit much of almond flour? I eat keto bread maybe 3x a week and I eat avocado everyday sometimes I eat 2 avocados (just love them).. I'm waiting for the other results, I hope it says there about the LDL size. Completely forgot to emphasize that... I eat whole and organic food so hopefully I DON'T have much of the small ldl😬😢 2 Dr. Sten Ekberg Reply Dr. Sten Ekberg · 1 reply Rose Dominguez Rose Dominguez 9 months ago This exactly what is happening to me my doctor put me on station and feel horrible I have always have cholesterol high since I was young I was feeling better doing low carb high good fats 1 Reply guy smiley guy smiley 1 year ago One of the best videos. Simplistic enough explanation to show your family and patients. Amazing. 5 Reply Jedielder Jedielder 1 year ago Excellent and very in-depth thank you, again, Dr. Reply FlyBry FlyBry 5 months ago So very true. I no longer trust the medical profession carte blanch. My cholesterol was slightly elevated 3 yrs ago and my GP quickly put me on a statin, with severe muscle cramps following. I did 10 minutes of websearch, and stopped the statin, and began fish oil and red rice yeast. Result: lowered the bad cholesterol with no cramps. You are the best caregiver for yourself. 1 Reply D sheff💯 D sheff💯 2 weeks ago Hi dr. Hope you see this and reply. I am on 40 mg of statin as my tryglicorides was over 12. It’s now down to 6. Do you recommend taking or stopping. ? Reply Hazel in the Woods Hazel in the Woods 1 year ago When you wish Ekberg was your dr. I’ve searched over the years for a holistic dr but none are in our area. Not sure why but it’s be nice if there were more across the board. One a different note, are there tips and steps for someone who has terrible trouble removing sugar from their diet? I’ve been on fluctuating path for a long time and I’ve never truly been able to kick this terrible habit. Reply Hen Bensen Hen Bensen 1 year ago (edited) Excellent presentation. I followed your advice (keto, OMAD) and lost 50 pounds since early October. It's January now. No gym. Five mile walk + or minus daily. Youtube lined out your ideas on cholesterol in one of my posts. Why haven't they taken this video down. I guess Ibam not an influencer. Isn't it true our bodies produce about 75% of our cholesterol by themselves, no matter what we eat, in our livers? I said that about iver 200 not being bad. I believe (and i said what you said about statins) CHOLESTEROL has not been proven to increase heart disease. I believe youtube advertises carb rich dangerous prepared meals for profit. Youtube is lying to viewers. Thank you for saving my life and getting my BMI normal and lowering my A1C (was 5.7) now 5.5. I will update this again a month from now. I said a 130 is not better than a 220 cholesterol. Thanks again - 70 yr old male 217lbs now 170 lbs. 5'10". In three months, keto, omad & walking. Reply DUST DUST 1 year ago From Germany here. I had the same thing happend. I felt so much better doing keto/carnivore. Had my blood checked and and my ldl cholesterol was so high that my doctor looked at me like Im going to die soon. And I also freaked out because SHE WAS A DOCTOR and I thought that must mean something. But my inflamation lvl was so low and everything else was fine. 42 Dr. Sten Ekberg Reply Dr. Sten Ekberg · 2 replies Wilawan Thongraung Wilawan Thongraung 7 months ago Very good explanation that I've never heard before. Thank you very much Reply Jose Abboud Jose Abboud 4 days ago Extremely useful information. Thank you Dr. Reply Know N do Know N do 1 year ago (edited) I try to eat and living naturally without medicine. Thank you Dr. Sten Ekberg. Reply bruce mattingly bruce mattingly 2 days ago Excellent video Dr. Ekberg..! My recent lipid panel: Total cholesterol = 229 Triglyceride = 56 Cholesterol/HDL ratio = 3.4 HDL Cholesterol = 68 Non-HDL Cholesterol = 161 LDL Cholesterol, calculated = 148 My BMI 24, healthy diet, very active and fit. What are your thoughts..? Thank you..! Reply yacob negassa yacob negassa 10 months ago Very informative and helpful!! Reply Nedka Blagoeva Nedka Blagoeva 1 year ago Love how the content is easy to understand. Good work as always :) 29 Dr. Sten Ekberg Reply Dr. Sten Ekberg · 1 reply yacob negassa yacob negassa 10 months ago Very informative and helpful!! Reply Helen Peffer Helen Peffer 5 months ago Very educational. Thank you Dr Ekberg Reply John Sylvester John Sylvester 1 year ago Is there a link between IR and Pulmonary arterial Hypertension (PAH)? Would increasing insulin sensitivity improve PAH symptoms or even reverse it? Reply Phillip Yancey Phillip Yancey 8 months ago Do you use the Apo a / B ratio for additional insight or is it not necessary if the LDL-P is decreasing? Is there anything that can be done to increase white blood cells to help in removal of smLDL or does it have to happen naturally and under the assumption you have or are correcting the root causes of the oxidization? Reply S B S B 1 year ago I asked my doctor to recommend an NMR profile this time around.everything came perfect.The normal lipid profile only tracks HDL-C but in NMR Lipoprofile they show HDL-P and HDL- C . My HDL-C is perfect but the HDL-P is showing as low(25.1)My doctor recommended Ststins. Everything else on my Lipoprofile is perfect except this. I don’t think I should be taking statins . What do you think @Dr. Edberg Reply Bernadette Holmes Bernadette Holmes 1 year ago THANK YOU for this! I have been keto for the past 2 months. Down 23 lbs my triglycerides went from 429 to 164 but my cholesterol is 218 My Dr wants to put me on meds but I refuse to take them. I'm thrilled that I lowered my triglycerides as much as I did, and not overly concerned about the cholesterol. I do need to get the good cholesterol up as it is low (57) so I will begin working on it. Again THANK YOU for sharing your knowledge with the world!💕 9 Reply 2 replies Rhonda W Rhonda W 1 year ago my ratios are SO much better doing Keto, my remnant chol. is 14, my TRI's went from 226 down to 93....but I still have WAY to many SMALL ldl's How do I get rid of them??? OR do they need a lot more time to go away? Thank you for this video!xoxo Reply Yoga for the Mature Woman - Indira's Kundalini Yoga Yoga for the Mature Woman - Indira's Kundalini Yoga 11 months ago Wow, amazing detailed explanation, thank you 👏🏽 Reply Jr woodson Jr woodson 1 year ago There are people that do thousands of these videos everyday. However this guy hooked me. It's like I got to listen, 1 Reply Y V Y V 1 year ago Very interesting! Now the next question is: how to reduce oxidation? Reply Paresh Patel Paresh Patel 7 months ago Hi Dr. Ekberg, I am an Indian body, and a Canadian passport, currently living in Saudi Arabia. Thanks for your videos related to KETO. The gallbladder was removed 12 years ago in 2010. Generally active, healthy, lean mass 67 kg male. With KETO I have cured my NAFLD, Reduced 8kg weight from 67 to 60kg , Reduced my TG from 248 to 92, and feel great for the last six months. My LDL has gone up from ~100 to 168. Question: My understanding from your video is that high LDL is not a problem in KETO diet as the absence of glucose would keep away from any inflammation. What happens if sugar is re-introduced? Would it be risky to carb cycling or cheat day with high LDL? Reply RAYMOND ARYEE RAYMOND ARYEE 1 year ago KNOWLEDGE IS POWER . i have been working out for over 2years and not getting the required results till i started listening to all you have been teaching and i just turned insulin sensitive . thanks dr sten ekberg people see me and they ask what diet are you on and all i say is low carb high fat and keto ,then omad and 2mad ,then intermittent fasting. THANKS ONE AGAIN 4 Reply Angelo Toritto Angelo Toritto 1 year ago Hi Dr Sten Ekberg really enjoy your videos, keep educating us. I recently got blood work done and doctor wants to give me pills , my test results are Uric acid 286,CLT 6.65, triglycerides 1.33,HDL 1.25 , LDL 4.80 and Non -HDL 5.40 . My Question is , is my cholesterol to high. Wait for your reply Thank you Angelo Reply Mike Stubbs Mike Stubbs 1 year ago Thank you so much for this, great information to verify the changes I am seeking in my journey. Do you offer consultations? Reply DGH DGH 1 year ago My dad told me in July 2021 how his cholesterol was below 200 and he died suddenly of heart attack three months later. I don’t know if he was taking statin or not. He did have heart attack 25 years ago. My dad and his dad both died at exactly same age of 74. Reply Jieyhea LiFalk Jieyhea LiFalk 4 months ago Thank you Dr.Ekberg! Please please talk about the triglycerides. I used to have high TG.but cholesterol and LDL was in good value. No doctors I asked can explain it for me. I searched your Vedic ,no TG specifically discussed? Please! Reply Thomas DiBuono Thomas DiBuono 11 months ago Hi Dr. Ekberg. I have been diagnosed with high cholesterol for over 35 years and have been taking various statins over the years. Im also taking Vascepa and Prauluent. My recent blood work showed cholesterol 265, Triglicerides 142, HDL 50, LDL 187, Ratio 5.3. I have been on a high fat low card diet for about three months and I lost 25 pounds and feel fantastic. My cholesterol numbers have gone up since starting the new diet but I feel great and don’t want to stop. I know my GP is going to lecture me and I don’t know what to do at this point. Dr. Sten Ekberg Reply Dr. Sten Ekberg · 2 replies P E P E 1 year ago Thank you for all the great info in your videos. By acting on the advice seen in your videos along with those of Dr Jason Fung and others I have taken up fasting and a low carb/ high fat diet to treat my diabetes, high blood pressure, insulin resistance and high cholesterol. As a result of my improved lifestyle choices my fasting glucose levels are routinely between 70-80. All my doctor is concerned with is my total cholesterol and my high LDL in particular but when I asked to have an NMR done so I could check my insulin resistance and my small LDL-P, etc I was told she didn't do that and I would have to see a cardiac doctor. I got an NMR done which showed 282 total cholesterol, 91 triglycerides, 51 HDL, 15 VLDL, <90 small LDLP, 23 LDL Large pattern A, 20.5 Small pattern B and 35 for my insulin resistance. I was pleased with my results and noted that I still wanted to increase my HDL, decrease my triglycerides, decrease the small LDL-P and increase my large patter A LDL. All the cardiac doctor would say is that while my score of <90 on the small LDL-P was excellent, my total cholesterol was still way too high and said I was foolish to go off my statin even though I was taking one of different brands and doses for over 30 years and experienced bad leg pain the entire time I was taking a statin. It wasn't until I saw several videos on how ineffective statins were that I decided the minimal benefit they gave was far outweighed by the side effects they caused in me and I stopped taking them. I asked to have another NMR done in 3 months time to track my progress in achieving my goals and the cardiac doctor said it was not needed and that I should just get my A1C checked every 3 months instead. I said that an A1C test and standard lipid panel wouldn't show the improvements I needed to track but the doctor still wouldn't order another NMR. I contacted an endocrinologist and have an appointment in a few months and I'm hoping they will agree to work with me and order another NMR. I only want to take back control of my health which I signed over to doctors so I can prove to myself and these so called medical professionals that diabetes and other markers of metabolic syndrome can be overcome by better life style choices. If I'm unsuccessful in finding a doctor who will work with me and not act like by going low carb/ high fat I've somehow become indoctrinated into a cult, then I'm prepared to stop seeing a doctor completely and just treat my condition with better lifestyle choices and let the chips fall where they may. 7 Reply Clair Ramsdale Clair Ramsdale 8 months ago Fantastic educational video. I've just forwarded to a loved one who has recently been prescribed statins. Reply Saverio c Saverio c 5 months ago That fire department analogy was so brilliant Dr. Sten. Reply M E M E 1 year ago An idea for a future episode. L carnitine. I took a bottle (had 31 supplements) over 8 days. I read it can help blood pressure. It only helped 2 out of 8 days, so that's a 75% failure for my case. I won't be taking it again. I also had a burning smell in my nose, but not sure if that, or something else, caused that. Reply Sue Higgins Sue Higgins 8 months ago I wish this information would filter through to doctors and nurses at health centres. I live in the UK. It would really help with conversations about health! 2 Reply Dilip Kunte Dilip Kunte 3 weeks ago My colleague in late 50s have cholesterol above 900 for last 15 years. But never had any health issues. Reply Serpentina Serpentina 1 year ago 1 million subs! Congratulations, Dr Ekberg! You and Dr. Robert Lustig are the reason why I lost my weight from 80kg to 64kg! :D 10 Reply Sumita Bhattacharya Sumita Bhattacharya 10 months ago This is thus far the most elegantly described video about cholesterol. Truly an eye opener. 2 Reply Ahmet Gure Ahmet Gure 4 months ago Unbelievable knowledge.. Thank you very much Dr. Ekberg. Reply h4hashir h4hashir 1 year ago Can you please do a video on stress… like what exactly it is at molecular level Reply WingAbouts WingAbouts 1 year ago I just got my blood test results back... I have had low platelets and wbc for years AND high LDL. Now I see they are linked but I'm not sure what to do about it. Yes, I've started keto 2 months ago. Yes, my a1c and glucose levels are healthy. My big question is why the low WBC and platelets? What tests should be done to get at the cause? I also have elevated liver enzymes, not caused by alcohol, but possibly because I'm still overweight. They aren't coming down as the weight comes off. I've lost 15% of my body weight in 10 months with no change in liver enzymes. 😢 Reply Bumbles Bumbles 1 year ago Fantastic explanation, thank you so much. Reply Father Elijahcal Father Elijahcal 1 year ago Doctors who prescribe Statins to their patients are violating their hippocratic oath of "do no harm". 26 Dr. Sten Ekberg Reply Dr. Sten Ekberg · 1 reply Testing Instruments Testing Instruments 1 year ago (edited) Wonderful advice Doctor. I used to take statin and I have stopped long time back. I reduced my cholesterol by walking min 10-12 km and eating vegetarian food and using for cooking only Purified butter and cocoanut oil. Reply 1 reply landline51 landline51 1 year ago I'm a starch and sugar addict and I live in a society of addicts surrounded by an abundance of our addictive substances. Reply Ijaz Goindi Ijaz Goindi 9 months ago Dr Sten Ekberg is truly a genius in metabolic sciences. Reply JJ Hancock JJ Hancock 8 months ago Great content, easily digested👏👏 Reply highrzr highrzr 1 year ago I had a doctor freak out and want to put me on a stain drug not because my total cholesterol was high, but because my LDL was a little higher. I just said no, and changed my diet to include more plants and less animal products. Six months later, my numbers were normal. It really is the food you eat. Reply Alfredo Comagon Alfredo Comagon 1 year ago Very impressive.healthAwesome A million thanks to your hard work for our better understanding of how the body works (in a molecular level) and become a health champions.healthTrophy 9 Dr. Sten Ekberg Reply Dr. Sten Ekberg · 1 reply Jesse Sherrod Jesse Sherrod 1 year ago Big fan of Dr. Ekberg ! Starting at 22:26 - statins reduce total cholesterol BUT only the type we want...not the problematic particles. This insight and information is very much appreciated and something I can talk with my cardiologist about IF there are support studies, documentation ... which I do not see on this posting. If anyone including Dr. Ekberg can point these out I'd be extremely grateful. Reply Sal Anzaldi Sal Anzaldi 4 months ago My total cholesterol was 215 my HDL was 64 my ratio was 3.4 which was half the average risk of a heart attack. However, just because my total cholesterol was 215 my doctor wanted to put me on a statin. I told him no way!!!!! Also, my triglycerides was only 37, my fasting glucose was 74 and my A1C is 5.0. Reply AJ W AJ W 1 year ago Do you have any advice for someone with ALS? Would the product you recommended help? Reply Cocora22 Cocora22 1 year ago Dr. Ekberg, just got back from my cardiologist visit. He started doing tests back in the early Summer and finished with a CT scan on Friday that showed no plaque. He saw me in the office today and went over my blood tests from 10/5/21 Cholesterol Total 291 Triglycerides 92 HDL cholesterol 69 VLDL cholesterol Cal 15 LDL Chol Calc (NIH) 207 So when I compare to what you say in the video it seems to be OK? I'm on day 73 of stopping all sugar and carbs.Doing intermittent fasting. Feel great. I asked him how my blood results were and he said your cholesterol is very high and I'd like to put you on a statin drug. I said I would not take that. He said well how about a shot every whatever number of days it does basically the same thing and you don't have to take a pill. I told him I appreciated his concern, but I would not take any statin drugs. He said he respected my choice and he'd see me back in a year. Thank you for all the information you give us. 1 Reply xdiver01 xdiver01 1 year ago Exactly! But my doctor says the opposite, my blood pressure is great, HDL = 51, triglycerides OK, but my LDL is 306, so she ordered me to take 20mg/daily of Rosuvastatin (to get to 190 !!). I have to tell her to watch this video. LOL Reply Bree Dhanraj Bree Dhanraj 1 year ago Dr. Ekberg, your videos are amazing. They are so detailed and informative, particularly for a lay person.Thank you so much for taking the time out to do this...really appreciate it!! 5 Reply Tanha Tanha 1 year ago Christal clear, amazing video, all you need to know. Thank you! Reply Duc Do Duc Do 1 year ago Really excellent information. Thanks Doctor Reply Dileep Raghavan Dileep Raghavan 1 year ago Also Doc., please make a video presentation about skeleto-muscle pain. Thanks Doc. Reply glickmpb glickmpb 1 year ago I read Dr Atkins first book years ago and he was the first I was aware of to talk about the dangers of sugar and how toxic it is for our bodies. Then, my ex-wife used to watch Dr Perricone on Channel 11 and he spoke of the dangers of inflammation and its effects on the body. Since I have done my own research, my conclusion is that the combination of sugar and most foods we eat is a toxic concoction. In a nut shell, if we avoid sugars of all kinds (candy, fruit, soda, etc..) and focus on meats, vegetables, eggs, etc..., we will be far healthier than what we have been force fed from the government; its simply wrong. 1 Reply Soul on Fire Soul on Fire 5 months ago Thanks for keeping it real. My doc always say my cholesterol is high. Now my blood sugar is too high n I eat a low carb diet which does not help Reply Gail Miller Gail Miller 1 year ago (edited) 👍🏿Congrats, Dr., one million subs! This time next year, it’s going to be 2M or close to it. You deserve it, Sir, you’re a life saver!! 8 Reply Geri Reski Geri Reski 1 year ago (edited) I fight my doc(s) all the time regarding cholesterol. It is a vital part of life…and the “number” has been reduced over the years to benefit drug companies. There are 2 types of LDL but docs don’t tell you this and only run basic lipid tests. Take your health into your hands…do research, ask questions, and above all if you disagree with the doc and they argue back, change docs. Reply Claudia Martinez Claudia Martinez 1 year ago Dr.Ekberg, what is the test that I would need to request to have all this information? Including the insulin resistance? Thank you. Reply Andrew Brooks Andrew Brooks 1 year ago The last few seconds of this video are the best and explains it all in a nutshell: "You can take a Statin Drug and interfere with all of this or you can just stop eating Sugar and get healthy". Reply John Hattendorf John Hattendorf 1 year ago I've been on low carb/high fat diet for 4 months just to get healthy and loose a few kg's. BMI is now 22.5. BP: 111/64 Resting HR 57 Checked bloodwork yesterday: Total Cholesterol 220, Triglyceride 61, HDL 72. LDL-C 150. Doctor wanted to put me on statins right away. I told him "no thanks". Now I see this video and I believe I did the right thing. However, the VLDL calculation shown on this video comes up with a negative 2. (Total - HDL - LDL = VLDL) Is that Ok? Also, my CAC (CT-Calcium Score) was checked and is 17. Reply Sam Acevedo Sam Acevedo 1 year ago Thank you dr for this good information... now i can stop taking statins.... because i can truelly feel the side effects you re are talking about.. muscle pains, getting forgetful..feeling always tired etc.. Reply Sharon Foster Sharon Foster 1 year ago (edited) This is so important! I have been low-carb for 18 months and have lost almost 70 pounds. I ordered my own blood tests a few weeks ago because if my [former] PCP saw them he would absolutely insist I start taking statins. Dr Ekberg doesn't talk about triglycerides in this video, but he has another one on them that's important to watch, too. (My calculated VLDL is 16, which per Dr Ekberg is in the optimal range. My total/HDL is 4.8, which could be better, but my TG/HDL is 5.0, which is optimal.) I'm 70 years old, and I just wish I had known all this 40 years ago. But better late than never. 8 Reply 1 reply ascari16 ascari16 3 weeks ago Extremely informative, many thanks Reply Galaxy S3 Galaxy S3 1 year ago This man is godsent! Thanks, Dr. Ekberg! Reply Ledeya Baklykova Ledeya Baklykova 2 months ago (edited) My great-grandparents had wise old Soviet doctors on their own studying cholesterol, dietary fat, liver function , and vascular/cardiac function in the 1960s thru the 80s and applied what they found in their clinical practice in Leningrad (now St Petersburg) USSR. In the early 70s they were passing on to their patients (esp those 30 or older) the notion that eggs and grass-fed butter and cheese are the most healthful and health protective items on one’s breakfast plate . They urged patients to cut down drastically on 🍞 and other carbs (🍝🥔🍟🍠🍰), eat fresh veggies/little fruit daily , and engage in vigorous physical activity daily! My grandparents are in the US now the past ten yrs and already they’ve had two primary care doctors 20 to 30 younger than them die on them of natural causes! They each have a new primary care MD who’s also telling patients the lie about cholesterol and diet. My greatgrandparents are in their late 80s happily ignoring the advice of their US doctors; all their former Soviet-era doctors lived into their early 90s (some smoked and drank too) with no memory or physical issues except maybe joint pains every now and then! 1 Reply Christy Martinez Christy Martinez 3 weeks ago Amazing video. Ty. It all makes sense in how you explained it. Reply Gloria Chambers Gloria Chambers 1 year ago This Doctor is On Point, I knew Statins are Bad for your Body...the MDs are killing folk who buy into taking Statins...Thanks Dr. Ekberg I am reducing my sugar Intake seriously...BLESS YOU SIR : ) Reply CJ cj CJ cj 1 year ago Dr.Ekberg this presentation was so valuable & understandable. II will be sharing it like crazy! Thank you so much for the explicit detail you provide on all your educational videos. 🙏👍⚕ 4 Reply Stone MDR MDR Stone MDR MDR 8 months ago Sir you are a great educator…..thank you Reply Lets Go Lets Go 1 year ago I have familial hyper cholesterol (500ish total ,ratio is 10 ). I am in late 30s. Every doctor I have met in last 7 years have been suggesting me to take statins. My last calcium score in 2020 was zero and I am not convinced that I should be on statins for rest of my life. I have been eating a lot of nuts and butter and healthy saturated fats with a medium dependence on carbs from grains which I am working on to fix. Trying to perhaps move to more healthy fat dependent diet. What are your views in terms of starting statins? Reply Mark Evans Mark Evans 7 months ago Exceptional presentation. Many thanks! Reply Mattatuckman Mattatuckman 1 year ago Love ur vids! They make great sense and have helped me immensely!! Reply Taís Torezan Taís Torezan 5 months ago Amazing video! Learned so much today. Reply Rosa González Rosa González 1 year ago Thank you Doc for educating people, you are a blessing for those who care to listen, stay blessed! 10 Reply Nikole Bankie Nikole Bankie 7 months ago @drekberg, Could you please talk about using olive oil with the highest polyphenol to reduce blood pressure and get off medication. Reply Selena McPhail Selena McPhail 9 months ago He said to not eat any flour. Also my sugar was 105. I had recently got back on sugar and very bad eating habits. I personally don’t think that 105 is prediabetic. Any comments and suggestions are welcome. Reply Goyal Krishan Goyal Krishan 1 year ago Sir you are pure divine soul Regards Reply Dr. Augustine Cruze Dr. Augustine Cruze 1 year ago I appreciate your good explanation.Thanks. Reply Mohammad Abu Arqoub Mohammad Abu Arqoub 1 year ago Hi dr ekberg, i have total cholesterol @112 and actually i have hdl deficiency that runs in my family. My hdl is only 5. My ldl is 102.. no doctor prescribed me to a cholesterol medication. Is that normal? Reply Armando Miraglia Armando Miraglia 1 year ago I think the case study towards the end is very interesting. I am actually thinking to ask my physician for tests to check my metabolic state, and I guess this seems to be pretty much what I need to ask. 4 Dr. Sten Ekberg Reply Dr. Sten Ekberg · 1 reply Γιωργος Κασιαρας Γιωργος Κασιαρας 3 months ago Hello doctor. How you can see these measures? With a simple cholesterol tests or more significants? Thank you in advance Reply frederick gestwicki frederick gestwicki 1 year ago One of your best videos ever. Thank you!! Reply anandhi cooray anandhi cooray 1 year ago Very informative Dr. Ekberg. Thank you! 1 Dr. Sten Ekberg Reply Dr. Sten Ekberg · 1 reply minette caraig minette caraig 1 month ago I was on statins for 1.5 year until I'm down suddenly with severe muscle weakness, chronic headaches, brain fog. Does taking coq10 help in recovery from these? I stopped taking them already. Thank you 1 Reply GW2016 GW2016 1 year ago I wish I could get my cardiologist to watch this video. Reply BG Ueberdenteich BG Ueberdenteich 1 year ago I took statins for 3 days and suffered the most excruciating muscle cramps at night. I actually was afraid to go to bed at night . My diet is a healthy one and never understood why my cholesterol was high . One doctor actually dropped me as a patient , because I refused to continue the statins. My diet is very low carb and no sugar intake . 57 Reply 15 replies Ghassan Naassan Ghassan Naassan 1 year ago I was always against medication and luccky to get tuned to your channel. Big thx. Reply Rameswar Prasad Rameswar Prasad 1 year ago Thank you Dr for your kind information. I used statins and know the effect Reply Lisa Mac Lisa Mac 3 months ago My husband had his cholesterol tested Was perfectly normal (He was always thin and exercised and we are vegan) so the doctor prescribed statins (just to be sure) he said Why would you give someone drugs who does not need them?? Oh yes just to be sure 22 Reply 5 replies Virginnian Vierla Ponti Virginnian Vierla Ponti 1 month ago Doc..total cholesterol = 143.. triglyceride = 40..still considered normal or too low? I've been living on LCHF + IF for a year now..should I be worry now or not? 🥴 Reply Christine Smith Christine Smith 5 months ago Excellent explanation. Thank you very much Reply Harim baller Harim baller 1 year ago One of my favorite doctors, explaining everything thoroughly and simple. Thank you !! 5 Reply Yaj Romalliv Yaj Romalliv 11 months ago My VLDL is 9.69 mg/dl while Dr. Ekberg mentioned its supposed to be at 15-20 range. Reply J M J M 1 year ago My Total Cholesterol is 203, HDL is 44, Triglycerides are 51, LDL is 145, Hemoglobin A1C is 4.8 (normal), Chol/HDLc ratio is 4.6. Thoughts??? Reply Kanivalos 1981 Kanivalos 1981 8 months ago (edited) Dr.Stern can you please explain what is Lp (a) lipoprotein (a) and how to reduce it? Reply Roger Ligter Roger Ligter 1 year ago This is the best REAL help in health I got so far, and the cheapest as well.. Many thanks 🙏 Reply Ursula Smith Ursula Smith 3 months ago Such a brilliant cari g great doctor. The other doctors need to watch Dr. Ekberg,s channels. This should be mandatory in medical schools. 1 Reply mfischer387 mfischer387 1 year ago Tired: Looking forward to Friday because it’s the weekend. Wired: Looking forward to Friday because Dr. Sten Ekberg releases a new health video. 193 Dr. Sten Ekberg Reply Dr. Sten Ekberg · 2 replies Usha Agarwal Usha Agarwal 7 months ago Thank you sir..for the excellent explanation🙏🙏 Reply Per Martin Per Martin 5 days ago I am curious what strategy could be used for Familial Hypercholesterolemia if already on a low carb diet, but the small oxidized LDL particles continue to persist. Apheresis seems a bit extreeme. What else should be considered? Reply Peace Now Peace Now 2 months ago Thank you so much for this video. It was very beneficial. Keep up the Great Work! Much appreciated! 3 Reply strngenchantedgirl strngenchantedgirl 1 year ago What is the affect of fiber on these cholesterol numbers? Fiber can lower cholesterol but is it a good change. Does it help clean out the damaged ldl? Reply Leah Brum Leah Brum 3 months ago You got that right Doctor! Reply B81 Mack B81 Mack 1 year ago Patients need to know this information just as much as doctors. A patient must advocate for themselves when dealing with doctors. 3 Reply Cori The Lioness Cori The Lioness 9 months ago I’m genuinely wondering if you get push back or intimidation from statin companies….. I stopped taking my statins just a couple months in . I just realized all the side affects were all too real in my case. Reply AISHATU IBRAHIM AISHATU IBRAHIM 11 months ago I think my numbers are different ( I tested in the uk) can anyone interpret it for me and explain how what the dr says affects me if it’s high or low ? Thanks Cholesterol 6.78 mmo1/L optimum <5 HDL cholesterol 1.26 LDL cholesterol 4.62 HDL % of total *19 Reply Eunice Vitorillo Eunice Vitorillo 1 year ago Thx Dr , very good content ! Reply Mel Oon Mel Oon 1 year ago Dr ekberg, does fasting helps to reduce high cholesterol? Would one meal a day helps or regular 3 days fast be more effective? Reply D D 1 year ago Dr does this information apply to a person with Type 1 diabetes? Thank you Reply Armstronglien Armstronglien 1 year ago You are one of a kind Dr. Ekberg 💜! We love you! Congrats on reaching a million hard core champions! 41 Reply Fredrik Wallinder Fredrik Wallinder 11 months ago Just in time before the next doctor's appointment where we'll discuss Atorvastatin. As a heart transplant patient, I'm annoyed by the fact that they prescribe something which can damage the heart. Hopefully by reversing the metabolic syndrome I'll be able to drop drugs like Candesartan, Omeprazol, Aspirin and Levaxin in addition to Atorvastatin. Reply Lee Cox Lee Cox 1 year ago A study was done some years back on people who took their own lives on New Year’s Eve in New York City. The found a surprising commonality - every person showed low cholesterol levels. Those with mental health issues benefit from higher cholesterol levels was the conclusion. Reply Unanemo Manou Unanemo Manou 1 year ago My cardiologist has a single word in his medical dictionary : statins. Reply C Wally C Wally 1 month ago My parents are both around 80yo and are on statins. My father's LDL is very low so is my mom's. The doc has told them they NEED to take a statin or they will die of a heart attack or stroke. I show them videos such as this one and they will not change their ways. The doc has them brainwashed. Father has a horrible time walking and memory issues. Your body needs cholesterol to function. Now the current medical advice is that LDL is actually good for you and extends your life. SMH 1 Reply Kevin Walding Kevin Walding 1 year ago Most doctor's don't care about their people they help and lie to them about everything but this Dr sten Ekberg knows what saying about health and people and does care about people and these videos are fun to watch Reply Massimo Raldeni Massimo Raldeni 1 year ago The wonderful thing is that you make us aware of what is going on so that we can decide for our health. I think this is the right approach. Thank you. 8 Reply Colton Wiseman Colton Wiseman 2 months ago Once oxidized ldl is taken by the macrophage and turns into plaque, is there anything you can do to get rid of this plaque and get rid of these oxodized ldl particles? Reply Karthik Paramkusham Karthik Paramkusham 3 months ago Hello Mr Sten, so is there a way to reduce the foam cells in the blocked arteries. Are the blockages are permanent? Reply Rose B. Rose B. 1 year ago Congratulations Dr. On 1 million subscribers. 1 Reply Denise Hadfield Denise Hadfield 6 months ago My X Dr read my cholesterol and said you need to be on statins…it didn’t matter to him that my cholesterol has been much the same for many years. My Mothers was in the high 8 as was one of my brothers. Mine is 8.1. I told him I would not take statins. He replied that if ended up in hospital that’s the first thing they would give me….guess I will have to put a tattoo on my arm ‘that I refuse to take statins’…….I am sick of Doctors treating the symptoms and not looking into the reasons.. Reply Tim Reynolds Tim Reynolds 1 year ago Wow a lot of information for a triple bypass patient such as myself. Why do doctors not teach this to heart patients……… Reply Gayathri Dravid Gayathri Dravid 1 year ago Yay !!!! One million health champs. This brilliant doctor deserves many more million subscribers. 37 Reply Bakshish Kaur Singh Bakshish Kaur Singh 1 year ago Dr. Ekberg I have been fasting since February this year. I have lost 2 stones in weight which diets have not managed to do for me. I try to eat healthy and try to exercise. My bloods recently were all good except the cholesterol which was high to the point my General Practitioner Doctor in England wanted me to either go on medication or go on a strict diet 😬any advice Dr. Ekberg? I do need to lose a stone and half still. I will continue with intermittent fasting. I am 56yrs old/female. Reply muirgirl muirgirl 7 months ago (edited) lol had a gynecologist begin to insist I needed to go on a statin as a 30 year old female mountaineering guide when the level was literally 'slightly elevated.' She didn't care I had recently suffered a head injury and assault (hence seeing her) and was also healing and eating keto. Glad I just looked at her like she was slow. ETA- specifically my LDL was a couple points "above (her) comfort zone" Reply Gioni Begood Gioni Begood 1 year ago (edited) i had 350, after 1 year 406 and after another year 411, all other tests were green, right in the middle. i can feel it high especially when i am tired. sugar i don't have in house since 20 y ago, but i drink must/grapes juice, eat homey ... Reply keith anderson keith anderson 1 year ago Dr what do you think of a HDL of 80, triglycerides 52 total cholesterol 223 , VLDL of 9 and A1C of 5.4 Reply FunWithFrank FunWithFrank 1 year ago I have just been told I have borderline cholesterol, having a starved blood test too check my blood lipids...nervous as heart problems run in my family. I drink so much sugar every day aswell time to change if its not too late Reply ie kemp ie kemp 1 year ago Thank you, I learned so much from you. I will stay on keto for the rest of my life. (80 years old, insulin resistant, and my numbers are getting better after only 3 months on keto). Thank you again 8 Reply Monette Villanueva Monette Villanueva 1 year ago I had been taking statin drugs for years now, I am only 57 years old. I am not overweight but had thyroid issues and had a total thyroidectomy five years ago. My triglyceride and HDL are very good but sugar is borderline. I'd been wanting to get rid of statin drugs and bargaining with my doctor when I got good numbers but they do return to high when I do that. My question is, will my cholesterol lower if I just get rid of sugar in my diet? and would not need the statin drug? I'd been told I'd take that drug for life. Reply Mike yankie Mike yankie 1 month ago The sugar council has way too much clout... Great video, thank you Dr Ekberg... 1 Reply Mark Giles Mark Giles 1 year ago Awesome! Now I know. You make it so easy to understand. Reply Marky Marky 6 months ago Fantastic explanation! How do the foam cells dissappear?? Reply ChunChuee28 ChunChuee28 1 month ago The first and only time I took a statin, resulting being transported to emergency by ambulance due to suddenly onset of the adverse reaction. The doctor there documented it was not related to that Statin. Reply CJM CJM 1 year ago I’m so glad I told my Doctor I will never take statins. My HDLs are always good on high end. I also read statins can maybe put folks at higher risk of dementia (Alzheimer’s), what’s your thought on that? Thank you for a great video once again! 9 Reply Norma Blodgett Norma Blodgett 3 months ago THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THE GREAT INFORMATION. Reply srae911austin srae911austin 2 months ago My total cholesterol is 171, my HDL is 63, my LDL is 80, my Triglycerides is 188. My doctor has me on a statin which I don't want to take and thinking about stop taking it especially after watching your videos. You did not mention anything in your videos about Triglycerides. According to my blood test range my Triglycerides should be less then 150. Is my Triglycerides really all that high? Reply A. Lorenz A. Lorenz 5 months ago Got a lot of useful indications. Thank you very much for your mission! Reply Linda Anderson Linda Anderson 1 year ago A truer word has never before been spoken! Reply Nancy Marion Nancy Marion 2 months ago I just discovered you and I've only seen a few videos, but you are amazing! Thank you very much how do I become a patient? Reply DAPS DAPS 1 year ago Congratulations on 1MILLION subscribers! Amazing! Thank you for what you do Doctor Ekberg!! 3 Reply Real_WTraveler Real_WTraveler 1 year ago Thanks for an EXCELLENT explanation. I will ask for a more detailed blood test. Reply Mark Smith Mark Smith 9 months ago Every time I refuse the statin prescription , I return to this video and feel better about that decision. 3 times refused. Reply Davidkxf Davidkxf 1 year ago (edited) I have been on a carnivore diet for almost 6 years already. 6 days ago I had a proper heart attack, where my heart arrested in the Cath Lab. To make it even worse the LAD, which blocked, had a huge aneurysm upstream of the blockage. I was very lucky to have a very brave smart Cardiologist, who took a risk and saved my life. My cholesterol was very very high, and of course that is given as the cause by the Doctor. Reply State of Mind State of Mind 1 year ago I am taking a product called CholestOff which is Plant Sterols and Stanols. I'm wondering if this is a good idea or not based on the things you have been saying? I declined my Doctors advise of Statins based on the side effects and things yourself and others have shown in these videos. Thanks. Reply Der Diskriminator Der Diskriminator 1 year ago I have very low blood fat levels and multiple health problems. LDL: 73, HDL: 56 Triglyceride: 45. Do you have an advice for me? Wich checkup should i do? No doctor takes it seriously... Reply G Bellamy G Bellamy 1 year ago Dr. Ekberg, I have a topic suggestion for you. I have been trying to understand this question and would LOVE your perspective. For someone who maintains a healthy weight and follows a ketogenic diet for the overall health benefits and wellbeing they accrue from it, should they cycle onto "acceptable carbs" (sweet potatoes, etc.) for a week or two every two to three months in order to promote metabolic flexibility? I would LOVE to know your educated thoughts on the subject: whether carb cycling of this kind is beneficial for metabolic health or is unnecessary and should be avoided, and if it is recommended, the best way to proceed with acceptable carb cycling. Thank you so much for all you do! I look forward to your every video! 3 Reply Jose Salado Jose Salado 1 year ago Excellent explanation. Amazing!! Reply Patrick Steffard Patrick Steffard 10 months ago Hello Dr. Ekberg. I am from Germany and recently went to a vein specialist due to a vein condition, who then also examined my neck arteries or veins (not quite sure). He told me I had no plague, however I requested the report and it says I have mild plague. Now I am only 29 and I am worried. I have now started my second attempt at a ketogenic or at least low carb diet, with lots of healthy fats, and exercise. I will have blood values checked soon and then again some time later, I will pay attention to the values you mentioned. :) My question to you is: Is the plague I already have reversible? Can it disappear on its own or is there a medical treatment? Is the latter recommended? Reply Washweshny W Washweshny W 1 month ago very useful and simple ... thank you Dr Reply Edward Parish Edward Parish 3 months ago This is awesome. Thank you! Reply :Janice: :Janice: 1 year ago Hi all! I'm over here in the UK and another massive fa of Dr Ekberg. I've also had recent bloods taken and GP (General practitioner) is concerned about my levels, which are total cholesterol 7.4, hdl 1.6 and triglycerides 1.4. Can anyone translate for me please 🙏🏼😁 Reply Nikos Giannakopoulos Nikos Giannakopoulos 1 year ago A friend doctor (retired now as he is over 80) told me that back in 70's the normal grade of cholesterol was between 250-300. Suddenly one day in clinic informed them that the normal grade from then on it would be 200 and that they should give statins and medicines to people. The result was 30% increase in prescriptions. Moderate exercise outside (to increase HDL and vitamin D levels), Mediterranean diet and fasting (with minimum pasta, rise, white breads, sweets etc) and minimum stress (meditation, healthy social life, psychotherapy) are the real medicines for me. 53 Reply 1 reply Glock Perfection Glock Perfection 1 year ago Hi Doc!what can u say about this result of my blood cholesterol? Total cholesterol 5.26mmo/L Triglycerides 1.05mmo/L HDL 2.00mmo/L LDL 2.78mmo/L Reply CoinJack15 CoinJack15 1 year ago Thank you, thank you, thank you for this incredible information!!! Reply PJ Miller PJ Miller 2 months ago My doctor has also prescribed statins which I've refused to take. Can you address how NAFLD would fit into this whole picture? Reply Miradae Miradae 10 months ago Are there any papers/studies/etc that you use as sources? I'd like to learn more and read into the sources Reply Dan Evans Dan Evans 1 year ago Have you informed yourself of the differentiated LDL known as Lipoprotein(a)? Reply Rudi Agus Widono Rudi Agus Widono 1 year ago The real life case really help explain a lot. My dad tried low carb for 2 months (well it's still dirty keto) and his LDL raised. I didn't know about the test to check the LDL size. Next time he do blood test, i will tell him to check those parameter. 3 Reply DFO Dianajpur DFO Dianajpur 1 year ago I am becoming a quarter from quack day by day.. Love your videos.. Reply Jackie Rademeyer Jackie Rademeyer 5 months ago (edited) OK I'm watching this video after a year so I hope my questions get answered! Why is LDL 3.4 level in Europe and Canada OK ,but for me in South Africa my LDL 3.4 is said to be high and I need to take pills for it to lower the level to 2.2 or lower? Does glucose and insulin resistance has to do with being a diabetes which I am not? Reply Alice Schorbach. Alice Shore Alice Schorbach. Alice Shore 1 year ago A great Genius in finding a natural cure for diabetic with just avoiding the sugars and explains health Reply Stanley Colimon Stanley Colimon 5 months ago Thank you so much Dr Ekberg for spreading the truth so clearly. However, I have a request. I would love to see a video from you throwing light on the main cause of the different causes of OxLDL that you mentioned, oxidative stress which induce inflammatory response, insuline resistance and glycation ( supposedly caused by sugar): the ubiquity of GBH in our life. I've noticed that you mentioned sugar, but please tell me why glucose from honey is good, while from sugar-cane it is supposedly bad. I personally think that bees are dying because of GBH and other pesticides, so they can't produce "bad" honey while dead, meanwhile sugar-cane resists. PLEASE, every species on the earth are struggling for this truth to be spread. Help us with your knowledges and communicator talent please. Reply ADITYA ‘NTERTAINMENT ADITYA ‘NTERTAINMENT 1 year ago Dear Sir, Pls, make a video on Indian food, foodhabits and your valuable analysis🙏🙏 Reply Jewels M. Jewels M. 1 year ago 7th day of fasting- the longest I’ve ever done! I feel great & my memory is improving ❤️ 30 Reply 8 replies Ben Spiers Ben Spiers 13 days ago Very easy to understand thanks for you help! Reply Tyson Larson Tyson Larson 2 months ago Does this inflammation apply to just sugar or to carbohydrates in general? Reply Queens Egyptian Queens Egyptian 1 month ago Allah protect you you’re amazing doctor thank so much I just know the difference between good cholesterol 🇺🇸🌹and bad cholesterol Reply Stanimir Dimov Stanimir Dimov 1 year ago That's a great video D-r Ekberg! You're the best!!! Reply Selahree Selahree 1 year ago My basic lipid panel is normal and my VLDL is 12(?) but my lipoprotein A is sky high (116). Reply Tom Begley Tom Begley 1 year ago This was the best video I have seen on this topic. Plain English!! I just got blood work done and got my results yesterday. My LDL was 159 and the doc wants to talk about statins. My VLDL is 14 and my LDL/HDL ratio is 3.4. I told the doc I would never consider a statin. 10 Reply Janet Gies Janet Gies 11 months ago (edited) Do GP Internal Medicine doctors even know about all this? This is at least the 3rd time I’ve watched this and I am reminded that Internal Medicine doctors know nothing about what, how and when to eat. Something we do internally and effects our internal body. And Doctor Ekberg: I love my diet of grass fed Costco Burgers and wild caught Salmon for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner! I’m normal weight and need 3 meals and take 3 ballet classes/wk on Zoom! 💪🏼💛 Janet 65 yo Reply Selena McPhail Selena McPhail 9 months ago My doctor said my bad cholesterol was 176. He said it should be below 100, and wanted to prescribe me statins since he said when your bad cholesterol is past 160 that’s normal. I told him I didn’t want the meds. He said he’ll check me in another month. Can you tell me if eating less grains and carbs and more paleo will be good? Thank you Reply John Morse John Morse 1 year ago How do I find a doctor like you, this information is great and frightening to think my doctor wants me to take one. I have to rethink my whole approach, my numbers are similar to your patient. Reply Nick Tobia Nick Tobia 2 months ago Dr Sten, does oxidized LDL bind just as well with soluble fiber as fluffy LDL? Reply Judy * Judy * 7 months ago How can I convince my dr I don’t believe in statins? I’ve told her over& over and now I feel like I’m upsetting her. Is there anything peer reviewed that I can print to show her? Reply Жанна Zhanna Жанна Zhanna 1 year ago Congratulations on ONE MILLION subscribers, Dr Ekberg!!! 👏👏👏 8 Reply I’m nothing I’m nothing 11 months ago Thank you but one very important concept I thought this video was missing was the anti inflammatory property of statins and how that affects cholesterol and plaques. Reply silvia vizcarra silvia vizcarra 1 year ago I'm very thin, healthy, walk 10 km a day, eat very healthy and I feel great and my cholesterol is 290. Reply mihir thanvi mihir thanvi 9 months ago (edited) @Dr. Sten Ekberg- Thank you So much for making this excellent video. I am going to stop my mum’s statin today! Request you to kindly make video on Uric acid. Regards Dr Mihir Thanvi (orthopaedic surgeon, India) Reply Blasian Goddess TM Blasian Goddess TM 1 year ago The thing is my Doctor prescribed me Statin due to a recent stroke. And my cholesterol levels are normal. I was told to prevent stroke! I stopped taking it Reply Fitness Soup Fitness Soup 1 year ago (edited) It’s a disgrace what many in the “health care” industry are doing. Real lifestyle changes! Reply Caroline Knüpffer Caroline Knüpffer 1 year ago Gongratulations for 1 million subs !!!! Best youtube doc ! I am German, but have not found a better medical channel yet !!!! Thank‘s so much for your work, Dr Ekberg !!!!! 3 Dr. Sten Ekberg Reply Dr. Sten Ekberg · 1 reply BUTT BAHADAR KHATARNAAK BUTT BAHADAR KHATARNAAK 11 months ago FANTASTIC INFORMATION THANK YOU ❤ Reply JMMer JMMer 1 month ago Can you point me to a video about “what if you already have heart disease”. Is the treatment the same? I am in the 90th percentile for Calcium score for my age. I have changed a lot including a pescatarian diet and daily exercise, but calcium score doubled. Reply Linda Bladon Linda Bladon 1 year ago Your videos are superb 👏 Reply Dharma K Dharma K 1 year ago A life saving video 1 Reply Jed Greco Jed Greco 1 year ago Best explanation ever! Reply BioStuff415 BioStuff415 1 year ago my heart is like a Swiss watch since I went low carb. And one meal per day. from 75 bpm to 50 bpm. lost 7 pounds and 10 bouts of cycling for 2 hours each bout. BP 110/60 and 60 years old. 41 Reply Ovisan Ovisan 1 year ago Thank you for this video ! :) Reply Rob Davidson Rob Davidson 10 months ago So much pro and con on this 😍 issue !As are most! Reply Joshua Brande Joshua Brande 3 months ago I was prescribed the major brand of statins years ago. for a cholesterol of 6.7. Don’y know what that number translate to in America. In any case the statins caused severe joint pain and laid me up in the hospital for a week while they tried to figure it out. Reply Kelly Marks Kelly Marks 8 months ago I started Keto 3 months ago. My cholesterol a year ago was 260 and my LDL was 130. Now my cholesterol is 402! And my LDL is 269. Do I need to quit keto? I've been in healthcare for 32 years and have never seen such a high total cholesterol. Reply Yarn Yarn 4 months ago Hey, could you give links to the recent studies you speak of? Reply larry saylor larry saylor 1 year ago This was so helpful , thank you! This is me , I have a total cholesterol of 240 on average and have felt concerned but my overall blood markers are very balanced. I would love to see a video on low white blood cell count. Mine has always been low but I am not chronically ill . In fact I never get sick. My doctor was concerned at first but over the years we see that this is normal for me. I still would like to hear your thoughts on this. 3 Reply 1 reply Fhelly Santos Fhelly Santos 5 months ago Thank you Doc & God Bless.👍 Reply TheRealBigWill TheRealBigWill 9 months ago Man I just got an education! Thanks Doc! Reply Rolando Pelayo Rolando Pelayo 7 months ago Hi. Dr. Ekberg thanks for this wonderful and informative information. My Dr. just prescribed me a Satin drugs because my cholesterol is high. Now its clear to me how everything's work. Reply boz boz 5 months ago The final sentence is really a summation of all the advice in the video Reply Daissweetest Daissweetest 1 year ago (edited) Hello, my mom has been on statins for many years, she is 87 and her muscles all of a sudden are weak in her legs. Can statins make your muscles weak? Reply Michael Hedden Michael Hedden 1 year ago Congratulations on 1 million subscribers. I have been sharing your videos for a month trying to help get you to that benchmark !! 5 Dr. Sten Ekberg Reply Dr. Sten Ekberg · 1 reply Joe Norman Joe Norman 1 year ago I'm Joe. This year I started fasting and then added keto. 330 and now 258. My cardiologist called last week about my cholesterol. What kind of blood test should I ask him order that shows the real thing? Reply Ma Cherié Ma Cherié 10 months ago Best explanation I've seen. Reply Evangeline Alauig Evangeline Alauig 6 months ago Very interesting topic thank u Doctor Reply Raeef Sadiq Raeef Sadiq 1 year ago (edited) Thank you so much doctor for your great humanitarian services Anybody can help me in calculating my VLDL from my test results below, thanks in advance: 》 Cholesterol In LDL-OLIS: 4.24 mmol/L 》 Cholesterol In HDL - OLIS: 2.10 mmol/L 》Cholesterol Non HDL - OLIS: 4.46 mmol/L 》Cholesterol/Cholesterol In HDL Ratio - OLIS: 3.1 》Cholesterol - OLIS: 6.56 mmol/L 》Triglyceride - OLIS: 0.49 mmol/L 1 Dr. Sten Ekberg Reply Dr. Sten Ekberg · 1 reply Shinig glory Shinig glory 1 year ago Thanks Drfor this great information ❤❤ Reply B81 Mack B81 Mack 1 year ago I doubt it will ever happen, but every single medical student in the world should watch this presentation. 7 Reply Bavvo69 Bavvo69 10 months ago Interesting, but I don't understand how you derived the LP-IR score of 33. How is that calculated? Reply Jody Jody 10 months ago (edited) HAHAHAHAHAH- that very last short sentence of the whole video is GOLD!👍 Reply Francis Ngarambe Francis Ngarambe 2 months ago I just visited my Doctor. Everything else was fine except cholesterol- 300 instead of 150. He prescribed medication. Shall I take it? Please advise- thank you Reply Javo Google Javo Google 1 year ago very interesting video Dr Ekberg, thank´s for share! Reply Sonyia Sonyia 1 year ago Hey doctor, i really appreciate how you are helping me with your wide knowledge. Kindly talk to us about covid vaccine, is it true its affecting our immune system negatively. Reply Snakejumper Snakejumper 1 year ago I had a VA doctor demand of me, "You must take statins!" I tried to explain that the ratio is more important than total numbers. He tried to tell me several times to take statins. He's trapped in another age & is incapable of changing. 37 Reply 6 replies Nat Wolins Nat Wolins 3 months ago 10:24 I am dubious about VLVL metric. All 3 parameters have measurement error and are LDL and HDL are directly measured? Thus, I have really hard time understanding the effect of measurement error of deducted VLVL levels.. . Reply Casa Tequila SF Casa Tequila SF 1 year ago So what’s the natural solution to this inflammation and oxidation? Keto diet and exercise only? Reply Daily Comfort Daily Comfort 1 year ago What can one do if the liver produces cholesterol, even when eating healthy & exercise? Reply Nullus Nullus 3 weeks ago What if my VLDL is 14? It’s lower than your ideal 15-20 range? 1 Reply GreatAnimalVideos GreatAnimalVideos 4 months ago Really nice video thanks for the understanding I'm going to try to get my doctor to watch this thing Reply Craig Jenson Craig Jenson 1 year ago Excellent! I'm 66,keto and very healthy! Keep a goin .....you are saving lives!!! 15 Dr. Sten Ekberg Reply Dr. Sten Ekberg · 1 reply NBL Eagle NBL Eagle 2 months ago Remarkably! God blessed you 😔 thank you for sharing 🙏😇 1 Reply Ngoc Nu Nguyen thi Ngoc Nu Nguyen thi 1 year ago Your presentation demonstrates hơw far excellent analytical thinking can liberate plain scientific kwowledge. I wonder why other doctors do not know about the effects of LDl size or the Ldl size itself. Reply Petrichor M Petrichor M 1 year ago What should we eat to increase VLDL? Reply Stephen Stephen 3 months ago High doctor, is there a legitimate reason to take statins? What if a person has familial hypercholesterolemia (FH)? High cholesterol tends to run in my family. My RCA was 100% blocked. The doctors were able to remove the block and put in a stint. They want me on a statin now. I’m 49. My LDL has always been in the 200+ range, no matter what dietary changes I’ve made. I’ve been on a low carb high fat intermittent fasting regimen for the last 6 months. My LDL was still 241 and I had the stints put in yesterday. When do statins make sense? If a person has FH? Ever? Reply Claudia Pangan Claudia Pangan 8 months ago Great information thank you !! Reply Mark Holmes Mark Holmes 1 year ago Now that was a simply outstanding video. Very well done! Would you have advice on how to reduce coronary calcifications as show via a Coronary Calcium Score? 385 in the LAD. 0-50 in the other arteries. 6 Reply Aqua Gene Aqua Gene 7 months ago This is eye opening.. thank you Reply moulin6801 moulin6801 1 year ago Thank you for sharing your knowledge! Will subscribe 👍 Reply Daniel Jones Daniel Jones 2 months ago Dr Ekberg, I’m not second guessing you this is a very good explanation, how can the medical industry keep pushing these drugs? I think I know why but I would like to hear from a doctor the reason why. Reply kelhawk1 kelhawk1 8 months ago I'm new to this channel, does Dr. Ekberg teach that inflammation is part of the healing process? Reply Jane Govender Jane Govender 3 months ago Thank you Doctor i wish you can treat me i had to stop my statins due to severe muscle pain and body pain.thank you for this video Reply sta8ise sta8ise 1 year ago This is an excellent presentation Doctor! Statin actually keeps the patient low on health so that he needs other drugs a well. Until the end of his life... 4 Reply Hormones Matter Hormones Matter 1 year ago (edited) +I don't have a primary GP because they are simply drug pushers nowadays. When running routine labs for upcoming surgery the Doc made a comment that my 200 cholesterol and 120 LDL really SCREAMS the need for a statin. I told him thank you for that recommendation and moved along with the conversation. Reply SalomeVillaflor SalomeVillaflor 11 months ago Wow this is very helpful, now question is should I just stop statin without doctor's clearance? My number is low total cholesterol, low LDL-C, normal HDL , normal triglycerides and I stop eating carbs and processed foods Reply Si-fu Jasper Si-fu Jasper 1 year ago This video should have millions of views! Reply Era Aion Era Aion 1 month ago Good job agent clean, I'm glad I am now a health champion in your eyes. Reply Robert Arnobit Robert Arnobit 2 months ago Good video 👍 I prefer eating less sugar and not take stating. New Subscriber here 😀 Reply Martin Klawinski Martin Klawinski 1 year ago Hello Dr Ekberg! I really love your informative videos. Did you ever make one about the polyol pathway in diabetes? I heard somewhere it can convert up tu 30% of glucose into fructose in metabolic compromised people. Would be an interesting topic. Thank you very much. 3 Dr. Sten Ekberg Reply Dr. Sten Ekberg · 1 reply Chef Riz Chef Riz 1 year ago I have been on keto for over a year -- feel great lost weight - my doctor told me i should get off immediately my cholesterol is way to high my chart reads cholesterol total : 252 cholesterol/hdl ratio: 4.5 HDL cholesterol: 56 LDL Cholesterol: 181 Triglycerides : 73 I don't want to get off keto but are my numbers really indicated unhealthy habits ? Reply Ellie Ellie 1 year ago This is great information, however, my doctor never orders this thorough and in depth blood work. So I have no clue what my numbers are in that area. Reply Shelley Shelley 1 year ago Blaming cholesterol is like blaming the ambulance that could mean to the scene of an accident. Reply Ana Davila Ana Davila 11 months ago I have just begun taking statins, should I stop the treatment now that I have only taken 11-200mg tablets before the treatment ends 3 months less 11 days from now…? Thank you for your advice!! I love your videos!, Reply Craydon Sirima Craydon Sirima 2 months ago My mum told me life is just like a box of chocolates 😂😂😂😂😂😂 Reply Milton Thiago Milton Thiago 1 year ago Franklly the best content i've seen about this topic so far... stuff nobody tells you... Excelente, Thank you! 20 Reply Rowdy Flyer1903 Rowdy Flyer1903 1 year ago So once you have coronary arteries disease including restrictions in arteries by plaque, how does the body get rid of this? Reply Apocalypse 2.0 Apocalypse 2.0 4 months ago Not this only but about carbs too and so many others. Confusions in medical world is crazy. I think longitivity is just a blessing fom above because the Afro American Man who lived 113 was smoking cigar, drink a bit of whisky and never tell us he selected what he was eating. Reply Ragnhild Guldberg Ragnhild Guldberg 1 year ago Total cholesterol ratio to HDL mena vert little compared to triglyserides / HDL ratio. Reply Esperanza Nemec Esperanza Nemec 4 months ago The doctor I was going told me my cholesterol was high and gave me the statin. I was not satisfied with the answer and taking that medication because I had heard things about it and I didn't want to take prescription medication. So I asked the husband of a friend who is a doctor and he told me to stop taking that medication. So I did. Reply VARSHA NIRBHAVANE VARSHA NIRBHAVANE 1 year ago hi..dr..i am 43yrs women.. my cholesterol is 279 triglycerides 234 hdl 47 and ldl is 207 dr has prescribed statin...i am not sure whether to start or not..please guide Reply aivkara aivkara 1 year ago Holy c**p, I think that is one of the best medicine health videos I have ever seen. To the point, and clear. I'm healthy,but I have a lot of friends who are on statins. I will suggest they watch. Thank you Dr. Ekberg 9 Dr. Sten Ekberg Reply Dr. Sten Ekberg · 1 reply Joe Haynes Joe Haynes 4 months ago How do you calculate the Total Colesterol/HDL - ratio Reply Dana Meidan Dana Meidan 1 year ago Thank you so much for the valuable information you share. It is so so so helpful. I would like to ask about dairy products. I do eat dairy from goats only, is it unhealthily? Reply Cbaz Tyan Cbaz Tyan 9 months ago @Dr. Sten Ekberg I got a adv lipid after my dr called me in a panic over my "high cholesterol". The numbers came back and even more panic! My total ldl was 1833, sldl-c was 282, large 4179. ldl 49 tg 65. I have been keto for some time but about 25lb overweight 57 yo. Im exhausted searching online trying to figure this out myself and dont trust my drs opinions. Do I have anything to worry about or not? Im happy to sign up as a patient. Reply T Morgan T Morgan 5 months ago Super frustrating topic. I have a sub 200 cholestrol. HDL/Cholestrol ratio of 3 with LDL just a tick over 100. Triglycerides are very low. I have no apparent genetic predisposition to high levels. However my Dr wants to put me on some kind of sratin. He considers it preventative as I am 65+ !!! Yikes. I wanted to get snarky with him and ask if I should get both knees replaced cause they ache sometimes when it is cold out. Do they not think they are doing their job if you don't have a medication list as long as your arm ? Reply Ana di Zacco Ana di Zacco 1 year ago Congrats, Dr Ekberg, you are likely improving many people,s lives. You probably agree with Chris Masterjohn, about whose theories I read several years ago and they impacted me profoundly. Reply Tussin Buachaun Tussin Buachaun 1 year ago Damn! To me, this is the most exciting video from Dr.Ekberg. Amazing, I can't even blink! .... going to compare my last 3 blood results right away. Thank you, sir. 6 Dr. Sten Ekberg Reply Dr. Sten Ekberg · 1 reply Robert Miller Robert Miller 1 year ago A most excellent video on the topic Reply Truth Thru the Spirit Truth Thru the Spirit 1 year ago I'm wondering if you get Doctors who watch your videos and have turned around much of their understanding about health. The past year and a half (you know what I'm refering to) has shaken my trust in Doctors to the core. I told my doctor not to even call me until they get the paranoia delt with and start practicing healing again. I'm in my 60's and have been on Keto and intermintent fasting for 6 to 7 months now and seen dramatic progress. Reply Ivar Ivar 1 year ago (edited) I quite like the videos on this channel but I'm kinda missing references. Is there a way to see which sources are used to make a video? 1 Reply Gayle Cheung Gayle Cheung 11 months ago 3 years on Statins and it literally killed, worst then the heart attack, on a very low dosage of Rosuvastatin 2.5mg 3 times a week, Muscle pain and joint pains has decided tremendously, rushes are still there, fatigue & breathing amazing. Muscle training, I haven’t lost any muscle mass that’s for sure. How do you some major wait like 30 pounds and the body fat already lost 5 pounds in less than a month, yay me 🇨🇦♥️🌏🇺🇦 Reply Chandrani Ekanayake Chandrani Ekanayake 1 year ago Thank u so much Dr Ekberg.This videos are very practical amazing lot of explanations. Thank u for share ing with us. Dr what i dont understand Why my LDL is 282 and my Triglycerides is 62 is there any problem. Thank u. Bless u doc. Reply Martin gaming Martin gaming 1 year ago The truth revealed.. Thanks doctor Ekberg.. 👍👍 79 Dr. Sten Ekberg Reply Dr. Sten Ekberg · 3 replies mark J mark J 3 days ago wow! I am fully informed about statin and bad LDL. It is like a super classroom. Reply CairoFred CairoFred 1 year ago So, if I choose to eliminate sugar rather than take the statin drug, will my high cholesterol levels go down? Will there be an improvement overall with my cholesterol? Just by eliminating sugar? Reply 1 reply Greg Greg 1 year ago I've only watched a couple videos and have learned a lot, this shall be a good journey Reply Tim Bogeajis Tim Bogeajis 2 months ago Please provide the details and sequence of the blood test to convey to my PCP, Thank you. Reply Scott Glisson Scott Glisson 1 year ago Should you take COQ10 if you are on a statin? Reply Rodolfo Soriano-Núñez Rodolfo Soriano-Núñez 1 year ago Best thing of your videos is the summaries of scientific articles and the fact that you are not trying to sell supplements or some other stuff... 22 Reply 2 replies mark price mark price 1 year ago I remember when the call to stop eating eggs because they had cholesterol back in the 60's. But sadly eggs were all my dad would eat for breakfast. He passed away at 88 and could have probably lived longer if he took better care of himself Reply 2 replies Stef De Caluwe Stef De Caluwe 1 year ago I was wondering how al this affects people with familial hypercholesterol. And if it's a good idea for them to do keto. Reply Dave S Dave S 1 year ago Hi went to my Dr today to get a blood test so I would have a baseline report to gauge my progress on treating diabetes 2 and high cholesterol. I mentioned I was hesitant to take statins but he was adamant that the proof was there and to read the 4S Study 1994. if I wanted to life for an extra 5 to 10yrs I should take a statin. Have you read this report? Reply Sally Sally 1 year ago How does omega3 supplements fit into this equation? Do you recommend to take that, and how often/much if so? Reply 1 reply tim johnson tim johnson 2 months ago Is blood pressure any indication of a cholesterol issue? Reply Sue Pyper, Artist Sue Pyper, Artist 1 year ago (edited) I live in Canada and we measure in different ways so although it’s interesting it means nothing to me cause I have no idea how my numbers compare. (8months) My ldl went super high on keto and my doc wants me on statins and I said no. But it does worry me 5 Reply jimmy cadena jimmy cadena 4 months ago How do you call the test for LDL particles? Reply Danette Cross Danette Cross 5 months ago (edited) My body rejects statins. At age 40 I was prescribed Zocor, and within a month, I could barely lift my arms, my entire body went almost limp, and my joints just hurt like crazy! I stopped taking them before I coud even go to the doctor on a recheck. Over the next 15 years they kept trying different dosages and brands etc., Finally, I told my last doc to STOP. I would take nothing. She removed me as a patient! I have now turned to Intermittent fasting and a low(er) carb diet and have lost 8 pounds in less than 30 days and feel great, and I am sleeping great. My joints feel so much better and I have a ton more energy. Let food (and discipline) by thy medicine. Oh, and I am looking for another doc... wish me luck. Reply Carol Benson Carol Benson 1 year ago Glad you are reviewing this topic. So controversial. Reply primAdonna vevo primAdonna vevo 10 months ago But what if you have a1c 5.7 and the LDL is within range? Reply Walter D. Petrovic Walter D. Petrovic 1 year ago How can those of us who are being coerced into taking statin drugs (or any drugs, for that matter) argue with the doctor not to take the statins or any other drugs? Even if the extra testing is done, none will acknowledge what you had just talked about. I have higher counts for Type 2 Diabetes and have had high cholesterol for the last 35 years -- and I have refused to take statins. It's bad enough I am on metformin. What, besides suicide, can I do to be healthy, at 61-years-of-age? Reply Hairway 2 Heaven Salon Hairway 2 Heaven Salon 1 year ago Thank you for this explanation. My doctor wants me on Statins because my cholestrol was 328. I did get him to give me six months and get rechecked. I've been low carb since September 2019 and check ketones and glucose and I have lost 100 pounds. I'm sure all my markers have improved but I was a little nervous about calling the doctor to schedule the retest. 10 Reply 1 reply Hans Lepoeter Hans Lepoeter 1 year ago Actually the need for balance between good and bad cholesterol is well recognised in modern medicine outside holistic practice. Reply Russ G Russ G 13 days ago I am a carnivore. This is what my Lipid Panel looks like: total=605, Triglyceride=84, HDL=78, LDL Calculated=518. Should I worry about my total cholesterol? Dr. Ekberg, do you have any thoughts? Reply Keara Tauch Keara Tauch 10 months ago Dr Ecberg today my 43 day of keto diet and intermittent i lost 14 lb felt good i’m not all the time like it was i go 20hr without eating n not hungry .last yr my total cohlesterol 245,but will see my next test . Reply Chris Claassen Chris Claassen 7 months ago Tnx Doc! Quick comment om your comment at 8:42; the ratio could probably be i if the LDL/HDL numbers are the same', I don't know how likely that is?? My big takeaway from this video is that LDL and HDL should not be judged on its own but in contex with the other; LDL should ideally be around 3.3 times more than HDL and not exceed 5 Reply Farman F.O Farman F.O 1 year ago Really useful video *** 1 Reply Maria Theresa Wallner Maria Theresa Wallner 1 year ago (edited) Yey! Congrats with your 1M subscribers, Dr. Ekberg! Health champion here :-) I have learned a lot from your easy to understand videos. Thank you. 3 Reply Ed John Ed John 1 year ago Is hdl/triglycerides ratio not the most important marker? Reply Cathie Redoble Cathie Redoble 1 year ago How about if you have Familial Hypercholesterolemia? Is statin still not advisable to take? Reply Lee Willis Lee Willis 2 months ago My father died suddenly of myocardial infarction at home in February 2020. He was on statins. Makes me wonder. Reply Shabi Lolo Shabi Lolo 1 year ago that amazing, BUT.. did the reduction of the oxidized LDL occurred in the arteries themselves (where the plaque is) or in the body in general? Reply SPACE- TA SPACE- TA 1 year ago Doc! Does the plaque resolve with good diet? Reply Naushad Khan Naushad Khan 1 year ago Thank you my friend! Now all I need to do is to help my parents understand this information 5 Reply Ree Ree Ree Ree 4 days ago My doctor told me my cholesterol is 295 and that I need to be on a statin . I have tried several and they literally make me feel sick. I also recently found out that grapefruit is a natural statin which is why a doctor will tell you not to eat grapefruit bcuz it will increase the levels of statins you are receiving only a doctor won’t tell you grapefruit is a natural statin, they just tell you not to eat any.i refuse to take statins, in fact, I try not taking anything a doctor prescribes and I do eat grapefruits or drink grapefruit juice every day. Reply Naira Jan Naira Jan 1 year ago (edited) Dr. Ekberb, for cholesterol lipid panel test with fasting how many hours of fasting gives the best or accurate result? please could you give an answer? 1 Reply 1 reply Rick Ortiz Rick Ortiz 11 months ago Hi, Dr. Ekberg, My cholesterol , total is 250 reference range and my non hdl cholesterol range is 202 and direct ldl 187 , I stopped my Rosuvastatin Calcium two months ago after I saw your video about cholesterol, Im 67 years old , train out 3 time a week don, t eat meat. or juck food. I do eat oatmeal and lots of nuts. one or two meals a day, lost 50 pound in 6 month and now weight 150, tomorrow my doctor will see my blood work and will recommend that I restart a satin . what is your advice. , Rick Reply Edmundo Delgado Edmundo Delgado 7 months ago Dr. Ekberg, I have been taking various stain medicines for more than 10 years. Presently I take one 80 mg. Atorvastatin Calcium plus Ezetimibe 10 mg. I have been diagnosed of arteriosclerosis, had two heard attacks and have two stents, l was scheduled to have third one but the interventionist cancelled as he thought it he would end up having to do an ope heart surgery. I should add l was consider a diabetic as the sugar count went to 118, I have been following your intermitente fasting that you recommended in one of your videos, as a result I have lost 20 pounds (225-205= 20) it could have been more, but I am having some problems as I am in a transition from Connecticut to Florida in the min time I an living with my daughter. What do you recommend. Your videos make a lot of sense to me, I wish I could show them to my cardiologist. Intro to Lipids & Lipoproteins: Why there is no ‘bad’ or ‘good’ cholesterol | Peter Attia, M.D. Peter Attia MD 260K subscribers Subscribe 9.2K Share 322K views 10 months ago Learn more about cholesterol: https://bit.ly/3LXWhyL Learn more about heart disease prevention: https://bit.ly/3vR1N0D Become a member to receive exclusive content: https://bit.ly/3w8JDWY … 608 Comments rongmaw lin Add a comment... Pavel Chorda Pavel Chorda 10 months ago Honestly, I like this format not because is 12 min long, it's because you explained in a way that most of the people can understand it. Congrats 267 Reply 2 replies pfunk26 pfunk26 10 months ago Peter - this was excellent! So in summary, measuring apoB (it only costs $20 out of pocket) is a more comprehensive way to look at risk, rather than the individual tests. Please do more of these TLDR topics! 181 Reply 13 replies D84 D84 10 months ago Great work Peter! As someone who works in biomolecular science, I've been a long time listener to the podcast, however, I like to share easy to follow short videos such as these with friends who may not have the time or interest to listen to 2+hours of in depth biology discussion 77 Reply 1 reply Gaby Zoebl Gaby Zoebl 10 months ago This is explanation is great! Would you consider doing more of these short videos (complicated things explained in an understandable way)? Also, I have honestly never been to an MD who makes these distinctions. Thanks for all the great work you are doing. 24 Reply Jacque Small Jacque Small 10 months ago Thank you for this. I am a lay person, I watched many hours of your podcast interviews on this subject and heart disease. Unfortunate the medical terminology is way past my comprehension. I turned it over to my sister who was a nurse to try and sort out what is what. So yes, I would so appreciate you doing more of these type of video's for those of us who are just trying to figure out what to do to stay healthy. I appreciate your content as you seem to take a well balanced view of all the information that is being presented, without having a huge bias. You are my Go To source to trying to find out what the truth is on many health related subjects. Thank you for your time investment to improve our health. 19 Reply Maria Serbina Maria Serbina 6 months ago Peter, thank u so much for awesome and easy to understand explanations. Unfortunately lots of doctors wrapped up in the cholesterol BS and as result prescribing lipitor or similar destructive to the body meds where they are not needed. 17 Reply Eric Gould Eric Gould 7 months ago As always, super well done. I know when I listen to you that I always learn something new. Breaking complex topics into consumable knowledge is an art. Thank you. 2 Reply mattbhagify mattbhagify 10 months ago (edited) You are helping my family and I so much with this content. Paid subscriber here. Thank you for putting in the hard work. I love the detailed long form discussions as well as these short summaries. 5 Reply Frank Sindoni Frank Sindoni 1 month ago Spot on… Cholesterol is not a problem unless you have excessive inflammation in your arteries. The real problem is insulin resistance resulting in high sugar and high insulin in the blood which causes arterial inflammation. When you have inflamed arteries, then cholesterol can become an issue. 4 Reply Wolf Gray Wolf Gray 4 months ago Great lecture on a very confusing matter. I am one of those rebels that refuses to use cholesterol lowering pills. If the liver produces so much chole and your are healthy is because you need it. Period! 6 Reply Crystal Nichols Crystal Nichols 4 months ago (edited) This is literally 101. I learned about this in my intro college biology class as a non science student. I still have the printed copy of the article we read about this topic since I so often heard the terms "good" and "bad" cholesterol. 3 Reply aclassmedicine aclassmedicine 6 months ago Great to hear such clarity. Like “essential hypertension” this good/bad cholesterol misnomer will take a while to eradicate. 7 Reply Richard Richard 10 months ago Peter, this is the best video on cholesterol! You’re doing a great public service. God bless you! 41 Reply Teresa Cesario Teresa Cesario 5 months ago I have spent many many hours walking and riding my 3 speed bike just listening to your podcasts, even when I can barely comprehend the science, but I have learned SO much!! Thank you!! 6 Reply Josh McGarry Josh McGarry 8 months ago Hey Peter, great snippet here im actually a type 1 diabetic however im in extremly good health and my diet is really good too, I exercise regulary through runnung and strength and conditioning and have a good control of my sugars, however i have been advised by my doctor after some bloodwork that i may have Familial hypercholesterolaemia. I will be going to see a cardiologist soon, however it would be great to have some questions i might be able to ask him based on the fact that my health in general is so good, any suggestions or insights would be great 👍 3 Reply Cal Hegeman Cal Hegeman 5 months ago In the 1980s it was total cholesterol that was the most important. Had to be below 200. When that stopped working, we focused on LDL. LDL had to be below 160. Then 100. Then below 70. When all that failed to work, now we are looking at cholesterol ratios or apoA and apoB particles. Eventually we will hit rock bottom and realize cholesterol is totally innocent in heart disease. 4 Reply bob bob 10 months ago One of the best podcasts I've ever about cholesterol! Peter Attia did a superb job by speaking in "English" and keeping it short so we don't get lost in the weeds of medical terminology. 11 Reply 3 replies Anna Anna 10 months ago Thank you so much this is so informative! I love your synopsis, its quite easy to understand maybe because I do have a background in health and that helps me understand but more importantly because I’m very curious because I’m someone that has a huge genetic component and has a completely clean lifestyle. I am an ideal patient I’ve been told many times and I never waiver, my LP (a)’s are astronomical and have been continuing to rise lately. So, I just started a regime of 500 mg of niacin I can’t take the red yeast because I brought on terrible G.I. problems for me but I am taking the annatto E 150 daily and already within less than a month my LP(a)went down over 25% so curious to hear if you have any new updates on that I have listened to your podcast on that before but it was a few years old so I’m wondering if there’s any new info. Struggling to still find a cardiologist in my area that actually gets this so frustrating. I rely on my functional medicine Doctor Who is also an anesthesiologist for 30 some years I’m a case study for her for other reasons and she also you know it’s a complete genetic thing she is taking care of me for many years and I’ve never felt better but this is a big concern I have other underlying health conditions like Hashimoto’s things like that that have increased my LP little early likely but just curious what else is out there about this right now. She referred me of course to your podcast and specifically on this so I’ll let her know and see if she has seen this one. 2 Reply Abdelilah BENAHMED Abdelilah BENAHMED 9 months ago Thanks for the valuable information. It is interesting to also show how an individual can know if his very high HDL cholesterol level (more than 1,10 gr and up to 1.40 for instance), obtained without any medications, is actually" functional" or" dysfunctional". Waiting for your coming video on this topic, I speculate that this would refer to the "big picture" : if you are not diabetic or insulini-resistant, and all the other parameters of your lipid profile are good, and your inflammation level is very low, and you have no atherosclerosis, THEN your HDL cholesterol could be considered as FUNCTIONAL. Equally important to know what are the factors that contribute to this extremely high but still functional HDL cholesterol : genetics, diet, exercise, fasting .... 1 Reply Sandeep J. Lalka Sandeep J. Lalka 4 months ago Great information. However, if you would have touched upon the optimum number for each of these - LP(a), APO etc it would have been easier for viewers to correlate things from the traditional method - not saying that individuals assess themselves, but it gives a good understanding to the next level. Over all these years, we have numerically understood what and how much should HDL, LDL, LDLC etc should be. It would help to know the number or ranges for LP(a) and APO etc 3 Reply Diego Cardona Diego Cardona 9 months ago Peter.....this explanation is amazing.I have tried in many ways to explain this to my patients, but this video is what I've found more exactly what it means this topic.!!!!!! 3 Reply Lipstick Bohemian Lipstick Bohemian 5 months ago Thank you for providing a simple, concise and logical explanation of this subject! Reply SkinnyFat SkinnyFat 4 months ago Thank you Peter, for sharing your wisdom and knowledge to us all! I just got to say, if this was the absolut most basics of the subject, it makes me understand how smart you are! :) Reply Lexi Tejeda Lexi Tejeda 9 months ago I appreciate this video, even though I have listened to or read close to all of your TLDR stuff. Excellent summary. Thank you. 4 Reply Jonas Fox Jonas Fox 10 months ago Awesome. I'd love to see one of the animation channels draw out visuals for this to make it dead-simple and more shareable to a wider audience. Thanks Peter for all you do. 53 Reply Rob Rob 6 months ago Which tests do you recommend getting in regards to a cholesterol panel and why? And, which lab can we get to give us this information? 2 Reply Sandy Sandy 10 months ago Nobody explains things better than you! 🙌 3 Reply JonJonFilms JonJonFilms 9 months ago Thank you for this. Being my moms POA, its difficult to convince her DR i want to get her off the medication. I have her on a healthy diet reversed her diabetes and hashimotos. 9 Reply 1 reply Chris Carson (Old And In The Way) Chris Carson (Old And In The Way) 2 months ago We are simply an expression of our genetic makeup. I am very lucky in having my cholesterol so well managed that I can't get much past 3.6 while the people all around me are throwing 5+, and having to take measures to deal with this. 1 Reply VikingHunde VikingHunde 10 months ago I would pay monthly for just a weekly TLDR from Peter on subjects like this! 6 Reply 2 replies F F 10 months ago I can't wait for the full episode expanding on these important subjects regarding cholesterol. 4 Reply Anna Anna 10 months ago I love this synopsis of HDL and LDL. If I could just find a cardiologist in my town that actually understood this basic as you said component not even to dance level yet that would be amazing. However I’ve been reliant years now and happily so on my anesthesiologist/functional medicine Doctor Who I happen to be a case study for for another condition. She has been partnering with me as she’s a genetic specialist for so many things and treating me for five years now and I’ve actually never been doing better. However due to underlying conditions genetic polymorphisms, Hashimoto’s a history of having had cancer, and autoimmune condition called MCAS conditions that can contribute to making it hard to control cholesterol despite how incredibly clean my lifestyle. I really do not waiver on lifestyle. I won’t get into that but I know I’m an ideal patient they all would like to have a patient like me they tell me becauseI am so compliant. However, We just started about a month and a half ago now 500 mg of flushing niacin daily along with annatto E 150 mg also red rice was part of it but I developed a severe G.I. issue with it because of histamine issues I have so I can’t take that but nevertheless I still had well over a 25% decrease in my LP(a) counts and the other ones actually as well went down. And I changed nothing as I said I’m already 100% good with everything else as far as diet goes. But I would be interested now since your other podcast a few years back on LP(a) if there is any new news that you have that you can share. My functional medicine doctor is the one who referred me to watch your podcast on that specifically. And I’m just curious as to Somedays why the flash is so intense and other days it’s really almost unnoticeable & if that has anything to do with how much actually is within the body with that particular LP(a) for it to do what it does to help rid the body of it with the niacin. I’m wondering if that’s why the flush is stronger because there’s more of it in the body that day and other times there’s less do you have any thought on that? Obviously that’s not a scientific term. I don’t know the neutralization or terminology process that would be used & how the niacin is actually affecting that LP(a)but I know that it directly does. (Quick info I do eat a AIP 100% of the time. I never cheat on anything and everything Ingest is organic everything, that’s put on my body is organic, everything I use in my house is organic, cleaners, no plastics, etc., no anything I mean I am a really focused committed health conscious person and I don’t mind doing it I really thrive on a routine and staying stable on it) I’m really looking forward to what you have to offer and educate us with next on this HDL podcast you said that will be coming up in a month or two as I’ve heard countless times my HDL is always so high that it’s such a great thing not from my current doctor I told you about but the typical cardiologist or GP. I wish I could play this for them so that maybe they’d be curious and try to relearn what they think they know. 1 Reply Jenna Ericson Jenna Ericson 10 months ago I understand that the density of the cholesterol would be determined by the ratio of protein to lipid, but do you know if different densities carry different types of fatty acids (i.e. saturated, unsaturated or monounsaturated)? Is it just a mixture of what's available? Reply Brian Burgess Brian Burgess 2 months ago Isn't it sad how the confirmation bias impacts all fields of science these days. Thank you for your objective, succinct, and informative approaches. Reply Steve Allen Steve Allen 9 months ago I absolutely LOVE the way you break this down! New subscriber here! 👍🏼 Thank you... Reply Demo Cafe Demo Cafe 9 months ago Lots of thanks for sharing this knowledge. The most useful and insightful video on Cholesterol, indeed. 2 Reply Håkan Lindhén Håkan Lindhén 11 days ago Fantastic! What a way to discribe such a important matter. I’m on statins but want to try without it. Reply Oscar Oscar 5 months ago Amazing explanation. Thank you Dr. Attia!! 1 Reply Michael Schachter Michael Schachter 9 months ago Great Video! I am an internist and often site you a good resource to learn more. I do have to respond to your criticism of the medical communities approach to ASCVD risk assessment. 1. An average office visit is 15-20 minutes. This is just one topic that needs to be covered. While, in the perfect world, we would sit down with each patient and have a conversation like this one, it is not realistic. There is too much variability in patient medical literacy and engagement, the reimbursement from insurance would make the longer office visits necessary to cover this would make any medical practice unsustainable, and if we increased office visit time, the amount of doctors needed to accommodate this increased demand would bring an already strained system to a standstill. 2. I think this approach overemphasizes disease oriented data and downplays patient oriented evidence. High risk individuals will, on a whole, benefit from statin interventions for example. Knowing the exact pathophysiology, while important, will not prevent an ASCVD event. That being said, I truly did love the video! 10 Reply 1 reply Dorian Michel Armenteros Sanchez Dorian Michel Armenteros Sanchez 9 months ago I like ur explanation of Lipoproteins i only disagree in the almost certain assertion abt LDL as “bad actors”. I don’t think the LDL are bad actors per ser (they’re needed for normal healthy processes) they have the potential to be oxidized and then become a troublemaker as u explained before but that doesn’t mean that they will do that or that’s their intended purpose. I just want to point this out cuz people are already under the impression they’re the villains of the movie and that’s not entirely true. Moreover than the amount of LDL-Cholesterol the size / amount of LDL particles are of more importance cuz the small and denser they’re then me more prone the become to oxidation and endothelial infiltration progressing to atheroma and atherosclerosis. 5 Reply Sim Ev Sim Ev 5 months ago Thanks for clarifying the concept of the cholesterol 'transporters' ( hdl-c, ldl-c) from that umbrella term of good or bad cholesterol that's been flooding our consciousness for the last 3+ decades by mass media, making us too inure, unsure, and stupefied to care anymore. So everyone's just following buzzwords created my marketeers to peddle products in the guise of health promotion. Reply Colin Maharaj Colin Maharaj 4 months ago I've been following you for 10 years, even on the straight dope talk. I understand, but because I'm not a doctor, no one takes me seriously. best of luck to you and the viewers Reply chuck becker chuck becker 9 months ago Watching hundreds of outubes on optimum health for years has cause me to be selective and picky. This channel is creative & unique. 4 Reply Jody b Jody b 8 months ago I have been looking around the website and I'm trying to find it. Is there a natural way to reduce your apob if it comes back on the higher end? Or is there a way to keep that number low in the first place? I know there's a lot of conflicting articles online. Reply Paul Johansson Paul Johansson 5 months ago Man, best explanation so far. Thanks! 1 Reply The Joyful Eye The Joyful Eye 5 months ago Speaking as someone who is not happy with the results of her NMR blood test and who has been looking at a lot of videos about cholesterol --- LSS (long story short) I need to QS (quit sugar). And actually, I thought I already had (no cake, pie, donuts) but I guess the occasional root beer, ferrero rocher, and overloading on the pineapple juice did me in. 2 Reply 2 replies D 2row D 2row 10 months ago That was an awesome explanation! Thank you! 1 Reply Evan M Evan M 10 months ago Would love to hear a podcast with you and Paul Mason on this subject, especially to clarify if ApoB is a risk itself or only if glycated 6 Reply 3 replies Shams Mirza Shams Mirza 9 months ago Awesome content. Short, precise and easy to understand. Thanks. 1 Reply Amy Budrikis Amy Budrikis 4 months ago such a clear and interesting explanation, thank you! amazing that these resources are free 1 Reply Joy80 Joy80 10 months ago This the best explanation on cholesterol. Thank you Peter 4 Reply Stevenyes RRe Stevenyes RRe 10 months ago Very interesting . My physician to me that my blood work labs indicated overall low cholesterol but that my "good" HDL cholesterol was low. Thank you for the insight. 2 Reply 2 replies Ünal Usta Ünal Usta 10 months ago I adore the way you explain things. Thank you, thank you, thank you. 1 Reply Virginia Lyddane Virginia Lyddane 9 months ago Thank you for this summary. I have to go check to see if my latest bloodwork includes apoB testing. My doctor has me on statins for high LDL, and I am so confused as to whether or not that is the right course for me. 7 Reply 1 reply Phú Quý Hoàng Phú Quý Hoàng 2 weeks ago Hi Dr. Peter Attia, I have heard from Dr. Sten Ekberg's videos that LDL is not entirely "bad" or necessarily causes atherosclerosis if it is "fluffy" or original, it only goes bad when it's oxidized and shrunk. What's your thought on this? 1 Reply 1 reply Pablo Blanco Pablo Blanco 10 months ago This is the most knowledgeable doctor in conventional medicine. How does he retain all of the intricate details in his head like he does. 1 Reply Martin Pierce Martin Pierce 9 months ago (edited) When someone asks what's your hdl or ldl level, I think it's generally understood that they're talking about hdl or ldl cholesterol. It's just how people talk, trying to avoid big words whenever possible. 10 Reply 1 reply Christopher Logsdon Christopher Logsdon 9 months ago Peter that was a great explanation thank you so much 1 Reply Ross Ross 10 months ago Great video! Thanks, very informative. 2 Reply H H 6 months ago Thank you Dr. My doctor didn’t like it when I mentioned she do some research as there is no good or bad cholesterol. I also told her that I will never take statins. She referred to them as life saving drugs. 3 Reply 1 reply Jeremias H Jeremias H 10 months ago Thank you for being warrior in this seemingly endless fight! ps. Love that Richard P. Feynman photo in the background. It would be104th birthday for him today, may he rest in peace. 4 Reply timmiet47321 timmiet47321 6 months ago Great explanation. What is it about the LDL cholesterol molecules that makes them implant themselves into vessel walls? Aren't they made up of the same outer shell which should allow them to flow freely through our vessels? 7 Reply 11 replies Jason Skeel Jason Skeel 10 months ago Just my 2 cents here, I think if someone is watching this and able to follow what you are explaining they probably understand what density is. 4 Reply 1 reply Htaeh Lane Htaeh Lane 2 months ago Peter - I had my LDL fractions tested - my understanding is that there are multiple LDL particle types - with a primary focus on "Type A" - large fluffy harmless and "Type B" smaller oxidized and harmful. I was primarily "Type A" - does this still hold true? Reply Mike Valdez Mike Valdez 6 months ago Awesome 👍. This guy has charisma.....loved the talk! 1 Reply DIEGO DIEGO 6 months ago Great educator...! Very cool Dr. Thank you. 1 Reply Jack Cunningham Jack Cunningham 10 months ago The best summary of anything I have ever seen, ever. 4 Reply Maria T. Maria T. 10 months ago Very informative. Thank you. 1 Reply Ukiah's guitar solos Ukiah's guitar solos 5 months ago Clear, helpful presentation. Reply GreenSmoothieParty GreenSmoothieParty 10 months ago A formula for calculated ApoB = -33.12 + 0.675 x LDL + 11.95 x ln(TG). TG is triglycerides and ln is the natural logarithm function. Since this formula uses the LDL and triglycerides numbers to estimate ApoB, it appears to be logical to focus on reducing LDL and triglycerides to reduce ApoB. Total cholesterol = LDL + HDL + 0.2 x TG. Note that the ApoB formula above more heavily weights the TG number and that HDL does not even figure into ApoB. This is apparently because ApoB is not found in HDL, just ApoA. 2 Reply 2 replies kalex888 kalex888 5 months ago Correct, glad you explained this. I hope that next time you are someone else's podcast and they start acting like they know a lot about a subject but they actually don't, you chastise them the exact same way. Reply athukora athukora 5 months ago 👍👍 - fantastic explanation! 1 Reply Colin McRae Colin McRae 9 months ago I really enjoy Peter's efforts, but often after listening to a 2 hour podcast I find myself asking "so what are the actionable items here??". I appreciate the science but as I often can't piece it together sufficiently to actually DO something with it, I., and I think much of the audience, needs more focus on final take-away's. Such as in this case, it would have been good to say "your best bet is to go and test apoB". However this format of a video is great, just that last 1% needed to be "so, go do ___" to get ___ result". Even if non-absolute, with caveats and disclaimers etc., it's still something to "DO" vs. just something to "somewhat understand". :) 31 Reply 4 replies Roshan Roshan 10 months ago Loved it. Thank you 🙌 1 Reply Zarathustra's Lancet Zarathustra's Lancet 5 months ago Earned a sub. Thank you for explaining. Reply Mark McFadden Mark McFadden 5 months ago Thanks that was very informative. Much appreciated. Reply Elegance Elegance 11 days ago This was so valuable! Reply Richard Reeves Richard Reeves 2 months ago Excellent explanation. Reply Bob Jary Bob Jary 6 months ago Yeah ! A true truth seeker , a true scientist and a great teacher . So many whilst entering into the venture with a good heart cannot help evangelising and speaking in certainties leaving the viewer thinking ..yay! I need only do this and I'll be all fixed up ... Really we have suffered at the hands of the food industry , private shareholders, an ignorant and reactionary self serving government and the problems that beset our health must be completely understood to be tackled . Thank you so much for what you're doing. 1 Reply Alexander Mooij Alexander Mooij 10 months ago Now I can finally explain this to people one generation older than me. 1 Reply Gloriana Alvarez Gloriana Alvarez 10 months ago OMG! Thank you so much for this Peter!!! 1 Reply M E M E 10 months ago (edited) Do more TLDR topic intros! 8 Reply Carmen Hogan Carmen Hogan 3 weeks ago Thank you for clearing that up. ApoB 👍🏼 Reply Michael Sager Michael Sager 4 months ago Education on a number of different levels. Reply Deep Rolling River Deep Rolling River 1 month ago All the related women in my family have very high cholesterol. Mine is 350 and my 94 year old aunt’s cholesterol is 480. We have no heart disease, no dementia, and live into our 90’s. For some reason, our cholesterol has a protective affect. My doctor, or my previous doctor wanted to put me on cholesterol lowering medication. I just laughed. Why? Why? He wanted to decrease the very thing that may be keeping me healthy. Reply NFTeve Interviews NFTeve Interviews 6 months ago It’s not just as bad!! I eat als most zero sugars of any kind anymore, but I remember eating candy and then moving to honey and fruit sugars . That’s way better. Reply veramentegina veramentegina 9 months ago you are a great teacher. I finally got it.. :) Reply Alberta Rancher Alberta Rancher 5 months ago OMG!! This is FACINATING STUFF DR.A!! PLEASE.. I just "happened by" this podcast but it caught my attention because of a previous discussion with my Doc who warns me when I go in for my Class 1 Druvers medical . MY HDL/ LDL levels haven't changed but of course my AGE has , so she is concerned about levels and wants me to change my diet!! LOL.. to WHAT??? I'm 81 , female , a working rancher and a 100 % life long carnivore. I eat ONLY meat from beef I raise , eggs from my daughter's hens and venison from the land I live on . The calendar keeps flipping over the years and lots of changes have happened in the world but not much has changed in mine except for a cell phone and a whole world of information is now at my finger tips !! I'm a voracious reader when I have the material and the time .. but this vehicle of information is without compare . So THANKYOU FOR THIS DISSERTATION .. It's clear concise and as perfect as it's subject matter!! 👌 Cheers Dr A!! Maggie Reply H. Kay Brown H. Kay Brown 3 weeks ago OK, from a patient's point of view, what do patients do when the doctor is telling us our bad cholesterol is too high? And More importantly if statements don't really work what do we do? 1 Reply Marie Helene Grenier Marie Helene Grenier 10 months ago Finally a clear info for beginner...you are great. More 1 Reply AI21 AI21 10 months ago Something I'm not clear on. Is the LDL particle oxidized and THEN enters the damaged artery wall , or does it enter the damaged area and THEN BECOMES oxidized? Listening to your explanation I realized I didn't have that solidly in my head. Also, I think I understand how the artery wall gets damaged, overstretched by chronically high blood pressure for one thing, but, it might be a good topic to cover . Thanks 5 Reply 1 reply Jan Clierinck Jan Clierinck 1 month ago Hi @Peter Attia, Serum cholesterol comes from your liver? or: Does serum cholesterol get there through the gutt blood barrier from food sources? With other words, is the cholesterol we eat, that is in eggs for example, able to get through a normal gutt into the blood or is the liver inflammed and releases too much cholesterol in the blood stream. 2. Question. How and where does cholesterol oxydize and becomes bad cholesterol? Thanks for an honest scientific explanation. Reply R D R D 2 months ago Thank you Dr Attia! Reply Donna Gray Donna Gray 10 months ago So what would be the different reasons why a cell would make HDL’s versus LDL’s? 1 Reply Dave Stashik Dave Stashik 10 months ago Thank you Dr. Attia! 2 Reply Ron Tiemens Ron Tiemens 9 months ago Ok, now I want to hear ALL 25 HOURS Of your content on this. I’m serious. 1 Reply F-Authority F-Authority 10 months ago (edited) NEEDED: TLDR of what we should do to rid ourselves of "bad" low density lipo-proteins that cause harm. I've worked to raise my HDL for no reason? So, what proactive measures can I take at 60+? Do OMAD but new research says that's suspect. So, "good" diet + exercise + occasional longer term fasts is the best shot- but, still, no guarantees. Correct? 2 Reply 4 replies Bbarfo Bbarfo 10 months ago I quit taking statins about 6 months ago. Been on them for 15 years (20mg) per day. Unfortunately, most physicians in America are a marketing arm for the pharmaceuticals and don't teach good health. Love the Ayrton Senna helmet in the background by the way. 2 Reply 2 replies pepe lucho pepe lucho 2 months ago if the results of my lipid panel show HDL and LDL numbers, and not HDL-C / LDL-C, are they then not referring to the cholesterol levels ? Should I ask for a HDL-C / LDL-C test instead ? Reply Ravikanth Krishnan Ravikanth Krishnan 2 months ago What determines if cholesterol will be transported by LDL or HDL? Reply Mark Grenier Mark Grenier 10 months ago (edited) As a medical professional for the last 15 years as an ICU travel nurse. I'm understanding about 85% of what you're saying. I have some cholesterol numbers that are now clarified. Clarity is a gift and it's a gift you have. Here's my dilemma I love bow hunting and I live up north. my LDL and my HDL are both elevated.when I hunt my feet and hands get cold, as I got older I can only hunt for 2 to 3 hours before I have to come in. I would like to know if there is a way to increase or get better circulation by undoing the damage of the inflammation in the lower capillary system of my toes and my fingers on a microscopic level is there a diet or an exercise that I can employ to increase my circulation at my extremities that would be very helpful information again I appreciate and cherish your clarity 2 Reply 10 replies Sister sister Sister sister 2 months ago @peter Attia MD: Great info. But if this is "101", it makes me wonder why even many doctors seem to approach the subject from a "good cholesterol", "bad cholesterol" mindset... and they aren't using something like ApoB (at least along with traditional cholesterol measures) to determine risk? 1 Reply 1 reply Happy Music Happy Music 6 months ago Hi I'm from India I have seen yours YouTube videos of women hormones, sir I'm suffering from pms from long time should I take prostogon tablets? Reply Speed Fiend Speed Fiend 2 months ago So that begs the question: How does one know if the LDL levels are being dumped into the artery walls? What can you test to see if this is the case? 🤔 Reply Matthew Matthew 10 months ago We are so lucky that Peter is so smart!! 4 Reply John Gotschall John Gotschall 2 weeks ago What does this mean when you get a blood test result back and it calculates the HDL and LDL? 1 Reply hiker 2023 hiker 2023 4 months ago LDL is still a good rough marker for apoB. It's still accurately called "bad" cholesterol. Reply David Arbelaez David Arbelaez 9 months ago Thank you Dr. Attia. 1 Reply Berni Beckmann Berni Beckmann 10 months ago The version I'd love to hear is the one where you do something and later you have clean arteries and, are you sitting down, no bad side effects. 1 Reply J. M. J. M. 10 months ago Cholesterol is the Savage Lipid! More please? 1 Reply 700317 700317 10 months ago This is pure gold.. 1 Reply Perpetual Student Perpetual Student 1 month ago Can we all take a moment to appreciate this man’s love for Senna and F1!!!! Reply Diego Cardona Diego Cardona 9 months ago Peter..short videos are better.....amazing job 👏 Reply Michael Lincoln Michael Lincoln 2 months ago Great explanation. But, I for one would be cautious about framing anyone who uses the the term "good/bad cholesterol" as "not knowing anything." Ultimately, we have to talk to patients in a short period of time as to why statin therapy, and indeed LDL levels are associated with CV events. Lowering LDL is effective for lowering CV events. Without getting into pre test probability, (which is the future for statin decision making) and risk stratification, I would be in favor of using a different term if you like , or change our vocabulary all together (vis a vis apo-b etc...). But there is plenty of evidence base that these "cholesterol" levels have associations with poor CV outcomes and statins can be quite effective in risk reduction. Its not that we don't know what we are talking about. We have to communicate with patients day to day (in 15 minutes) in a way that they understand the plan. Reply notepad notepad 9 months ago "No Cholesterol—No Life" - peter attia 2 Reply Xavier Botteri Xavier Botteri 10 months ago Would be great to get your updated view on LpPLA2 test? Still a fan? Thanks Peter. Reply Keith Jesiolowski Keith Jesiolowski 8 months ago Peter, since you prescribe stains, at what lab level would you consider them, If diet and exercise have failed to significantly improve? 2 Reply 1 reply Kurtron Kurtron 9 months ago Great video. Thanks 1 Reply thejemag thejemag 10 months ago Very interesting. I think some added visual support (drawings/diagrams) could help, just a suggestion 3 Reply Asar Cadyn Asar Cadyn 10 months ago Why would an undamaged LDL particle randomly insert itself into the epithelium? And why would it only do it in some arteries and not in veins all over the body? I’m baffled. 5 Reply 1 reply Chloe7 Seven Chloe7 Seven 8 months ago (edited) Hi Dr Attia, can Bruits belly sounds be reversed? Carnivore put my total on 16. My Docs are very worried about all of this. Need CT scan. For now I have no idea what to eat. sorry .. but, I do have heterozygous FH. Messed up my life from doctors scaring me to death. Thank you for your sage talks. Reply Luyz Qint Luyz Qint 1 month ago (edited) But the reason the ldl's go to the walls is because they go there to repair, but if the person continues to take big amounts of refined carbohydrates (which makes your glucose go higher and hurt those walls), it builds up. Reply gold gold gold gold 5 months ago Thanks for this format Reply Carey Stoneking Carey Stoneking 10 months ago More specifically, it’s the damaged LDL that causes problems. Damaged LDL cannot be recycled because they no longer fit into the receptacles. Inflammation causes the damage. Refined sugars and excess vegetable oils are inflammatory. 4 Reply 1 reply Stream Urchin Stream Urchin 4 months ago super job explaining this Reply Joe Tart Joe Tart 10 months ago Curious to your thoughts on Lean Mass Hyper Responders... those with really high LDL's and HDL's, but low triglycerides who practice low carb diets? 18 Reply 3 replies parkourz0 parkourz0 7 months ago Nice overall. However, I would say the whole cholesterol being essential for a proper functioning human physiology is "good". It just kind of sounded like you were going to say cholesterol is neutral overall Reply whitecreek whitecreek 10 months ago Well, may be they're not different in nature, but they are in how they affect arteries. So I'm still not sure if it is completely wrong to refer at ldlc as bad cholesterol and hdlc as good cholesterol. It sure sounds now like an oversimplification, but wrong... I guess, like always happens, dosis make the poison. That too. 1 Reply 1 reply Mary Do Mary Do 9 months ago Thanks! I can't wait for the next videos of thos series. Reply Claudiu Cosar Claudiu Cosar 10 months ago Peter i followed most discussion around cholesterol however not sure here since other doctors and specialists are stating that others factors are the culprits for ACVD and not the lipids for instance prof doc Bart Kay states that there is not a single study that could demonstrate that lipids are the cause. there are associations only and epidemiological which many are adjusted what are your thoughts on this? thank you 2 Reply 1 reply zazzleman zazzleman 10 months ago Thank you for dumbing this down. If only people explained the stuff like this we would understand. Reply 1 reply Nick Flynn Nick Flynn 10 months ago The human body really is an ingenious design Reply Bruce Prigge Bruce Prigge 2 months ago Thank you! 🙂 Reply Chris Ordeneaux Chris Ordeneaux 9 months ago (edited) If LDLc is being used as a proxy to help determine LDL risk, who cares if we call it bad LDL or bad LDL cholesterol. As science learns more, we sometimes get stuck with outdated language. Just because someone writes in terms of what the public understands (from decades of outdated wording) doesn't mean they don't know what they are talking about. I completely understand there are now better ways to measure/access lipoprotein risk. This video really should've been split in 2 parts. Part 1 = nuance of lipoprotein vernacular; Part 2 = better ways to measure lipoprotein risk. Mixing the 2 just confuses both subjects. Reply Mike Fox Mike Fox 1 month ago My cardiologist always say you can never have too low cholesterol 1 Reply 1 reply Berat Bra Berat Bra 10 months ago Why is LDL-c marker better for assesing risk than LDL-p is? My doctor checked my LDL-p and not my LDL-c.... Reply fuze59 fuze59 10 months ago Peter what is your thoughts on taking an extremely low dose statin as cheap insurance? I was going to do this but what concerned me is that statins increase the risk of calcification of the arteries. Is this unfounded? 3 Reply 1 reply Kenny Hoang Kenny Hoang 10 months ago Going to start requesting that apoB 🙏🏼 Reply Perry Sebastian Perry Sebastian 9 months ago Super good info. Cholesterol is like bricks. It is construction material. Blaming the bricks for the designer/builder's decision to order too many bricks is dumb. When the body has too few LDL receptors or has a hole in the blood vessel's boundary water wall (that cholesterol attempts to fill), then cholesterol just responses as bricks would. Piling up at the loading dock or used to create a temporary vessel wall. Banning the production of bricks or "bad" cholesterol is total nonsense. Reply being being 3 months ago Thanks. Valuable Information. Reply Jersey Jim Jersey Jim 7 months ago If I recall correctly subtracting your HDL from your total cholesterol is a good surrogate for APOB. Reply Terry Peters Terry Peters 1 month ago You have many formats for your content. One on one, talking into the camera seems to be the best. Reply Lucky Hanger 13 Lucky Hanger 13 10 months ago Awesome!!! Thanks! Reply Geoff, Harrower Geoff, Harrower 1 month ago What about the important ratio of small dense LDLs to buoyant LDLs. See Prof. Robert Lustig, endocrinologist at USF, and his episode explanation of cholesterol. 1 Reply You Tuber You Tuber 2 months ago I care about my triglycerides and HDL #s. Strive to get Trigs down toward 60, HDL up toward 60 Reply youtuber42 youtuber42 10 months ago I hope that at some point people will stop say that these lipoproteins are "atherogenic". I think it's stupid to say that. He even gave the explanation why. They are crucial to live and crucial to the body's function and immune system. It's like saying atoms are atherogenic. I hope at some point Peter and others recognize that something else can make them atherogenic in certain cases, but they are not atherogenic per se. 3 Reply edbenzino edbenzino 6 months ago ...meanwhile outside america people who have been diagnosed with hbp are guided with bad cholesterol vs good cholesterol in foods that will help them not only reduce their chances of getting a heart attack but still feel energised and some even say they feel young again. Reply chocoman3233 chocoman3233 10 months ago Missed opportunity to say “this is the TLDLR of cholesterols” :D 1 Reply Laurie Simonds Laurie Simonds 6 months ago And this is why the nitty gritty of cellular anatomy & physiology is so important!!! People and (*gasp*) some healthcare professionals will blab on and on about things like cholesterol without even completely understanding its structure or function. And then want you to take an expensive, risky pharmaceutical to supposedly "fix" it.... 🙄 1 Reply Haroon Mirza Haroon Mirza 10 months ago Freakin AWESOME !!! Reply João Pinto João Pinto 4 months ago LDLc and HDLc reminds me of Batman: "“It’s not who you are underneath but what you do that defines you.” Reply Dorian Vallejo Art Dorian Vallejo Art 1 month ago I have no background to process any of this. My interest would be in knowing what foods are healthier than others. Some clarity on eggs would be helpful. Reply Juli Moody Juli Moody 6 months ago OUTSTANDING keep talking Reply Dee Dee 10 months ago I was really hoping I would understand this- are your videos and podcasts geared toward people with scientific backgrounds, or in the medical field? Because I can not understand 3/4 of this. 2 Reply K K K K 10 months ago Peter please what can I do to lower my cholesterol level is 2.9 high i don't want to take medication all the time please Reply Sean Sean 10 months ago I still would like to understand why Apo-B has a tendency to stick to artery walls? Like, I thought you said it’s s special package that is protein on the outside which allows it to pass through more easily? So why is it sticking to the arteries? 3 Reply 9 replies Eric S Eric S 2 weeks ago So the cholesterol is the same. Is it then accurate to then refer to them as 'bad' lipoproteins and 'good' lipoproteins? HDL still better for you than LDL no? Reply Christopher Gutmann Christopher Gutmann 2 weeks ago that was awesome!!!! Reply Peshur Peshur 5 months ago Isnt dietary cholesterol only really a specific problem if you have high or increasing LDL AND you are a hyper responder? Reply 1 reply Tew Wonwon II Tew Wonwon II 7 months ago Excellent. Reply chandebrec chandebrec 9 months ago Yeah, maybe someone saying "bad cholesterol" is ignorant and should be ignored; or maybe they're just using that phrase as a shorthand for LDL-C. Regardless, the takeaway from this video is that primary care docs should move away from total/HDL/TG/LDL(calculated) to apo-b as a CVD risk marker. That will help a good-feedback loop making apo-b testing cheaper and thus more widely accessible. Reply Chris Burns Chris Burns 10 months ago Fascinating! Reply Nate Matei Nate Matei 9 months ago What books or materials can you recommend that I read to educate myself on this topic? 1 Reply 1 reply Rosie S Rosie S 10 months ago This article might be of interest to those of you scrolling through the comments: ApoB Gains Ground as Best Lipid Predictor of MI Risk. “The risk of myocardial infarction in patients with and without atherosclerosis is best predicted by the number of apolipoprotein B (apoB)-containing lipoproteins, and this risk is independent from the lipid content and type of lipoproteins typically measured and targeted for therapy, according to a new analysis. The results, which showed that only apoB was associated with the risk of MI in a model that fully adjusted for other lipids and clinical factors, suggest that apoB “may be the primary driver of atherosclerosis” and that drug therapy should target all apoB-containing lipoproteins to reduce the risk of adverse cardiovascular events, say researchers. “We looked at apolipoprotein B, non-HDL cholesterol, and triglycerides, and all three are predictive of risk when you look at them independently and without adjustment,” lead investigator Nicholas Marston, MD (Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA), told TCTMD. “Even when you adjust for clinical factors, each were predictive of MI, which is the endpoint of interest in this study. However, when you also adjusted for the other lipid parameters, apolipoprotein B was the only one that remained significant.” continued here: https://www.tctmd.com/news/apob-gains-ground-best-lipid-predictor-mi-risk 5 Reply 2 replies Utahna Harris Utahna Harris 3 months ago Thank you!! Reply kinwintube kinwintube 10 months ago This is an excellent explanation. However, I just checked the website of the American Heart Association and they are still talking about good HDL and bad LDL and also that high cholesterol in the diet (red meat) will cause high cholesterol in body??? I suggest you, instead of attacking random people on Internet, you should publicly take on organizations such as the American Heart Association who continues to promote nonsense to the public. 11 Reply 7 replies Arthur Prelle Arthur Prelle 10 months ago Good info. But the hours of video info needs to be consolidated into a book form. Nobody is going to sift through 25 hours of video just on cholesterol, nonetheless the other valuable topics you comment on. It is truly great information. It is just to much to review and search in video format. Reply 3 replies Valeria Hernández Valeria Hernández 6 months ago (edited) If I understood correctly then it isn't totally wrong to associate LDL with "bad" label? Reply The FPV Life The FPV Life 5 months ago Technically you are correct but in the end ldlc is not optimal for a better metabolic health. Reply Rune Martin Guldberg Rune Martin Guldberg 6 months ago Is it then better to have no LDL at all. Conclusion this is true regarding what you are saying. Reply S & L S & L 10 months ago (edited) So there are good and bad lipo-proteins? And we are inferring their presence by somehow measuring LDL-C and HDL-C? But both cholesterols are the same? My lipid panel says LDLC is 93 and non-HDL-C is 111. Is the latter APO-b? Yeah, I am still missing a lot here. 2 Reply 2 replies Orion The Hunter Orion The Hunter 1 month ago I'm still a little confused. If course I have no medical background. What I have is a wife who went through chemo 5 years ago. After started a low carb for a year, then went to keto for about 3 years. Total cholesterol was close to 300. From 2019 to 2023 her total has gone to 851. WTF. 2 years ago she stopped taking tomoxafen. Her weight went from 127 to 111. How can she lower her cholesterol without taking any stations? Reply Jacki Jura Jacki Jura 9 months ago O M GOODNESS. i understood. -my word. Good job m’Dear. Reply Scott Good Scott Good 5 months ago So true. We don't have a cholesterol problem. We have a calcium and hardening of the arteries problem. Thank you for stating the truth. 1 Reply 2 replies ARCSTREAMS ARCSTREAMS 2 months ago you say they are the same but the end result is the ldl is acting differently and creating problems to your arteries ,idc about semantics and word technicalities etc its the result i worry about , anyways my doc wants me on chol drug but im not decided yet Reply Simon T Simon T 1 month ago (edited) So the term 'LDL' refers to the vehicle and the term 'LDL cholesterol' refers to the cholesterol packaged inside the LDL? My other question is, does saturated food create more of these LDLs? 1 Reply tkavalanche24 tkavalanche24 3 days ago So if LDL is not “bad” cholesterol, and LDL is a type of ApoB, and LDL makes up part of that ApoB count, yet the ApoB count is truly the “bad” cholesterol count, why is LDL also not bad, since the higher the LDL, the higher the ApoB count will be as well? Reply Mike S Mike S 6 months ago Best 101 🙏🙏❤️❤️💯💯 Reply Cool Dude is cool Cool Dude is cool 9 months ago interesting but the idea that ldl can dump cholesterol into arteries or lead to plaque there makes just about as much sense as using the terms good and bad cholesterol. 1. The veins experience the same amount of ldl yet they never have plaque 2. the cholesterol contained in the ldl is estered (for those reading this that means it's bound to a fat) so it can't simply dumped as it's already engaged in a chemical reaction. 3. ldl isn't what causes plaque anyways. Lastly, you mentioned oxidized cholesterol which is an interesting theory that no one has been able to observe so how can you prove that oxidized cholesterol has any different impact than any other cholesterol? 1 Reply lindy miller lindy miller 10 months ago Great Update 😎 Reply Cameron Coleman Cameron Coleman 9 months ago Does LDL cholesterol go into our artery/endothelial walls to repair the wall? If so, why does our endothelial wall need repair to begin with? Reply 1 reply JD Koos Racing JD Koos Racing 2 months ago Doc are you also a racer or just collector? I see the paraphernalia in the background Reply M E M E 10 months ago So it is more appropriate to say good or bad lipoproteins as the cholesterol content is not good or bad in itself. Reply Mark Krigbaum Mark Krigbaum 10 months ago So what is the root cause(s) of atherosclerosis? Why would ApoB particles, naturally produced, cause damage to the artery and how would it do that? 2 Reply 2 replies Dave Bieleveld Dave Bieleveld 2 months ago Soooo… the type of protein is good or bad? Reply ApaX1981 ApaX1981 10 months ago The Senna helmet is just fantastic! Reply Cee Emm Cee Emm 5 months ago Hey are you gunna go into business with Taubes again? Apparently he's got this great idea for a ballpoint pen that's got a pregnancy tester built in. It's completely zero carb, so bound to be a scientifically proven winner. Reply 1 reply ThaidUp ThaidUp 1 month ago And about 95% of Doctors do not understand this Reply Gimpler Da Happenin Gimpler Da Happenin 1 month ago (edited) Cholesterol is a building material. Be it a little or a lot depends on the amount that is needed for cellular creation and repairs. HDL and LDL have different roles in people in good metabolic health. Yes? No? Reply R p R p 9 months ago If ApoB represents the total number of particles that are atherogenic, why is it that ApoB attaches to LDL-Recptor in the hepatocytes to be removed/recycled? Without ApoB there is no recycling? 1 Reply Dutch Family Craziness Dutch Family Craziness 5 months ago I like the detail, but didn't you say that LDL is not good (bad) because it deposits its cargo on the arterial wall? Thus, saying LDL is bad cholesterol, while not a true statement technically, gets close to the truth in that when you read your blood results, you should be concerned if you have high LDL. Better to say, I have high LDL, which seems to be a concern. Bottom line, can you tell me how I should read my blood results? When should I be concerned? What is normal range? 2 Reply 6 replies Mel W Mel W 10 months ago Thank you. Reply Eli Nope Eli Nope 5 months ago pedantic me can't help but recall that red blood cells are not metabolically active and definitely don't make cholesterol. Reply ItTolls4Thee ItTolls4Thee 12 days ago Ok, words. How does that affect me and the lifestyle choices that I should make. Should I worry about what I eat and the numbers on my lipid panel. Reply Sixty and ripped Sixty and ripped 10 months ago According to the formula a lower density particle would have more volume than a high density particle yet the LDL particle is smaller than HDL? Reply 4 replies PJ V PJ V 3 months ago I felt that you spent a long time repeating the same phrases, but didn't get into the important details of why LDL is a "bad actor" that deposits cholesterol in arteries. In other words, if a person has a high LDL should they be worried? Reply 1 reply Lennonptpaul Lennonptpaul 3 weeks ago Wow, thank you Reply Sassy Sassy 9 months ago I noticed the Ayrton Senna helmet in your man cave. He was incredible. Reply Roy Turnwall Roy Turnwall 4 months ago Ok this is all good information but what I would really like to know, is where can I get an APOb test and who can I go to that is capable of giving me real numbers I can work with? Reply 1 reply LaDonna Bella Villalobos LaDonna Bella Villalobos 6 months ago My primary care physician wants me to start on statins and lowering cholesterol medicine, he did bloodwork on me six months ago and I found out what lab it was at so I open the account so I can check my own blood work up. I confronted him the other day when I had an appointment with him and why he prescribed me statins for cholesterol lowering medication with my total cholesterol is only 160 and my so-called HDL is 49 so my LDL is I guess about 100 or so, he explained to me that when I got out of the hospital for Covid I was in there for three how much for some reason they were giving me insulin shots in my stomach for the whole 90 days they have me on statins prednisone and a slew of other medicines I couldn’t understand what they were doing and I tried to tell my daughter but she believed the doctors before she heard me anyway my doctor told me you got a look at it this way when you got out of the hospital your insulin are your a1c was over 14 it didn’t even register so I put me onto diabetic medication and I think the reason it was so high was from the insulin shots it only made sense to me because I gained 200 pounds in three months I have lost almost all that weight and he tell me because I have type two diabetes now this is to prevent me from having a heart attack, when I was in the hospital the doctors tell me I had a excellent heart, it’s so confusing, oh he said I have high blood pressure now my blood pressure goes up every time I go to see him because I have white coat syndrome for good reason well I never did take any other medicine I got it filled but I want to try diet first so in three months I brought my A1c down to six without taking the medicine he said that can’t happen and I said well I did but he still insist I have type two diabetes I am on a well let’s just say I eat a lot of broccoli brussels sprouts a protein and low on carbs that’s all I did drink lemon water and green tea and some coffee I don’t know I am at this point scared and it’s not a wonder my blood pressure is high my Health was amazing before I went in the hospital I felt like I am experiment a guinea pig nobody would tell me why they were doing what they were doing and I told him I wanted off prednisone it made my heart beat so fast I can’t hardly take any medication I’ve always relied on more On natural herbal‘s teas and supplements and I’ve done very well until I was put in the hospital by the way that was my first time spending the night in Ospital at all and it was three months and on top of that I had a broken humerus bone on my right arm and I’m right handed so I had to do everything left-handed in the hospital I don’t know I just don’t know what to do I am afraid of medication and if my cholesterol gets any lower than I have any cholesterol left he thinks this is going to keep me from having a heart attack he said it’s like when you have type two diabetes you’ve already had a heart attack and this is what they put you on so you won’t have another one, I’ve never had heart trouble at all I just turned 68 years old in 2022 and I was in the hospital in 2018 which were they called Covid before they call it SARS be something and then they started calling it coronavirus then they started calling it Covid, whatever it was in 2018 in Missouri a lot of people die and I believe it was the same strain as in 2019 but they just didn’t know it yet three months in the ICU is a long time well not the whole time and I see you I’m sorry the regular hospital then on to physical therapy and speech therapy because I was without oxygen I don’t even know how long anyway I truly believe the hospital made me very toxic now I have fibromyalgia which I know is only information all over your whole body cast from chemicals so I’m gonna get some activated charcoal like I should’ve in the first place Reply bulgarianb3ast bulgarianb3ast 6 months ago is it true that a high ldl-c is only bad if you also have high triglycerides Reply 3 replies Rune Martin Guldberg Rune Martin Guldberg 9 months ago (edited) So are statins then changing the numbers of cholesterol inside lipoprotein. Or are statins changing lipoproteins them self. If LDL goes into the endothelium. How do statins help to lower that risk. anyway. LDLs doesnt go into the wall. Its damage to and a thrombotic reaction to damage that if forming artheriosklerosis. Reply Sandy Hazeltine Sandy Hazeltine 7 months ago 👍👍👍 Reply Tom Birney Tom Birney 10 months ago Can I as a Pt. refuse to have my medical records on a computer application medical records held by my PCP or their nursing staff? The bias against LDL is built into the database, I only want to be treated by an MD who only keeps paper records on me. ONE thqt I can ask for copies to review between yearly appts. Reply JeffreySnover JeffreySnover 2 months ago 1) Thank you. I'm so glad you are doing this. 2) Take your shoes off. :-) Reply Bob Bob 9 months ago (edited) my understanding is the lipoprotien carrying 'colesterol' molecules are basically all the same, the wheter they are dense or un-dense is a state theyre in doing their job of delivering the lipids/ triglicerides. and what happens is the get damaged via excess sugars and oter inflamatory events/substances. and when this happens they can't be re-absorbed by the liver. [the receptor on / in liver cites doesn't recognise them any more] this leads to them in excess, and ending up sinking in to artery wall cells where macrophages and so on try and mop them up. i think the may also be attracted to the artery wall that are being oxidised themselves. [not sure on this] but the net effect is the whole cholesterol thin is mis understood, and as stated in video , we dont know half the story yet. so in reality, while the apob test is good for flagging issues, avoiding eating processed carbohydrates, sugars, too much fructose and so in. having too many omega 6 verses obega 3 and [ahh the poisionous seed oils] food addetives and flavorings , i digress. bottom line is if you dont eat processed foods/ & industrial processed seed oils. and Do:- get enough sunlight get enough excursive [walks and little bit of hitt [ not running marathons]] get enough sleep get enough high quality protein & fat [meat[grass fed], fish [wild caught] , eggs, dairy and the better veg] guess what, overall that tips the scales in the better direction, not any one thing is a silver bullet but adding in what can be added, and taking out all the processed stuff[much as possible], going outside and being more active is the general way of insuring a better outcome. that also includes taking off sunglasses, the dont help our circadian rhythm reset correctly. yes even sunglasses, because if we hinder our sleep we allow the other actors to come in. why? proper sleep enables proper cellular repair, scale that [potential dis-repair] up over decades end of story[ or your life] prople with rosacea often have metabolic issues [more often than not aparrently] and id say that rosacea is a visible indicator, and lots of us my have a version of [hidden internal rosacea] same issue/symptom that somethings going on, but we just cant see it. Ken Berry MD cited a paper on the rosacea metabolic issues, i'm saying, hypothesising in addition [ the invisible rosacea also exists, as the oter inflammations on/in organs, e.t.c] what if its all the same thing [same/similar causes]? and thats the processing of foods, consumption of seed oils and factory raised meats, and too mang grans/starch besed foods. and with additives [monosodium glutamate, artificial sweeteners] to add the final insult. the perfect storm. 2 Reply 1 reply John Halloran John Halloran 8 months ago Agreed using “bad/good” is oversimplified. Nevertheless, oxidized LDL is implicated in atherogenesis. 1 Reply 1 reply Katelyn Panos Katelyn Panos 10 months ago *estrogen(s) there are three, estradiol, estriol, estrone. Have to point it out in memory of Dr. Bill Condon, best repro professor. Reply Vince Triglia Vince Triglia 5 months ago Statins blocking cholesterol and COQ10 in the liver instead of working on fixing the damaged artery first is like: Limiting traffic as low as possible on the turnpike because of potholes, instead of fixing the potholes first so you can keep full flow of traffic... ....just sayin Reply d. s. Douglas d. s. Douglas 4 months ago ThankYou ThankYou Again ThankYou! & How do we clean up our arteries ? 🙌🏼🫶🏻🖖🏼🥲 Reply Mark credit Mark credit 5 months ago This guy is such an amazing speaker what a gift he has Reply hkazmi86 hkazmi86 8 months ago I enjoy all your podcasts and videos. I'd like to humbly share one piece of constructive criticism, if you would. As a medical professional who works in cardiovascular diseases, it's not uncommon to use terms like "good cholesterol" and "bad cholesterol" as parlance simply for the sake of patient understanding given time constraints and not being able to explain in such detail to each patient. In fact, many patients may not necessarily care about the biochemistry of lipids. That being said, by saying anyone who uses these terms does not understand lipids and their effects is undermining the efforts of many healthcare providers who are doing wonderful work in trying to reduce ASCVD. I work alongside many cardiologists and lipidologists who are brilliant in their fields but still use these terms. Many of the comments in this thread share the same theme of, "Wow my doctor uses these terms and has no idea what they are talking about," and it seems as if this video is potentially undermining the efforts of physicians. I very much enjoy all of your content but want to respectfully remind you that you are a respected public figure and while you've done immense good for the educating the public, your eloquence may make people trust you more than their doctor so please be mindful of words like these as they may do more harm than good. Looking forward to future content! 5 Reply 3 replies kumar sathyanesan kumar sathyanesan 5 months ago LDL is produced by the liver and the liver does not produce it for a bad reason. 2 Reply 1 reply Mo Baumeister Mo Baumeister 6 months ago So if it’s the low density lipoproteins that are the bad guys, how do you avoid them? Why does the body use these, instead of high density lipoproteins? Reply 1 reply Frank Frank 6 months ago So what? So we shall not look at ldl and hdl in the blood report and focus on apoB? Is that a metric that gets returned? Reply Eric J Knowlton Eric J Knowlton 4 months ago Love the Senna helmets 1 Reply ABI for short ABI for short 5 months ago Ok, so I get it, LDL and HDL is really a poor marker of health. There's many other factors that come into effect. But what about SATURATED FATS, specifically meat and dairy. This is really where the battle is. Is it true that high amounts of saturated fat is unhealthy. Does it contribute directly to fatty liver and adipose and raise rates of atherosclerosis? It doesn't seem anyone had planly stated the data on this. Can you point me in the right direction if I missed it!... Reply 1 reply cynthia price cynthia price 9 days ago Thank you Reply TrumanHW TrumanHW 6 days ago I have an excellent lecture by a physician who's an expert in lipo-proteins and focuses more on the behavior of LDL or HDL than the ratio or amount. The series is called MOLECULAR MEDICINE ... (which I saved) ... and they can cause inflammation, or release what will become chlorine!! to kill things ... and, that they can "learn to behave" improperly ... making the simple "absolute tests" largely useless. What people also don't realize is that our hormones are also minute molecular modifications of cholesterol to create androgens (in males) and estrogen in females, which of course becomes it's opposite via enzymatic action in fat cells, which -- fat ALSO is in some respects more like an ORGAN than a simple store of energy. Hormones aren't the "needed resources" to cause the metabolic behavior we're familiar with that causes sexual dimorphism / secondary sexual characteristics ... but rather, signals cellular behavior. 🙂 When a pharma company tried to raise HDL (thinking a lack of HDL caused health problems) called Torcitrepib ... EVERYONE IN THE EXPERIMENT .... died. Only those who were in the control had any chance of survival. Obviously, the Pfarma! company stopped the trial ... but, perhaps thinking HDL is good is NOT the point ... but rather, having a lower LDL may be more preferable between the two, if any such preference can be inferred. Reply T. C. T. C. 5 months ago Great information! Off topic: The lighting in this video is so odd. Peter looks like he's a CGI version of himself. 😂 Reply Clarence Gardner Clarence Gardner 3 weeks ago I don't think it's quite fair to say that people who talk about LDL or HDL as cholesterol don't know what they're talking about. Unless you're a biologist talking about the details, it's they're shorthand terms that society uses. Reply vasenpolvi vasenpolvi 9 months ago This is only a n= single opinion. Respect to other single opinions Debunking myths about good and bad makes good videos. I love it. Still about that cholesterol entering the tunica intima arterial walls- you say often not wanting to "going in to that". Please Do. I would very much want to see someone trained in lipidology explain that to me in detail. I would realy want to see that. It never happens. Why? Knowing the problem, I can not unsee the problem. Yes it is not really the point of this video. What on the other hand is, a fallacy painted to the public on topics re cholesterol. There is more than that good-bad polarity. A strong divide about the way cholesterol is seen in general and how that divide feeds BigPharma profits, gov policies and affects everyones health. I call a discussion of mechanics of choleserol causing heart disease and how it enters in the arteiral walls, why it happens where it is detected and why not elsewhere. I am a trained scientist at a different field with a high LDL-c due to keto carnivore fasting diet so this makes me highly biased and I also want to see the entirety of the cholesterol discussion with an open mind. No study done on sick people satisfy me. I need studies obtaind from cohorts of physiologically healthy people in a natural state. I just want to be healthy and understand the smallest details, know who sais what and how that message translates to my personal health. Take care of yourself and then to a certain limit you can influence the ones you love to do the same. 1 Reply 1 reply old fart old fart 5 months ago no mention of apoE? Reply James America James America 5 months ago So the cholesterol report that the doctors office spits out describes HDL/LDL cholesterol? And you’re saying what’s important to know is lipo proteins, specifically apo-b, and not cholesterol? So the prescription of statins based on a high cholesterol is bad because it should be prescribed based on high lipo proteins specifically the apo-b one? Reply 1 reply Cszoke121 Cszoke121 5 months ago I’m guessing my doctor cheated his way through 101. Reply shannonforoutan shannonforoutan 9 months ago So hydro moves through the system easier because it's water soluble and lipos do not because they're firm and shape doesn't fluctuate as well to go through the system and I understand this correctly Reply 1 reply Peter Martens Peter Martens 4 months ago I wish one guy in this mess of people that are qualified and coming out with theories about health, showing the studies that support their claims (and these exist for any of the theories about these fields) would at least try to theorize about the bridge to the other claims of other people and show some awareness that this field is a mess. But its always only yeah this is the truth and no recognition of the results of the same quality in other fields. This podcasting, health influencer landscape is just one massive advertisement, each for his own shit, book, system, or whatever Reply free2be2 free2be2 6 months ago (edited) Density! My language. Lol. What's the Brix on these HDL? Asking for a winemaker friend. :-) Reply Peter Coderch Peter Coderch 10 months ago So you are going to run another episode on lipoproteins? How many have done already? 50? 100? 5,000? You should just change the name of your podcast to "The Heart Healthy Podcast" or somehting like that, since literally over 50% of your podcasts revolve around this. I understand that arteriosclerosis is the number #1 killer of Humans, but the people at risk are usually not the people that would be watching a podcast such as this. Having extremely low low-density lipoproteins is one of the very first things that people who decide to embark on an anti-ageing regime achieve. It's as basic as "A, B, C". I am not aware of anyone in the anti-ageing movement that eats pork rinds, hydrogenated vegetable oils daily. Low-saturated, low-hydrogeneated fat diets and low-sugar diets are as basic as it gets for people into anti-ageing. Also, the amount of high density liprotein and especially the particle size of HDL cholesterol is under strict genetic control, and there isn't much that one can do about them. Statins, for instance, don't raise HDL or increase the particle size of HDL. Niacin in mega-doses can boost HDL(at the cost of liver health), but it does not prevent cardiovascular disease because it doesn't change the particle size of HDL. When it comes to lipoproteins, all you can do is eliminate ingestion of saturated and hydrogenated oils and fructose and that's it. Other things like exercise and drugs don't seem to change it. So lipoproteins are a dead end for longevity until pharma creates drugs that can increase both the amount and particle dize of HDL. It would be much more interesting for you to do podcasts on things that we can actually control, like AMPK activity, anti-glycation agents, small molecules that can activate SIRT6, senolytics to clean out senescent cells, etc. Cardiovascular health is maxed out if you eat a super-clean diet and maybe take statins. There is literally nothing that you can do besides that. So why talk about it? 1 Reply Benjamin Hudgins Benjamin Hudgins 10 months ago How do i get the LDLC out of my system?.so i can improve my HDLC? Reply 1 reply Vince Triglia Vince Triglia 5 months ago If a damaged artery is the true cause of plaque buildup then let's find out how to keep the arteries smooth and undamaged so none of the cholesterol has a reason to be attracted, or a reason to dig into the artery wall....then with the artery wall tight, LDL is no longer a threat, and can continue to do its job to feed the cells of the body with fuel and needed cholesterol... statins block the formation of essential VLDL right in the liver before it turns to LDL... Reply Mike Rayco Mike Rayco 10 months ago Can't help but notice Senna's helmet. 1 Reply Victor Perez Victor Perez 5 months ago There should be pictures….you know for people who still comprehend. I’m just watching out for them :) Reply Bill B Bill B 5 months ago Well.. your usage of language is correct, but dismissing people who use popular shortcuts is a bit Aspberger-y, no? LOTS of people understand how it works, but use the popular shortcuts in language. Including MDs. That's just English. 1 Reply OrchidHolic OrchidHolic 10 days ago Does anyone know where we can have one done for under $200? Our cardiologist just told us is around $1200 for each of us! Welcome to “the affordable care Act”. Unreal Reply Daci Sky Daci Sky 6 months ago I think the only reason they check your cholesterol is to get you on a statin. My Dr's say "good" and "bad" cholesterol and I have to suppress eye rolls every time and keep my mouth shut. Reply 1 reply Ross Kirkwood Ross Kirkwood 8 months ago (edited) Arteries carry more oxygen then veins and the oxidization deposits plaque in arteries where as the lower levels of oxygen in a vein don’t cause the same chemical reaction. Speculation totally. Reply Jon Joubert Jon Joubert 10 months ago Long live Aryton Senna. 1 Reply Mike Uptegrove Mike Uptegrove 5 months ago Is it safe to say though, that the high density is, “better”, because it’s carrying more soluble proteins? The idea is that we need a transport mechanism for the lipid so that it doesn’t clog up our system? Right? Am I understanding that correctly? The APO (spelling ?) is what? Molecule/particle matter count? Or the amount of particles that could become oxidative stress? Would it make sense then that those particles are more problematic when the transport vehicle is less soluble? It’s crazy to think there’s so much confusion here and all these doctors have distinct ideas. I constantly hear how saturated fat and meat is bad, but the best health I’ve ever achieved outwardly in my life came from indulging those, “bad things”. My metabolic function is the best it’s ever been, I haven’t had a cold or flu in 6 years or more, I’m no longer fluctuating weight by the possibility of 8lbs daily. I am like probably under 10% body fat and without much effort. But, according to a bunch of metabolically challenged doctors I’m like gonna die soon of heart failure from my high fat diet. Their science and my reality do not match! Reply 1 reply Krist St Krist St 4 months ago Should i worry for having 240 total cholesterol and I'm a male, 32. Thnx Reply 1 reply defdaz defdaz 1 month ago You all need to listen to Dr Paul Mason's videos. He has a much better understanding of this subject and explains things far better. 1 Reply Linnea K Linnea K 4 months ago I'm a MD but I still appreciate the repetition! We talk so much about good and bad that I almost forgot the function of the lipoproteins. Regarding making your HDL higher. It seems to me that patients generally have higher HDL too when they have higher LDL. People in a very healthy diet, say wfpb diet, have very low LDL but also not high HDL. If the body doesn't have too much cholesterol then the HDL, bringing back cholesterol to the liver for excretion in the bile, isn't needed as much either. Reply feizal moolla feizal moolla 7 months ago thank you Reply Humble Courageous Humble Courageous 5 months ago Every BODY is different. I didn't want to take statins so I paid for a CAC scan. It was 107 which is not good. (My husband, also a vegetarian for 50 years like me had a CAC scan of zero.) I took statins for two years and got another CAC scan. The plaque in my arteries had increased 85% to 193 with the statins. I stopped the statins and took K2, D3, magnesium. In two more years I got another CAC scan. It was 164 so about an 18% decrease. At least it is going in the right direction. To keep the doctor from insisting I take statins, I took one tablespoon of sunflower lecithin powder a day for 4 months. It lowered cholesterol 30 points. I don't know if it continued lower - haven't checked yet. I also added a very, very tiny amount of amla powder. I'm wondering if it is even good to lower cholesterol that much. I'll find out in a couple of years when I get another CAC scan. I'm 73 and have no body pain. My BP was getting a little high. I lowered that with a very, very small amount of potassium. (Potassium can be a huge problem is a person has any kind of kidney or diabetes issue.) 1 Reply biiizii biiizii 10 months ago Why i have, even if i eat high fat diet - saturated fat from animal most - low in carbs, my triglycerids levels are allways very low, under normal range, but total cholesterol is allways little higher than normal? Reply 2 replies Monzter Movies Monzter Movies 10 months ago (edited) I feel great. I eat 3 eggs a day. My doctor does not like my slightly elevated LDL, he told me to lay off the eggs, I told him quietly in my head to pound sand. 💪💪💪💪😎 15 Reply 3 replies Imagineworks Imagineworks 10 months ago Let’s say you are fine, below 200, then you have a wisdom tooth removed , a few days later, you cholesterol went up because of the inflammation from removing the wisdom. So are you not healthy? The Dr. is right! 1 Reply bicylindrico bicylindrico 10 months ago So don't eat high glycemic carbs together with fats? That's what my monkey brain has been satisfied with 3 Reply 1 reply Jason Hobbs Jason Hobbs 6 months ago First, I love most of Peter Attia’s work. Second, he’s much smarter than I and has done more good for more people than I. Third, why did people like this video? It was just musings on inactionable semantics. Reply Nilima Mittal Nilima Mittal 6 months ago how do you become a virtual patient? Reply David D David D 7 months ago Peter seems scared of adressing the seed oil research. It is extremely relevant. A shame. Reply 1 reply D Forbes D Forbes 9 months ago He takes issue with the use of descriptive language but uses words like “engineered” to describe the evolution of life. Great presentation otherwise. 😉 Reply 3 replies Daniel McCarthy Daniel McCarthy 10 months ago Doctors: Your total cholesterol is too high! Doctors: Forget that, now your LDL-C is too high! Doctors: LDL-P is a better measure. Doctors: OK, we need NMR tests to detect small, dense LDL. Doctors: Yikes, your Lp(a) is elevated. Doctors: Actually, we should look at ApoB instead. PATIENT: WTF? Is there a different treatment for each? DOCTORS: No, we'll just give you a statin which doesn't work anyway. PATIENT: WTF??? 143 Reply 30 replies palosamo palosamo 6 months ago Blaming LDL for causing atherosclerosis is like blaming firefighters for starting a fire. 1 Reply 1 reply anonymous anonymous 1 month ago Make a video on statins Reply ReaPlays ReaPlays 7 months ago (edited) Seems like the main argument starts at 11:13. The big points seem to be: • Cholesterol is a system-critical substance in humans — of itself, cholesterol is good and necessary for humans • But certain of the different ways cholesterol can be "packaged for shipping" by the body can have negative health effects • Therefore, claiming there is "bad cholesterol" is inaccurate, unhelpful language I feel like his presentation would have benefitted by dropping most of the section about testing and inserting a section about the stigma and common misunderstandings related to high cholesterol food consumption. Reply 2 replies Timothy S Timothy S 3 weeks ago (edited) Ok, you literally are contradicting yourself here. On one hand you say "there is no such thing as good cholesterol and bad cholesterol". Then you say in 2 different sections of the video that HDL cholesterol at certain amounts happens to be a marker of good cardio vascular health. Then later in the video you say "LDL goes into artery walls the elicits an immune response that causes atherosclerosis....but I'm not going to get into that"....well that is exactly what you should "get into! Because that's why LDL cholesterol is "bad" in certain concentrations. So, you literally explained that there is bad and good cholesterol while saying simultaneously there aren't. So, please just stop bro. You may be an MD, but you're double talking here. In short, yes, there is good and bad cholesterol and the concentrations and proper balance are what doctors look for when they order and read results on the blood tests. Patients that have proper concentrations on their results the vast majority of the time, fall into either healthy or higher risk categories. It can be said that someone who has a genetic predisposition to higher LDL cholesterol may be in a high risk category, but if that person has a very high antioxidant diet or engages in antioxidant supplementation, they may never develop atherosclerosis. It's my opinion that in addition to statins + CoQ10 for those patients who have a genetically high LDL cholesterol, a low fat/high antioxidant diet along with antioxidant supplementation like NAC and Quercetin should be prescribed. Also advising moderate cardio vascular exercise can really boost health benefits of the diet, supplements and statin medication. I'm really not sure what this video is trying to explain other than our bodies need cholesterol, which is true, but you go into the weeds trying to say LDL isn't bad when it is actually bad in elevated concentrations. When you look at a cholesterol graph from studies, the people with LDL cholesterol of close to 50 have virtually zero atherosclerosis. It's been known in medical science for decades now that LDL cholesterol is the cholesterol to keep low to prevent heart disease. Reply james bandazewski james bandazewski 9 months ago Doc if you already have heart disease. Do you still need Crestor. Like 2.5 mg Reply Jim Bob Jim Bob 6 months ago So should we be taking statins or not. Reply Daniel Lopes Daniel Lopes 2 months ago “Bad and Good” cholesterol is obviously a simplification so the average normal person that isn’t digging these things to remember. The outcome is still the same. Reply Inez Ascari Inez Ascari 5 days ago Why is triglycerides never mentioned when it is the most deadly..like glass chards in the veins...correct? Reply glennschromebook glenn glennschromebook glenn 7 months ago so is it bad to have both APOLIPOPROTEIN B and APOLIPOPROTEIN A cause that is what I have Reply Jeff Rey Jeff Rey 9 months ago ❤️👍🤙‼️ Reply Moontrack Moontrack 10 months ago 400 Total Cholesterol and 400 Triglycerides = ? 1 Reply 1 reply juergen hartmann juergen hartmann 5 months ago 12:12 The gist of it. Reply Atlas Optimization Atlas Optimization 10 months ago Solid Reply David Iglesias David Iglesias 1 month ago But what does every cell in our body run on????? Sugar Reply Anna Elize Anna Elize 4 months ago If all cells make cholesterol, why does it ever have to be transported via the blood? Reply 1 reply Gabriele Kennedy Gabriele Kennedy 10 months ago (edited) I learned protein is water soluble today...IDNK Reply themblan themblan 5 months ago Similarly, when people use the term "good fats," it makes me cringe. Reply Matt Cevik Matt Cevik 3 weeks ago So avoid seed oils , fried stuff , xray machines, also all simple carbs and sugars, sleep , exercise …. anything missing ? Reply VzenV VzenV 1 month ago So hes saying have 500mg vitimin c a day.. lol thats the nut shell Reply L Y L Y 9 months ago Just pay for a calcium score and CT angiogram. Find out how clogged your arteries are and where you stand Reply Bobby Adkins Bobby Adkins 6 months ago You can find anything you want to hear on YouTube even that there's no such thing as good or bad cholesterol.🙄 Reply 1 reply Truth Truth 9 months ago 1080p please Reply P G P G 9 months ago Lol. There was a vegan Ad for the fake egg Reply Lars Nyström Lars Nyström 2 weeks ago This stopped when it was getting interesting. But I don't want to listen to 25 hours of podcast, to get the full story. Is there a compromise? There are too many who thinks LDL-C is important. I wanted to get your opinion on that. Reply Marcus Aurelius Marcus Aurelius 5 months ago It's not the cholesterol it's the oxidation that is bad 1 Reply 1 reply rijo kripto rijo kripto 10 months ago If people are interested in this bio-chemistry check oun ninanerd channel.. WAAY more understandable about these things... Reply Christopher Ellis Christopher Ellis 8 months ago Why do you say lipid, but l👁po? Reply GaiasFleas GaiasFleas 6 months ago Peter Attia is what stupid people think a smart person sounds like. 1 Reply TheCompleteGuitarist TheCompleteGuitarist 9 months ago How does anything get through the arterial wall? At this point I'm lost. Reply 1 reply campyc40 campyc40 9 months ago Senna sempre Reply K4R3N K4R3N 1 month ago Is that a Senna racing helmet in the back? Reply MrBigNoodle MrBigNoodle 10 months ago What's this TLDR cholesterol you speak of? :p 2 Reply 4 replies Darla Fitzpatrick Darla Fitzpatrick 9 months ago But there are only good statins, right? /snark/ Reply A B A B 9 months ago Hmm… What’s the TLDR version of this? Reply 1 reply Danny Phillips Danny Phillips 1 month ago It is carbohydrates not cholesterol but you can’t tell anybody the average medical doctor run by the pharmaceutical companies Folks need to go to a functional medicine doctor Reply Neldoreth Udomiel Neldoreth Udomiel 5 months ago Real tldr; they should be saying "good lipoprotein" and "bad lipoprotein" and by good they mean that it doesn't appear to increase health risk, and by bad they mean that it does increase health risk? Reply 1 reply Top12 boardstore Top12 boardstore 2 weeks ago Processad fats are bad for you no mattet what. Reply adudz1 adudz1 5 months ago Not to be pedantic but the vehicle is not a lipoprotein; it’s an apoprotein that gets lipidated becoming an apolipoprotein bahahaha 🤣 Tom Dayspring would get pissed! Come on Peter! Jk! Reply juan cuello espinosa juan cuello espinosa 4 months ago Is that actually ayrton senna's helmet Reply chilloften chilloften 10 months ago Oh gosh, I didn’t catch the drift. Reply Jeff Abbott Jeff Abbott 9 months ago Thank god I finally found a decoder ring for Biden and Kamala in my box of cracker jacks! Now I need to find one for you ☝️! Reply Matt Cevik Matt Cevik 3 weeks ago Bad actors is the LDL lipo protein is bad inside cholesterol same and cholesterol is not bad actor only Ldl lipo protein is bad. 1 Reply First Principles Fitness First Principles Fitness 10 months ago Nice Senna Helmet 🤘 1 Reply ur dad's husband ur dad's husband 3 months ago Pretty sure its just a colloquialism dude Reply MrDobberdude MrDobberdude 4 months ago Dang bro...bottom line up front? Reply Sean Cronin Sean Cronin 4 months ago This was just a rant about semantics. 1 Reply LP Johnson LP Johnson 9 months ago Is that a picture of Feynman behind you? Reply 1 reply John Osborne John Osborne 9 months ago Triglycerides are bad. If thier high. 1 Reply Stephen - The Wanderer Stephen - The Wanderer 2 weeks ago Ummm , clear as mud… Reply J M J M 2 months ago You are misleading folks - they are hearing that having a high LDL is not dangerous. Read the comments. 2 Reply 1 reply Diesel Bourbon Diesel Bourbon 6 months ago Statins. Do people still believe those pills are good for anyone? Reply Victor Da Silva Victor Da Silva 10 months ago thanks for not making ANOTHER 2 hour video speaking to a PHD so we cant understand a damm thing.... 1 Reply 1 reply PTlove&light PTlove&light 6 months ago Kind of like the language around hormones: estrogen=the "female" hormone testosterone =the "male" hormone🙄 It lacks nuance in the discussion about it Reply Erast Van Doren Erast Van Doren 2 months ago After the capital mistake at 1:50 no need to listen farther. Cholesterol make the membrane more rigid, not more fluid. Reply 2 replies John Flores John Flores 9 months ago With Bluetooth earbuds on... Reply Ali Moeeny Ali Moeeny 10 months ago Jump to 9:44 Reply David R David R 9 months ago Ty Reply andy andy 10 months ago I saw this post and he called the author ignorant. lol. was pretty sweet Reply Cerebral Parasite Cerebral Parasite 5 months ago subbed Reply PW Crabb PW Crabb 2 weeks ago 12 minutes is not as tiresome as 22 minutes, but your video still contains too much unnecessary fluff. Reply Butch Galvez Butch Galvez 9 months ago (edited) Really shows a lack of understanding. Knowledge without wisdom. Reply Tim Ray Tim Ray 6 months ago (edited) There is bad cholesterol, oxidized small particle LDL Reply anthony Bartolotta anthony Bartolotta 10 months ago The MD IS TERRIFIC Reply solidfuel86 solidfuel86 9 months ago So 12 min to say there's small technical naming. Just nit picking click bait video Reply Andy P Andy P 4 months ago You need some slides….. Reply francisco lacuata francisco lacuata 2 months ago MY DOCTOR ALWAYS SAYS MY CHOLESTEROL IS HIGH AND I'm IN THE LINE TO BE DIABETIC AND WANTS ME TO TAKE STATIN DRUGS WHICH I REFUSED Reply 1 reply Peter Nicholas Peter Nicholas 9 months ago All cholesterol is good cholesterol..... especially the so-called BAD cholesterol. Reply nowayout nowayout 9 months ago I take it most doctors have never taken a master class on HDL and LDL My urologist blurted out as if he was remembering medical school notes that HDL is good LDL is bad. I told him, no. It's not true. LDL can be good and bad depending on the particle A B and so on. I know this is difficult stuff and I am not an expert but when doctors flounder and just want to prescribe statins I think kiss my ass because you aren't helping me get healthy through nutrition and you probably don't know much about nutrition because what you learn in school about food is most likely based in the standard American diet food pyramid which has proven not to be good. And then we the patients believe without questions. Why are so many people dying of diabetes, and insulin resistance? It's the same thing. This big Pharmaceutical wheel turns and makes money keeping people sick. Yes , sick. We are breathing and accept the diagnosis without taking responsibility or thinking. Think people, think. Reply 2 replies Rune Martin Guldberg Rune Martin Guldberg 5 months ago LDL going into the artery’s wall. How naiv. It’s a joke. What ever you say. You screwed up. Reply 1 reply David Iglesias David Iglesias 1 month ago Talk about a snake oil salesman.... 1 Reply elvisman2000 elvisman2000 6 months ago TLDR? Reply Charlie Charlie 10 months ago debate Michael Greger Reply peachees peachees 8 months ago 99% of health issues can be fixed as in cured by eating clean foods and having an active lifestyle. 99% ppl don't want to change their toxic money pursuing lifestyle and want "quick fixes" promised (lied) by the medical cartel. 99% ppl are on forever drugs and with forever sideffects and die early with tons of medical bills. Do you want to be 99% ... aka the victims of the medical cartel? Or do you want to be the 1% who is so healthy and strong and takes ZERO meds and has ZERO medical bills and isn't afraid of flu or flu x2 and hides behind a medieval face mask costume for the rest of their lives. Choose life by not following the medical death cult's advice or from their shock troops trying to dazzle you with fancy lingo. I always find it funny that MDs try to be "cutting edge" by tip toeing around the drug companies instead of calling them out for what they are ... the biggest dealers of disease and death of the 20th/21st century. Athletes and natural living ppl are the true "cutting edge" as they don't talk or live bs. Their lives depend on truth instead of gaslighting the world for personal greed and status. 1 Reply Adrift Adrift 2 months ago Lotta talk, not much new information Reply Dan Stiurca Dan Stiurca 6 months ago What's with all the Ayrton Senna paraphernalia? You race? Reply Rebirth of the Cool Rebirth of the Cool 3 months ago Vee-Hic-Ull Reply Joseph Ramone Joseph Ramone 1 month ago (edited) Doc, you contradicted yourself. You set out to prove that LDL are NOT "bad cholesterol", yet you concluded by admitting that LDL are "BAD actors" that oxidize on the walls of the arteries. Please, don't insult your audience with such a self agrandizing stance to then crap all over yourself I've blocked you after this video because you care less about the truth and more about making yourself out to be the most clever doctor on the internet Reply peter demasi peter demasi 3 weeks ago talks w/a shovel. does not know how to edit Reply monkeyshines11 monkeyshines11 1 month ago This is so boring, I prefer to call the vehicle a automobile instead of a car, who cares. Reply A. New A. New 10 months ago I have not watched this video before this comment because I take issue with the title. Oxidized LDL IS bad cholesterol. Much like rancid olive or avocado oil is no longer "good oil". YouTubers with otherwise good content should stop "click baiting" 🙄 Reply 4 replies Mark Hegbloom Mark Hegbloom 1 month ago Hmm zero references. Sorry bro I'm going to have to believe the Harvard studies over your self proclaimed BS. Reply Morowinger Morowinger 5 months ago Another one who doesn’t believe in Science. Earth isn’t flat. Reply Liz Keith Liz Keith 10 months ago have you guys read THE REAL ANTHONY FAUCI, yet ? 1 Reply 1 reply Dr. Paul Mason - 'The truth about high cholesterol' Low Carb Down Under 469K subscribers Subscribe 7.1K Share 192,205 views Nov 19, 2022 GOLD COAST CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTRE This lecture is part 1 of 4 delivered by Dr Paul Mason at the Low Carb Down Under Gold Coast conference in October 2022. Dr Mason demolishes the weak science that LDL cholesterol is inherently harmful, and brings nuance to the conversation in a way that can be easily understood. Dr Paul Mason obtained his medical degree with honours from the University of Sydney. He is also a fellow of the Australasian College of Sports and Exercise Physicians, holds a Bachelor's degree in Physiotherapy and a Masters degree in Occupational Health. He is currently Chief Medical Officer of the Defeat Diabetes program, an evidence-based program focussed on lifestyle management of metabolic illnesses, including type 2 diabetes. Please consider supporting Low Carb Down Under via Patreon. A small monthly contribution will assist in the costs of filming and editing these presentations and will allow us to keep producing high quality content free from advertising. For further information visit; https://www.patreon.com/lowcarbdownunder 369 Comments rongmaw lin Add a comment... M MM M MM 3 months ago Dr. Mason is a brilliant speaker, his lectures are spot-on and entertaining as he destroys the lies and myths around cholesterol. Thank you for sharing this valuable video! 232 Reply 4 replies M P M P 3 months ago Wow. Even I, a simple layman, can understand this lecture. It's easy to talk in a complicated manner, but damn hard to talk in a simple manner. Thank you Dr Mason. 114 Reply Mads Ingemann Blücher Mads Ingemann Blücher 3 months ago When he tells it so clearly it really makes me wonder why he is the only one telling this story! Why is this not being accepted more widely? This dude is one of my heroes. 92 Reply 17 replies Yukon Yukon 3 months ago Dr. Paul Mason is the absolute best at synthesizing and making such complex matters easy to understand to the average person, incredible contributions every single time he presents something and it is made available to the public. Thank you so much Dr and Low Carb Under!! 62 Reply Call Of Gaming Call Of Gaming 3 months ago I was so excited to see a new posting from Dr. Mason. One of the very best presenters on any subject I’ve ever seen. Thank you for all you do to promote health and better medicine/therapy!!! 34 Reply Beau Bolinger Beau Bolinger 3 months ago An absolute Genius of a Doctor-- 76 Reply Trevor Folgering - Biohacking Coach Trevor Folgering - Biohacking Coach 3 months ago This is so informative! Need to watch this over and over again. Thank you!! 54 Reply MrSavvynet MrSavvynet 3 months ago Brilliant - well supported with data and studies and clearly articulated as always. 33 Reply Stuart Woodcock Stuart Woodcock 3 months ago Give Dr Mason a very large grant for more research in this area!!! 57 Reply 3 replies Fabian Lim Chin Wen Fabian Lim Chin Wen 3 months ago It simple that a layman like myself could easily understand. Thank you very much Dr Mason 27 Reply Bird’s Eye View Bird’s Eye View 3 months ago Doctor Mason has a way of explaining and simplifying a complicated issue….if only my doctor would pay attention to the science 😢 13 Reply Mick Thomas Mick Thomas 3 months ago That illustration of causation vs correlation with the cat on the roof is hilarious 🤣 Thanks for another great talk Dr Paul 👍 31 Reply 1 reply Watercolour Art in Cape Town Watercolour Art in Cape Town 3 months ago Definitely my favourite Doctor to listen to 👨‍⚕️ you always give practical advice How to get Vit D and when to be in the sun ☀️ What to look for with cholesterol levels Cutting out plant oils And finally the benefits of carnivore diet Been listening to you since 2029 and you’ve literally pushed me to get healthy thanks to your videos 🙏 62 Reply 5 replies Toni Toni 3 months ago You keep doing it Paul. Thank you once again. 25 Reply Sjur Even Aunmo Sjur Even Aunmo 3 months ago Dr. Mason lectures closely from science. There are not many of his kind on YouTube. 29 Reply 1 reply Cassie Oz Cassie Oz 3 months ago (edited) Nailed it again Paul. Articulate and compelling as always 13 Reply Lauren Elizabeth Lauren Elizabeth 3 months ago Brilliant presentation! Dr. Mason explains at a perfect level of detail, without hand-waving or glossing over as many others do when speaking on these topics. 5 Reply Darcy Brown Darcy Brown 3 months ago great talk as usual Dr Mason, like others I wish you could have clarified more about the role of dietary fats, are they only an issue if you haven't got the low trigs/good HDL's ? or for anyone? Further was the any clarity on levels that were ok before a threshold reached on average when it became an issue/increased risk. Any further info would be great help to many reading/listening to this. Thanks for all you do 3 Reply 1 reply Jo Allsopp Jo Allsopp 3 months ago Hilarious Ozzie humour …..although a very serious subject. Well done Paul, that was an excellent presentation ! 27 Reply Jesús Pinto Romero Jesús Pinto Romero 3 months ago Hola Doc. Por favor, necesitamos subtítulos en español. Muchas gracias por todo. Felicitaciones. 2 Reply Loretta Dillon-Ham Loretta Dillon-Ham 3 months ago Wow Paul, thank you! I will use this to explore and learn. Already looking forward to 2023 LCDU conference on the GC, Qld. 😊 3 Reply Kenneth Yuman Kenneth Yuman 3 months ago Doc Mason rocks!. A question: is there value in measuring apoB, or the number of LDL particles. besides using tg/hdl as an indicator? 5 Reply Lynnley Pitcher Lynnley Pitcher 3 months ago Just went to cardiologist today over eptopic heart beats I have developed. He wasn’t worried about that but worried about cholesterol. Only number I was worried about was tryg of 3.6. Have restarted low carb since had the blood work and hope to get more blood work done in a month or two. Wish he had watched this 3 Reply Nomad Orion Nomad Orion 12 days ago I’ve been literally fighting my Dr about the use of statins and the science on LDL… this takes me to the finish line .thanks 1 Reply Charles Toast Charles Toast 3 months ago Thanks for this talk! More detailed and technical than most, and requiring some effort of understanding by the viewer. If I wasn't living in the US, with a predatory for-profit medical industrial complex, it would be reassuring to get some blood labs to guide my nutritional journey. Sad to learn there might be reason to back off on dairy tho. :( 6 Reply KETO Diamond Channel KETO Diamond Channel 2 months ago It's great that you are bringing all this to the surface and helping people understand facts. Our bodies are super smart. Reply Jo Brown Jo Brown 3 months ago Dr Mason, you might be interested in how my numbers have changed. Good news (and I am very surprised) is my CAC = 0, 65 years old female. I've been low carb for 1 year but about 6 months ago I started eating more eggs and dairy so 2 known variables. First number is the Oct 2022 test, bracketed number is Oct 2021 before starting low carb. Total Chol 8.7 (7.9), Trig 1.0 (3.0), HDL 1.7 (1.1), LDL 6.5 (5.4), HbA1c 5.2 (7.0), ALT 19 (45), GGT 19 (38, was 61 in 2015). Ultrasound (mention of fatty infiltration in 1999): liver fat was moderate in 2019 (probably got worse 2020/2021) and is now (just last month) mild. Weight: 64kg (80kg) only stretches and strengthening exercises. Waist: 38" (44"). I will be seeing a low carb doctor tomorrow so I will be interested to hear his comments. I would really like to get the LDL particle size test done out of curiosity. 14 Reply 2 replies Bruce Danton Bruce Danton 2 months ago Thank you for this, which is most interesting too. I have been diagnosed with high cholesterol recently alas; although I already have high blood pressure and Diabetes Type 2. I also have CFS/ME; IBS; Autism; along with anxiety and depression type illnesses. I see my Doctor of course at times with them. I also have Arthritis in the legs; along with a hernia; gallstones; and a lung nodule too. I am nearly 55 and I do wonder if this is part of becoming older indeed? Reply 1 reply kwakaman555 kwakaman555 3 months ago Good talk Paul. His points in closing are well taken! Currently I am looking at the effects of thyroid function on my lipid levels and however that plays out will be interesting... 5 Reply 1 reply JJ JJ 3 months ago Dr. Mason - a brilliant human that knows how to explain complicated stuff in the way an average Joe will understand AND will be able to apply in a daily life! 1 Reply Anthony Chaffee MD Anthony Chaffee MD 3 months ago Fantastic talk as usual! 9 Reply Valerie Michel Valerie Michel 3 months ago Excellent presentation, thank you! 9 Reply busysuperhuman - Dr Sara Pugh busysuperhuman - Dr Sara Pugh 3 months ago Great video as always . Eisenhower smoked 100 cigs a day and obviously under huge stress ……but of course it was the cholesterol that caused his heart attacks 7 Reply Galahad Threepwood Galahad Threepwood 3 months ago It's been a long time - great to see Dr Paul again 1 Reply Lolly Pop Lolly Pop 1 month ago If you know your subject intimately you can teach it excellently! This is a good example Reply Pablo Piquante Pablo Piquante 3 months ago This is a very interesting lecture. Does Dr. Mason ever explain why the particles become smaller? Is this really 'damage' or the body's intention to somehow use the smaller particles? Reply César Warrior César Warrior 3 months ago Greetings Warrior Paul Mason!!! Greetings Warrior Paul Mason!!! Don't take too long to continue with your mission, teach us the way in health 5 Reply Mario DiGiosia Mario DiGiosia 2 months ago Great information. Very easy to understand! Reply Julianna Burgess Julianna Burgess 3 months ago This video is SO INFORMATIVE! Definitely pulling out the current lab work to compare, maybe I'm not understanding something. I will be sharing with my Physician Assist. bc she INSISTS that i need to take Lipitor. Even thou my triglycerides are at 47. 2 Reply 1 reply Izulka Buroszek Izulka Buroszek 3 months ago What a great explanation! I used to have much elevated triglycerides and "normal" LDL. Changed diet to low carb and things looking much different. For first time in my life triglycerides went down, HDL went slighly up and the ratio is 1.1. But LDL went to the roof. So my doctor would like me to take statin. The truth is I love dairy, but now consume only raw dairy, however will need to reduce it. 3 Reply 7 replies Bill Reynolds Bill Reynolds 3 months ago Hopefully one day Paul's research and evidence can help change people lives . 1 Reply 1 reply Good View From Up Here Good View From Up Here 3 months ago Such an informative and compelling presentation, and I'd just bought in a load of my favourite strong cheeses. Do senna pods count as carbs? 4 Reply Jchathe Jchathe 3 months ago I upped the good fats in my diet and lost a dress size thanks to Doc Mason and Low Carb Down Under! 6 Reply MsBeadee MsBeadee 1 month ago Very interesting. I changed my cooking oil to mainly coconut oil about 4/5 years ago( after watching a programme of trust me I am a doctor on tv) and after years ok of being told my cholesterol was at a dangerous level I now have been told my cholesterol is at a satisfactory level!. The only other piano I as is extra virgin olive oil. Have also cut out some pasta meals although not completely as I like a quick pasta dish. Reply M Vers M Vers 3 months ago Love this talk. So informative. Can someone tell me though, how much dairy is in a diet 'rich in dairy'? 2 Reply Nick Morpeth Nick Morpeth 3 months ago Love watching Paul present. The only thing I can’t get my head around here is so-called ‘insulin resistance’. What piece of kit/meter measures insulin resistance? Can anyone explain this for me? Thanks 🙏🏼 Reply 2 replies Joseph Bates Joseph Bates 3 months ago (edited) Dr. Mason has become one of my most favorite resources for health information. This was a fantastic presentation. I especially took note of the info about dairy. Interestingly, in Dr. Ken Berry's recent expose on YouTube we learned that lactose and fructose are not tested for glycation with the A1C. This supports what you just explained about the insulin resistance and damage increasing anyway. Dr. Berry went on to say that the damage from the fructose and lactose is 7-10 times greater than just glucose! Thank you so much for your work, with this info from both of you, I'm taking dairy off my allowed list in my keto groups. 3 Reply Wenmin Li Wenmin Li 3 months ago The diagram at 13:28 mins (did with 5,000 data points) seems to show 2 clusters. Although we could use linear regression to show the negative correlation between triglycerides and LDL size, it seems (the left cloud) many samples have low triglycerides and small LDL. So I’m not too sure we could use linear regression to draw the conclusion that Triglycerides is the risk indicator? Or maybe I have missed something here? 3 Reply jnpg jnpg 3 months ago Thank you low carb down under! Wonderful info always Reply Brook Storm Brook Storm 3 months ago One more understanding to apply. Thank you as always. 2 Reply Jeannie Trudell Jeannie Trudell 2 months ago Oh my goodness, I have a mutation in the gene for the tumor necrosis factor. This might explain my extremely high cholesterol levels and triglycerides. If only I could get my doctors to listen they would understand that neurotoxic Lipitor is on a list of drugs I cannot take, but my neurologist doubts I have this disease, although I have several relatives with CMT1C. A genetic test is all I have been asking for since I was first diagnosed with hereditary neuropathy. 1 Reply Global Outreach Global Outreach 3 months ago Still much to learn. I’ve avg 385 triglycerides and 33 HDL for over 20 years now. My CAC two years ago when I learned about them was 23. Yes it’s not 0 but 23 for 20 years of so called BAD ratio? I also tested APO 3/3 which are supposed to be least likely to develop heart disease. BTW eating zero sugar/carb for over a year my trigs were still over 300, eating a stick of butter daily for 3 weeks (trying to avoid a calorie deficit) my trigs shot to 600; this was a 14hr fasted blood draw. Sadly until we get specialized medicine for EACH person and not some random numbers we shall remain in the dark. 2 Reply 1 reply Barefoot Bushcraft Barefoot Bushcraft 2 months ago I have 'Hypercholesterolaemia', and have been on and off Statins most of my life. I want to start a carnivore diet asap, but I am still concerned about my cholesterol, as without the statins, my LDL can get up to past 20.Is there a healthy amount of LDL? And can you have too much? Does anyone have any advice for me please? Many thanks. Reply 1 reply H lits H lits 3 months ago Fabulous Dr Mason as usual 7 Reply VeganLinked VeganLinked 2 weeks ago My triglycerides were 80 mg/dl in 2010 before I stopped eating animals in 2011. My Total cholesterol was 168. My first 5 vegan years of literally doing nothing more than not eating animals or their secretions and just testing more of everything else and total goes down to 121 with triglycerides at 48. 1 Reply Chef Bambu Chef Bambu 2 months ago Great video, just wish I understood everything you talked about. How would someone get copies of the papers you showed and do you offer a book or newsletter which contains the information, I need hard copies so I can make notes on each section. Saludos 1 Reply Ekondig G Ekondig G 3 months ago Good to hear this presentation, let's move on from this LDL/HDL stuff. On dairy increasing insulin resistance, it would have been good to know what was or was not included in "dairy": If someone is drinking lots of milk, especially skimmed milk then it would be expected because of the galactose (milk sugar) present, especially in skimmed milk. But if we're talking about butter, heavy cream (within reason) and properly matured cheese, there are only negligible amounts left. There shouldn't be any significant insulin response to that. If it turns out to be the case then it's an issue to be investigated. But, until otherwise informed, I'm assuming it was due to the consumption of milk, especially with the popularity of semi-skimmed milk (skimming decreases fat content which results in increase in galactose content in what's left). 8 Reply 3 replies bass jace bass jace 3 months ago I put my local GP onto this guy and this channel. He was overreacting to my markers because I am a low carb high fat eater. He also got upset when I mentioned it was time for him to reeducate himself as he may actually be responsible for hurting someone with outdated diagnosis' 8 Reply 2 replies Rocco Rocco 3 months ago Very compelling talk....only I'm not convinced that dairy can cause insulin resistance or that this condition can arise in a low carbohydrate context. The study referred in the talk is about obese subject most of whom glucose intolerants, and the diets fallowed were high carbohydrate diets. The dairy group was eating 230 g of carbohydrate a day along with the low-fat cheese, milk and yogurt, (and 250 kCal more than the control and dairy groups) whereas the meat group was consuming 180 g of carbohydrate a day … not so sure that one can put the blame on cheese 6 Reply ELIZABETH ROBINSON ELIZABETH ROBINSON 3 months ago Re: "high dairy intake" - You're breaking my heart! I have been consuming heavy cream, butter, and good quality hard cheese, using MCT oil to ward off the constipation. Doing great! Now you are suggesting I also need to give up my "warm hug" and "substitute morphine". Dang! There are no "keto Doctors" here where I live, so increasingly I am trying to sort this all out by myself. . . . 11 Reply 5 replies • SaltRock • SaltRock 1 month ago My LDL did rise quite a bit but triglycerides went from very bad to normal range. HDL climbed drastically. I’m own finding show on a keto way of life did raise LDL but blood sugar, HDL and triglycerides all went from bad to great. My assumption is that as long as all other markers are normal the elevated LDL means very little. Kidney function was also normal and BP was very good. I live LC and never looking back. Reply Torgrim Hanssen Torgrim Hanssen 3 months ago Have been waiting 3 years for this talk, I can't remember the brave soul that first commented on this on youtube after going trough the 4000+ pages of studies at the time going against the idea of LDL=bad. 1 Reply Trevor Folgering - Biohacking Coach Trevor Folgering - Biohacking Coach 3 months ago So good! My ldl is 5.30! I’m going to Live past 100! 9 Reply 2 replies M.A.P. Transformation M.A.P. Transformation 5 days ago (edited) I have a lipoprotein little(a) number of 6000 with a zero calcium score at 52. No visible blockage. We're all confused by it. I come from a line of long living women with super high cholesterol, so I still think there is lots of mystery around this topic. My mom is a vibrant 87 year old with 400-500 level total cholesterol. My grandmother same thing lived to be almost 100. Weird. Oh...triglycerides are only at 50. Super weird! Reply Shutterbug2061 Shutterbug2061 2 months ago Links to parts 2 and 3 please 😊 Reply Peter Holt Peter Holt 3 months ago Insulin goes up due to serum glucose. For many, this is due to starch intake. Simple starches are converted, almost entirely, to glucose. But, the "sugar" in milk, Lactose, is a disaccharide of galactose and glucose, so, it is not surprising that high milk intake could raise Insulin and stimulate insulin resistance. 3 Reply George Mead George Mead 3 months ago I can't help but wonder how well cholesterol measurements correlate with HbA1C measurements. 9 Reply 2 replies Thandi Kunene Thandi Kunene 1 month ago This Doctor is a genius...... Reply carnigoth carnigoth 3 months ago I didn't watch yet but oh boy it's christmas when Dr. Mason gives a talk! 11 Reply 2 replies Susan Brockmann Susan Brockmann 10 days ago I’m wondering how this would apply for a person who has familial hypercholesertolemia, a genetic disorder that causes dangerously high cholesterol. Should people with this disorder take a statin? My LDL numbers are off the charts. All my other numbers in my lipid panel are normal. Just LDL is really high. Thanks!! Reply Peter Hlywa Peter Hlywa 3 months ago Hi Doctor Mason, Very informative & trying to understand, so is LDL different to LD?? If you have low LDL & high LD what does this mean?? 🙏 2 Reply 4 replies Keith Haken Keith Haken 3 months ago Thanks for another great video dr mason 🤙 Reply Alain Sarries Alain Sarries 3 months ago Great presentation as always from Dr Paul Mason. Just one question , Dr Paul Mason mentioned that eating dairy products will contribute to Insulin resistance, is it true for all dairy products though? For instance can you get IR if the dairy products you eat are only cheese, cream and butter? So if you eat dairy products with no sugar whatsoever. Obviously many dairy products contain sugar, like milk, yogourts etc.. and i would not eat those, but i thought it would be safe to eat cheese , except perhaps ricotta cheese, as most cheeses have no sugar. 1 Reply 1 reply jim Lofts jim Lofts 3 months ago thank you from Western Australia - type 2 insulin dependent - low carb / keto 5 months lost 18 kgs insulin down from 140 - 23 units a day - if you are on insulin may I suggest get a keto friendly doctor to monitor and advise on changes to your insulin management - I didn't early on and it can get scary with managing the insulin alone - feeling safer and more control, proactive not reactive response - sadly my doctor of 40 years is still on the low carb low fat food pyramid logic - will pay more attention to the triglicyerides etc next blood sample 3 Reply 2 replies Jenny Jenny 3 months ago Wonderful! 5 Reply Ken Jackson Ken Jackson 3 months ago No toxic statins for me, thank you. 9 Reply Jack Narsted Jack Narsted 2 months ago Dr. Mason I was wondering if all the cholesterol numbers are based on fasting levels of at least 8-10 hours? Reply Joanne murphy Joanne murphy 3 months ago Thank you for this information. 4 Reply Dirk M Dirk M 3 months ago Do you have a video on dairy and how it causes inflammation ? I am tired of trying to convince people too much dairy is bad. Some people swear by dairy and won't give it up. And I get attacked in the process. I would love to back it up with science. 3 Reply 1 reply 24 Bellers 24 Bellers 3 months ago My trigs are 1.07. Hope that’s ok. That was in April before I chopped out sugar. 8 Reply 1 reply Jen-a-Ventures Jen-a-Ventures 3 months ago What about people who fall into the (currently being studied) phenotype “Lean mass hyper responders” who have high LDL but otherwise great to optimal ratios. (Myself included here). What do you suppose causes that and should there be concern? 2 Reply 1 reply amsedelm amsedelm 2 months ago Very interesting. Thank you for the video. Reply Bobby Ocampo Bobby Ocampo 3 months ago Please have a research on the effect of long days fasting to HDL, LDL ,and Triglycerides 5 Reply David Campbell David Campbell 9 days ago Excellent stuff. Reply nooks12 nooks12 3 months ago This is "Chapter 1". Are there going to be more? 3 Reply 1 reply The Gram The Gram 3 months ago I like this funny doc. Always did. Good on you , mate. My bro from down low. Reply Kevin Cohou Kevin Cohou 4 days ago Would it be possible to have the sources of the quoted researches please. Struggling finding the high egg consumption and the one with high ldl and less death rate. Thank you 1 Reply Osvaldo Villarreal Osvaldo Villarreal 3 months ago Excellent! 2 Reply Skodra Skodra 3 months ago 15:54 - You cant devide two same units and get the same resulting unit, this ratio should be unitless. I am confused by which equation did they then exactly used for "TG/HDL"? Reply 1 reply Leanne DeCO Leanne DeCO 3 months ago Find unbelievable is that no Matter how I try to get this information out to friends family or loved ones that I think would benefit from these seminars or these doctors such as doctor Mason who posts Really I opening information they are generally rejected and people are not interested to hear these things and yet they are Dealing with illnesses and not feeling well and not feeling good or doing their best or feeling their best and yet they don't want to be open minded to the fact that they listen to these types of videos and perhaps really learn about themselves and their illnesses and what they can do about it 4 Reply 3 replies The Slider The Slider 3 months ago What causes the damage to the LDL that Paul was talking about and can it be prevented/lessened? Reply 2 replies TEOEMELIO TEOEMELIO 1 month ago So after doing Keto for 5 months, my triglycerides are high, so what should I do?? My cholesterol was high too. 1 Reply 1 reply Raymond Spagnuolo Raymond Spagnuolo 3 months ago Superb!!! Reply Jeff Jeff 2 months ago "Remarkably, one-quarter of the centenarians had high Lp(a) serum levels even though they never suffered from atherosclerosis-related diseases." 1998 G. Baggio. 1 Reply NH NH 3 months ago (edited) That is new and interesting info on dairy, anyone know if he or someone else goes into more detail about it? I also wonder what would be considered to much a day 🤔 Reply 1 reply Key West Fan Key West Fan 3 months ago I remember when I was in school and they had anti smoking campaigns. They would show pictures of a couple of healthy pink and moist looking lungs, compared to a couple of black/brown shrunken looking smokers’ lungs. And the only thing I could ever think was, so what? The non smoker was clearly DEAD also since their lungs were out of them for the picture… 6 Reply 2 replies Anne-Lise H Anne-Lise H 3 months ago The dairy link is interesting. It looks like later in life you want more eggs and other protein. 9 Reply Tim Crompton Tim Crompton 2 months ago My liver is shot from drinking every time he said LDL. 1 Reply john zani john zani 2 months ago Very high HDL (3) with moderately low Trigs (1.5) can confuse things? For example: trigs =1.5 divided by hdl = 3 = 0.5. Compare this with more likely: trigs=1.0 divided by 2.0 = 0.5. Is there a trig value that overrides the ratio? Is a high trig value more important than the ration? Reply Daniel Ducken Daniel Ducken 3 months ago My Triglyceride/HDL level is still too high at 2.88 and I have been on keto/fasting for several years. I have type 2 diabetes (5.5 A1C with with keto/fasting and Berberine) and a CAC of 264. I have a C-Peptide of 1.28. Should I be on a statin? 1 Reply 3 replies Serenity Goodwyn Serenity Goodwyn 3 months ago As always excellent talk, although I think you underestimate how destructive and troublesome cats can be 🙂 2 Reply Appleblade Appleblade 3 months ago Miki Ben Dor points out in his paper The Evolution of the Human Trophic Level (it's online), carnivores are insulin resistant at the skeletal muscle level because they have to spare glucose for red blood cells, nerve and brain cells. So identifying insulin resistance in humans does not indicate pathology. 3 Reply 1 reply Tom Underwood Tom Underwood 3 months ago Outstanding 3 Reply Ricardo Rodrigues Ricardo Rodrigues 2 months ago that cat analogy is perfect. no one around me believes any of this. I'll keep enjoying my "fountain of youth" while others drown in sugar and carbs around me. Reply Krzysztof Kwiatkowski Krzysztof Kwiatkowski 3 months ago 👍Pozdrawiam 😃 1 Reply Paul Anthony Paul Anthony 3 months ago Overall great presentation, however needs to be much more specific than just saying high dairy consumption caused something negative. Was it ice cream, was it skim milk, was it processed cheeses was it yogurt …. 5 Reply Brian H Brian H 3 months ago Too bad he called out “Dairy”, but didn’t explain whether he is talking about Ice cream, milk, cheese, butter, yogurt or ghee? All of which have vastly different macronutrient profiles… 9 Reply Tuyen Do Tuyen Do 3 months ago You are in the top ten of people who I follow on YouTube 1 Reply Samus419 Samus419 2 months ago Dairy increases insulin resistance. Is that all dairy or is fat (ghee/clarified butter) excepted? Does it matter if it's from cows (casein A1) compared to goats/sheep (casein A2)? 2 Reply Rob Yn Rob Yn 2 months ago Thank you! Reply Matthew Mahon Matthew Mahon 3 months ago I noticed your oxidized ldl had 6 carbon figures attached to it. This is glucose correct, so hyperglycemia and the resulting glycation are major culprits? Reply Jeannie Trudell Jeannie Trudell 2 months ago I went vegetarian while taking Lipitor, I'm surprised I'm still alive. And now my doctor wants me to lower it again with zetia. I'm scared, Lipitor ruined my life. Reply Carmen Alvarez Carmen Alvarez 2 months ago 👍👍🙏🙏🙏🥰 Reply Big Ears Big Ears 2 weeks ago My doctor still tries to push statins. As soon as it was rebranded as a health clinic, you knew you were doomed . Reply Magnus Ritzell Magnus Ritzell 3 months ago What damages LDL? Reply 1 reply YMaster YMaster 1 month ago Are you saying trig/hdl ratio is a better predictor for heart disease/stroke than ldl itself? Reply Neena Me Neena Me 3 months ago Well the info on Dairy was interesting…. I love Dairy and do struggle to cut it out… 😢 1 Reply Gisela Watson Gisela Watson 1 month ago Thank you, thank you, thank you! Reply youtuber42 youtuber42 3 months ago (edited) The context of the first "dairy causes insulin resistance" study: High dairy group consumed low-fat dairy. With 295g of carbs and 67g of fat in total a day. Low dairy group consumed only 278g of carbs, but 74g of fat. My own conclusion: low-fat products are unhealthy on a high carb diet. So once again, Paul Mason is not telling us the gist of a study, but just something misleading, just to shock the audience. 2 Reply Osvaldo Villarreal Osvaldo Villarreal 2 months ago Excellent!!’ Reply Karen F Karen F 3 months ago Question: “Dairy” is a broad catch word, so it begs the question: all dairy, or specific types? I drink heavy cream vs. milk as the heavy cream has no sugar. However, it’s so rich and filling that a small amount, perhaps 1/2 c, is all I can handle. 9 Reply 1 reply devin patterson devin patterson 2 months ago I usually eat at least a 3rd of a pound of butter every day. All by itself. Reply Karen O' Hanlon Karen O' Hanlon 3 months ago Would the fats and eggs have been all the participants ate. Or was there carbs with that? 4 Reply 1 reply Emily Munton Emily Munton 1 month ago A question - am I over consuming butter? Reply Keto Tranzform Keto Tranzform 2 months ago When I started keto my ldl went up Reply Charles Tuhena Charles Tuhena 3 months ago The ratio of triglyceride to HDL in the diagram at 20:40 should not have units - it is dimensionless, the units cancel out. Reply 1 reply Joel Botwick Joel Botwick 11 days ago I enjoyed the presentation but afte how do you reconcile "correlation is not causation" with the conclusion that people with high LDL live longer? Reply countryboy100 countryboy100 2 months ago I'm so brainwashed after bypass that its hard to act on this but I have lost 55 pounds on the carnivore lifestyle and come off the beta blockers and blood thinners and refused statins. The doctor is convinced I'm going to die. 1 Reply Larzy B Larzy B 3 months ago Goat cheese, anyone know if it is less problematic than cow dairy? Reply Hawker12 Hawker12 1 month ago Does fruit sugar including maple syrup and honey cause oxidation? What about alcohol? Reply Mike The Dealer Mike The Dealer 2 months ago I'm confused now. Weston A Price foundation says raw milk is great for us. Now Dr. Mason says it's not? Boy oh boy 1 Reply Jack Randall Jack Randall 3 months ago I'm a live sound engineer for these kinds of things and within 2 minutes he's done the one thing that we all hate: fiddled with the microphone and then moved it to a place where it's now nothing more than a decoration. 🤬🤬 woulnd't be too bad if he was wearing a lapel mic but he's not. 6 Reply 2 replies Skodra Skodra 3 months ago 12:18 - Can someone please tell me how this test is named, is there some common name, i can seam to determine it? Reply don fields don fields 2 months ago the comment about dairy is a bit confusing to me: are we talking here about mainly milk, which contains a high amount of lactose--milk sugar-- especially in low fat milk? The sugars therein might be expected to increase insulin resistance like any other sugar; or are we talking about cheese ( processed vs non processed, aged etc) which has little lactose? or are we talking about cow derived products which in the main have a1 casein as opposed to sheep and goat feta, which has mainly a2 casein? And is it the casein that's an opiod congener? Reply Dissonantia Cognitiva Dissonantia Cognitiva 1 month ago Does autophagy reduce particle count? Reply Cor Cor 3 months ago (edited) Dr. Mason should define what is a „high dairy diet“: Milk? Cheese? Fresh cheese with high fat? Greek joghurt? Heavy cream? Others factors like I incombination with high carbs, sugar? Ethnicity? I found it very confusing. 7 Reply 2 replies Tony Griffith Tony Griffith 3 months ago So, saturated fat does not raise LDL-C, but dairy does? And dairy exasperates constipation too? Hope eggs are okay. 4 Reply 6 replies Alien Drone Services Alien Drone Services 2 months ago 1:28 "Individuals with the highest LDL levels lived the longest." Reply No One No One 3 weeks ago Dairy ? Blue zone populations in southern Italy: the mountain people who eat mainly sheep and goat cheese and product live longer than the same population who lives on in the coast and eat fish. Reply Nilda Acevedo Nilda Acevedo 3 months ago So we shud use coconut oil instead of butter, to reduce the LDL? 2 Reply Lou Cadle Lou Cadle 3 months ago Post hoc ergo propter hoc thinking: no sensible base for nutritional advice. I've always had a T:HDL of about .6 on LCHF, eating dairy regularly, if not daily. 1 Reply Old Man Old Man 2 months ago I know this talk was specific to LDL, still, not sure how helpful it is to talk about heart disease without giving calcium at least a shoutout. Reply Colleen Hardy Colleen Hardy 8 days ago 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻💖🇦🇺 Reply Kylie Pechler Kylie Pechler 3 months ago That study for Dairy products only lasted 4 weeks. No study spanning as little time as 4 weeks can be taken seriously. The Human body has been eating (non-highly processed) dairy products successfully for thousands of years. Reply Perry Perry 9 days ago What can we do to thin the blood? Reply Padraic McDonnell Padraic McDonnell 4 days ago @17:00 that paper’s definition of dairy is all low fat. So, not sure this will put me off my full fat butter Reply Alessandro Napoli Alessandro Napoli 1 month ago (edited) From my latest analysis I report the data: Total cholesterol: 307 mg/dl HDL: 53mg/dl LDL: 245mg/dl Triglycerides: 42 mg/dl Homocysteine: 6.63 (range between 5.9 and 16.0μmol/L) I'm 28 and I look great! Reply Angel 2012 Angel 2012 3 months ago Interesting. I must rethink my dairy consumption. Reply 1 reply Maisie Maisie 3 months ago I adore you ❤ 1 Reply Anthony G Anthony G 2 months ago (edited) Why did the butter increase LDL? Also @15:20 put me at peace because my Numbers below had my Doc concerned. Im a lean mass hyper responder, and fast daily 18-6. Ive been Low carb for almost 20 years. Total : 7.2 mmol/L LDL 4.4 HDL 2.4 TG- 0.87 TG/HDL Ratio 0.364 Reply Dewon Hodls Dewon Hodls 3 months ago My views on dairy, once again, raised suspicions. Reply Grant Esler Grant Esler 2 months ago I Thought (IR) Insulin Resistance decreases on a Low Carb Diet Reply George George 3 months ago I have gastritis. Was told that meat is 2 hard 2 digest, and that I shouldn't have rotting meat in my stomach with Gastritis.. is that true?? Reply Derek Gillan Derek Gillan 1 day ago priceless Reply Ernie White Ernie White 3 months ago Does athloschelorsis cause LDL C Reply SQUIRETRELAWNEY SQUIRETRELAWNEY 1 month ago I can't find your thoughts on Diet and strokes/stroke risk...do you have one? Reply Hoojammyflip Hoojammyflip 3 months ago 'A trilogy in 4 parts'? Like the 'Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy' 🤣 Reply Laura Lauren Laura Lauren 10 days ago The Old term for The arteries getting cloaked was Vein calcification. They get britter. Reply IXGvibesXI IXGvibesXI 2 months ago Maybe this is why people that donate blood tent to be healthier and live longer. You are getting rid of the damage LDL Reply Peter Barker Peter Barker 3 months ago At 16.47 Dr Paul Mason says “insulin resistance can increase on low carb’ diets”. What?!? I am following a low carb’ diet specifically to lower my insulin resistance! Can someone please explain how can a low carb’ diet increase insulin resistance? 5 Reply 6 replies Mott Girl Mott Girl 3 months ago Wait… high dairy consumption can lead to insulin resistance? Reply Significant Other Significant Other 3 months ago Another Dr Mason clip and i get to comment first… nice ! 4 Reply Joe Dokes Joe Dokes 3 months ago I need to consider how much dairy is too much. 3 Reply Bruce Jensen Bruce Jensen 7 days ago The dairy study, does dairy only containing lactic acid vs lactose, is there a difference. Surely there is Reply Alan Nahri Alan Nahri 2 months ago I wish Dr. Mason move to California. Reply Lauchlan Guddy Lauchlan Guddy 2 months ago Hemachromatosis..... bugger.... If i get bloods well down will this save me??? Reply 1 reply Linda Ashbrook Linda Ashbrook 1 month ago And they probably didn't get Alzheimer's disease. Reply Toni Jurkones Toni Jurkones 1 month ago Good morning ☀️ Reply Carl Carl 3 months ago damn ! I love my dairy 😅 8 Reply 2 replies rodrigo dezubiria rodrigo dezubiria 2 weeks ago My head is spinning! Reply Eva B Eva B 2 months ago Dr.Ali Nadir, cardiologist from Texas says If I see handsome man, it's that cholesterol If I see attractive woman, it's that cholesterol Under conditions, triglycerides are low, no insulin resistance, C reactive protein is below 1. If cholesterol is good, is very good, Reply TK TK 3 weeks ago (edited) Hello fellow Earthlings, Anyone care to armchair MD my numbers from my appointment with my cardiologist yesterday? Cholesterol 247 Triglycerides 68 HDL 84 LDL 149 CVD history on both sides of fam, I'm 55 yo male. Doc wants me to start Crestor 10mg, and will order a CT scan to show the likely calcium deposits in the heart, if I "need convincing." He also openly admitted, "I'm a heart doctor. I think they should put it(statins) in the water." All three in the chart at 15:50 look to point to low risk, if I'm not mistaken. Reply 1 reply Tammy Grigg Tammy Grigg 3 months ago why Loogles iodine and not Nascent Iodine? Reply Jim Gillert Jim Gillert 3 months ago Information I've never seen before. Never believed Ancel Keys anyway. 3 Reply TT Fan TT Fan 2 months ago (edited) Lowest LDL corr w inc longevity ( counter intuitive) BUT Highest LDL also ) trad accepted) Optimum LDL is best Dairy contr to IR and Sugary food gives Dopamine rush Dairy n Morph linked to constipation B12 def linked to increase LDL <<<< 2008: High LDL as a major cause of heart disease is not true? ...unless ldl is oxidised Reply John Andre Taule John Andre Taule 3 months ago When was this talk done? Is it recent? 4 Reply 5 replies Matt M Matt M 1 month ago It’s because adults are not supposed to be consuming dairy past two years old 1 Reply nick stinson nick stinson 2 weeks ago So Santa drinks truck loads of milk and has been alive for over 100 years Reply rhythmicwarrior rhythmicwarrior 3 months ago Hmm. So what amount of dairy consumption is considered high? Reply Billy Wolf Billy Wolf 3 months ago Wow hold up facts are not permitted in the medical field dude what are you doing? 1 Reply Rebel Gene Rebel Gene 1 month ago So 284 level is okay and stop Lipitor ❓❓❓❓ Reply Mark Liberatore Mark Liberatore 2 weeks ago (edited) So, what should we eat?? No seed oils, ok - but now no dairy or red meat? Reply rahul rahul rahul rahul 3 months ago Why did ppl laugh at the introductory sentence “gday I am Dr Paul Mason “ 2 Reply 4 replies kathycoe58 kathycoe58 3 months ago What about the elephant in the room…. Homozygous ApoE4? Reply アンディ アンディ 3 months ago Guess I have to swap the cheese for bacon lol 1 Reply 2 replies Dipak Kumar Roy Dipak Kumar Roy 3 months ago 😄😄😄😄🤣 Reply Paranoid Android Paranoid Android 3 months ago Main Stream Media don’t have a HEART. 2 Reply nalvar82 nalvar82 3 months ago I have no idea what you were talking about. 😞 Am I gonna die or not???🎭😞😁 1 Reply Des Mondo Des Mondo 3 months ago goodonya mate 4 Reply Lane Lane 3 months ago Wait... Butter is good right ? 9 Reply 4 replies Scott W Scott W 3 months ago nothing Dr Paul Mason presented could be interpreted as causal or 'risk'. Association, incidence etc yes and very compelling but incorrect in terminology no less. We also cannot measure insulin resistance it just indicates how much insulin is in the system even if we take it further and use HOMA-IR it just ends up being a model of expected results. Reply Terrence Drakeford Terrence Drakeford 3 months ago Love Raw milk Reply Diane Lakata Diane Lakata 2 months ago I would have been happier if the saturated fat - coconut oil - was replaced with another animal fat. Is there a reason that a plant fat was used? Reply Pamela Molina Pamela Molina 3 weeks ago So what causes high cholesterol and is it necessary to lower cholesterol to be healthy? It sounds like he didn’t really say. And that insulin resistance is the more important factor. I give up geez Reply Earmuff Hugger Earmuff Hugger 3 months ago Time to quit smoking. 1 Reply James G James G 2 months ago Yea but think of the shareholders! Statins are making BANK 1 Reply Padraic McDonnell Padraic McDonnell 4 days ago Sorry. Dairy bad? Reply steven silver steven silver 1 month ago Dr Eric Berg. Reply Genevieve Lark Lindig Francis Bouvier Honore Genevieve Lark Lindig Francis Bouvier Honore 3 months ago Does that mean I can eat cookies and milk 3 Reply 5 replies Tony Bennett Tony Bennett 3 months ago Jesus... Reply Canoe Doc Canoe Doc 1 month ago So at 1:32 increased LDL is associated with reduced mortality, but also associated with insulin resistance, increased dairy consumption, and increased inflammation, increased triglycerides, and increased cardiovascular disease. This does not make sense. I suspect this is guilt by association. Increased levels of damaged LDL and increased CVD are both caused by inflammation, but the LDL is not causing CVD. Chronic inflammation of arteries (vasculitis) from numerous potential causes (smoking, pollution, hypertension, diabetes, cancer, autoimmune diseases, chronic stress) damages vascular endothelium which results in clot formation and CVD along with increased levels of damaged LDL. Reply Cynthia Allaire Cynthia Allaire 2 months ago Who could eat 35 eggs daily? Was it three to five eggs daily? That sounds more like it. Reply Bjorn Rudbeck Bjorn Rudbeck 13 days ago (edited) if 10 % of people with diabetes 2 can live 7 years longer i'm not against statins. this is to serious to joke about. I would pay for a lottery where the chances to win is 10 %. and what is Paul Masons answer ? is he going to live til he is 120 ? I trust science not youtubers Reply G. L. G. L. 3 months ago More of the same mythology, half truths, twisted analysis, and dangerous advice. Reply 4 replies nutbrittle 1 month ago