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LDL and the Problem of Incomplete Framing 🫀 Here's my mini rant... There is long list of risk factors that carry far greater consequence than LDL alone. Take obesity, type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance, elevated blood pressure, chronic inflammation, smoking history. I could go on, but the point is... actually really obvious... When LDL cholesterol monopolizes the spotlight, the problem is that the framing is incomplete. Instead, it becomes actively harmful to patients to pull away attention and clinical urgency from factors that matter more than LDL. The spotlight of medicine directs attention and resources, towards what's easiest to monetize and medicalize: LDL cholesterol, a marker that's easy to smash with a drug that makes money. I am NOT making the argument about bad intentions. I'm describing a clear systemic problem, one that perpetuates the broader metabolic health epidemic we continue to find ourselves in, including cardiovascular disease.show more

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21,076 views • 8 months ago

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1,083,742 views • 1 year ago

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10,354 views • 6 days ago

Might something different be going on for these people than other people who have high LDL cholesterol? Lean mass hyper-responders (LMHR) are defined as having a lean physique, high LDL, high HDL and low triglycerides while on a #Keto diet. Many LMHRs still choose to follow a ketogenic diet to treat conditions like diabetes, insulin resistance, IBS, epilepsy, or mental disorders, and see great benefits to their health. PhD and Harvard Medical School student, Nick Norwitz MD PhD, himself a LMHR, sought an answer. In an N=1 experiment, Nick found that he could lower his LDL cholesterol twice as much with Oreo cookies compared to statins! High #LDL has traditionally been considered a risk factor for heart disease, but do we need to change how we think about LDL for a LMHR? If Oreos can beat statins, should that make us wonder if lowering LDL is the right approach for everyone? Watch the full YouTube interview here: Read the published study:

Might something different be going on for these people than other people who have high LDL cholesterol? Lean mass hyper-responders (LMHR) are defined as having a lean physique, high LDL, high HDL and low triglycerides while on a #Keto diet. Many LMHRs still choose to follow a ketogenic diet to treat conditions like diabetes, insulin resistance, IBS, epilepsy, or mental disorders, and see great benefits to their health. PhD and Harvard Medical School student, Nick Norwitz MD PhD, himself a LMHR, sought an answer. In an N=1 experiment, Nick found that he could lower his LDL cholesterol twice as much with Oreo cookies compared to statins! High #LDL has traditionally been considered a risk factor for heart disease, but do we need to change how we think about LDL for a LMHR? If Oreos can beat statins, should that make us wonder if lowering LDL is the right approach for everyone? Watch the full YouTube interview here: Read the published study:

Metabolic Mind

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