I am so glad you made the choice to save your life and I am so grateful for this wonderful man saving me too. I had horrible migraines, depression, acne, bacterial infections, candida, and more and it's all going away. It's only been a month and I feel way better already. I was only 26 and have a horrible response to sat fat. Cutting it out has been revolutionary for me. WFPB no oil for my health and vegan for the sweet moo moo's and baa baa's and cluck cluck's!
I want to say Dr Barnard ROCKS!!! I can’t think of any other physician that has done more for veganism and plant based nutrition than him! He inspires me BIG TIME. I was proud to support him and PCRM 2 years in a row at AMA getting important resolutions passed. I am a plant based cardiologist and have been obsessed with evidence based nutrition, lifestyle medicine and veganism for 3+ years now (just had my veganniversary). Dr Barnard you was one of the most influential doctors in my decision. We should support Dr Barnard and PCRM. GO PLANTS! Trying to spread the word myself as well via RU-vid and other places. Let’s be the change!
A cardiologist should know that eating meat has nothing to do with heart disease. The cause is the over-consumption of processed sugar and carbohydrates combined with the consumption of the wrong type of fats (mostly vegetable oils.)
Banished From The Dwarf Planet Then why do the ACC/AHA guidelines for prevention of heart disease (written by dozens of the top cardiologists) recommend plant based diets or provegetarian Mediterranean diets? See here: www.onlinejacc.org/content/accj/early/2019/03/07/j.jacc.2019.03.010.full.pdf
@@DrStevenLome That's the billion-dollar question. You've been in practice for a while, but not as long as I have (I took the liberty of browsing your doximity profile) and you should know very well that eating meat has positively no effect on cardiovascular health. You're an interventional cardiologist, so do you really want clear out your cath lab? I'll be honest with you, I'm becoming more and more suspicious of all you "top cardiologists" telling people to eat these pro-inflammatory foods.
Dr Steven>> From your link: "All adults should consume a healthy diet that emphasizes the intake of vegetables, fruits, nuts, whole grains, lean vegetable or animal protein, and fish and minimizes the intake of trans fats, processed meats, refined carbohydrates, and sweetened beverages. For adults with overweight and obesity, counseling and caloric restriction are recommended for achieving and maintaining weight loss." That seems to back up MY claim in my previous post. Nowhere does it say to eliminate animal food, rather to limit processed carbs and trans fats, just like I said.
I don’t know about all y’all, but I functioned my best when I dropped sugar’s and flour’s, in all of their forms. I found energy, I woke up ready to work, I was excited, and I rarely had those low days. Problem is sugar’s and Flour’s are in EVERYTHING. And they have many names.
Give it time. Most people do not see immediate effects of animal fat until later. Your blood pressure is your pressure is a snapshot of your blood pressure and health at a given point.
The stuff to avoid isn't just vegetable oils like canola and soy and corn, it's also ALL refined foods. All junk foods. All foods that contain sugar. Cholesterol is like little sticks of dynamite in your system and sugar is the box of matches. Keep them both DOWN if you want to avoid disease and live long.
Me too. You can find any opinion that'll satisfy your own confirmation bias. This video could more accurately have been called _''Adding_ to the cholesterol confusion...''
I think he just jumped to the conclusion at the very beginning that cholesterol is bad for you and need to reduce. But in the meantime he also said our body makes cholesterol. Study also shows Statin drug reducing cholesterol doesn't affect heart disease.
Like my doc says , any diet that totally eliminates any food group or promotes only one food group exclusively without exemption is probably wrong or at least unsustainable. Works for me.
Thank you Dr Barnard for your responsible professionalism. And for being humble and kind enough to teach us the truth for free. By learning the truth about how food effects our bodies I've made dietary changes, become more healthy, energetic, got my serum cholesterol down to the healthy range, my blood pressure stays around 110/70, my joints are pain-free and inflammation-free, my back is pain-free, and I feel and look younger than most people who are ten+ years younger than me.
I’m still all over the place whether or not to be concerned with LDL versus cholesterol. On the one hand there are studies that show it’s not the cholesterol per se that is bad, but the oxidized/glycated LDL which may not directly correlated with the total cholesterol. And also say that high LDL-cholesterol is not necessarily a bad thing as long as HDL, Triglycerides and HbA1c are all within normal limits because it means LDL levels indicate a healthy movement of triglycerides needed for cellular processes… versus this one from Doc Barnard where it lumps all the cholesterol into a bad thing overall…. also about that statin thing, which makes me adamant at taking it to “cure” my high LDL-cholesterol because I have very good numbers for HDL, triglycerides and HbA1c…. 🥴
Just do not bother with blood cholesterol figures. The true is that nobody knows their significance anyway. They make money out of jiggling with the figures, nothing more. In 99% out of the presentations the metabolic paths are ignored, or wrongly considered.
@@primopierre That is a healthy value. In the scale I used: 5.7% - 6.4% = pre-diabetes, above 6.4% = diabetes. The values may slightly differ with the laboratory and the interpretation - with the physician. To make sure it is ok, you may go for an HOMA-IR. I think you know, but just for my piece of mind: the laboratory tests are not the Holy Cow of the medical science. Hb1C changes only after at least 3 months, so checking and 5-6 months is enough. To be noted that the contribution of the diet in 30 days prior to test contributes 90% to the test results, while the remaining 2 months - only by 10%. I assume you are not on diabetes medication. If you are, there is a totally different discussion and please disregard what I said.
There is a good reason for you ldl going high. You should search for the research done by Dave Feldman. He explains this and more. In short, a key diet will pull vldl from your liver. These stay around for a few days. So the previous 3 days can affect the level. Also you fast for a blood test, which pulls out vldls which will raise the ldl. Measuring and using ldl in this way is flawed. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JkZvFjW82Mk.html
@@paulg687 thanks a lot dear friend 🙏. We do fasting blood test for lipid profile and sugar tests. I watched the video you suggested. He ate high fat, moderate protein and low carbohydrates. It reduced his carotid artery’s thickness and lowered blood pressure. I hope this keto diet will also help me to cure my BP and my heart ( palpitations)and kidney (eGFR 79)ailments. Once again thanks a lot for your kindness. May god bless you
@@govindang9303 you’re welcome. Just so you know, from what I’ve researched wrt heart palpitations: there are a few common issues that can cause afib. One is electrolyte depletion in magnesium and/or potassium. You can easily try supplementation to see if it fixes the issue. You have to be careful not to overdo potassium supplementation. Start very low and research before you try. A lot of afib issues can actually be caused with back problems. The nerves for the heart come out of the spine (around just below the shoulder blades). If these nerves get pinched they can cause palpitations. If you have back issues around this area, you may want to try to correct that with exercises and stretches. There’s videos based in the McKinskey method you can see to show how to do this. Chiropractors may be able to help, but by doing these McKinskey exercises you can do them each day or as needed. Additionally, with a low carb diet, you may experience a lot of weight loss. This may also improve the situation because you’re applying less pressure on the nerves. Hope that helps.
@@paulg687 thank you, I will try these. My bp shoots up with tight feeling at heart, when try to drink water to keep 1.5 litres daily intake. I think it is because of low GFR of 79. I am restless.
when I was first diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, I really disappointed my doctor by refusing to take medications. As I reviewed what the meds were actually doing for people, it sounded to me that meds were making people more and more insulin resistant. A nurse who was coaching me about diabetes, told me I would need to be on metformin, and a year or so later, I would need more metformin, eventually I would need insulin injections. I rejected that. I at first tried Keto that seemed to help but I never felt healthy. Now I am on plant-based way of eating and feel great. I had never heard of type 2, 1.5 with an autoimmune element. I need to learn more about that, as I also have another autoimmune condition.
Great, first using alimentation as a correction is always the best. It seems to be greatly underestimated. Insuilin against type2 diabetes is contraproductive!!
I am so disappointed in the scientific community as a whole, the more research I do. It should be a punishable offence to publish biased studies in journals that receive funding from/are done by affected industries. Because of all the confusion and uncertainity the disingenous findings cause, the health of the world (people, animals and environment) have been compromised and even those with the best of intentions have no idea whether they are impoving or worsening any given situation. It is so sad. The best people can do is to compare these research papers themsleves and come to their own conclusions, but not everyone has the time or the knowledge to interpret the data, and it is in no way a foolproof method either. We just trust either one scientist/doctor or another. And to be honest, my vote is with the person guaranteed to have the most empathy and compassion in their hearts, therefore the least likely to decieve or push an agenda for personal gain - I will go with the vegan community.
@@BondiAV Why are we surprised? We're not really. It's how our own brains work. Why did people choose to believe those patently false studies? For the same reason more and more people will continue smoking pot event as more and more studies reveal it's health dangers. Because smoking grass and tobacco gives them pleasure.
Vegans are ideologically dogmatic too. They will also skew the results in their favour. You are basing your diet on a conclusions arrived at using erroneous assumptions. Around the world the longest lived and healthiest people are not vegetarians they are omnivores, be it Greek islanders, Sardinians, Japanese or Hong Kongers.
Great info. Bottom line imho-If you will just look around at the public walking in plain view the obesity in front of you will tell you something is wrong.
True that's the biggest problem, it's not the cholesterol, it's the overconsumption of carbs ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LRHir1k9jmE.html
It's the overconsumption of food stuff. And very likely the overconsumption of all the wrong foods. I do not understand the citizens of this world who pay for food to create illness in their own bodies. STOP EATING CRAP PEOPLE!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0899900715000775 Just common sense. It's not the cholesterol, read this article, see how Americans followed the guidelines and get obese
Marja Stuyt They ate a shit ton of cheese and didn’t exercise. They over ate bad carbs, and underate fiber. They ate too few fruits and vegetables, and ate too many donuts. Your anti-carbohydrate crusade is bullshit and you are misleading people on here.
Nice and full of humor presentation. However, I was hoping to hear something about the various types of cholesterol subgroups, e.g. VLDL. There is a lot of recent research explaining the subgroups, focus mostly on LDL, which reveal a new picture for those worried about cholesterol. Instead of treating only HDL and LDL as big blocks and using the old total cholesterol formula which dates back many years.
Agree. Watching hours of presentations of how something is linked to something else and what the statistical correlations were computed is wasting time. This is no science but pseudoscience. Biochemistry is a difficult science and that is why most physicians simply do not know. It is so easy to dump some figures in a computer program and graph the outputs! Add a tie and a screen and voila! You have "science". I forgot to mention the money :-)
You want someone to tell you that high total cholesterol is good. It’s not good. It’s not that complicated. It’s just that Keto diet doctors are trying to explain away keto dieter’s total high cholesterol numbers, trying to say higher numbers are good.
@@mariaespiritu9512 That might be an oversimplification of the matter as most recent research is starting to reveal. If lipids are sitting idle in a tube, true that they could end up sticking. But when those same lipids are being actively pushed forwards by various transporters, the picture is different.
@@mariaespiritu9512 I agree with you. Medicine is still trying to let people eat their regular foods and fine tune their analysis to find the people who will really have a heart problem from it. They are trying and failing.
Was on statin for only 2 months and then spent the next 18 months trying to overcome arrhythmia (14000 pvcs per day). It's been a year since the pvcs have stopped. Cholesterol is quite high as per my lipid panel report last week, but not taking statin. Instead cutting out eggs, processed fats, etc. while also on 18:6 intermittent fasting.
If I drink more than one cup of coffee per day, I start to have pvcs. If my BMI is high so is cholesterol, if normal my cholesterol is normal. I have tried to take statins three times but always had to stop because of muscle pain. I am old with no artery blockages, but doctors still think I need statins. Just a statistic of one but thought this might help.
What is your opinion of Ivor Cummins aka the Fat Empero, David Feldman (cholesterol code), and Dr William Davis. Apparently, despite what we physicians have been taught, LDL is quite a poor marker for CVD risk. Better marker is HDL/triglycerides which I believe should be less than 2. When elevated, is a sign of insulin resistance which is definitely a/the driver for almost all CVD. Hide or report this LikeShow more reactions · Reply · 18h
Yes, LDL by itself is a silly metric. Dave Feldman proved live that he can show impressive LDL with an incredibly poor diet in a week! Reducing insulin is a key factor in great health. This obsession with LDL is just a way for people to push their beliefs onto you. Your body creates and regulates cholesterol. Eating more foods with cholesterol will make your liver create less - and vice versa.
@@paulg687 Actually, experimental research clearly demonstrates elevated LDL is the central causal factor in LDL because if you keep your LDL in the normal range for a lifetime (35-70), then unless you have a rare genetic disorder, no plaque forms. No elevated LDL=no plaque= no heart attacks. "Dave Feldman proved live that he can show impressive LDL with an incredibly poor diet in a week!" That doesn't prove or disprove anything--LDL isn't the ONLY factor in human health. William Davis' book was incredibly weak and flawed on the research and Ivor Cummings dupes people by showing studies where people have LDL under 100 or 130 or even 140 and pretends that is normal or "low" LDL. Then he says--"See, people still have heart disease with normal LDL," except that ISN'T normal or low LDL, it is elevated LDL. Normal LDL is 35-70, and when people's LDL stays down there, arterial plaque doesn't form.
I find that I do best when I don't combine fat and carbs. This way, my digestion is happy. I put olive oil on my non starchy veggies. But I eat beans or oats without fat. I feel best eating that way. 🙂
I am on a relaxed carnivore diet, I have a low carb so I can include dairy, the most digestible food on the face of the planet and an 8 ounce glass of vitamin C juice. The rest is grass fed grass finished red meats bison and beef and pasture raised eggs and pork Wild caught fish. I have contact dermatitis, the carnivore diet put me in remission after 30 days! Cholesterol has been proven to have no link to heart disease, but doctors insist on peddling medication for it.
@@Spyrit2011 I'm on a similar diet, but I don't have juice, that's too much sugar. I do believe in milk though and grass fed animal meat. I eat low carb veggies and low sugar fruits (berries) I also supplement with Spirulina and Chlorella. I'm in perfect health at 67.
@@LisaMurphy I drink juice from red pears, they are low on the glycemic level , 84% water, anti-inflammatory, and packed with nutrients that compliment the carnivore diet. Absorbic acid plays a role in aiding iron absorption into the blood cells as well as boosting the immune system, which these days is pretty important. I am doing carnivore for it's anti-inflammatory properties and fat adaption.
@@Spyrit2011 there isn’t enough land to feed our population animal based foods even IF they were healthy. But they aren’t the most healthy anyway. Plant foods is the most environment, animal and health friendly way to eat as a whole.
@@jbarber1016, we don't eat as a whole, we eat as individuals, what works for some may not work for all. While eating vegetables may be okay for some, eating meat is necessary for many. Those of us who are eating meat as a means of controlling our inflammation, don't really have a choice in the matter, for us, vegetation of some types cause inflammation and extreme pain. I have Psoriatic arthritis, it is an autoimmune disease, I have found out that eggs and milk products cause me pain, the same goes for garlic and onions, I can eat a meat based diet, and test other foods while I am on it to see what causes a flare up and what doesn't. Not everyone has to eat this way, but some of us do, it's not possible to switch 7,5 billion people over to a vegan lifestyle. And P.S. fish and poultry, are meat too, not just cow, there's lamb, goat, and a few others.
Its total cholesterol..no no its LDL...pardon me, its LDL particle count that matters...no no its oxidized ldl...and now, its apoprotein b:)) this theory definitely not explaining the CVD equation.
The most important issue is shoved aside! If cholesterol is needed by everything in our body, why is it bad when it comes to the rescue of irritated blood vessels? Shouldn't science concentrate on searching how to prevent vessels irritation?
My father died after 8 years in a nursing/hospital setting. He had a stroke and had suffered greatly afterwards. I have seen many people suffer and continue a horrible diet even after a heart attack. Who wants their end of life to be filled with pain, unable to move and bed ridden until death. While I am an oval vegetarian, I do not eat a lot of them and will probably give them later. I am also disabled and can tell you about suffering from pain. I do not need to add to my suffering. I broke my back and have rods, plates and screw. Pain is daily, statins made the pain worst, so going vegetarian was the right call for me. My actual lifestyle is Whole Food, Plant-Base. While it won’t stop the pain in the back, it has changed my life. 8 months and still going strong. Food is Medicine.
I’m Whole Foods plant-based also and luckily, I was able to sift through the information and advertising through so-called meat and dairy industry studies. We are less likely to be ill in our old age to the point where we are disabled and in pain, I certainly won’t have to take statins Ever. same goes for blood pressure medication and my weight is normal worth previously. It was always going up towards obese.
My non-scientific guess is that the culprit is processed foods. Food from white flour, combined with overconsumption of added sugar. Every measure; plant-based diet, intermittent fasting, Paleo diet, etc.; are beneficial simply because they reduce our consumption of white flour-based foods and added sugar.
@@adiposerex5150 almost all diseases in modern times are linked with unmanaged glucose level in blood. Please show me any research which shows low carb and high fat cause diabetes. (and please don't show me a research which mix high fat with high carb and calls it high fat diet)
@@realimagevanity2289 eating whole food complex carbohydrates are not unhealthy. Our ancestors ate lots of tubers, whole food complex carbohydrates to fuel themselves. I cannot eat low carb, it makes me very unwell. I am happy to cut out refined/processed junk food carbs, anything made out of flour from my diet such as bread, bagels, muffins, pasta ect. But I feel much better/healthier when I eat whole food complex carbs like potato, sweet potato and rice with lots of vegies or salad.
@@realimagevanity2289 yes I am doing my best to eat low fat. No dairy and I am learning you can cook without oils. I am eating flax and chia seeds for my omega 3.
@@franklopeziilmtmti603 oh no, he's a medical advisor for a org that seeks to reduce animal suffering and death! Don't care. As long as you have the science to back up plant based diets, it honestly doesn't matter. Eat suffering and death, become suffering and death. Cope
Well I was Keto and my cholesterol went up, especially my LDL. I’m off of Keto and now eat a WFPB diet and losing weight. I get blood work in January and will see where I stand.
Keto was probably a better diet than whatever you were eating before. You’re comparing keto to YOUR previous diet, not Keto to a Whole Foods plant based diet. Cholesterol drops even lower in a Whole Foods plant based diet. There’s published case studies of patients dropping A1c to 4.5 on plant based diets, so yours could be lower.
Old info . There is actually little correlation between cholesterol and heart disease. The cholesterol and calcification of the arteries is caused by Insulin Resistance.
2 questions. 1. What damages the artery in the first place that makes the cholesterol arrive to patch the injury?...Answer...carbs/sugar and chronically elevated insulin levels from eating 6x a day. 2. Diabetics are affected more by cholesterol. What causes diabetes? Eating excessive Carbs/sugars and chronically elevated insulin levels from eating 6× a day.
About 80% of diabetes is caused by dairy. Lack of exercise is also a major factor. Hmmm. Looks like only refined carbs are bad. Still not as bad as milk. Also a major cause of artery damage is not enough vitamin C.
I would have liked him to go further into this. But really he was there to talk about association and relevant numbers. He made his points but yes I think the real challenge is to identify those who are able to tolerate some cholesterol etc.
@@michaeldautry And anybody that knows anything about nutrition , knows we need carbs in our diet to be healthy !!! So far in my almost 74 years i have never meet even 1 person that cut carbs from there diet that is healthy !
I wish someone would explain why they think your case should be ignored. Not how we mortgage our children’s future, but what happened that was different than described. All those studies showed that eating cholesterol raises cholesterol. Was the flaw that pastured meat and eggs were not used? I’m trying to find the fundamental flaw in those old studies he referenced. I eat very little meat. Lots of veggies. LDL is above 70. I DO have a sugar addiction though.
Birtee I believe the fundamental flaw is context. Meat, as in feed lot conventional burgers with fries, beer, and onion rings is a far cry from my pasture raised beef and eggs eaten with lots of vegetables and no processed foods. The studies don’t take into account food quality. People don’t talk about this very much. Quality is very important.
@@Jeffopar The problem is the beer and onion rings, not whether the meat is lot or pasture raised. Still, I wish agriculture would eliminate the vast acreage for corn and wheat and start growing alfalfa and timothy for the livestock.
I took a blood test or rather my GP send me for one (I didn’t ask for one), the results came with all kinds of deficiencies. GP put me on various vitamins. I collected the medication kept it on the self and went on a dietary path, glass of milk, eggs twice a day. By the third BT everything was within the required limit. I returned all medication to chemist. After that anytime GP send me for a BT, I do my business and make him happy. When I was growing up, we were taught up; egg and whole milk were whole food, that is the truth. Selling by products is Is everybody’s goal. Many are touting for business. That’s how they designed the system. Your body has the capability producing everything that needs. Whatever you have, have in moderation, you’ll be fine.
Although you have the wording backwards, that was the initial conclusion of the 2015 FDA panel based on one very small meta-analysis in which 11 of the 12 studies were funded by cholesterol-producing companies/interests (Egg Boards, fisheries). Then scientists complained and it was changed to eat as little as possible because the better research shows diabetes and heart disease ramping up with higher egg consumption.
@@Malcolm-Achtman That's odd, because the original statement was that cholesterol is no longer a nutrient of concern for overconsumption. So I guess Barnard mixed it up while talking. Take care.
Very good point on the meta-analysis, but the end-conclusion is also fallacious: Directing guidelines according to populations may actually make things worse for those populations, without a comprehensive understanding of what is going on.
@@kenmarriott5772 Doctors don't have an answer to that question but they will find a way to blame it on "Family History" and tell the patient he/she needs a stent and be put on a fancy new expensive blood thinner like Eliquiis or Brilinta for the rest of their life ( no Warfarin or Coumadin, no siree)especially if they have the dreaded "widowmaker". A friend of my husband's has been taking Statins for over 20 years due to a Family history of heart disease and had a heart attack recently where they found a widowmaker with a 95% blockage. So much for Statins preventing heart attacks and strokes!
Noah, the dietary cholesterol hypothesis came out of Senator George McGovern’s committee on dietary guidelines for Americans. The Senator asked if there was any evidence for this. He was told no but it would be easier for people to understand, since they were blaming serum cholesterol.
Noah, the new thinking is chronically high levels of insulin is causing heart disease, type 2 diabetes, obesity, Alzheimer’s, joint inflammation. These diseases are reversible by lowering insulin. Cholesterol is the symptom of metabolic syndrome, not the cause.
Before going plant based I was don't carnivore. Now I don't personally know what that did to my cholesterol cause I never had it checked. What I do know is all the people that were getting checked had their doctors telling them they should be on a statin and most of those people saw their cholesterol levels at least double. Some of them are in the 600s, many are 300-500. Clearly eating cholesterol in our diet impacts cholesterol levels.
with all due respects , please throw some light on people having high cholesterol and blocked arteries despite having spent all their lives on plant based diets. Please take this seriously , as i am coming from India where millions of people die from such diseases despite an overarching culture of vegetarianism. Please help us understand this phenomenon better .
Plant based diets are different from being vegan although studies show that it’s not what they’re eating that’s killing them in India. Just because your eating a plant based diet doesn’t mean your off the hook. You have to eat the necessary foods and possibly it’s something in the Indian culture food that’s the problem (that’s just my theory)
@@MrPotatoPants326 The indian diet is overloaded with inflammatory cooking oils. Cholesterol is not the only cause of CAD, and in fact it's just a small causal factor. When you damage your arteries, cholesterol adds to the mix, creating the plaques. The rupture of these plaques is the most common cause of heart attack and stroke. Cholesterol is also made in your body. When you eat oils and other inflammatory foods, your cholesterol raises even without dietary cholesterol. This is because cholesterol helps with the healing of your arteries when they are damaged, but it also hardens them, increasing blood pressure. The problem with animal products is not limitted to cholesterol, however. They also are high in saturated fat, as Neal Barnard explained. They contain heme iron and other inflammatory nutrients, and they are much more polluted than plants due to bioaccumulation. In short, most of the meat we eat causes both the inflammatory response and the cholesterol raise.
Excess sugar (glucose) relatively to fat and protein is the problem. Excess glucose is the basis of all modern diseases, especially coronary artery disease. Vegan diet unfortunately implies de facto excess sugar (to get enough calories). See Ketogenic diet for optimal health. The more fat (but not inflammatory grain oil fat) the better. Note that you can do keto with a vegan diet if you are a religious person but it is not easy. Last but not least don't believe nutrition associative studies about cholesterol. Read the study and check whether the diet of tested people was including more than 5% of calories as carbohydrates . If so those people were in fact on a high sugar diet hence the artery and other diseases. We cannot look at egg consumption in isolation. If you eat sugar and eggs or anything else, sugar prevails. Sugar is the key variable. Reliable studies should test people on ketogenic diet versus people on high sugar diet (5% of calories as glucose and above).
Refined carbs bad , grains dubious ... mix either with saturated fat bad , mix either with modern seed oils disastrous . We as humans evolved eating fatty Grass fed meat and vegetables .
Its really not hard to be healthy (I cannot say that cancer can be prevented however, as everything seems to cause it somehow). Just cutting out processed shit from someone's diet and exercising 4x a week or more depending on how much you sit, is enough to probably add decades to your life.
People are so gullible and lazy. He is a non-practicing psychiatrist and plays musical instruments in a couple bands.It really takes a couple seconds to Google things.
@@StickJockeyFPV you left out the fact that he’s a clinical nutritional researcher an adjunct professor of medicine and a fellow of the American College of Cardiology. Now tell us your credentials.
@@xbioman7882 you left out the fact that he’s an adjunct professor of medicine, a clinical nutrition researcher and a fellow of the American College of Cardiology.
Last year blood work pre diabetes, almost border cholesterol, gout, inflammation, diverticulitis, staying away from saturated fat only eating egg white, exercise, why am I on my way to be un healthy, so last November went on keto low carb no sugar and started eating bacon regular egg saturated fat my blood work 3 months ago is perfect no high cholesterol everything is better even my gout I lost 35lbs and I feel better man I love my bacon and egg.
You have to ask the question: Who is funding these studies? Pharmaceutical companies in order to get Drs to push Statin drugs. You can always tell when someone is stuck in their own world because they make fun of people who disagree with them. It's the oldest trick in the book.
Not really. Most health studies other than clinical trials for drugs are funded by the NIH, not pharma companies. The animal agriculture industry has billions of dollars and a huge incentive to misrepresent data the data to downplay the negative effects of cholesterol, but we still see that it consistently increases heart disease
Now let me tell you why this is half true. Today I've finally crossed my 3 years self experiment where I ate 3-4 eggs EVERY SINGAL DAY for the past 3 years. Just today, I did my most recent blood work where my cholesterol is 3.6. 1.1 HDL and 2.49 non-HDL cholesterol. I'm mainly a meat eater with a balanced over all diet, no added sugar, no refined carbs, and lots of meat and green leaf vegetables. How do you explain thay Doc?
What this doc claims doesn't add up (bio)logically. Cholesterol is a vital substance and so is LDL. LDL is a carrier for cholesterol and fat soluble micronutrients into vital glands and other body parts. Excess LDL gets absorbed by the liver in a *healthy* person. A high LDL molecular count ratio to HDL and plaque build-up are *symptoms* of an underlying disorder. It's not the pathology itself. It's a defence mechanism, but against what? Inflammatory processes sound like a valid culprit but what causes them? Cholesterol or LDL itself? It doesn't sound plausible. I suppose these kinds of anti dietary cholesterol hypotheses turn the causalities upside down. The question is why some people get atherosclerosis sooner than others. Nutrition certainly plays a role but the real question is what are the fundamental root causes for those symptoms to arise. Too much cholesterol is a too simplistic answer.
Wow, what a strange presentation. It's like stepping back in time. Our knowledge of cholesterol and metabolic diseases has moved on a long way from this deadend. And this man is a doctor? Just shows how much work needs to be done to educate the educators.
Correct. It’s almost unbelievable. Notice how he claims cholesterol is linked to CVD by dismissing anyone who disagrees with this, despite numerous studies showing that there is no link (or likely an inverse relationship) between cholesterol levels and CVD or longevity I.e the higher your cholesterol level, the less likely you’ll get CVD and the longer you’ll live. The problem is the small oxidized cholesterol which are LDLs damaged due to the consumption of seed oils and other toxins. Sadly lots of ignorant people will look at this garbage and think it represents the latest understanding of cholesterol, diet and CVD.
Right, he didn't say anything about the fact that the body would rather convert fat to energy than sugar. Fat does not increase insulin. He also neglected to show all of the groups that were being paid to say that eggs were bad, he just showed the groups that wanted to promote egg use. Just how much money do the cereal makers spend to make eggs look like killers? He never said anything about the difference between Good cholesterol and bad cholesterol. There were many many other things left out of the research.
It is the oxidised cholesterol that is the problem, there are 2 types of LDL, particle A & B. A lot of people forget HDL & LDL are not cholesterol but carriers of cholesterol. I would be more concerned about high Triglycerides and Oxidised LDL. I could go on more about why Cholesterol does not cause heart disease but my comment would probably be removed...
A number of western European countries have significant percentages of their populations with raised cholesterol levels e.g. France, yet they have some of the lowest levels of mortality from heart disease in the world. In addition, these same countries have some of the highest meat, dairy and saturated fat consumption. SO how exactly does raised cholesterol or saturated fat intake get the blame for increased heart disease mortality risk?
There is too much confusing info out there. The people who use keto diet advocate eating eggs, meat, cream, whole milk... and discourage eating fresh and dried fruits. Who is right?
Just because cholesterol is found at the scene of the crime doesn't necessarily mean it is culpable. That would be like saying that firemen cause fires because every time you see a fire you see firemen.
The better analogy would be smoke. They are finding smoke at the scene. You may wish to dig deeper and look at the radioisotope tracking that has been done on cholesterol and other lipids and their eventual path into cells, tissues, and plaques. It is quite fascinating.
@@DrReginaldFinleySr No. The body is smart; it does not try to kill itself. The liver produces cholesterol in order to move us into the direction of ease - away from a diseased state - in an effort to keep us alive.
@@DrReginaldFinleySrYou are welcome to teach whatever you believe. Others teach differently. Highly acclaimed medical professionals have written books to debunk the high cholesterol myth.
@@dorothysay8327 cholesterol is perfectly healthy We obviously do have a health crisis, but it has nothing to do with nutritious foods we have eaten for tens of thousands of years Eggs are miracle foods, have one raw yolk a day if you enjoy the taste
Did you even watch the lecture? He clearly says that statins are being used to treat the effects of a poor diet. He believes that if we ate a plant based diet, we wouldn't need the majority of statins. 32:15
I would like to see one day dr. Neal Barnard and dr. Berg sit down on a panel and discuss how best to lower cholestrol. They are both on completely different sides on this very important issue that is killing people. How can we find a true way to lower cholesterol when doctors can't even be on the same page. I am not on one person's side more than another, I just want clear answers so I'm not confused anymore. The only thing that I did get from this was that I didn't hear Dr berg state that a plant based, low fat diet is not an acceptable alternative to lowering cholestrol, whereas Barnard stated fat contributes to high cholesterol and why cholesterol is lowered initially on a keto diet. The only thing I did hear Dr berg say that agreed with Dr Barnard was that the body makes its own cholestrol, so if that is the case, why would we need to eat heavy doses in meat, cheese, dairy, and oils if the body produces its own? Isn't too much of one thing bad?
One of the main reasons for me adopting a whole-food, plant-based, vegan diet is that I do not want any animals to die in order to feed me. There has to be a better way. So for two years I’ve been eating a vegan diet, and I feel great.
Dr. Berg and DR Berry believe that because the liver doesn't need insulin to produce usable lipids from dietary animal fats to nourish our cells. They proclaim that sugars and carbohydrates trigger an insulin response that is harmful in numerous ways. Also, in their educated opinion they explain that harmful triglycerides are a byproduct of overindulging with fructose and carbohydrates. I think both schools of thought present interesting theories and eventually the best diet will be discovered.
@@richardwalker8398 we are talking about cholesterol not your reasons for not eating animals. Have your cholesterol levels changed from your new diet??
@@mosaicsanctuary3 since I have been on a plant-based diet, my blood pressure is lower and is in the normal range and my cholesterol and associated ratios are good. My weight is down by 10kg, I am way more flexible and have a lot more energy.
How is it that all my auto immune symptoms, obesity and pain have resolved after going keto and carnivore? Body functions better than 20 years ago. Humans have been eating meat in their diet along with cholesterol way before the explosion of ill health plaque that we are facing now.
On Ketogeic life style for 9 months now. I've lost 25lbs, 205 to 180, no longer need my BP medication, and my vision has returned to 20/20 20/15. My knees no longer hurt, and I don't spend my life being hungry! The vision thing I did not expect, thought it was my imagination, but when my ophthalmologist saw my improvement she asked, " are you on a low carb or ketogenic diet?" I of course answered yes, and she replied " That is amazing, I've had several patients now regain their vision on these diets."
Anita, how is it that morphine cures all disease? Well, because it's not curing anything, it's only confusing the brain. The keto diet works by the same principle. Sometimes it's also an elimination diet and it can accidentally do some good if you've an autoimmune disease. But you'll get more problems over time because animal foods ruin the immune system.
your symptoms went away because you are no longer obese which cause pain in your joints. People will find out that the keto diet with all the saturated fats is not good for you especially someone that has a history of cvd in the family
Thank you Dr. B! Just went vegan 3 months ago, am a type 1 diabetic, have already lost 13 pounds and feel so much better. Very interested in research you share. You have helped influence my decision to go low fat plant based. Keep up the good work..people are changing 4 the better.
You’re losing weight because the body consumes its own muscle on a vegan diet. Pretty soon after all the muscle is gone you’ll get nervousness, then it will get so bad you’ll need to eat meat. I ate sardines after being vegan for a year and immediately my entire body calmed down. You need to cut pufa and pretty much all sugar out of the diet, as well as aninutrients and toxins which are found in most plant “foods”.
harvard already documented a 2019 study that supports everything in this presentation. stop cherry picking and wrongly misinterpreting vague studies and rejecting the hundreds of documented latest evidence... You're literally living in an enclosed wall
@@ubself Learned a lot from the following on YT: Stephen Sinatra (Cardiologist) Jason Fung (Nephrologist) Natasha C.McBride (Neurologist and Nutrition) - GAPS diet for many conditions (Psychological and Physiological) John Bergman D.C. - he adds many references to his discussions about various issues Darren Schmidt D.C. - shorter talks - well researched
@@ubself Another most vocal on the cholesterol issue, is Dr. Aseem Malhortra: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mAoTwfx1Sic.html (He focusses much on how lowering cholesterol is a not really showing benefits) There are also others like Malcolm Kendrick and David Diamond with good data - specifically focussing in on cholesterol studies. Hope this helps you!
Reverse Causation. Your cholesterol levels can drop just before death. This is a well known phenomenon. When you look at actual science you will see that hypercholesterolemia is deadly.
"Statins are used to treat the sausage and eggs you had for breakfast, the bologna sandwich you had for lunch, and the pizza you had for dinner." That's beautiful. I'm stealing it.
Also... Cholesterol when you eat eggs goes up temporarily and pulls cholesterol you used to repair vessels out.. Making serum cholesterol rise until the liver processes it. Whereas if you eat high carb all the time the lack of cholesterol causes the blood cholesterol to oxidize and damage tissue and cause inflamation and eventual plaque and clotting.
Bless those plant-based doctors like Dr Barnard. "It is certain that in this wonderful new age the development of medical science will lead to the doctors' healing their patients with foods." ~ 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Bahai Faith
WOW! Thank you doc, for this amazing video; God bless🙏 I took one 10 mg lipitor each night for about 15 years and it affected me very badly; I didn't know that was the culprit until it was almost too late. I was born with Scoliosis and used to have slight back pains when walking, standing and sitting for long periods. A month after I started taking lipitor I noticed that my back pain got worst but I never thought it was the side effects of lipitor. My doctor prescribed Motrin tablets for my pain but after a while the pain started going down to my hip, and then the ankle of my left leg. Sometimes I had a lot of pain that prevented me from even getting out of bed. Many times I've forced myself to get into a cab to visit the doctor for an injection to ease the excruciating pain because entering and exiting a cab made me screamed; it was hell! My doctor and I thought that the pains were due to Sciatica and Scoliosis. Sixteen years later I couldn't raised my arms above my waist and neither take a shower; I could've only used the bidet. I had to wait until my daughter visited on Sundays to give me a shower. I soon realized that I was slowly being crippled. Every night when praying I'd say God, I don't know what's going on but please do something to help me, please, I can't live like this! One night, lying in bed I wondered what would become of me, what kind of life I'd have, and crying I fell asleep. I dreamt my dad who had passed since 1999; it was a very short dream and with a stern and angry voice he said, why are you taking that damn lipitor! I immediately woke up and couldn't go back to sleep with the excitement of knowing what was causing my pains. I believed in my dreams because they're always straight! The next day, I visited my doctor and asked if he'd change the lipitor because I think that's what causing my pain. He said no, it's been a while since you've been taking that so it's not that, and then said, you must remember that you're getting older and all these things comes with age. I said doc, I'm telling you it's the lipitor and please don't ask how I know that but it IS! He said I can't change it because I know it's not the lipitor and don't stop taking it because you can get a heart attack/stroke. I said ok doc thank you; I shooked his hand as usual and left his office very disappointed. I returned home and that very night I abruptly stopped the Lipitor and I didn't care what happened! ONLY 6 days after, I could've taken a shower by myself. I called my daughter and gave her the great news, then made an appointment to see my doctor. I went to my doctor and said doc, within 6 days I got younger instead of older! I raised both my arms above my head and then behind my back only to show him that I can again raised my arms WITHOUT pain! He watched and smiled then said, what happened, what did you do? I said doc, I stopped that damn lipitor! AND, I'll now tell you why I was so sure that it's the lipitor and I told him my dream. Without hesitation, he wrote a prescription for Crestor 5 mg. It's 5 years since I've been taking Crestor and so far I've no problem. I can walk, stand and sit for longer periods because my suffering wasn't due to Sciatica/Scoliosis but Lipitor! I'm so happy that I'm getting younger instead of older, lol. Thanks to my loving dad who's still guiding me; may he Rest In Peace🌹🙏 Most of all, Praise to our Dear Lord because nothing happens without him 🙏🙏🙏🌹
@@sheetalsingh9594 You're wrong! They're both Statins but NOT the same! I don't have pains since am taking the Crestor and NOW my cholesterol is much better. Many people just have to take cholesterol lowering medications. Sometimes a certain medication doesn't work for everyone so you'd have change medications to see which one works for you. At the end of this month I shall do my blood test and if my cholesterol is still good my doctor told me that I can then gradually stop the Crestor.
Small particle ldl is bad (sugar), large particle (red meat) not so much. Why is particle size not addressed? Are you working for Lipitor or something?
@@egidijus6973 You're an idiot. LDL can become oxidized by sugar. This is called the small dense LDL that gets sticky due to sugar and can glog your arteries. Do your research idiot.
I only have a question about eggs. I have been eating around 90 eggs a month and my cholesterol and triglycerides haven't been high during these years.Adding to that at the same time, a lot of full fat milk and full fat jogurt leaves me with a question mark here
anecdotal evidence is not proof we can find some smokers who smoked a pack of cigarettes a day and lived to 80, doesn’t mean that smoking isn’t harmful
Don't worry about cholesterol. Worry about the hdl/triglyceride ratio, and get a calcium scan. It will see the disease progression that ALL lipid panel metrics miss
Interesting. Age 60 here. My doc told me to stop eating eggs (I eat 2/day) because my TC was 247 and my LDL was 145. But my HDL was 61, and my TGL's were 45. And my BP was 124/70, I am 6'0" and weigh 168 lbs., I walk 12 miles/week, belong to a gym, never smoked, and have no family history. I'm still eating 2 eggs a day. Screw him.
@@markbodine9298 Thanks. I am aware of the calcium scan. I think I'm OK so I will skip it. And do you know why the calcium scan is rarely used, with most people never even hearing of it? Because there is no money in it for Big Pharma, that's why. I truly believe that. And even worse, it means less money because millions will drop their statin prescription with a good calcium score.
As the Mayo Clinic reports, most healthy people can eat up to seven eggs a week without increasing their risk of heart disease. Studies have even shown that eating between one and three eggs on a daily basis improves HDL levels, which is the good type of cholesterol. HDL helps to remove some of the bad kind of cholesterol (known as LDL) from your arteries, so you want your HDL levels to be high so that they protect your heart. Of course, everyone is different. Keep in mind that people with diabetes are already at higher risk of heart disease and some research suggests that eating as many as seven eggs a week could elevate their risk even more. In short, there is research to back both cases. We suggest limiting your egg consumption-whether that's once a week or three times a week-so that you keep your heart in tip-top shape.
Maybe you can help me, I went keto with intermittent fasting and now I have a racing heart.. every time I try to add carbohydrates to my keto diet I can't stop urinating because of my pre-diabetes.. can you plz help
@@ceasaresquivel4344 You really should ask a nutrition expert. I dont want to kill you with bad advice. I can tell you how I have managed to bring down my blood glucose levels and how I'm managing this. I'm still overweight and still sensitive to sugar spikes. But keto is aweful. Just objectively speaking its wrecking havoc man. My mom is on keto too. And I'm certain that she just can't give up her fatty foods. Now although you definitely should talk to a nutritionist expert, heres what you want to talk about: whole foods, low glycemic index, and fiber. If you eat carbs that are extremely low on the glycemic index and eat them with lots of added fiber like low calorie vegetables, you should be ok. So this would be like legumes(lentils or split peas) eaten alongside a salad or cucumber slices. The legumes have lots of protein. And the high fiber means your bloodstream will absorb the sugars extremely slow. Now dont drench the salad in syrup or fat. Just a spritz of vinegar. Avoid diet soda and artificial sweeteners. Drinking diet is not helping you at all. Diet soda increases your insulin resistance. Switching to unsweetened tea is best..if you do drink soda. Honestly all sweeteners are bad, natural or artificial. Fast for a day. Deplete your intracellular reserves, then try eating a small meal of whole foods with lots of vegetables. Focus on legumes rather than grains. I hardly touch rice or wheat. My mainstays are high protein legumes. I still get fat but only whole food sources like nuts and seeds. Another interesting weapon is cinnamon. Ground cinnamon added .to unsweetened oatmeal will increase insulin sensitivity quite a bit, making your blood sugar enter your cells rather than destroying your body. You can even take oral cinnamon if you fear blood sugar spikes, but DO NOT substitute this for medication or hospitalization. If you need medical attention seek it out. I use cinnamon to lower my blood sugar though. It is surprisingly effective
@@ceasaresquivel4344 I do still eat oats, Bread, and occasionally brown rice, but I limit my intake. Oats are probably the healthiest grain. I use cinnamon to help increase insulin sensitivity and add fruit. Unsweetened oatmeal with fruit and cinnamon doesn't spike blood sugar levels too much. But talk to your doctor about your specific condition. I'm not a dr and my advice could kill you if you have a specific condition that is adverse to the norm. But seriously try cinnamon. Keep it on you. It works to lower high blood sugar but please don't replace insulin with it. Its not a medicine just a helpful whole food
@@thesupremechickenhed I feel like I'm already dying, the last time I tried Ceylon cinnamon I urinated alot.. I seem to urinate alot now, do you ever eat pecans or almonds.. today I went to the doctor.. he said my a1c was down to 5.4, none of this makes any sense to me because when I eat carbs I pee alot
I have seen professors in lectures saying that 'meta-analysis' is at the top of the evidence. That is clearly incorrect as there are many extremely flawed meta-analyses. They can be insightful but painting the broad brush is incorrect. It is totally reliant on the studies which it contains and their ability to be analyzed as a group.
@@avid459 thank you. I am not only WFPB but also an ethical vegan so I won’t be changing my diet. I have made some tweaks and seen improvement in my numbers over the last year. Thank you.
Dr Ford Brewer, Dr Davis, Ivor Cummins, etc...search YT for these people and others. They're discussing the latest research that strongly indicates inflammation from carbohydrates as the major cause of CV disease. This is a growing contingent. Worth listening.
Tuula Ollikainen I’ve been high carb plant based since 2013. 47 years old. Went to doc for first time since diet change last month due to needing some stitches. They could not believe my numbers. I left them seriously dumbfounded.
His science is wrong. This study completely *demonizes Fiber (more likely because of Carb + Sugar content) and shows Cholesterol, Animal Protein and Eggs as having the Lowest Risk Factors* for Cardio Vascular Disease. However, the study did not report these findings. The paper analyzed Data from *6 of the largest Cholesterol Heart Disease studies* between 1985-2016. JAMA STUDY *Associations of Dietary Cholesterol or Egg Consumption With Incident Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality* jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2728487 These Figures can be found by clicking the Figures / Tables Menu heading of the Report on the Right side. I recommend everyone view them. *FIGURE 2* 300mg of Cholesterol Consumed per day A) CVD Risk • Fiber was a Higher Risk Factor than Processed Meat and Sodium • Animal protein had the Lowest risk factor, with Eggs + Red Meat grouping (huh?) as Second Lowest B) All Cause Mortality • Fiber was a Higher Risk Factor than Sodium and Processed Meat • Eggs + Red Meat grouping had the Lowest Risk Factor, with Animal protein and Eggs as the Second and Third Lowest *FIGURE 4* With Each additional Half Egg A) CVD Risk • Fiber was the Highest Nutrient Risk Factor • Cholesterol had the Lowest Risk Factor, with Animal Protein, Sodium and Saturated Fat coming in Second, Third and Fourth B) All Cause Mortality • Fiber was the Highest Nutrient Risk Factor • Cholesterol had the Lowest Risk Factor, with Animal Protein, Sodium and All Fats coming in Second, Third and Fourth *FIGURE 5* 300mg Cholesterol and CVD Risk against various Sub Groups • Low Saturated Fat Diet had the Highest Risk Factor by far • Non-smokers had Higher Risk Factors than Current and Ex-Smokers • BMI less than 25 had Higher Risk Factor than 25-30 and Greater than 30 • Diabetes had Higher Risk Other Analysis of Data from 3 of the 6 Studies included in the JAMA Study *Jackson Heart Study* After reviewing 4 papers on the Jackson Heart Study, I could find no significant mention of Cholesterol regarding CVD outcomes. This study's focus was regarding CVD disease awareness in the Jackson Community and treatment quality. This paper seems inappropriately cited given the subject of the analysis. *Framingham Offspring Study* Dietary Cholesterol, Lipid Levels, and Cardiovascular Risk among Adults with Diabetes or Impaired Fasting Glucose in the Framingham Offspring Study www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6024517/ “In sex-stratified analyses, men in the highest sex-specific tertile of dietary cholesterol had a 43% lower risk of CVD …” “This study found no evidence of adverse association between dietary cholesterol and risk of CVD among adults with T2DM or prediabetes. In fact, after adjusting for confounding by other lifestyle factors, those with higher dietary cholesterol intakes had a lower long-term risk of developing CVD.” "Further, there was no adverse association between dietary cholesterol intake and changes in lipid levels (LDL, HDL, LDL:HDL ratio, or triglycerides) over 20 years of follow up in the Framingham Offspring Study." *MESA Study* Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis: Biomarkers of Key Biological Pathways in Cardiovascular Disease www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5108521/ “In addition, LDL particle number was a better estimator of atherosclerotic risk when there was discordance between LDL cholesterol (mass of cholesterol carried by LDL particles) and LDL particle number[4].” “Pentadecanoic acid, a fatty acid biomarker of dietary dairy intake, was inversely associated with incident CVD and CHD, suggesting a potential cardio-protective role for dietary dairy fat. Similarly, trans-palmitoleic acid from dairy fat was associated with lower blood pressure and lower risk of incident diabetes.” *Other useful Studies* Low cholesterol and violent crime www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/11104842/ The Evidence for Saturated Fat and for Sugar Related to Coronary Heart Disease www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4856550/ Dietary sugars, not lipids [fat], drive hypothalamic inflammation www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5518723/ Re-evaluation of the traditional diet-heart hypothesis: analysis of recovered data from Minnesota Coronary Experiment (1968-73) www.bmj.com/content/353/bmj.i1246 Insulin Therapy Increases Cardiovascular Risk in Type 2 Diabetes www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28958751 A ketogenic diet favorably affects serum biomarkers for cardiovascular disease in normal-weight men www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/12097663/ A Ketogenic Formula Prevents Tumor Progression and Cancer Cachexia [muscle wasting] by Attenuating Systemic Inflammation in Colon 26 Tumor-Bearing Mice www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5852782/ Relationship between admission serum sodium concentration and clinical outcomes in patients hospitalized for heart failure: an analysis from the OPTIMIZE-HF registry www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17309900 Reduced Dietary Sodium Intake Increases Heart Rate. A Meta-Analysis of 63 Randomized Controlled Trials Including 72 Study Populations www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4805644/ Excessively low salt diet damages the heart through activation of cardiac (pro) renin receptor, renin-angiotensin-aldosterone, and sympatho-adrenal systems in spontaneously hypertensive rats www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5722333/ Reversal of Diabetic Nephropathy [kidney failure] by a Ketogenic Diet www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3080383/ A Ketogenic Diet Extends Longevity and Healthspan in Adult Mice www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28877457
Alamar Fernandez Hi Alamar glad you are getting it, check Doctor Michael Greger How not to die,& NutritionalFacts.org, good luck ignore the unqualified quacks😂🙄Listen to the science👏🏾
@@ceolbeats7182 Not a doctor, here's what the *latest report from the American Diabetes Association* has to say about Fat, Protein, Carbs and Cholesterol, under the "Macronutrient" section: Nutrition Therapy for Adults With Diabetes or Prediabetes: A Consensus Report care.diabetesjournals.org/content/42/5/731 *Are Carbs Necessary?* No, the body makes it's own Carbs when they are absent. “The amount of *carbohydrate intake required for optimal health in humans is unknown.* Although the recommended dietary allowance for carbohydrate … is 130 g/day ... *this energy requirement can be fulfilled by the body’s metabolic processes,* which include glycogenolysis, gluconeogenesis (via metabolism of the glycerol component of fat or gluconeogenic amino acids in protein), and/or ketogenesis in the setting of very low dietary carbohydrate intake (49).” *Does Reducing Protein Improve Diabetic Health Markers?* No, Protein positively affects Insulin and blood sugar. “There is *limited research in people with diabetes or prediabetes without kidney disease on the impact of various amounts of protein consumed* ... A 12-week study comparing 30% vs. 15% energy from protein *noted improvements in weight, fasting glucose, and insulin requirements in the group that consumed 30% energy from protein (61).* " *Fat and Low Carb Diets (like Carnivore)* "Eating patterns that replace certain carbohydrate foods with those higher in total fat, however, have *demonstrated greater improvements in glycemia and certain CVD risk factors (serum HDL cholesterol [HDL-C] and triglycerides) compared with lower fat diets.* ” “Although *the DGA concluded that available evidence does not support the recommendation to limit dietary cholesterol* for the general population, exact recommendations for dietary cholesterol for other populations, such as people with diabetes, are not as clear (8).” In short, Dietary Carbohydrate is not necessary for Human Health, Protein is a better regulator of Blood Sugar, and Ketogenic Diets have shown the most success in treating Diabetes.
@@ceolbeats7182 it does not take a doctor to see that Barnard is basing his science on epidemiological studies (guesses about food quantities). That is not the main problem. Barnard does not differentiate healthy LDL from oxidized LDL. This alone invalidates all of his arguments against elevating serum LDL levels. He does not even mention how LDL becomes unhealthy. Its like ice skating in army boots. He is all over the place.
Quem diria que eu iria encontrar alguém a falar Português num canal Inglês. Eu tenho um grande apreço pelo trabalho realizado pela PCRM. Se tivesse de escolher o meu programa favorito teria de ser “Starch solution” pelo Dr. John McDougall. Vou prestar atenção aos videos do teu canal. Abraço.
@@helderfaria7689 ve os videos do Dr Greger, how not to die. Melhores videos, a página nutricional facts é a melhor de todas em termos de estudos e isso. Mas o melhor de todos é o Dr Klaper, trabalhou como nutricionista para a Nasa durante muitos anos. Maior especialista na dieta vegetariana do mundo. Para videos mais simples e mais fáceis, pessoal mais novo a falar, o Mic the Vegan e o Goji man sao os melhores. Sao os 2 estudantes de medicina especializados na área tambem
Dr. Barnard says, "There really isn't anyone who disputes that cholesterol contributes to cardiovascular disease." I find there are many experts now that would say cholesterol is a minor contributor. Other factors like insulin resistance and poor blood sugar control are major players in heart disease. Get those well under control and then it probably doesn't matter what your cholesterol is.
I was diagnosed with very high cholesterol at age 17. I'm now 55. My last two Coronary calcium test were both zero. I can also make my triglycerides go up or down on cue. When I eat high carb they go up and when I eat low carb/high fat/high protein they plummet. I do my bloodwork every three months and have duplicated this as an experiment. The true story is that there is still alot of unknowns. Keep your insulin down that seems to be the real culprit.
@@flolou8496 Poke my finger many times a day to know what's going on daily, but get my A1C and my fasting insulin number checked usually every 3 months. I find the Contour One to be accurate.
Egg industry versus the pharmaceutical industry. Why did they not mention sugar efffects and the claim of some that most of your cholesterol is produced by your own body in this presentation?
For most people, physiologically-normal LDL levels are ~35-70. However, lots of folks have LDL levels of 90-250, and they only got that way through unhealthy diet and lifestyle.
Dr Bernard is NOT a part of the pharmaceutical industry- he believes a healthy diet can deal with most of our modern lifestyle chronic diseases. Dr Bernard did talk about cholesterol being made by the liver ( that our body makes cholesterol) and explained cholesterol is vital for many functions. Dr Bernard also explained you have to be careful as too much can be harmful.
@@karlwheatley1244 my own parents are examples of genetics in cholesterol. Dad eats whatever... Fried foods and eggs and ice cream etc...mom is very careful. But their bloodwork is the reverse of what science says it should be. I know many ppl like this and as a nurse see many ppl do poorly on meds. Its just not that simple.
@@grainiac7824 OK, but now you are talking about data: Before you sounded like someone claiming people could just sense what is healthy for them and find their way, and since the first indicator about half of people have that they have heart disease is a fatal heart attack, that wouldn't be good enough. Similarly, diabetes sneaks up on people. Yes, some people have genetics that tip the scale significantly one way or another, but most don't. I'm wondering if your dad's LDL is under 70 eating that way, or if it's just under the phony "normal" many doctors use (under 100 or under 130). Also, his post-prandial LDL may still be significantly higher than his fasting LDL if he eats that way. Take care.
2019 vs 02/20 current date: Nov: 2019 Chol 313, Trig 78, HDL 79, VLDL 16, LDL 218, T.chol/HDL Ratio: 4.0 vs Feb. 2020 Chol 324, Trig 84, HDL 95, VLDL 16, LDL 212 T.chol/HDL Ratio: 3.4 I think I can relax somewhat now. :-) till a few months from now when retested.
Don't worry about your LDL being high if your on keto, it's most likely the the fluffy good LDL particle, not the small sticky ldl that gets oxidated by sugar, carbs & radicals. Ask your Dr Doctor for a fractionation test for LDL just to make sure. But most likely since your HDL has gone up, and your Tryglycerides are low and A1c is low. Your good on Keto.
@@Snooker-cn3dm This is an example of how your lipids look on a Keto diet. I would have guessed it. It is perfect. A low Triglycerides to HDL ratio is great. Even better if it is less than 1 like this guy!
I eat on average I eat 3 to 4 eggs a day I train 3 times a week, 2 hrs resistance training My blood work shows normal cholesterol levels Last blood work was 2 months ago What effect does exercise have in reducing cholesterol levels?
excercise alone has little to affect cholesterol. the problem with the medical industry is that they have such a large range of "normal", being within "normal" is not healthy. I can have the testosterone level of a 60 year old man and I'd still be within the "range of normal" chart. Was your cholesterol actually HEALTHY, or just in the "normal range." the best way to reduce cholesterol is through diet. reduce saturated fat mainly. reducing dietary cholesterol can help a bit. Nuts and seeds are good because they contain phytosterols
@@watermelon1221 No. When say normal. I mean healthy Every blood test ive had in the last few yrs shows my cholesterol levels to be within a healthy range I get it tested twice a yr Here in Australia its a free test. If ones cholesterol level is abnormal then they send you to a dietician to get it fixed Its part of a QLD health initiative. My doctor has told me . I have excellent blood work and nothing to worry about Btw. I now eat around 4 eggs a day Reason is , im trying to put on muscle mass. Eggs are an excellent source of protein In a bodybuilding group im in. Some of the guys eat upto 8 eggs a day Their cholesterol levels are healthy, within range, normal .etc etc
@@isaaccraig3666 that's what I'm saying. that "range" is just showing that your health markers are within range, aka normal. They don't actually show if it's healthy or not. You'd have to actually research your results to figure out what a healthy number would be eggs are cheap and high in protein but you can get it more effectively through chicken breasts or whey protein powder. eggs don't have any magic or protein you can't get elsewhere
@@watermelon1221 I dont need to research the test results. Thats why my doctor goes over the results He ...tells me if theres a problem or not So far , every doctor ive had has told me there is no problem or issue with the results Also eggs . Are not just a source of protein You cant compare eggs to whey protein or chicken breast Eggs have a much higher utilisation rate The second highest for a protein source Human breast milk being the 1st with the highest utilisation rate.
So when you go on a diet your choletserol goes up quite naturally ..if not eating fat why is this ? I guess the body knows better when it comes to Cholesterol .... the big problem is sugar and trans fats ...junk food ... inflamation ....diabetes ..
So, everyone still disagree with one another. You know your fucked when one "expert" tells you that cholesterol is bad and you don't need to consume it, and another that goes into detail on how it DOES NOT do anything to your heart. Somebody is freaking wrong.
Normally the more ‘religious fervour’ and shaming rhetoric the speaker is using to convince you, the less right they are. We know now that HDL and healthy LDL are good but oxidised LDL is not. Anyone telling us not to consume dietary cholesterol has to prove it is more likely to become oxidised LDL in the body than LDL manufactured by it. I have no idea, but it’s clear from current real science that one can’t demonise any form of HDL or LDL that is healthy and those that do are simply parroting ancient dogma.
@@neilxify Yea, I am coming to that conclusion myself. I just eat cholesterol foods that is full of nutrients, exercise and keep excess inflammation down with fish oil and Tumeric.
Well, the connection of cholesterol and heart disease was found a long time ago. There are many industry interests to fight against that, so after these results, many studies where funded by the industry to ensure their business model. In the end it's honestly not that hard, turn on your own brain. But I mean that stuff that clogs the arteries literally consist mainly of cholesterol.
@@okdoomer620 Inflammation causes the build up of plaque moron. Cholesterol is just the reaction to the inflammation. Cholesterol is needed for the body to fuction for fucks sake. What causes inflammation? It isn't Cholesterol. Its carbohydrates and sugars. THIS IS THE FACTS. Look up what happens when you eat a shit ton of sugar in the body. Inflammation city.
@@okdoomer620 Just type in "Sugar Causes Inflammation". There are many studies that prove this. To say this is all a Cholesterol funded conspiracy is a fucking joke.
@@lengleowmee7638 It's protective. It's essential. Statins which lower cholesterol have a very negligible effect on CVD and zero effect on all-cause mortality. Oxidized LDL appears to be a contributor. LDL is not cholesterol, it's a transport container for cholesterol, lipids, proteins and triglycerides. The culprit of what really causes CVD is so evasive they still haven't figured out the mechanism yet. Elevated triglycerides are a much better predictor of CVD.
@@someguy2135 Look at the work of Jason Fung, Stephen Sinatra, Natasha Campbell McBride and Tim Noakes. The HCLF diet was put on trial recently and successfully defeated with scientific evidence in favour of the LCHF diet. Prof Noakes previously was recommending carb loading in his Lore of Running book; as a result he developed insulin resistance himself. As Dr. Fung explains, similar to burning sugar, animal protien burning also causes insulin to spike; therefore it is advisable limiting animal products. But more important are regular periods of fasting - to clean the system - during which the body burns its own fat stores. (Fat is a clean source of of fuel; not leaving waste products behind.)
@@caseydakus7130 It really depends on which type of carbs is ingested. A plant based diet low in fat and starch is a form of fasting, which is very good for cleansing the body, but should not be maintained indefinitely. For proper feeding and maintenance (healing and repair) of the body, high fat animal products also needed.
@@maricamaas5555 I can get all the nutrients I need on a HCLF whole food vegan diet plus a few supplements. Vegans have lower rates of diabetes and obesity (not to mention heart disease and certain cancers). I can do without the cholesterol, igf-1 TMAO, carcinogens, growth hormones, estrogen, etc. Most people would benefit from some type of supplements or another.
@@caseydakus7130Vegans doing well, still have basic building blocks in their make-up constituted from healthy fats - also inherited from their anchestors. The liver produces 70-80% of needed cholesterol; additional intake of animal fats (more congruent to the human body's make-up) is needed through diet. The body recycles what it has, but under stressful physical, chemical, emotional conditions, it can easily run into problems like adrenal fatigue, nervous system and brain disorders, infertility, etc. Comparing the health outcomes of the more health conscious vegetarians/vegans, with those on the standard sad diet; by referring to studies is this regard; proves nothing. When it comes to living longer, not only what we eat, but when and how much, seems to be equally important. Regular calorie restriction being key (be it by total fasting or a smaller eating window p.d.). During fasting the body uses its fat for energy; only once its fat stores are depleated, will it start to use its own muscle, etc.? Check out the work of longevity expert Valter Longo; he advances the keto type fasting mimicking diet for a few days per month; it is easier to maintain than other types of fasting.
We need more people like this in the world who look out for the greater good. The funding sources he showed really drives home how the odds are stacked against anyone who believes what most medical reports or doctors say because it’s just not transparent enough for us to make the right choices.
The reason why arteries get blocked is that cholesterol is repairing the inflammation in the artery and if inflammation continues the artery eventually gets blocked. It's not the Cholesterol that is bad but the inflammation.
For people eating the diets that we have clear data on, high LDL is THE main CAUSAL factor in heart disease. But it's easy for people to get confused about serum cholesterol because of the flaws in so many studies. For example, what you are saying DOES appear to be true in studies that are contaminated by restriction of range issues (no large group with truly healthy LDL levels) or in studies contaminated by reverse causality (lower LDL IS sometimes found to be associated with higher mortality in the ELDERLY because several diseases and conditions that lower LDL also increase mortality). However, when you overcome those problems and study a population with a wide range of LDL levels, you see a clear trend, with higher LDL going hand in hand with more arterial plaque: See: www.onlinejacc.org/content/70/24/2979 and particularly the very clear trend graph That's cross-sectional, but what about experimental studies? The pattern across statin studies that lowered LDL a LOT is that both degree of plaque and major CVD events declined as LDL levels went down, and got towards the truly healthy range (apparently under 67, but a little higher may be fine too when people aren't eating an artery-damaging diet). See the trend line regarding the statin trials: www.onlinejacc.org/content/43/11/2142 That study also points out that an LDL of around 35-70 appears to be normal for mammals without heart disease, as indicated by the LDL levels of free-ranging mammals, newborn humans, and hunter-gatherer tribes, many of whom have TOTAL cholesterol levels under 130. Other types of studies confirm a causal role for elevated LDL in the development of heart disease. First, a study of miscarried fetuses showed that those whose mothers had higher LDL had more plaque in their arteries. Finally, genetic variations that give most individuals (but not all) an LDL level in the healthy range wiped out 88% of expected heart disease, despite unhealthy diets, obesity, diabetes, and smoking: Ference BA, Yoo W, Alesh I, Mahajan N, Mirowska KK, Mewada A, Kahn J, Afonso L, Williams KA Sr, Flack JM. Effect of long-term exposure to lower low-density lipoprotein cholesterol beginning early in life on the risk of coronary heart disease: a Mendelian randomization analysis. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2012 Dec 25;60(25):2631-9. Cohen JC, Boerwinkle E, Mosley TH Jr, Hobbs HH. Sequence variations in PCSK9, low LDL, and protection against coronary heart disease. N Engl J Med. 2006 Mar 23;354(12):1264-72. Critically, that research establishes that even when people have diets and lifestyles that SHOULD HAVE caused more heart disease, elevated LDL is the critical key without which heart disease doesn't develop. Other research shows that both large fluffy and small dense particles are atherogenic (large fluffy are only about 1/3rd less atherogenic for men and women alike). Finally, oxidized cholesterol is terribly harmful/atherogenic, and unfortunately, exposure to air or light as well as cooking and reheating meat leftovers all produce oxidized cholesterol. So the odds of eating high cholesterol foods and not consuming oxidized cholesterol are lousy. Then there are the clinical trials in which serious heart disease was stopped and reversed in people with a history of serious heart disease and rates of CVD events were dropped to zero or close to zero using diets that are VERY low in fat (~10% of calories) and have ZERO cholesterol. No diets with higher fat content or dietary cholesterol have achieved similar outcomes. For example, see: dresselstyn.com/JFP_06307_Article1.pdf www.dresselstyn.com/Esselstyn_Three-case-reports_Exp-Clin-Cardiol-July-2014.pdf Significantly, in an earlier 12-year study, Esselstyn succeeded in stopping heart disease in its tracks for a population of older people who had serious heart disease by using a very low fat whole food vegan diet (and statins for some to get LDL low enough), but that diet did NOT limit sugar. This indicates that sugar is not such a problem for heart disease IF people are eating very little fat, getting LDL very low, and are eating lots of anti-inflammatory whole plant foods. www.dresselstyn.com/site/study02/ One very long-term study followed people for an average duration of 26.8 years with an starting age of 42, and clearly found stepwise increases in CVD and CHD deaths with higher LDL levels, and also found higher all-cause mortality for groups with above 100 LDL than for those with under 100 LDL. Those relationships would have likely been even stronger had they controlled for reverse causality (some diseases/conditions that kill us lower LDL first), and had they focused on people who got LDL levels under 70 with healthy living/diet. www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.118.034273 It's super-easy to get confused about cholesterol because there are more weak "no-relationship, no harm" correlational studies out there than there are higher-quality studies that pin down the real nature of the relationship. Also, most studies have terrible restriction of range issues and don’t have a large population with truly healthy LDL levels-around 35-70. But people WANT to believe it’s not a problem, so they pay attention to the weaker “no harm” studies and ignore the stronger studies showing that elevated LDL IS a problem. I’ve seen one informal on-line analysis concluding that for people eating more than 2.3 eggs a week, arterial plaque went down as LDL went up, but until we have evidence you can eliminate heart disease with higher LDL and a bunch of weekly eggs (as you can with a very low fat whole food plant-based diet), the safer route is to get LDL down to around 35-70 eating lots of whole plant foods and little dietary fat. To be sure, improving endothelial functioning is still beneficial for reducing CVD, but if you get LDL low enough, plaques stop forming even with a crappy diet and lifestyle. Take care.
Bull. I eat mainly ribeye steak, eggs, bacon, sardines, cheese, butter. goats milk, liver and above ground veg such as cauliflower, broccoli and cabbage. I stopped eating everything else including sugary fruit, root vegetables, wheat, pasta, and rice. I feel on top of the world, I have lost weight and my skin glows.
