Don’t Worry About “Bad” Cholesterol, Says Dr. Paul Saladino 

Do you worry about high cholesterol?

I've had high "bad" cholesterol for years. My doctor wanted to put me on a statin. I had heard that getting a coronary calcium scan could determine if I had any plaque buildup in my arteries. It was maybe $100 to do but my score came back at zero. There was no reason I needed to be on a statin. That was 6 years ago and last year I had the scan done again. Score was zero. The scary thing was my doc knew about these scans and didn't even offer it up as a solution. She just wanted to put me on a statin.

My mother had high cholesterol her whole life as did her mother. They both died at 96 with no other health conditions….neither took any prescription drugs .

My grandma was told in the 90's she had high cholesterol and needed to put on a statin. She said no and she's still here. She's now 91 soon to be 92

My cholesterol numbers have been high for the past 30 yrs. I’m currently 67 😮yrs. IN 2023 I had an stress test, echo, ultrasound, and a cardiac calcium score (CT) of my heart done. No calcium buildup in my arteries. My calcium score was 0. Yet my doctor wants me on statins. If what I’ve been doing for the last 30 yrs has not caused any plaque buildup and I get another 30 yrs I’ll take my chances! 🤷🏽‍♀️

My daughter (15) was told she has high cholesterol and because I wouldn’t put her on a statin our Dr fired us as patients. She is not diabetic. We are in Canada.

I remember in the late 70s and early 80s, my relatives who were doctors boasted about being invited on "conferences" on luxury cruises by pharma reps, who told them how much money they would earn prescribing statins where patients would have to buy them for life.

My grandmother had overall cholesterol over 600 and the doctor freaked out and tried to put her on meds. She was already 80 at the time and was like no way. She lived to 90.

I was diagnosed with high cholesterol about 15 years ago and was put on Lipitor. Within 2 weeks it caused me to be temporarily paralyzed, for several hours. The Dr took me off the Lipitor, & put me on another statin, that one caused me to be temporarily paralyzed also, except it took a month before the paralysis happened. Then the Dr put me on prescription Niacin, which caused me to break out in hives. I can't take any of those meds for lowering my cholesterol. When I see my GP doctor, he tests my cholesterol & says "you have elevated cholesterol, don't worry about it". And I'm always careful about what I eat, to keep my cholesterol down.

I'm glad you mentioned insulin sensitivity and oxidization of cells. Much bigger need for this focus.

My husband has a total cholesterol over 350 most of his life. All other bloodwork, BP, weight fine. Now 70, is still in perfect health, no meds. On traditional 60s diet. Meat, fish, eggs, lots of dairy, some veges and an apple a day, plus cod liver oil. Last time sick was 1980 with a mild cold. Not genetic. His siblings, children and grandchildren get all the normal seasonal ills.

My Dr wanted to put me on a statin also for elevated LDL & total cholesterol. I had a cardiac cath for what turned out to be esophageal erosions. The cardiologist said I have the heart of an 18 year old. No blockages. Thank you for your in depth teaching on this topic! ❤

I've never had a doctor ask me about my diet.

I needed to hear this... I was on carnivore diet and all my bloodwork was perfect all but my LDL... Before I started carnivore diet I was pre diabetic and had high blood pressure... I had fatty liver and I had joint pains in my arms and legs. Everything disappeared and I was devastated when my doctor said I needed to stop my diet and he wanted me to take pills for the cholesterol. I am obese too and I lost 60 pounds in half a year... I will now start up my carnivore diet again and tell my doctor to go to hell. If I die I die happier, lighter and with no pains.

I’m a fit 58 year old and was given a statin . Took it for a year and did my research . I’ve now stopped the statin as I have no other health heart risks and regularly exercise and am not overweight. More risks taking this drug than not in my case

I don't worry about it. Mine has been 235 to 240 for 40 years since I was 37 and back then 235 was considered normal. Pharma kept lowering the numbers every 10 years. I think pharma just keeps lowering the safe numbers to put more people on stations. Scare tactics were used by a cardiologist on me so I dumped him.

Canola oil was developed for lubricating machinery.

I’m 42 and have always had cholesterol over 220. As high as 400. Normally it’s around 300. But my HDL is normal 60+ and my triglycerides are under 100. I’m very active and fit and avoid most sugar and carbs and eat organic and grass fed and feel great. This video was the best I’ve seen and super comforting and informative. Thank you!

Statins are poison to me!

My LDL was always high, last time over 300 and my cardiologist from Cleveland Clinic did not worry about it (like me) Had a heart cath 1 year ago and all is fine. I am 69 yrs.

Exactly the clarity i have been trying to get for a long time. Thanks a lot.

Wonderful explanation. My husband just went on the carnivore diet because of rheumatoid arthiritis. He is active and has a physically demanding job so he goes to the gym regularly to prevent injury at work. Once I put him on the carnivore diet his pain in joints got better. Also his love handles disappeared and he lost that extra weight he's been trying to get rid of. He went for his annual physical and he came back with high LDL. First time in his life. Dr told him to eat less meat and stay away from animal butter. But that's been his main diet. His blood sugar leveL came back normal as did his triglycerides and HDL.

I was on statins my legs hurt so bad I could barely drive my car or sit for anytime… my doctor told me it’s probably a pinched nerve… I quit taking the meds in less than a year my legs are fine

Absolutely the best explanation of LDL I've seen. I feel well armed for the inevitable statin conversation I'll be having during my annual physical in two weeks. Thank you!

I would love to hear Dr. Saladino debate with Dr. Attia on cholesterol, apoB and statins

My cholesterol has been high(210-230) most of my adult life. I am 5’10” and 170 lbs with 34 inch waist. Completed carotid, femerol, and heart scans at 63 years, zero plaque detected. My doc feels the high cholesterol readings are ok if I continue to exercise and keep my weight in check, and likely how my personal genetics deals with the cholesterol. So no statins have been subscribed, now 68 years old.

Don’t fight your doc when they insist that you go on a statin - they get their feelings hurt and are insulted - just tell them you have terrible side effects They have to recommend them - and they’ll never know you are throwing them away I have had cholesterol nearing and over 300 for 30 years and I’m in great shape - and have been on Keto for years

I’m no doctor, but I ignored my doctor’s advice about taking a statin for persistently high LDL. I did this because I have been an endurance athlete for my adult life. Tip top shape. But as my LDL numbers deteriorated into my 50’s my doctor ordered a CTA. I had extensive plaque scoring and was more than 50 percent occluded on the right side. A 91st percentile (bad) for my age score. I have no idea if my condition would have changed had I started a statin 20 years ago. But I’m on one now and tolerating it well. The conflicting advice is so hard to sort through.

For a long time, I had high cholesterol around 250 I started a Keto Diet and some Mediterranean checked again and it went up to 285>My guess is I did eat too much Meat and dairy products and coconut milk/cream for my espresso and too much eggs. Of course, my doctor wanted to put me on Satin right away but I convinced her to wait for two months reduce my meat intake and cut all dairy products .Use clarified butter and virgin olive oil but mostly virgin coconut oil . But as I found out the keito diet raises the cholesterol? My glucose level is fine (avoid sugar) my blood pressure is 108 to 120 0ver 75

Nice post Dr.Paul. Cholesterol in the blood does not cause atherosclerosis and is essential for the brain. Calcium in the blood does cause atherosclerosis.

This is hands down the best explanation of LDL, HDL, and Diabetes on RU-vid. Bravo Dr. Saladino, thank you so very much, your explanation of what is happening in the body and what is happening was great!

The standard lipids panel tests the amount of cholesterol in the LDL particles, which is notated "LDL-C". The particles could be large or small and still have the same LDL-C. The current theory of atherosclerosis says that the LDL particles penetrated into the wall of the artery through narrow channels between the endothelial cells that line the artery. Small particles can move through the channels (junctions) more easily than large ones. A measure that is correlated with LDL size is the ratio of triglycerides/HDL-C which you can calculate from standard simple lipids tests that are usually done. If the ratio (in American units of mg/dL) is less than 2, that's a preponderance of the large "fluffy" LDL particles, which is not atherogenic. Trig/HDL-C is affected by your insulin sensitivity, so keep your diet low in carbohydrates (especially sugar) to keep trig/HDL-C low, the theory says. But it's more complex than just LDL size. There is a brush-like fibrous gel coating the endothelial cells including over the junctions, called the endothelial glycocalyx, which acts as a filter among other functions, preventing large particles like red blood cells and large LDL from penetrating through the junctions. Experiments in mice have shown that the glycocalyx is damaged and thinned or absent at locations where atherosclerotic plaques usually occur.

I'm 78 non diabetic and my cholesterol is always 260 . Triglycerides under 90. The Drs hate me because I won't go on statins. My husband is 80 and diabetic and his cholesterol is always under 200. The Drs get mad at him too because he won't go on statins 😢😮

Not worried about cholesterol and not worried about smoking either. Full carnivore now nine months - and one pack a day smoker. No IBS, no anxiety/ depression, lots of energy and no lesions on my lungs or calcium plaques in my arteries. The medical establishment lies to us about nearly everything. Do your own research!!!! Thank you, Dr. Saladino!!

I listened to this just prior to going to my doctor to review my bloodwork results. Everything this doctor said would happen happened. Once I asked my doctor about my metabolic health and the correlation between that and ldl levels, the conversation changed and statins were no longer recommended. We need to educate ourselves about this in order to have a meaningful discussion with our doctors. Great discussion here! Thanks!

I went in for my annual check up in my 20’s and my doctor decided to check my cholesterol for no apparent reason. I hadn’t fasted since I didn’t know it was going to be a blood draw visit and my cholesterol was super high. He wanted to put me on medication and I refused and insisted that we do another test but this time when I had fasted. He was annoyed but allowed me to do it again. Wouldn’t you know that my cholesterol was fine when tested correctly.

Dr. Paul you were excellent in this episode I'll be passing this along to ppl who need to hear this. Thank you!

According to the doctor my LDL was high. Because of that l was told that l need to be tested for prostate cancer, TB, and bone disease... I was referred to a Urologist that referred me to go for bone scanning. There l was bombarded with X Ray for 1 hour. Since then l have become more sick, symptoms that l never had all my life. I am in my 70's, l dont drink, don't smoke, don't do drugs. I eat healthy, l work out. So once you are in their hands they'll extract every ounce of juice from you in order to charge the Medicare System the maximum possible. (my case)

0:59 That’s me, he just described my experience. Twelve years ago, at the age of 60, I was told that my cholesterol levels were high and needed to go on the prescribed medication. I said no thanks. Here I am in my 70’s in good health, don’t smoke, very conscious of what I eat, I don’t eat red meat; I will have a glass of wine with my meal on special occasions. I practice yoga, and walk to all my day to day activities i.e appointments, shopping etc. I have maintained the same 120lbs all my adult life. And yet my doctor is lecturing me about the dangers I would face if I don’t take statins to reduce “high cholesterol” The doctor’s explanation for my high levels of cholesterol is “genetics” I am not buying his explanation. If my genetics is the reason, then my body is okay with it. I refuse to take a drug because that is not a cure. The said doctor told me that he would no longer have me take any more cholesterol tests in the future because I refused to go on his prescribed statins.

My drs furious that I’m refusing statins, even said I was stupid for refusing

I was put on statins by my doctor after bloodwork showing high LDL and HDL, as well as high Glucose. But after reading up and viewing stuff about statins (and some strange side effects that I think is related) I'm going to quit that. At the time (and still) I was fasting regularly and eating an 80% carnivore diet (basically keto). From what I understand, fasting and keto will raise those cholesterols and sometimes the Glucose as well. The thing is... those blood results were the first I've ever had, so no-one knows if they were that high when I was younger. As per usual some doctors just look at things they've learned through med-school and have no clue.

Wow, this guy!👍👍 This is exactly what I was looking for! Thanks a million

Finally, someone who understands what coronary artery disease is. Thank you.

I have had extremely low ldl and total cholesterol. Ive had dozens of advanced lipid panels which showed me at zero risk for heart disease. None the less I have very aggressive heart disease. Very low ldl with large particle size. Cholesterol is a myth. Your body needs it

Wow! I think I understood most of what Dr. Paul Saladino said. Thanks

5’7”. I am 65 years old. After 6 months on a Keto diet here is the result. Heartburns gone Dry flakey skin gone Body itching gone Sensing things crawling on my skin or hair gone Heart palpitation gone Stomach pains..gone. Always some black heads somewhere on my face. gone A bump, ingrown hair on my leg for years just suddenly came off. Poof, gone. Lightheadedness, gone. There was a strange, odd itch on the side of my left foot. I inherited it from my ex wife. she got it from someone else, it would appear every so often, gone. Bleeding gums here and there I used to get when flossing, gone Back pain, neck pain especially when I get up in the morning, gone. Glass/shard feeling in my elbows gone, I just don’t seem to notice any hemorrhage, gone Dandruff gone. Most of the floaters in my eyes, gone. Restless leg syndrome I had once in a while, gone. Man boobs, gone Love handles, gone. Peeling finger nails, gone. Hives and bumps on my skin every so often.. gone. ===================================== Added bonuses: Feeling of comfort inside my body at all times. I tolerate cold and hot weather far better. Very interesting. Unlike before when my feet hurt after walking for a mile or two, I can walk for miles and miles without any pain whatsoever. I don’t feel bogged down.. Just a fresher energy. The air feels better and my mood is simply much lighter and better. Sleep is much more restful Eyes look more clear, more whiter. . Just found out by going to the eye doctor that my eye pressure has dropped from 15-17 to 10-12. No wonder. Both of my nostrils are evenly open… I can breathe from both nicely. I don’t get cuts easily. Stronger skin. Emotional health better than anytime in my life Mental clarity and alertness, very good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- HDL-C went from 40 to 75 Triglycerides went from 225 to 49 A1C dropped from 5.7 to 5.3. Not sure how long I have had high blood glucose. Weight loss without hardship, 210 to 170 lbs. Average blood pressure dropped from 140/90 to 120/75 ================================================= The so-called bad: Total cholesterol from 183 to 491 LDL-C from 104 to 350 GIVEN EVERYTHING YOU HAVE READ DO YOU THINK I CARE ABOUT THE LAST TWO NUMBERS….?. NOT. Chances are they will hit 1000 in another year’s time. Read my lips I won't give a damn. That is right. ========================================= And oh hear this: So it just came to me that I hardly poop much. With all the heavy duty meat and eggs I eat everyday, where on earth do they go? I poop maybe once every 3 to 4 days. What on earth? No, I have no stomach cramps or aches or anything that resembles any discomfort. And absolutely no gas at any time. What on earth? The truth is: The body uses all of it for nutrients. There is hardly any waste and THAT IS THE TRUTH.. Your typically mumbo jumbo carb diets cause every mischief there is including and not limited to gas and poops and the rest. Bara bang bada boom. 😂

There are two types of LDL one of which is CVD neutral and the other, Oxidised VLDL which can end up in the arterial walls and therefore increased risk of CVD according to Dr Rob Lustig.

That was just flat out excellent. Total cholesterol 222, LDL 133, HDL 59, Trig. 150. Doc convinced me take a statin a month ago to reduce LDL. I am 5"8" 142 lbs. Very active runner. Rethinking my decision.

Dr Saladino has done a great job of explaining the issues of cholesterol. I totally agree that one of the best predictors of impending atherosclerosis formation and growth is the oxidized LDL. On any evaluation testing for cardiovascular disease I do a fasting lipid panel, and I prefer the NMR Lipoprofile as it provides much more information about the lipids, as well as a fasting insulin and an oxidized LDL. With this we have a much better picture of the patient's health status. Great job guys. JF

LDL 222, HDL 68, calcium score 1600, told to get on statin. I am very active - exercise 7 days a week, run and lift weights. Boby weight low. Questioning the recommendation to take statin.

My aunt died at 102. She had high colestral but dr took her off the highest dose too many side effects. Because she took quite a lot of other tablets. Shebroke her hip at 99 survived that after that hD carers but was quite happy hadxa lot if visitors also had irregular heart beat. Some people defy the odds.her brain still sharp

I have significantly high familial cholesterol levels. No one in the family has passed away because of heart disease or heart attack. I had a coronary calcium score done and it is also super high. Yet blood pressure is 120/80 and no issues on the treadmill or exercising. Yet the doctor wants me to be on a statin which I have done and now I have bodyaches. Should probably quit.

Happy to see Dr. Paul explaining such a nuanced issue. I would love for him to explain what's relative and pertinent in a lipid panel for a type 1 diabetic.

Thank-you! Although I knew that cholesterol was only a correlate of atherosclerosis, I let a doctor stress me out over an excellent metabolic panel, but two markers that were high: LDL and ApoB. He freaked and really, I let his reaction scare the bejesus out of me. It is now a month later and I’m fine again and continuing to protect my liver and lose weight on my keto/carno/intermittent fasting regime. However, listening to Dr. Saladino brought me all the way down off of the cholesterol-spooking ledge.

Awesome content Doc! Thanks! I learned the basics of this a while back, but I have never heard anyone come close to this explanation. My cholesterol has always been high, but so is my HDL. My primary doctor is always suggesting a staten drug for me, but that is not happening!❤ Just an update! I have dropped over 20 pounds since I last saw the doctor, I'm certain my numbers to include cholesterol is going to blow him away. Back to my 40 year old wait 20 years later. No drugs needed!

Absolutely. Unequivocally. Outstanding. Thank you!! Presented in common sense manner. Understandable. Perfect.

My grandfather never went to a doctor, worked hard physically from the age of 8 , smoked from the age of 8 Had home grown vegetables ( which he grew)and red meat every night washed down with a bottle of dark brown beer. In his 40s he jumped out a burning building window and broke both his ankles. His only stint in hospital ( which he swore he would never do to again, and didn’t) He lived till 86 . Died of a bad cold turning to pneumonia . Smoked roll ups since 8 years old. Didn’t trust doctors or banks since the 29 crash!

No such thing as "Good or Bad" cholesterol. Cholesterol is Cholesterol. It's your body's best friend.

I consulted my doctor and he recommended I go on a statin as my ApoB is 90 and Lp(a) is 99. The rest of my labs: Total Cholesterol: 201, LDL: 118, HDL: 75, Trigs: 45, VLDL: 8, Tot/HDL ratio: 2.68, LDL/HDL ratio: 1.60. 💚🤙

Thank you so much Dr. Saladino for a brilliant commentary. My Dr. had me in panic mode saying my cholesterol is too high with a non fasting blood test. And wanted to out me on a statin which I refused. I said i would lower it with an even healthier diet and exercise even more. My total cholesterol was 272. I feel very good tho. I think mostly non fasting gave a higher reading. i am physically fit and do not want muscle aches from any stations. I do not like any drugs.

Great discussion - Dr. Saladino, I'd love to hear you discuss this (especially LDL and APoB) with Peter Attia, who has many podcasts on the dangers of high LDL and APoB. You two are seemingly polar opposites, which adds to my confusion.

My LDL is 89 and my Dr told me to take 15 mg cholesterol meds since I’d had 2 small strokes 2 years ago ( have no noticeable effects). When I questioned this, because my numbers were far below the ‘target’, I was told I needed to stay closer to 70 due to stroke history. I eat no processed foods, fast food or sugar, eat lots of fruits and veggies, nuts and drink lots of water. Eat food I mostly cook and mostly clean without going too over the top and I exercise. Dr said there’s nothing more I can personally do to ‘lower’ my LDL. Can anyone offer advice? Thanks for a great video!

The Dr said my cholesterol was 169 and according to them that is high. I told her I did not want statins. She came back with some kind of new med that is not supposed to be a statin and it was $400 a month. I never got it filled. I have figured out doctors are made to write you a prescription for whatever that blood work says you need and under no circumstances can they not prescribe you something. The Dr cannot tell you statins are bad for you or any other medicine!! I am just learning about all this so please tell me if I am wrong! The doctors are told by someone bigger than them they have to prescribe you these medicines!! Even if the doctors know they are bad for you!! Doctors are puppets and it blows my mind!! I started realizing this during Covid. They would lose everything if they came out and said anything negative about the narrative behind all that business!! Sorry for this being so long but I don’t think a lot of people know this, if I am correct?? lol!! I think it’s going to be hard to prove me wrong!!

Dr. Saladino just explained these issues in a very understandable way. Thank you for this video.

But on a note. I raised my HDL from 28 to 60. Triglycerides down to 79. Triglycerides were around 300. My liver numbers are awesome. I cut safflower and all seed oils. I use ghee, butter, lard and I cut pasta, rice, and bread for a few weeks and my metabolism became flexible. I didn't bonk anymore. I'm 58. My doctor knows what I am doing but freaked out at my high LDL. I explained the HDL triglycerides ratios and having LDL high is good for the immune system. She agreed. The blood test of course gets flagged when LDL is high. She agreed and knows about keto and insulin resistance. The stiffness in my elbows cleared up and my memory is really good. I am not overweight at all. But I was insulin resistant. It was obvious. And I reveresed it. I can enjoy sweets occasionally, too. The worst offender us safflower oil. I believe it lowered my HDL to 28 and a health book recommended to use it because it didn't have a strange smell like canola.

My Mum had high cholesterol. When she died, the PM revealed that her arteries were free of atherosclerosis. They were described as ‘wide & patent’.

I m 30 years and my cholesterol levels are high 😢I m so worried about it 😢

I find a lot of physicians are pissed at the internet because people can now educate themselves and keep up with current medical trends, something a lot of doctors don't do. My heart Dr only worries about cholesterol and always pushed statins. That's why I am looking for a new one!

My Mom always had very high blood pressure. She lived to be 100 in good health.😊

Very informative and excellent explanation from Dr Saladino. Thank you,

BRILLIANT explanation by Saladino!!

One more thing I have known someone who was taking a statin for years and their CAC score was 2000 so how did happen if statins prevent artery disease!

I took a statin for about a year it hurt all of my muscles. I was always in pain. I did become diabetic and I went off statin.

Just happened to me… told doc “no thanks”

Some great points Paul is laying out as well as setting the notion that there are some nuances that need to be expressed. For example: A fasting insulin doesn't in and of itself measure for insulin 'sensitivity'. There is no blood test for insulin sensitivity. it is an educated guess or assumption. My fasting insulin and C-peptide are considered optimal, my lastest blood tests: Triglycerides: 110, HDL 82 (Tri/HDL ratio -1.3 supposidley optimal), Fasting Glucose 100 pre/pre diabetes, Ha1c - 6 - pre diabeties, C-peptide 1.6 optimal, Fasting Insulin - 2.9 optimal, and so on. You can see that I have insulin resistance or some metabolic dysregulation and inflexiblity. I am sharing this to give you a heads up that people need to work with a seasoned and expereinced functional metabolic practitioner to successfully assess and guide an individual towards optimal metabolic flexibilty. A much more valuable assessment would consider a fasting glucose tolerance assessment with insulin draw at each stage of the 2 hour assessment and instead of using the 75grams of pure glucose, one should consider using real food that would be their worst case senerio like a bagel with butter and cream cheese, or a 16 ounce fruit smoothie, or some real food carbohydrate source that mimics real life senerio rather than a lab rat assessment. Awesome -go get it. Dan Hegerich, 6x Cancer Survivor, Post Cast Host, Heroic Performance Life Coach.

That high stuff killed my father at 62 . I was next , I made some changes I am now 78 and doing ok .

I tell patients all the time that LDL’s are ambulances that go to fix damage!

Isn’t one way you can know if your LDL is “bad” related to the particle size? If you have small dense LDL verses large and fluffy you are more at risk for artery damage.

Cholesterol and LDL are red herrings. Insulin resistance (eg type 2 diabetes) is at the critical stage for many risk factors, not just cardio events. I read somewhere that arterial damage occurs very often near vessel junctions where blood flow eddies happen (my brother has 2 stents at exactly these points). The endothelium is not the first line of defence of blood vessels. It is the glycocalyx, the strands of proteins lining the endothelium. It has biochemical as well as biomechanical properties (hence the eddy theory). It is thought that high blood glucose levels slowly reduces the thickness of glycocalyx, which needs time to repair itself. A constant high carb diet (i.e.blood glucose) can completely remove the glycocalyx and allow the endothelium to be damaged. The blood always wants to clear insulin which, oddly enough, does the damage.

“Yea that makes a lot of sense”😂

Besides arteriosclerosis leading to an increased chance of have a stroke or heart attack, there's really nothing to worry about.

My father had cholesterol so high that it wasn’t even on the chart reading in the doctor’s office. He passed away from the covid shot. How ironic..

Take all cooking oils like corn, canola, out of the diet. Start using extra virgin olive oil and avocado oil instead. Mediterranean diet for oils.

What Dr. Saladino says is so critical. My uncle was killed by wrongly prescribed statins. Instead of fixing his metabolic health, the drs. kept him on statins until his musculature deteriorated to the point of him being bed ridden and eventually dying a lingering death in a hospital.

As a GP in Australia, Some guy sued me because he had a heart attack. His argument was that one number on the lipids panel was out of range ten years prior, so it was all my fault. My medicolegal team grilled me as though I should have put him on a statin. This illustrates the defensiveness that permeates Australian healthcare. No doubt it is similar in the USA. Luckily, specialist medical opinion supported me.

"What are statins and what is LDL?" - TK asking the questions I had. 🤣

we’ll my parents both have heart disease and my mom just died from congestive heart failure and so does my dad who is still alive and my numbers were the highest ever so i’m back on statin and changing my diet to the mediterranean diet so i’ll be checking again in three months to see the changes how can you tell me that not to worry ?

oh wow, that's exactly my case. LDL increases, but TC is at the lowest of the standard, HDL is perfect, insulin is perfect. Doctor prescribed statins and a bunch of other drugs for liver. Why I asked myself? I checked these markers like the speaker mentioned. I am a perfect healthy person!!!

This is excellent! Thank you. This is why I'm passionate about helping patients overcome insulin resistance/pre DM/DM. I think it's tied with reducing belly fat for the best way to avoid HD. Thank you again!

My 44 year old neighbor had high cholesterol and had a heart attack, they put in 4 stints and accidentally Poked a hole in his vein as they were putting in stints, his heart electrical system is all messed up and he’s been in the hospital for 6 months. He chewed tobacco but ate fairly healthy

I asked my doctor to do the HOMA-IR blood test and she knew nothing about it. She said she only orders blood tests she knows how to read. That’s weak since ranges are provided, I can read that. Ugh

Statins don’t even reduce LDL - It triggers more HDL Receptors. Hooray for Burgers ❣️

This puts my mind at rest and is. to my way of thinking, a very plausable argument. My docter didn't even know that one can test for insulin. Thanks Paul

HDL is the delivery team, LDL is the repair team, triglycerides is the killer...

I think statins are over- prescribed to some extent for sure. However, in 2015, I was 54. my total cholesterol was at 230, I was told to take Lipitor daily. I did not take the statin, because I was always healthy and exercised and never got sick. Fast forward to February 2021, at the age of 60, I had a stroke which wiped out my right side of the brain, due to cholesterol plaque that had blocked the artery to that side of my brain. Fortunately, I was not incapacitated by the stroke, I do have aphasia which causes me to stutter and stumble on words at times. Long story short, I wish I would have taken the statin when it was prescribed for me. Later it was learned my right Carotid artery was completely blocked by cholesterol plaque. Not due to a bad diet or lack of exercise, due to genetics. I learned a hard lesson. Also, I never felt a muscle ache due from taking a statin, no obvious side affects for me.

i've had ldl show up slightly elevated for years and years.. just had a calcium scoring and score was zero..

Loved this broadcast tons of good information for the layman.20 years ago I was told I needed statin I refused based on the grounds that statin is a con (my words) the doctor was pissed off when I told him so,I am now 82yrs and my cholesterol is the same as the first time.(p.s.)I would not touch canola oil it has had the crap processed out it and it is a GMO.

Great explanation of very complex issue. I wish all the doctors could explain the basic mechanisms of any chronic disease. Obviously, it is easier and more profitable for them just to put patients on pills. "Corruption in contemporary medicine", oh that book would have 450 trillion pages :)

Wow Dr Saladino,,,you are nothing short of a genius 👏👏👏

The glycated lipoproteins is the culprit involved in the inflammation causing the artherosclerosis plaque. This is the link between metabolic dysfunction involving glucose metabolism and heart disease. High fat consumption is not the killer, it is the high fat consumption and high refined carbohydrates. This is the recipe for chronic disease. Low carb / ketogenic diet is the key.