Treating High Lp(a): A Risk Factor for Atherosclerosis 

You don't need to await the next video: just eat a low fat (sub 10%) whole food plant based diet from a variety of sources (see the daily dozen checklist). And walk 90 minutes a day or jog 40 minutes a day. It's that easy. Do that every single day without a break for the rest of your life and you will live to be 99

My Lpa is 242 with a healthy lifestyle & athletic. My vitamin B3 was very low & supplementation decreased it but not very much

ES, please, pay attention to this trial, might help you, I hope. Best. Currently, the most important management strategy for people with high levels of LP(a) is to optimise/treat all other risk factors, in particular LDL cholesterol. The best treatment for LP(a) is to reduce the cholesterol burden of the particle with a statin which will shrink the particle size. A new injectable treatment known as an anti-sense therapy which stops LP(a) being made is currently due to start phase 3 clinical research trials. Work so far has shown this treatment can reduce LP(a) levels by up to 90%. Other treatments shown to help lower Lp(a) levels include PCSK9 inhibitors (reduce levels by 25%) and lipoprotein apheresis, a weekly-fortnightly invasive treatment similar to renal dialysis, which can reduce levels by up to 75%. This treatment should only be considered in those with recurrent CVD despite optimal control of other risk factors. www.heartuk.org.uk/genetic-conditions/high-lipoproteina

Have you had any heart tests done?

How are you doing?

No. Most people aren't affected by it.

@@swissladydriver8980 25% of the population has this. I do and have to make sure I ask for it in my blood test.

@@Salemms84 Exactly. Most people aren't affected by it.

He addressed this. You can’t write a prescription for it.

I know I’m being cynical but there’s no money to be made by pharma if you have high Lp (a)

Please, pay attention to this trial, might help you, I hope. Best. Currently, the most important management strategy for people with high levels of LP(a) is to optimise/treat all other risk factors, in particular LDL cholesterol. The best treatment for LP(a) is to reduce the cholesterol burden of the particle with a statin which will shrink the particle size. A new injectable treatment known as an anti-sense therapy which stops LP(a) being made is currently due to start phase 3 clinical research trials. Work so far has shown this treatment can reduce LP(a) levels by up to 90%. Other treatments shown to help lower Lp(a) levels include PCSK9 inhibitors (reduce levels by 25%) and lipoprotein apheresis, a weekly-fortnightly invasive treatment similar to renal dialysis, which can reduce levels by up to 75%. This treatment should only be considered in those with recurrent CVD despite optimal control of other risk factors. www.heartuk.org.uk/genetic-conditions/high-lipoproteina

@Bladerunner2043 YES

What was your level? Mine is 380 nmol/L and I have yet to have any heart problems at 39 but I am getting a CT angiogram in a few weeks to look at everything. How are you doing today?

@@plants_and_wellness1574 I'm doing quite well. Thanks for asking. A book I highly recommend is "Lipoprotein (a), The Heart's Quiet Killer" by Joel K. Kahn, MD. It includes a list of suggested supplements I have used in addition to REPATHA and PRALUENT with very good results. I think my highest was 150+, lowest was 68. I get tested quarterly and include a test for Direct LDL. My results fluctuate from 68 - 99. If yours is 300+, don't ignore it. Best wishes!

@@plants_and_wellness1574 hey I know you!

Any updates? How are you doing today?

@williammarine973 : "MD that specializes in Interventional Cardiology": so... what he told you with your Lp(a) (139)?

have you already tried changing your diet to a whole-foods, plant-based one?

Wow, that is scary. Mines 242, my vitamin B3 (niacin) was very low. I do a B complex with extra B3 , it lowered but not significantly

@@l-schm yes I have been vegan 4 yrs but eating wfpb now.

@@jjwilwil4800 cool, I hope you'll see positive change. The cholesterol you have in your blood can come from dietary cholesterol (not the case when you're vegan, obviously), but also be made by your body, a process that is stimulated when you eat saturated fats, maybe you were eating many of those before? anyway, if you don't know and do it already, I'd limit coconut oil, palm oil and cocoa (the only sat fat sources in a vegan diet), and also cut down on other refined oils. Hope that helps a bit :)

@@l-schm thank you..I've been trying to follow Dr Esselstyns diet so I have cut out oils. I wasn't aware of cocoa though. Thanks so much

@madisonone8929 "Nicotinic Acid (Niacin) is very effective at lowering it." Do you have the study reference please or it is your personal experience?

@@ukispargitus970 Google it. Can’t post links here.

Please, pay attention to this trial, might help you, I hope. Best. Currently, the most important management strategy for people with high levels of LP(a) is to optimise/treat all other risk factors, in particular LDL cholesterol. The best treatment for LP(a) is to reduce the cholesterol burden of the particle with a statin which will shrink the particle size. A new injectable treatment known as an anti-sense therapy which stops LP(a) being made is currently due to start phase 3 clinical research trials. Work so far has shown this treatment can reduce LP(a) levels by up to 90%. Other treatments shown to help lower Lp(a) levels include PCSK9 inhibitors (reduce levels by 25%) and lipoprotein apheresis, a weekly-fortnightly invasive treatment similar to renal dialysis, which can reduce levels by up to 75%. This treatment should only be considered in those with recurrent CVD despite optimal control of other risk factors. www.heartuk.org.uk/genetic-conditions/high-lipoproteina

@a-love-supremist How did that Lp-PLA2 test help in your diagnose?

Hen New look at candidiasis! High Candida overgrowth can cause this issue.

@@ESumner Dr Gregor has debunked the whole Candida phenomenone. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--74POLmi4iA.html

You seem to understand this well,do you recommend wfpb and the typical protocol to prevent arterial injury Along with other healthy lifestyle choices,please let me know your recommendations if possible

@@williamhartman9 wfpb diet seems to be helpful, but please don't be obsessed about cholesterol, it is critical for human health. Avoid things proven to domage endithelium like smoking, PM 2.5 pelarticles, so if you are jogging or hiking, please don't do that in cities, high blood sugar spikes (wfpb diet even high in carbs don't spike your blood sugar, it can improve insulin sensitivity, which is crucial for health in general) avoid sugar (50% glucose/50% fructose) and high fructose corn syrup, fructose is proven to cause non alcoholic fatty liver disease and worsens liver sensitivity to insulin, but only in context of excess energy and it is hard to do on wfpb. Vit D and k2 plays also a role, but it also will do nothing if you are insulin resistant. The factor, which led to plaque buildup in rats was inability to synthesize vit C, but you should get enough following the protocol. It also requires collagen, but you should get enough amino acids to make it from beans and legumes. Remember, that both Pritikin and Ornish included fish, dairy and meat in their protocols. Meat is also our food and was for at least hundreds of thousands of years. Just avoid processed meat with additives like nitrates etc. I would suggest eating a lot of soups, as plants in general are hard to digest, which means your absorption of vitamins and minerals is limited, but when you boil them, the minerals stay in water. There is a lot of high vit c veggies (red pepper), so try to eat them also raw. Adding sprouts to raw food is also a good idea. Don't chase fiber to much, especially insoluble, it can be problematic for some people. It is soluble fiber, that feeds bacteria. And you must know, that some people can't synthesize vit A from carotenoids so it is better to add some animal fat to the diet, same with DHA, we can't make enough just from short chain FA like from flux seeds. The single worst thing you can do is to have a diet high in both fats, heated seed oils and simple sugars. Try to do Kraft test for insulin resistance. It is the best test I know of and just follow the diet which brings you closer to healthy score in this test. Insulin sensitivity is just a marker, if you are sensitive to it, it simply means you are sensitive to other hormones etc and your body works as designed. High insulin levels also inhibits many other processes in our bodies. This is not any medical advice, this is what I would do😉.

Wish this was voted higher up in the comment section.

Wow thank you for the information

@@pdblouin just use any search engine and you will find out that guinea pigs have lp(a). That will show you how reliable are his videos. You will also find the study i am talking about.

*thought *due

nope

What's your weight and height? What is your activity level?

I found quercetin blunts the flushing and most times completely eliminated it. I learned of it from some research studies and tried it myself.

Please, pay attention to this trial, might help you, I hope. Best. Currently, the most important management strategy for people with high levels of LP(a) is to optimise/treat all other risk factors, in particular LDL cholesterol. The best treatment for LP(a) is to reduce the cholesterol burden of the particle with a statin which will shrink the particle size. A new injectable treatment known as an anti-sense therapy which stops LP(a) being made is currently due to start phase 3 clinical research trials. Work so far has shown this treatment can reduce LP(a) levels by up to 90%. Other treatments shown to help lower Lp(a) levels include PCSK9 inhibitors (reduce levels by 25%) and lipoprotein apheresis, a weekly-fortnightly invasive treatment similar to renal dialysis, which can reduce levels by up to 75%. This treatment should only be considered in those with recurrent CVD despite optimal control of other risk factors. www.heartuk.org.uk/genetic-conditions/high-lipoproteina

@@LaurenBurger Whole food Plant based oil free wins. Vegan means nothing.

@@anthonyromano8565 What about whole foods oil free vegan? Does that mean nothing as well?

@@swites The word vegan is not necessary, it has political insinuations.

@@anthonyromano8565 Everything's political. Being a-political is still political for example. A vegan for example who calls themselves "plant based" is doing so for political reasons. Maybe they're embarrassed, or don't want to be type-cast, associated, or written off by others as a stereotypical vegan? Having an issue with the word vegan or vegan people in general is again a political stance imo. So it goes both ways. Vegan is also very descriptive in terms of diet when adding caveats such as oil free. "Plant based" you can be eating dairy meat, eggs shellfish etc to some arbitrary amounts. 5%? 10%? 49% plant based? So like the term vegan, plant based can be completely meaningless.

Dr Mc Dougall has done just that with citations as well as interviews with the scientists and doctors who were involved in the studies. Guess who did best?

On nutritionfacts.org web site, below the video, there is a grey tool bar with the left option being "View transcript". You can copy the transcript and paste it into an email. Or in the video, click on the CC icon at the bottom of the video. Then stop and start the video as needed to read the closed captions. Another control feature is in the gear icon, where you can slow down the playback speed. HTH.

Wow .. i ve thought that i dont know english

On the RU-vid video itself in the upper right corner are three dots. Touch those and a menue presents that lets you slow the speed of the video. I used it at the beginning until I got used to Dr Greger's speechpattern.

@@ludicrousone8706 For some reason, I don't have the little dots, but I was able to slow it down using the gear symbol. It helps a little, but he still doesn't ennunciate his words clearly . In slow motion the slurring is even more evident. He's obviously trying to get the message across to bright early adaptors, but if he wishes to extend his message more generally to people like my eighty three year old mother, he needs elecution lessons! Don't get me wrong I love Dr Greger, but I feel that some of his massive effort to save humanity could be better focussed.

@@MsMousepusher I hear you. Have you tried some of Dr Barnard's video? His style is very different.

Read "How to Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease" by Caldwell Esselstyn.

STRICT plant based diet + add d3 vitamin, b12, eat grounded flax seed (omega3!), also ad one daily dose pill of minerals and vitamins. good luck. ru-vid.com?search_query=Caldwell+Esselstyn