New research shows that high LDL cholesterol is not independently associated with coronary artery calcification in metabolically healthy individuals, challenging long-held beliefs about heart disease risk.
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0:00 Intro
0:20: LDL cholesterol: new study
0:51: Approximate the degree or severity of atherosclerosis…
2:00: Metabolically healthy people and high LDL
2:59: I think the median LDL
3:52: Tools to support your metabolic health…
4:40: You can start your fast and have a better night's sleep. And you can also take it in the morning on an empty stomach…
5:37: We can see if there are elements of their lifestyle that confound the study results. And in this case, there are confounding variables…
6:37: And the triglycerides are the same. They're about 45% lower in the keto group. The average triglyceride level here, the median, was 64 mg/dL…
7:36: And remember, their LDL cholesterol was about 50% lower. So why is that? They say in the subset of the keto subjects…
8:33: There was no significant difference in the stenosis score when you compare the different groups. And there were no significant differences…
10:01: And so they say in conclusion, coronary plaque in metabolically healthy individuals with carbohydrate restriction-induced LDL cholesterol levels…
10:53: So what do we make of this? What do we do? And this may take another decade or maybe two decades for the medical community to actually adopt…
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