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Diet Doctor Podcast #9:

Dr. Ron Krauss

Dr. Ron Krauss helps us understand the nuances beyond LDL-C and how we can use all the available data to help us better understand what we know and do not know about cholesterol.


 
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LDL cholesterol is one of the most controversial topics in the low carb world. On the one hand, conventional teaching is that elevated LDL is dangerous and needs to be lowered. On the other hand, otherwise healthy individuals following a low carb lifestyle have not been represented in our available data. How do we reconcile what to do?

Dr. Ron Krauss helps us understand the nuances beyond LDL-C and how we can use all the available data to help us better understand what we know and do not know about cholesterol, including LDL, HDL, triglycerides and Lp(a).

About the video

Recorded in October 2018, published in December 2018.
Host: Dr. Bret Scher
Sound: Dr. Bret Scher
Editing: Harianas Dewang

Table of contents

  2:00  The interaction of nutrition and cholesterol over time
12:25  What marker is the best to follow?
16:30  LDL and metabolic health
22:15  Residence time
26:50  Why do patients still have to fight their doctors to get all test taken?
36:30  Can you affect LP(a) through diet?
38:30  ApoB to ApoA ratio in detecting heart disease
41:05  Drugs vs nutrition
43:10  HDL
55:20  Last words


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Table of contents

  2:00  The interaction of nutrition and cholesterol over time
12:25  What marker is the best to follow?
16:30  LDL and metabolic health
22:15  Residence time
26:50  Why do patients still have to fight their doctors to get all test taken?
36:30  Can you affect LP(a) through diet?
38:30  ApoB to ApoA ratio in detecting heart disease
41:05  Drugs vs nutrition
43:10  HDL
55:20  Last words


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LDL cholesterol is one of the most controversial topics in the low carb world. On the one hand, conventional teaching is that elevated LDL is dangerous and needs to be lowered. On the other hand, otherwise healthy individuals following a low carb lifestyle have not been represented in our available data. How do we reconcile what to do?

Dr. Ron Krauss helps us understand the nuances beyond LDL-C and how we can use all the available data to help us better understand what we know and do not know about cholesterol, including LDL, HDL, triglycerides and Lp(a).

Transcript

About the video

Recorded in October 2018, published in December 2018.
Host: Dr. Bret Scher
Sound: Dr. Bret Scher
Editing: Harianas Dewang

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