Cholesterol and Heart Disease
The Cholesterol Myth exposed – Dr Malcolm Kendrick speaks about World Health Organisation data gathered in their MONI-CA study. MONItoring Trends in CArdiovascular Disease
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@boscombefun read malcolm kendrick’s book (the great cholesterol con)
@glynwainwright
It would be much appreciated if you specify what paper you are talking about. Assuming it is either
1. Are refined carbohydrates worse than saturated fat?
or maybe
2.Meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies evaluating the association of saturated fat with cardiovascular disease
Google the titles for the pdf:s
Im starting my 3rd month on a LCHF diet and when i started my colesterol was at 5,75mmol/l. After another 3 months we’ll see if it has changed…
Absolutely agreed. The real cause, as best as we know, is elevated triglycerides that cause LDL lipoproteins (not cholesterol itself) to get small and dense. The irony is that triglycerides increase the most from highly refined carb diets, which was the natural alternative to avoiding the supposedly bad saturated fats. Saturated fats if anything reduce the incidence of heart disease by increasing the size of LDL, avoiding clogging arteries in the first place.
Proves they are looking for the wrong thing.
Eating bread & marg. makes me fatter, not unprocessed meats & all the other “evils”.. Why is that?
Good question – if you look into the research on this further you will find that the variance is more related to dietary lifestyle than genetic.
Over the last 10 years in lipid research -
Low LDL is now seen to cause problem in neurons and nerve cells (see cholesterol-lipid raft functions in ganglia and mitochondria).
First a heart pill to lower cholesterol – now a brain pill to raise it – a double your money strategy for a 27 billion dollar p.a. medicine.
so it seems lithuanians, aboriginals & czechs have the highest heart disease death rate, i wonder whether these results are due to diet or lifestyle or whether it is a totally other factor such as a genetic one.
fascinating!
Great Video!!!! Tottaly Agree With What U say!!! Im glad finally they apologised for blaming Saturated fats of a crime they did not commint but sugar,starch and vegetable oils did!! Wow!! Finally!! greetings from London
Be careful with dairy. We are the only animals on the planet that continue to drink milk after we are weened. Animal fat is fine, but the casein in milk can cause villus atrophy. In the less extreme, the glues in dairy, wheat, corn & soy clog the small intestine and prevent nutrient absorption. Yes, people who drink milk for the calcium and preventing calcium absorption. Milk will NOT fend off osteoporosis as well as other Calcium sources. For butter, go with clarified Ghee (no casein).
never blame on sinisterness what can be blamed on stupidity. its not a conspiracy, its a mistake. they were simply wrong about cholesterol. they see it in arteries and think its the problem. its actually a defensive result of heart disease, not the disease itself. cholesterol is a repair product in the body. it collects to seal up damaged areas in arteries. arteries that are already damaged by chronic low level inflammation. and no one is saying its “good for you.” it just is.
could anybody please point me how to get the original data from monica, framingham, etc?
I keep seeing amazing claims like this, which, if true, would put the lipid hypothesis immediately to rest. Yet, I cannot see the original data if I look for them in the WHO – monica web page.
cheers,
Antonio
LDL chiolesterol has a vital job to do for our immune systems and myelin production in neurons. Hope you haven’t caused any problems by lowering LDL. Send your doctor back to study Biochem 101.
See above comment on cholesterol evolution.
This week the american journal of clinical nutrition has published a paper declaring saturated fats to be innocent of causing heart disease – and pointing the finger at the substances that replaced it in our food. It is all clear if you read the basic biology of what cholesterol and fat does in our bodies. Pass the butter please.
Full fat milk is a whole food for rearing mammals. Eggs contain everything you need to make a healthy chick! Beware of processed food and pharmacy industries.
Good question – the answer is in the power struggle between Ancel keys and the AHA in the 50s/60s. We now have a 30 billion dollar industry betting that cholesterol suddenly after millions of years of evolution became a disease producing substance. It was by asking questions about how that switch could happen I found out the wonderful trth about cholesterol and the commercial/politcal/health errors that panicked the US government to condemn cholesterol and fat.
If cholesterol is good for you, why is there such a prevalent and widely circulated belief that cholesterol is bad and causes heart deisease? I don’t understand. Is there a conspiracy with some gain to an entity? Otherwise, why would the general belief against Cholesterol exist?
I lowered my LDL by increasing saturated fat (including red meat) and lowering whole grains. Much to the chagrin of the PA. I pointed out he also thought “global warming” was something real.
very strenge
I base these conclusions on many many studies:See the Framingham or Nurses studies, which attempted to show fat/cholesterol as potentially dangerous and instead showed strong correlations between increased sat fat/cholesterol consumption and the reduced risk of disease/all-cause mortality. All I can do is consider the evidence, and draw my own conclusions. To date, all the evidence indicates to me that animal fats are good for us, and refined grains and sugars are not. Thanks again Fat-dissolver
Thanks for taking your time to share this information.
The evidence that the WHO offers is, at best, epidemiological and correlative, but has never been proven to be causative, ever. I think there is more evidence to support the notion that saturated fat in general is, if anything, protective.
Anthocyanins are flavonoids known as polyphenols that pack a powerful punch through antioxidants. Anthocyanins are found in copious quantities in red grapes. Thus, red wine provides the French with a protection against heart disease, even though the typical French diet is high in saturated fat.
The French diet consists of significantly less sugar than the American diet. The French eat pastries, but the pastries are more buttery than sugary. Sugar is an addictive substance when it is refined and consumed in large quantities. Obviously, some sugar is good for us. But this sugar needs to come from fruits and vegetables. Over consumption of sugar leads to increased weight, which is linked to increased heart disease.
The World Health Organization has determined that there is “convincing” evidence that myristic and palmitic acid intake increases the probability, “possible” risk from lauric acid, and no increased risk at all from stearic acid consumption. And it cannot possibly be denied that the portions of a typical American diet is by far larger then any other country, and rich in myristic and palmitic acid.
While nutrition labels usually combine them, the saturated fatty acids appear in different proportions among food groups. Lauric and myristic acid radicals are most commonly found in “tropical” oils (e.g. palm kernel, coconut) and dairy products. The saturated fat in meat, eggs, chocolate, and nuts is primarily the triglycerides of palmitic and stearic acid. Epidemiological studies of heart disease have implicated the four major saturated fatty acids to varying degrees.
The french eat more saturated fat than we do.
The masai in africa took more than half their calories from saturated fat (butter) and through autopsy were shown to have zero incidence of heart disease.
The Tokelau of New Zealand area ate a diet with more than 35% saturated fat from fish and coconut, and had absolutely no incidence of heart disease until they emigrated to mainland new zealand and were introduced to sugar.
Read “Good Calories, Bad Calories” or “Vegetarian Myth” for proof!
What about the cholesterol level of the US? I understand that there is no correlation between good cholesterol and heart disease… b/c France, etc… they eat and drink things that have high cholesterol levels that are good for you… like olive oil, balsamic viniger, red wine etc… but I have a hard time believing that something like a cheese burger and diet pepsi life style is heart attack free… and I think it’s interesting that the US or even North America was not put on the test.