How to Lower Lp(a) with Diet

What to eat and what to avoid to lower the cardiovascular disease risk factor lipoprotein(a).

If amla sounds familiar I’ve got some older videos on what else it can do:

Thanks for watching. I hope you’ll join in the evidence-based nutrition revolution!
-Michael Greger, MD FACLM

[TamTam-pued]

I was born vegan
I am 98 years old i still play soccer an i run 20 miles marathon I will tell everyone this the vegan diet is the best thing you can ever do is full of the power of pure love an is that power of love in the vegan diet is what keeps me young even at 98 years old man .i want to thank both my father an mother to raise me from infancy as vegan my father passed away at 108 an my mother at 112 years old they where living active lives not in a nursing home completely active playing soccer my mother loved volleyball they where simply 100% active to the last day they lived .
People will always say I love animals I adore animals
I always ask them do you really love animals
They say yes
I say what did you eat today?

[ClayTallStories]

Possibley the most unclear video I have ever watched in my life regarding LP(a)

[dcjohnson]

As an old retired scientist (octogenarian) I just came across this video. I am in good condition considering my age. People typically think I’m in my 50’s. However, I have struggled with CVD since my forties. While watching your video I became annoyed with your overly animated presentation when you hit the meat of your subject. I have some hearing difficulties. I would like to suggest you slow your delivery down and don’t vary your softness to loudness on key words. Or if you choose not to change put key sentences on the screen. Your research is very important but will not help us old people if we can’t get it. My father in law is 103yo. He played tennis until he was 92. He couldn’t understand you key point either. Thankyou for sharing your findings. Now I’m going to spend time trying to understand what you were trying to get us to comprehend.

[kekethetoad]

I'm confused. Was the conclusion that amla is worthwhile or to just go/stick with wholefood plant-based dietary approach?

[PathtoWellness]

I’ve been plant based for over 7 years and intermittent fasting for over 3 years. I highly recommend both!

[ZenTeaNow]

I love Dr G. I love his brand of science info-humour-mild sarcasm-aha moments!

[eelkeaptroot]

Still very interesting findings! I never even knew lp(a) was even a thing.

[gunnarhop]

Hi I'm 61 years old and have gene determined high Lp(a). It was 403mg/l in 2012 and 400mg/l this summer. Yesterday I had a scan and feared a dead sentence. However the outcome was quite positive. I have very litle to no plaque. Only 3% at my age have less plaque I was told. My cardio age was judged to 34-39 years! I'm quite healthy and my triglyceride have been low the few times measured, which should hint I'm metabolic healthy. Maybe that's what matters? Not the level of cholesterol or Lp(a)?

[komalthecoolk]

For all those who are concerned about the actual point of this video, Amla is a potent but very healthy fruit. You can take a pinch of its powder every day for other benefits, if not for this specific issue.

[whenifeellow]

I love the editing on your latest videos! You've improved the cuts/edits on Greger, and took him out of the shot completely where we should focus on the charts! much better, good job!

[SuperBookdragon]

I enjoy the doctors lively delivery and sense of humour. Thankyou for your work to help all of us pursue our health through nutrition.

[Sandrae]

I’ve been adding 1/2tsp of powdered Amla to my daily soy milk w/blueberries, chopped walnuts, sliced almond, 1tspn ground flaxseed & banana sprinkle w/Ceylon cinnamon😋😋

[LeoandLongevity]

How many people here have tested their Lp(a), out of curiosity?

[ethicalphytophage]

Doc! I've been eating a ton of amla the last 3 months. Glad to hear this! 💚

[vickidinitto]

Playing Devil's advocate here (and trying to get my lipids to a level that gets my doctor to 'shut up, ' I'M not worried!) Yes, dietary lifestyle needs to change----for ALL the right reasons. Because of arrythmias I have a pacemaker--but TWO cardiologists (in separate states) and electrophysiologist, have seen the same labs as my Primary doc, and NEITHER suggested Statins. (Nor dietary changes for that matter.)
There is NO money in Health, or Death---only in managing a chronic disease for as loooonnng as we can drag it out. (which diet change will usually fix)

In 1976 when I graduated from Nursing a "NORMAL" total cholesterol was 240. (They didn't even break it down into components.)
THEN, the Pharmaceutical companies made a drug that would bring those numbers down, and 200 became the "new norm" meaning EVERYONE who had had a NORMAL cholesterol level, NOW needed to be on this drug.
People are resilient, so they lowered theirs by various means to 200, and lo and behold, "they" changed the goal to BELOW 200, NOW those even at 200, needed to be put on drugs.
They've done the same thing with B/P parameters, I remember the last "AMA change" as recent as 2017, the statement was actually made "Making half the population of America, hypertensive and need to be on medication."

All this in spite of the fact that Heart disease is STILL the #1 disease. So it's NOT working!
I had a patient whose cholesterol was over 1000! We rushed him to the larger area hospital where they did a heart catherization--only to find----Oops, vessels as clean as a whistle! (I'm sure this is NOT the norm. So yes, work on getting it down, but don't STRESS over a NUMBER.) (Maybe we should do a study on what STRESSING over our arbitrary LDL numbers do to those numbers.)

NOW what do we do?! Do we stick him on drugs ('for the rest of his life') with wild side effects to get the "ink blots" on the page to say what we want (the lab test results) or do we look at the evidence that his vessels are totally clear no matter WHAT the darn LAB results say they SHOULD look like.

I'm so done with ALL of them. And the constant "worrying" they make us do--especially for those who DON'T have any medical knowledge--are at their mercy. PS--I DESPISE the word RISK. Do what's needed for HEALTH (diet) then treat IF I have it---don't fill me with a pharmacy load of drugs to "prevent" the "risk." And for heaven's sake, treat what's CAUSING the problem, not the symptom. The body is a WELL designed CREATION. No headache was ever caused by a LACK of Aspirin!!

Pharmacy--comes from Latin and Greek meaning--Greek pharmakeia "a healing or harmful medicine, a healing or poisonous herb; witchcraft, a drug, POISON potion; magic (potion), dye, raw material for physical or chemical processing."Oct 13, 2021

[grantlawrence]

You had videos on Amla in which you talked about heavy metals. That has stopped me from using it. Please clarify

[maureenk]

You can also try weight bearing exercise like adding weighted vest or two weighted vests to your walking exercise. But add it gradually, say a pound a week or so so as not to damage knees. I eventually worked up to two twenty-pound vests while walking a mile which reduced my cholesterol greatly.

[xcast]

The almond study with effect also was supported by the "Almond Board of California"

[bdwoodman]

I've been on a plant based diet for many years and have eaten Organic Amla powder daily for about 7 years - I just had my LP (a) tested for the first time, and my number was 197. According to Dr. Gregor, I imagine it would be worse if I hadn't been eating this way. Still very discouraging considering I have atherosclerosis already.

[silviamonz]

Is there a way to make a state clearly what's what now previous videos said it was great stuff and now ????