No more myths. Saturated fat and keto diet

0:00 – What Saturated Fat Myth?
0:24 – 1) Effect Magnitude
1:16 – 2) The low-carb lipid ‘triad’
1:37 – 3) Inverse association between BMI and LDL-C on low-carb
2:13 – 4) High LDL-C on low sat fat diets, and the converse
3:46 – 5) Meta-analysis of RCTs

[mikeg]

My whole way I view LDL has changed. I don’t believe a word that they say about it and don’t fear it … to the point that I don’t even care what mine is. So many of my health issues have been resolved since going on keto that I will never trust our medical & pharmaceutical industries ever again.

[willbrink]

An interesting discussion worthy of pursuing but will be taken wildly out of context by 99% of viewers.

[PudgyCurmudgeon]

Nick, you are giving the statin mongers agita and serious migraines! I'm proud of you. Keep up the good work.

[Kindamaybe-ct]

I have had 5 great aunts die in the past 20yrs. They all were in their mid to late 90s. They were all active until right before they past. They lived their lives on a Southern diet, high in fat, eggs, vegetables.their ldl was high, but had no heart disease, or other disease. Just arthritis from old age & working forever. My doctor doesn't believe that would work today as its a different time. My diet is like theirs, but no vegetable oils used, just butter or bacon fat. It seems to work . My ldl is elivated but not high. My aunts swore by collard & turnip greens. So do i.

[brucemoose]

You guys are blowing up the American Heart Association cholesterol guidelines! Thank you.

[Truthfreedom]

In the early 80s I read an English study that showed heart disease in the north was higher than the south with the diet was margarine in the north and butter in the south.

[anotherviewofthings]

I just checked you OREO-Statin study. All I can say is that I wish you a long and fruitful science career. You deserve it. And humanity deserve it (if you stay at hospital/university and do not sell yourself to the "industry"). Congratulations. The results are so staggering, that an RCT should follow. I think some guys in Australia have a group of high LDLs that are keto/low carb long-timers.

[JonStielstra]

Thanks for packing a lot of valuable, pertinent info into 5 minutes. Much appreciated!

[LowCarbLowDrama]

Nick, you've done an excellent job.
When I started keto for diabetes, I did not consume fatty meats, dairy, or high-SFA plant oils and lost a lot of weight. My LDL skyrocketed. A year later, I started adding fatty meats and dairy, and my LDL hardly fluctuated.

[MrTantriq]

Bro, you are such a welcomed and needed addition to this space. Thank you and your friends for doing this work.

[wesleyogilvie]

People have been eating steaks, bacon, eggs, and butter for thousands of years, and nutritionists and doctors decided that they were suddenly bad for you?

[mjr]

I’m a good example. Age 52, I went on keto, but didn’t increase my consumption of saturated fat. All I did was eliminate chips and sugary snacks and added veggies. My hdl and triglycerides improved but my ldl doubled (80 to 160). This is freaking out my doc who now wants me on a statin. But I lost 30 pounds in 3 months. My bmi fell from 28ish to 25 and working on getting into the low 20s (probably another 10 to 15 pounds). I did all of this with zero exercise. I’m now adding weight training to hopefully get my ldl down so my doc gets off my back about going on statin. Hopefully my further leanness doesn’t worsen my ldl. I have no plans on following my docs advice to go on statins. I will do calcium scores every year if necessary (last one was zero). Don’t smoke or drink either so see no need to go on statin. It’s funny that I lost weight and technically eating much healthier but somehow that makes me a candidate for pharmaceutical intervention.

[jackbucknell]

A lot to digest. I am lean, BMI 22.5, exercise daily, good BP, high ldl, low triglycerides, keto/low carb. My ldl doubled, going from a bit high to very, very high on keto/low carb.
This may have changed as Nick’s research has continued, but I watched an interview with him in which he stated that they did not know if the LDL increase seen in lmhrs was injurious to heart health.
I do find encouraging the research that shows eating saturated fat foods does not cause LDL to increase. I have adapted to low carb, and now prefer it because I rarely have carb cravings, and the adaptation was made easier by liberal consumption of foods with relatively high saturated fat. Thanks for the informative video.

[AnneMB]

I have so much more faith in the young, up and coming scientists now that you’re here Nick.

[baccaratfitness]

It’s important to note (which Nick has in other videos) that this hypothesis doesn’t apply to those with familial hypercholesterolemia or familial hyperlipedemia or FH. In that population (of which I am a member) we have a genetic disorder where we don’t have enough of or have faulty LDL receptors on our liver. It affects about 1% of the population.

[trentriver]

Great work - you and a couple of others are the reason that I come to You Tube. Please - keep up this great work - real, unbiased science rules!

[thenext]

I’m still navigating here. 237/170/54 (total cholesterol, ldl, hdl in 2020. Now I’m 170/91/68. What did I do? Statins already but added ezitimibe. That made a bit of difference. What I did though after made the most and my other changes were same. Fiber, I was hitting 120% of daily soluble fiber for 6 months and that made a bigger impact it seems.

I’m agnostic to everything, open to anything. We’re all trying to live our best life here.

[fractalbeans]

Thank you! In other words, stop blaming saturated fat for what carbs did...

[amyfu]

This one earned my subscription. I hope this channel explodes in popularity.

[pamisntcraiganymore]

I found you recently and really enjoy your content. I kept keto for a long time then careened into a pile of processed carbs I could not get out of. I need inspiration and you provide it with easy to understand information