You WANT High LDL Cholesterol (Your MD Needs To See This)

Welcome! I have a PhD in Biochemistry from Boston University School of Medicine and, today, I discuss the science surrounding the optimal range for cholesterol and LDL, and it's not what you've been told (by the pharma and medical industry). Why does it matter? You want high levels of sex hormones (energy, faster healing, stronger muscles and bones, etc.) but you also don't want a heart attack. Should you be concerned? What about HDL ratio, particle size, all that? Does that stuff even matter?!

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[brianh]

My cholesterol was 240 at 21 (43 now) when I left the Army. It's always been high, I've always declined medication. I declined because my grandmother, a nurse, told me hers was always 300 and she had always refused medication. She is now 102, healthy, exercises daily, unvaccinated and survived COVID last year without hospitalization.

[KelliAnnWinkler]

I think we have reached a point where everything we are told needs to be questioned.

[lauriesimonds]

RN here - seen plenty of patients with "dangerously" high cholesterol/LDL come out of the cardiac catheterization lab with arteries that were clean as a whistle. My mom being one of them. She stopped taking Statins because they made her feel awful - come to find out, they destroyed her thyroid. Side effects of Statins are real!!!

[ukestudio]

40 years ago, i was told my cholesterol was too high (270) ..and as a walking timebomb, was gonna die any moment. Not the best bedside manner. No statins, still here, but my doctor is dead..🤷🏽

[ericg]

Our health system is primarily “sick care, not health care!!”

[isdiseasehereditary]

YAY!!! THANK YOU for this. I'm a PharmD medical writer critically assessing medical studies for the past 25 years and I feel like I've been beating my head against a wall trying to explain the cholesterol myth to friends and family.

[KenJackson_US]

My doctor said since I refuse to take a statin there's no reason for him to even order a lipid panel blood test. I said "OK". But later I realized, wow! That was a tacit admission that he ONLY looks for opportunities to sell drugs, not for problems in my health. There's no point in even trying to discuss it with a doctor.

[ZombieNation]

My doctor tried putting me on a statin and got upset because I refused trying to explain to him the side effect was diabetes. And I was borderline. Now meat and sardines.. I'm good

[daveb]

Cholesterol isn't the problem. Inflammation is the problem and it's usually caused by excess sugar consumption (typical American processed foods). As usual, the medical establishment fails to address the root causes of problems. Most doctors don't truly understand cholesterol, triglycerides and lipid transport. I agree with you on everything. Sadly, the drug companies have brainwashed the medical community.

[tomoday]

I had several strokes last October and was put on Statins. I had a follow up meeting with my PCP in late February. We hardly mentioned statins as I was not having problems. In March the muscle pains began but I was still very productive. At 78 I term myself as a geriatric lumberjack. I cut down trees and brush on my property. By April I had stopped my projects. Then I stopped taking daily walks on my property, and by late April i had stopped reading books. I am a life long bookaholic. I realized something was terribly wrong. I started to cut the statiin pills in half and finally stopped altogether by the end of May. I now try to reduce Carbs and increase fats. I buy pasture raised eggs and eat 3 a day, fried in grass fed butter, eat more fruits and veggies, eat red meat, and am slowly recovering from the statin poison I was prescribed. Never again.

[brianbailey]

What you will quickly find out as you question your physician……they don’t know very much about diet and nutrition. They are taught a number 200 as the trigger point. They don’t know why they just know because they’ve been “told”. They have no idea the standard up until the 70s was 300. It became 200 with the invention of statins. Gee, what a coincidence🤔. Even someone who is as physically fit as myself was rarely able to keep it under 200 when I was younger. After my 40s it became impossible. Why? Because your cholesterol goes up naturally as you age. Using 200 now makes almost every American now a cash cow for pharma. Just like all their vaccines. We are being used as cash cows by the food and pharma industry. We are sold crappy, processed, nutrient deficient foods. That makes us sick them big pharma rides to the rescue with a pill or a shot. Coincidence…..Don’t think so. Eat clean grassfed nutritious meats and clean ocean fish, drink clean water, get your sleep and let nature do its thing.

[iralien]

My cardiologist was upset with me because I refused statins. I gently informed him my level was 116! Not even close to being a problem! Also he instructed me to watch my weight, I weigh 110 lbs! LOL I’m 74 years old, been a nurse for 55 years and still work! Most doctors don’t really like me because I’m non compliant. Actually it’s because I know too much and how the system works. My Grandmother, Native American never saw a doctor, she used the old natural remedies. She lived to be 105 years ❤🌹

[kalaniscott]

I'm 72 and all my adult life doctors have tried to put me on medication however I've refused. My cholesterol has been high as 300 so at 69 yrs. old, I decided to have an angiogram. The surgeon informed me that I had a heart of a runner! no plaque.

[suhndog]

Thank you! Some years ago, they measured my choles. at 300.. I was IMMEDIATELY put on a statin which totally messed me up. I ended up with IBS.. so bad, I never knew if drinking water would trigger the IBS. It took 4 years to recover after stopping the statin. wow. My choles. has always run around 300.. I'm ok.. Thank you for confirming what I suspected..

[albert]

I have a PhD in Biochemistry as well, and I am 100% agree with you.

[alexross]

It's my understanding that a common so-called "side effect" of statins is muscle weakness, therefore, statins are more likely to cause cardiac issues than the condition they're prescribed to prevent. Chew on that.

[DisHammerhand]

My doctors are harrassing me because they noticed I am not refilling my statin. I stopped taking it because it may be linked to Alzheimer's. That scares me more than heart attacks. So no more statins for me.

[garycramer]

Dr Ken Berry, Dr. Anthony Chaffee, agree with you I’m 2 weeks from my 90 days on carnivore lost 20 lbs & 5 inches off my waist. Blood sugar Ave was 134 now 112 👍🏻

[edadan]

I started carnivore about 6 weeks ago. Almost immediately, I threw out the statin drug that my doctor gave me last year. Funny thing is, my blood test at that time showed that everything was normal…except LDL. They told me it was very high and I needed medication. It scared me then but not anymore thanks to videos like this one.

[dubs]

Great article!
I haven’t had lab work in over 20 years. I eat a carnivore diet, I am on zero medications and as I watched my Grandparents who lived well into their nineties, eat meat, butter and cheeses, I can’t help but wonder why they lived so long without seeing doctors and without medications. It’s well known we need cholesterol and fat for our survival. As we age, I believe it’s more important that we increase our fat and cholesterol intake to protect our brains.