The Big HDL Myth: Good Cholesterol Examined

Do eggs raise good cholesterol? Does raising cholesterol really help? A look at a dozen studies including a meta analysis of 17 studies for answers.
- Links and Sources -

Livestrong Article:

"HDL cholesterol scavenges and removes LDL -- or "bad" -- cholesterol."

Egg Study where HDL cholesterol decreased by 11%:

Egg Board Funded Study where HDL rose with Eggs:

Meta Analysis - 17 Egg studies - Danger from LDL outweighs HDL:

Eggs increase LDL oxidation:

Egg Board Study with LDL particle size:

Large LDL raises risk by 44%, small LDL by 63%:

"Regardless of size, LDL particles are atherogenic." JACC:

High HDL Genes don't lower heart attack risk:

High HDL medication increased heart attacks and death:

Harvard - 'High HDL may not protect the heart':

HDL can oxidize:

Low HDL sign of low health state - JACC:

Vegans average ideal LDL levels:

Whole food vegan diet unclogs arteries study:

[veggievendetta]

It's interesting. I'm in school to become an MS RD right now and all of my professors say that cholesterol isn't a nutrient of concern anymore since eating dietary cholesterol doesnt appreciably raise serum cholesterol levels because the amount you might ingest is negligible compared to the amount of cholesterol your body makes. Each and every one of my RD professors (and because of it, all of my classmates as well) go around confidently calling it a "settled issue", and that bad science produced the "outdated cholesterol But not one of my professors have presented any evidence for this claim. It makes me wonder if they even read any research or if they just saw cholesterol get removed from the Dietary Guidelines as a nutrient of concern and just rolled with it. It also makes me confused because I try not to be dogmatic about veganism, particularly in that environment. --- as a side note though, we had to get our lipid levels checked for a lab and my LDL levels were less than 100 while the hard core paleo girl who thinks saturated fat is a health food had LDL levels in the 200's despite weighing only about 100 lbs. She tried to tell me that it was actually a good thing to have levels that

[jeremymcadams]

I stopped eating eggs after I started watching this channel and now I don't feel sick everyday.

[mariaangelova]

Thank you, Mike!!! I just love how you break down the facts, plus the humor component -- can't resist it!! Thank you!!!!

[Enchantedcatbunny]

I went to my doctor yesterday and she literally gave me outdated BIASED information and told me vegan was the "most unhealthy diet". She wouldn't back anything up either, and she only mentioned the B12 situation. Which duh I know. She also said that I was too young to be educated on veganism and that I will quit this "vegan thing" within a few months. Also that I haven't been vegan long enough to show any negative effects yet. Which was hilarious to me. My doctor told me eating eggs is 100% healthy.. Like.. what? Eggs cannot even be classified as a health food. I was so appalled that a doctor actually recommended eating eggs. It's sad I cannot even trust what my doctor says anymore, because all she has is biased information.

Oh and she also brought up "humane slaughter" which do I even need to get into?

[CalebBrandalise]

Pretty much filling my "health stuff" playlist with you.
Thanks for rockling!

[LokiDWolf]

Yet another GREAT video!

Oh and the music at the end was a nice touch. 👍🏾

[Linkous]

I'm going to share this on /fit/ and see how it goes.

[annm.]

Can you make a video about palm oil, I would love to hear your opining on it.

[cookiesnbubbles]

I love your videos Mic! Your videos were the tipping point in my switching to a plant based diet. I really appreciate how researched and thorough your videos are while also still being entertaining

[r.p.]

If you are concerned about LDL, you probably ought to check out Ivor Cummins aka the Fat Emperor, David Feldman (cholesterol code), and Dr William Davis. Apparently, despite what we physicians have been taught, LDL is quite a poor marker for CVD risk. Better marker is HDL/triglycerides which I believe should be less than 2. When elevated, is a sign of insulin resistance which is definitely a/the driver for almost all CVD.

[leonetienne]

Been Vegan for 2 years. Dropped my overall cholesterol. However, my Dr. said my HDL was to low and recommended grapeseed oil. LOL Thanks for the video Mic. Great stuff.

[rodrigozolezzi]

Greetings from Chile
Thanks for your - bomb of information - research

[Thephysiquechefjc]

Dude. You are legit amazing. The way you present your videos in such an easy to understand manner is mind boggling.

If people still eat meat, eggs and dairy after watching your channel they are simply ignorant and don't want to give in to the fact that all those things are terrible for your health. 

Your knowledge will take you places Mic. Keep up the good work.

[SittingKittyColorado]

Eggcellent, as always. hahaha

You're on the ball with this plant-based health thing, Mic. Thank you for your hard work!

[m.pixley]

I'm so glad for this discussion as I just lowered my triglycerides by 100 points and my cholesterol by 40 points due to my low fat vegan diet, by my hdl is still very low at 27 in fact it dropped one point prompting a red flag and a "bad ratio" number on my chart even though my cholesterol is in the normal range now. I am going to share this with my doctor

[devina]

I was just talking about this with my family lol because I have low HDL.

[alexandrassupertramp]

I love you Mic the Vegan! insightul and as funny as ever. plz do another debunking Unnatural Vegan

[zitoeellas]

I am a 53 year old natural bodybuilder and ate 5 whole eggs a day for 90 days. So 450 eggs. My HDL dropped and my LDL went up.

[astrum-oyzs]

Thanks, finally some useful information here. I am an vegetarian, always afraid of going full vegan because of my very low cholesterol levels (61 mg/dl total cholesterol)... They were always low, although I eat a ton of eggs and such stuff (yeah, doctor's recommendation). Can't take it anymore, yuk. I will just finish the package I have got recently (because wasting food really sucks) and finally quit them. This was really helpful, keep up the good work.

[jettagliturbo]

Awesome video as usual Mic!!! 👋🎉😊 can you tell me what song that is?