How to lower LDL
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How does one lower LDL?
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LDL in excess is often the sign of a problem: oxidized arteries.
Need for Vit E (mixed toco 20-25 mg), b-carotenes (orange vegetables & fruits) + K2 MK4
In details
Cardiologist Stephen Sinatra says that to blame cholesterol because he causes calcification (plaque), it's like blaming firefighters, accusing them of being responsible for fires, just because they are still present on the stage. (It's stupid, editor's note). The number one indicator to induce inflammation is insulin, followed by an excess of polyunsaturated fatty acids.
Note: Vitamin K2 is critical for avoiding calcification when you take high amounts of supplemental vitamin D (5000 UI)
When you take oral vitamin D, you increase your need for vitamin K2. The biological role of vitamin K2 is to help move calcium into the proper areas in your body, such as your bones and teeth. It also helps remove calcium from areas where it shouldn't be, such as in your arteries and soft tissues. Symptoms of vitamin D toxicity are actually produced by vitamin K2 deficiency, including the inappropriate calcification that can lead to hardening of your arteries. -
"HDL good LDL bad" is just a convenient way for doctors to explain something they themselves don't understand to patients about heart health. In fact, High HDL is not even good, and low LDL isn't even a bad thing.
There have been threads on this on RPF, written by haidut. If I recall correctly, LDL is where nutrients that are to be delivered to tissues are packed into. And HDL is the LDL after these nutrients are released to the tissues.If one has low LDL, it isn't a good thing if that means there are little nutrients to be transported for delivery to the tissues.
So, there really is no point focusing and worrying about having high LDL when there are actual biomarkers that have closer relevance to our health out there to focus on, instead of worrying about high LDL. It is a distraction.
As to calcification, plaque is not about internal calcification. Plaque is external accumulation of debris on the endothelial lining of our blood vessels. Knowing this distinction is helpful, as medical literature seems to intentionally create this confusion. I have never read one article stating this, and I can only conclude this is a deliberate omission only meant to keep us ignorant of facts. Ignorance means we run to our doctors every single time we make as much as a hiccup.
Temporal thinking is the faculty that’s
engaged by an enriched environment, but it’s
wrong to call it “thinking,” because it’s simply
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My LDL is hovering around 150 mg/dL. I was hoping that taking thyroid would lower it, but so far it hasn't been the case, and I've been on thyroid for more than 2 months. Last blood test was 140 mg/dL, a bit lower.
It seems like in some people, eating Saturated Fats abruptly increases LDL cholesterol, and in others, to a lesser degree.
