A/Prof. Ken Sikaris - 'Analysing The Cholesterol Message'

[@PIERRE-g1u]

Dr Ken Sikaris is a giant in the field of lipid metabolism!!! Hopefully, his message will get more recognition! Better sooner than later...

[@judyanderson4766]

Thank you Professor Ken Solaris, please keep spreading the message. Brilliant presentation! All of this is so true - low carbs drop the weight like magic. I am so happy with my health reversal - now have great markers with TGs (v.low) and HDL (high). Why have we have had the cholesterol story so wrong for so long, when David Diamond Aseem Malhotra, you and others are telling us the real story. Statins are hurting so many people

[@bugsy1254]

I get a medical for work every year. My diet is very low carb and mainly meat. My LDL has gone up, my HDL has gone up and my Triglycerides have come down. My own doctor is quite happy with these excellent results but the company assessing my work medical say that I have increased my cardiac risk and need to get my cholesterol levels down. I’m caught in a catch-22. So many doctors need re education.

[@LensBright]

Amazing work guys. The world has gone upside down thanks for pushing back

[@markleblanc451]

I’ve been Keto:carnivore for 7 years and have never heard of him (Ken).If Paul Mason has a high regard for him, he has my respect also. Great presentation!

[@EyesOnCarnivore]

Excellent talk thank you and save to corresponding playlists with other great talks from low carb down under. Thank you.

[@brucemckay6615]

Need more Ken…. Always interesting….

[@kwasiAsareBoye]

Thanks Ken, always insightful. Long time no see.

[@jennyweyman3039]

Thank you Ken!

[@Meathead-10810]

A very interesting talk, thanks

[@BaliKSA]

excellent talk

[@andreahl1825]

Thank you D. Sikaris and also thank you to Dr. Mason for great questions at the end!

[@Kananaboo]

11:25 it'd be nice to see this "normal" value changed. Had a doctor mislead me like this.

[@peterweeden6203]

Wow, that was so good!

[@terrywalters5078]

That was a solid presentation!

[@stevelanghorn1407]

Fascinating presentation. Thanks!

[@steshaw6510]

Great talk, thanks!

[@mariagibb8185]

What an excellent talk

[@robertoingenitoiseppato6177]

Increíble presentation

[@robyn3349]

Thank you!

[@gavinsymes-wizardot]

We can only hope that this information gets to the frontline medical and allied health workers who often pass on out of date messages to those seeking advice.

[@RobertWinter2]

Thank you, I learned a lot.

[@Shiny54]

Excellent

[@Malcolm-Achtman]

At 48:30 Dr. Sikaris speaks about the "rubbish" value called Total Cholesterol, and the idea that this number shouldn't even be reported. Yet earlier in the talk he suggests that the "Total Cholesterol/HDL" ratio is the most predictive metric for heart disease risk. So, tell me, how does one calculate his Total Cholesterol/HDL ratio if the Total Cholesterol value is not reported in his or her blood results?

[@q8uploader]

perhaps he is referring to lab results showing the TC/HDL ration outright on the lab report, rather than reported individually.

[@rsdaarud]

Great clarification of lipid and CAD risk assessment: TC/HDL and Trig/HDL. Simplify!

[@PiujuqInuitArt]

In the research, what diets were the diabetic subjects on? Where they on perhaps, a calorie restricted, 0 carb, diet for a year or longer, and exercising moderately for two hours per day? What were they eating, and how much exercise were they getting? I am of the opinion that such factors might affect the outcome of the study.

[@gershhayes796]

Been ketovore for more than a year, a1c went from 5.4 to 5.9 . Glucose is 80 and insulin is 2.1

[@stuartmalin661]

This is super important information that is very well presented. I am glad he referenced Nick Horwitz's LMHR and Lipid Energy Model. I think the first question (by the voice) is from Dr. Paul Mason. Can anyone corroborate?

[@aprilek6003]

Thanks for uploading this. I've been following this channel and have seen lectures from Dr. Sikaris before. This one is excellent. As a lean healthy black women eating low carb since 2017, my HDL is 115 mg/dl going from 80 before going low carb. How can I get my HDL back down? I can't seem to find any information about this. I also have high Lpa 167 nmoles/dl

[@DS-vu5yo]

Very good talk. Thank you. Table 1 that is the information leading to the keto/mishear total cholesterol to hdlc leaves some room for questioning. If you include the variation of the average and skew the opposite direction you can end up with individual levels that are extremely high. So the only way to actually prove the point without doubt is to make the ratio comparison on an individual basis instead of a population basis. Is that data available to do that study? Or do they have it obfuscated to general statistics?

[@Malcolm-Achtman]

Dr. Sikaris is intrigued about testing lean mass hyper-responders for familial hypercholesterolemia. Please be aware that the LMHR people in Dave Feldman's cohort HAD TO SHOW that prior to going low carb, their cholesterol was not particularly high or unusual, meaning these subjects never had familial hyper-cholesterol values growing up that their lipid numbers were always pretty typical on a mixed diet. Only after they went low carb did their LDL and total cholesterol shoot up. So again, none of Dave Feldman's group have had or ever will have genetic hypercholesterolemia.

[@HML-it7te]

On a different but question related to Pathology result range versus ideal or optimal health Pathology results. I understand Germany has moved this way.

[@rowandowland1391]

A fabulous presentation. Thank you.. It comes to mind that I hope the non English speaking world is gaining access to this information. As an aside I discovered recently that the infamous Ancel Keys lived much of his life as he grew older in Italy eating a mediterranean diet. What a shame he didn't teach the world the benefits of eating well on real food.

[@johncollins8304]

"Low carb diets lead to weight loss." Thats of no interest to me: so do amputations. I want to know if they lead to fat loss, specifically visceral fat loss.

[@genegayda3042]

This channel has a lot more videos. Maybe don't whine and check out the videos that will answer your question.

[@johnmartinsen963]

Try for yourself, there's no such thing as an essential carbohydrate. Getting into a metabolic state of ketosis and staying there a while will enlighten the most stubborn sceptic.

[@ketolomics]

Yes. Visceral fat loss appears to go first. See, e.g., paper by David Unwin on rapid response of fatty liver. To be clear, "low carb" in this setting refers to sustained carb intake of 25 grams or less per day (i.e., combined total across all meals). Some go as high as 50 grams and maintain success, but if visceral fat is an immediate priority, staying under 25 grams of total carbs per day will help ensure a rapid transition in your body to full-time fat burning. Dr Eric Westman has a one page food guide for simplicity. Dr David Unwin also has a simple, one page food guide. Three measures that typically respond rapidly in line with lowering visceral fat are: triglyceride (TAG), ALT/AST/GGT (liver enzymes disturbed by fatty liver), and HbA1c. With sustained low carb eating, the metabolic improvements all appear to be sustainable indefinitely. I referenced low carb, but should add that this can go all the way down to zero carb, typical of an entirely animal-based diet (popularly called a "carnivore diet"). So yes, you can definitely eliminate visceral fat by going low carb!

[@murraypooley9199]

My only critisism of this excellent talk is the early reference to "wieght loss" Experts including this prof speak of weight loss, not fat loss on low carb. As a lion diet carnivour, my personal interest is in growing bone and muscule mass while loseing fat %age. That may result in weight loss depending on the starting point of the body composition. Loseing muscule weight does not help fat loss. It is possible to gain healthy weight while loseing unhealhly fat.

[@dalialovesdoggies4361]

I eat a veryyyy low carb diet. Stilllll...very high Tri......anc CT does not indicate fatty. 😢😢😢😢😢. So frustrating

[@gavinsymes-wizardot]

I'd suggest finding a low carbohydrate informed clinician to guide you and assist in the interpretation of your overall blood markers.

[@cherylking1459]

If only more Dr's in the US cared...

[@PiujuqInuitArt]

Ben Bikman Why We Get Sick

[@tomandersen7343]

Removing TC would make it impossible to look at the TC/TH relationship witch you just promoted 😉😂

[@1timbarrett]

Great lecture. But ‘cholesterol’ is only ever spelled with one ‘l’…! 😮

[@1timbarrett]

Actually the word has two ‘l’s but not a double ‘l’ at the end, even when we are referencing HDL… 😮