ARE WE TREATING CHOLESTEROL WRONG? - Doctor reacts

Is the entire cholesterol & heart disease paradigm WRONG?! 🤯 The statin and cholesterol wars rage on! Find out why “blockbuster” statin drugs really aren’t that impressive and what really drives cardiovascular disease.
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[@Mrs.TJTaylor]

I’m 70 and I’m healthy. I eat a whole food ketogenic diet, for life, I have high LDL, high HDL, and low triglycerides. I won’t take a statin medication unless I have a heart attack. End of discussion.

[@kathydicioccio6094]

Same except I will never take a cholesterol lowering drug.

[@BeTransformedByARenewedMind]

@myriamCordy

[@blackthornsloe8049]

Me too .

[@tb54321]

I have high LDL-p (over 3500), low hdl, high triglycerides after 1 year in keto and 6 months on carnivore. I won’t take a statin either, but I am looking into potential problems causing high cholesterol like my thyroid issues or perhaps something else. I did get a CAC score this morning just to make sure there isn’t a problem with my heart, but it wouldn’t change my low carb approach to diet. I’m still doing high fat carnivore and following Dr Bright’s approach to healing hormones in hopes that correcting my thyroid will improve my lab work.

[@merchandisingparadise9440]

@@tb54321 350 or 3500?

[@StephenArdent]

I had to fire my doctors. They put me on three statins with an already low cholesterol and i lost my ability to stand and walk. My muscles just wouldn't work. Finally i stopped taking them and i'm recovering my ability to walk without my doctors. Never again.

[@mirosawosstanislawos5946]

I know what you saying. My father was harmed in this way, statins obviously put him on a chair which ultimately was hard to reverse (process was very slow).

[@Rusty6507]

Yep, with statins, my legs hurt so bad that I couldn’t sleep. Then I was put on RX drugs for that, which damaged my stomach. I then refused to take statins…10+ yrs later, still have GERD from the stomach damage.

[@judithgee8523]

AMEN

[@jangrosemartindale8740]

Rhabdomyolysis is a COMMON serious medical condition, muscle wasting, requiring hospitalization, the treatment is usually IV fluids to flush the overdosage of Statins from your body. Males were often the victims of overdosing high milligrams of Statins by physicians when their LDL range is too high. Sadly, most physicians still don’t understand the Statin info has been corrupted by Big Pharma.

[@cynthiasmith4966]

Someday, research will show that statins helped create dementia. Sad to read all the comments of drug injury and sad to help my beloved Mom end her journey through suffering hallacious dementia due in big part from very long term statin use.

[@jennifermarlow.]

Just FYI, Dr. Westman (hope this is helpful), Dr. Dhand is an internist working in New England. Trained in, and used to work in, the UK, but now an American physician. He's VERY tuned in to eating healthy, and warns a lot about being over 65 and taking too many meds. He's a real proponent of knowing about your heath, and a top grade teacher! :)

[@sanskaroflife1292]

Dr Dhand is exemplary in his ethics and truth seeking. We need more physicians like him. Thank you dr for referencing him.

[@annehat4833]

These so called drs on utube are not real !....so your talking garbage....dr dhand is an AI...AI !

[@sanskaroflife1292]

@@annehat4833 what ?? No way

[@Stuart.Branson.]

The words "TREATING" & "CHOLESTEROL" do not belong in the same sentence. The world of lies we live in is beyond insane

[@daveb8449]

Agreed.

[@starrynight8007]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻✅✅✅

[@dr.emilschaffhausen4683]

If you have inflamation and a history of heart disease then cholesterol matters.

[@dethbefodisco3221]

You ain't kidding brother once you start digging the hole just goes deeper and deeper and deeper

[@daveb8449]

@@dr.emilschaffhausen4683 No. The inflammation matters, not the cholesterol.

[@melissaconrad4665]

He actually lives in the US. Love Dr. Dhand!

[@tb54321]

He is one of the doctors that I listened to during Covid and one of the reasons I decided to try a low carb diet. Now I’m high fat carnivore and I’ve lost nearly 100 pounds. So I do owe Dr Dhand some credit for his work!

[@mariagibb8185]

Lives and practices in USA but qualified in UK.

[@micheleshively8557]

Me too

[@coweatsman]

That's right. Grew up and was educated in the UK but practising and living in the US.

[@bernadetteholmes6160]

He’s a health champion! Love him!❤

[@user-xj5xp6qz5g]

blaming LDL for atherosclerosis is like blaming skin for skin cancer. Just because its there doesnt mean it caused it.

[@katewilson8455]

In the UK and yes was put on statins. 2 yrs later I was taken into hospital because the statins were killing my liver! My joints are ruined, I've developed an autoimmune disorder and become insulin resistant because of the liver damage. My glucose levels increased to diabetic levels and my body was jiggered! My GP told me that diet change would make little difference to my cholesterol number. 2 weeks ago I ran across a video by Robert Lustig and had the eureka moment. The cholesterol number is B.S. and everything that is wrong with me is caused by sugar and starches...(in my case it's starch, I don't really eat refined sugars) Its been 2 weeks, I've drained sugar and starch from my system, I fast 20 hrs a day and my colitis and joint pain have gone! I've dropped 5 kg and feel no hunger! I will never automatically take a pill offered by a Dr again before I've done my own research. Cut out starch/sugar/processed food and fructose...it has changed my life already!!! 54 yr old who felt 80 and now feeling younger every day! 😊

[@dsa2591]

I'm so sorry you went through this. I am always telling people to do their homework, don't just take any pill your Dr. shoves down your throat.

[@gingermonroe4153]

Had a similar experience Doc arbitrarily ordered a drug f me that was in my profile but hadn't taken f a long while Thinking. Without reading the readout, it would help me relax It did the opposite caused severe problems Always read the the read out info t see what side-effects are Dangerous Dangerous drugs affecting us humans Beyond terrible 😮

[@rolandocuevas4563]

Oh yes. My cardio put me on statin but the GI wants it out, but the choice is mine. The truth is I never take statin drug except when at 56 the doc put me on a statin drug , 2 pills and my fingers felt as if its bursting. I threw the rest . since then i just let t The doc prescribe it but i really dont take it, i am now 77

[@HughTauerner]

The major reason why 1 in 2 American adults has "high" cholesterol is because they've lowered the "normal" level so much that almost no one has normal cholesterol. Total Cholesterol, before Statins, used to be 240 - 280mg/dl

[@adayinapril581]

Great point and very true!

[@wendellrider1212]

Statin should be banned! BANNED !

[@dakotalynn4773]

There is a huge difference between relative risk and actual risk! They lie about statins!!

[@makaisenki]

Marketing is 90% lying and 10% having a good product.

[@daveb8449]

@@makaisenki And in this case, there is zero % good about statins.

[@techadsr]

​@@daveb8449not 0% good. The pleiotropic effects Dr Westman mention include reducing inflammation which is good. But there are other ways to get that reduction that doesn't have side effects. They also help to stabilize or calcify plaque in arteries.

[@denofpigs2575]

​@@makaisenkiA good product sells itself.

[@davidbusciglio5529]

Exactly. If you uncover the layers, it really is a poorly veiled slight of hand.

[@donajoanas]

*I had very high blood sugar I only managed to improve my health when I found a WONDERFUL treatment,❤❤ if you want to know about it, I left the video in the comment reply*

[@donajoanas]

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[@josephsmith961]

I was prescribed a statin, and 3 months later I had type 2 diabetes. My blood sugar went down 11 points after just 3 weeks on an almost carnivore diet. I will never take a statin again.

[@dsa2591]

I'm working toward carnivore. Doing 100 carbs, then 50, then 25, than carnivore. I was on the Meditarranean diet, supposedly the healthiest diet in the world and best to lose weight. I gained 10 lbs. and was so sick, I could barely get out of bed. Carbs will kill you!

[@JesusIsMySaviour3]

I had a heart attack and was given multiple statins. They affected my joints, knees, shoulders and greatly reduced my mobility. I suffered pain in my joints and finally stopped taking Statins against my doctors advice. I have been off Statins for 2 years and am still recovering from the side affects of this horrible drug!

[@csabaturjanszki375]

How long did you take it?

[@JesusIsMySaviour3]

@csabaturjanszki375 I took it for a year but wouldn't recommend it to anyone! I know several people who have also stopped due to severe joint pain and affected mobility.

[@SweetSassyBull]

Oh my, I was so thinking that you were going to disagree with Dr Dhand (I don't know why). I was very relieved when I started listening to you. Dr Dhand is a breath of fresh air and a fighter for people's health rather than a pusher of pills. In the future we will look back with horror at how people were treated for some preventable illnesses.

[@GBB70]

Male, age 71. Recently had a major heart attack requiring 2 stents. They put me immediately on Lipitor 80mg when my LDL was 131 Trig 112 HDL 46. I haven’t shared this with my cardiologist but on my research on Statins I have pill cut my 80mg Lipitor to 40mg. The reason my preliminary numbers in a Lipid Panel showed my LDL well below 100. Upon further research my plan is to stop Statins all together. I’m focusing my efforts on my metabolic health.

[@jeffreehealingwaters8169]

From my research after a heart attack statins do help. Sorry I can't site the research. But I think it was Peter Attia or Prev Med. Statins do take down inflammation. I would stay with the 40 dose.

[@michaelbarker742]

@@jeffreehealingwaters8169Attila comes across as a closed minded narcissist to me.

[@daveb8449]

You should stop all statins immediately.

[@fffmaddi5546]

Carnivore diet.

[@michaelbarker742]

Your numbers aren’t bad. Why such a high dose?

[@TomCarnivore]

Another Dr. Westman video, happy days!

[@corangulath4287]

It’s refreshing to know there are Dr’s like Dr Westman who really want to help there patients not just prescribe drugs you have to take the rest of your life.

[@ritazimmelman4769]

I totally agree!

[@petramaas8574]

There are other reasons why many people nowadays have high cholesterol. In order to enlarge the market, the idea "the lower the better" was introduced and the limits were lowered several times. When there was a new medication that could lower cholesterol even further, this was made the new target.

[@Mrs.TJTaylor]

And that’s totally slimy.

[@jobrown8146]

I've heard that it was found many years ago that it was good to have high HDL and they tried to create a drug to increase HDL but they didn't manage to do it so they then targeted the LDL.

[@makaisenki]

There are doctors that are on social media saying that you should have LDL under 60. Considering that I looked at the science and merely asked the question how much LDL do you need in order to build muscle, I find several studies were the low LDL group could not build any muscle, despite eating the same foods as the high LDL group they gain no lean muscle mass versus 5 lb in the high LDL group they gained 30% more strength despite 120% in the high LDL group. Would you even want to live longer if you're a fall away from dying in the next 6 months and have to spend 10 grand a month on a facility where people take care of you while being surrounded by people with dementia? I work with geriatrics I make under 30 grand a year by the time I'm 80 the minimum rent at these places is going to be 15k to 30,000 a month. Actually that's incredibly conservative compounding annually at 5% using an interest rate calculator in 40 years before I even hit 80 years old that's going to be 36,000 a month from $5,000. Everyone better hope it doesn't go up 9% a year on average because that's 157,000 a month. If it goes up 1% it's not horrible it's only 7,000 a month. Inconsidering a $800 apartment in the ghettos would be somewhere between $5, 000 and 25,000 a month, depending on a 5 or 9% increase year-over-year... So there's no way an assisted living facility is going to stay at the rate of 1.3% a year that it used to be. America is going to collapse long before that though. We've reached the tipping point. We are crossing it soon. Once rent in the ghettos in government subsidized housing hits three digits a month at that point 5% inflation is still $50 a month which is $600 a year increase, which is like half the minimum wage of just increase going by federal numbers and I live in an area that goes by federal numbers. The idea that people should be limiting their muscle growth cholesterol carrying lipids is so absurd. That's the problem with being a specialist in a field true intelligence is seeing a wider picture. If you can't see the bigger picture you're going to be trying to save some fancy curtains while your house burns down and you're not going to escape the fire.

[@jobrown8146]

@@makaisenki I'm preferring quality of life over quantity.

[@denofpigs2575]

​@@jobrown8146Best part about that is if you focus on quality you get both.

[@garyhiland6013]

Dr. Dhand is a treasure. I love his common sense approach and courage to push back against bot-doctoring and the medical-pharma-big food complex. His truth-telling on topics like this and Covid has gotten him in trouble with freedom-restrictors which we should look at as a badge of honor these days.

[@catherinefrancis5827]

Totally agree with what doctors do- simple blood tests, then looking at numbers, then prescriptions😢😢 I refuse to take drugs🙏🙏🦋

[@cathtaylor6929]

My cholesterol was 5 with a high HDL was prescribed statins! Refused to take them doctor was pissed off!

[@stevelanghorn1407]

Excellent reaction Dr Westman.

[@user-vk4vw4le1c]

Oh my goodness did you explain this right this is so true. This doctor explained it right putting a Band-Aid on everything not getting to the source of the problem.

[@alycep.5886]

Thank you Dr Westman! Looking forward to more videos on the Wed and Fri now.

[@nolanrono6204]

My age 73, my Dr adm Statin for 5yrs now, I feel my Health going down.

[@haroldgreen1425]

My doctor has really given me a hard time about my cholesterol. I relented and tried statins but suffer so much joint pain that within a week of taking a statin I'm effectively crippled. Unable to use my hands or walk comfortably. My doctor actually said to me if you don't get your cholesterol down you're going to die. I'm 74 and have eaten a very low carb diet for 30 years now. I'm still active, my weight where I want it. My triglycerides are very low and hdl fairly high. My ldl got up to 196 so I tried taking a niacin supplement. It quickly dropped my ldl down to 138 at my last blood work. I recently had a heart scan that came back negative for blockages. Lately I've run across a couple of studies that suggest after the age of 65 the higher the ldl the lower your mortality rate is. So now I'm concerned that lowering my ldl may be a mistake healthwise for me.

[@Cyberrjey001]

😥Yes, it was.

[@JesusIsTheAnswer332]

Wow! Something to seriously think about. Thank you for sharing

[@jeffj318]

Time to shake the dust from your feet and leave the doctor in the rearview mirror.

[@DivalerioKitchens]

Thank you for this Dr. Westman. You and Dr Dhand are both amazing.

[@Suelynngrr]

Thank you very much for addressing this, Dr. Westman. It is the Statin that gave me diabetes. PLEASE would you address those of us who have FH and how this all fits in. It made no sense to me to have diabetes as well as high LDL, so I stopped the statin after decades, but I still have the worry about the high LDL. So far, I am managing to lower carbs and ditched two oral diabetes meds as well and my blood glucose is slowly starting to come down but always higher in the morning on waking. My BP is also improving but goes up in the doc's office. There are very few doctors left that I trust, so I feel like I'm on my own with this. From Manitoba, Canada and turned 68 last month.

[@tony3998]

Glukos is always high, then normal in the morning, because the liver makes glukos for you to wake up in the morning and give you energy.

[@rogertidd5220]

Statins do pose a significant risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

[@AnneMB955]

Me too, do not trust many doctors. They don’t seem up-to-date with latest knowledge. Quick to send us off for tests and prescribe.

[@Petunia-fl9lu]

have you seen all Dr David Diamond's videos, he has FH very very interesting. He talks about clotting factors being more important he is not on statins himself, and yes if you are female, statins raise your diabetes risk. Do watch his videos...

[@Suelynngrr]

@@Petunia-fl9lu Thanks very much, I have not seen his videos. 🙂

[@JMK-vo8pv]

During my 10 year journey through the world of Coronary Artery Disease, I have been evaluated by multiple cardiologists. NOT one of those "heart experts" have even come close to practicing "shared decision making"!

[@leo.girardi]

Please show me any data (not from drug companies) that cholesterol is bad?

[@sunshinekis8583]

Lol, unfortunately to doctors such data does not excits 😊

[@jima7925]

70 YO male. In the last year (12 months keto) lost 70 lbs. Waist from 44 to 36. Trigs from 300+ to 76 BP 118/58. Fasting glucose 89. LP-IR score 25. HOMA-IR 1.3. HDL from 30s to 56. BMI from 33 to 25. BUT..... LDL from 90 to 211 and total C from 180 to 294. (was on a statin but stopped a year ago) LDL Pattern A via NMR test. Lots of big fluffy LDLs floating around. Am I healthy or about to die? Guess what my doc says.

[@Mrs.TJTaylor]

Laughing. Your doc says the same about you as my doc says about me.we’re giving our doctors heart issues. :)

[@sunshinekis8583]

Congrats to you increasing metabolic health! 😊 My cholesterol is even higher, total 650, LDL 360! I live 😅

[@robertlaslo8951]

I say you are definitely on the right track. It has been MY track for several years. I refused to take statins 12 years ago and am glad I did so because cholesterol is NOT a problem.

[@jobrown8146]

@@Mrs.TJTaylor I thought my GP was going to have kittens when she told me you know I want you on a statin and you are at a high risk of heart disease, even with a CCTA (with contrast) score of zero at 66 years old. She is using the TC/HDL ratio which is high because of high LDL whereas I use the Trig/HDL ratio which is good because my trigs went down and my HDL went up. Note though, that it was the cardiologist who recommended the statin in the first place when I went back to get the scan results, and he is Head of Cardiology in a major hospital and has a huge concern about the obesity epidemic; he even told me that he was pleased that I had changed to low carb and had lost a lot of weight.

[@tradermunky1998]

Your good health is deadly! 😂

[@Sandra-hk8ks]

Thank you so much. We need people like you,

[@tl56kmair]

My brother-in-law just had a quad bypass surgery. The Dr told him how lucky he was that it didn't kill him. He had been on statins for several years. When i asked him what good they did for him, he said they lowered his numbers. Totally felt like they helped him.

[@mattm1686]

lowing cholesterol is like lowering money in your bank account neither is good! Higher is way better

[@lindathompson4770]

Maybe he has the familial, hereditary issue of naturally high cholesterol. Statins can help someone with that. Good that he's ok!

[@jeffj318]

Your brother-in-law continues to drink the cholesterol Kool-Aid. If he could change to a keto / carnivore diet that would help him so much more.

[@tl56kmair]

@@jeffj318 Can't argue with that. You can lead a horse to water...

[@user-uk8kb8kw6z]

Dr. Westman, thank you so much for making me feel so much better for refusing to take Crestor (a statin) for my LDL "problem". I saw my doctor yesterday, as a followup on testing results completed the previous week. Although she was very surprised but pleased at my numbers on everything, she strongly insists on me taking Crestor. 90 days ago, I began carnivore and have stayed true with no "cheating". I have lost 23 lbs. so far. Comparing all my latest numbers since my last blood/urine labs three months ago: my numbers for diabetes dropped 5.9 from 7.0 Total cholesterol : dropped 193 from 196 Triglycerides: dropped 93 from 129 HDL: dropped 44 from 56 VLDL: dropped 17 from 23 LDL: rose 132 from 117 (this is where she is freaking out). Total Agatston Calcium scoring from test taken 10/13/23 is 284 (a 75% rank for my age and sex). No history of stroke or heart problems; I am 76. . Doctor has also reduced thyroid Rx in half from .150 mg to .88 mg. I had begun taking 3 drops of iodine/iodide daily at the beginning of my diet. ALL of my numbers of the remaining lab results have dropped also. All is this success has been, because of absolutely NO CARBS in any form. I am encouraged to continue with my High Fat/No Carb program. I am actually looking forward to seeing her again in three months and prove to myself and to her that I do not need as much or any Rx and that the first line of defense is to get the weight off and health will follow. I have followed your channel for several years now and wanted you to know how much I have learned from your calm and professional demeanor. Thank you again. Grandma from Texas

[@scottpierce9195]

It is always a good day when I get a notification that Dr Westman has posted a video😊

[@jamesahilliard]

Yes, cardiologist used fear tactics when writing script for Crestor. Told me he had no other data to go on other than millions of people who take statins are out of hospitals and graves. Great video. 👏🏻

[@triciapyke2867]

Love your reactions. I deeply respect your opinion.

[@123456BobJackson]

Thoughtful Doctor just like you. Thanks

[@rosalindolson8688]

Excellent practical advice!

[@chriss4949]

HEY..what causes RAIN? He looks outside, it’s pouring down,….and everybody has an umbrella. Hey, umbrellas cause rain………..

[@ritazimmelman4769]

I love this comment!! It hard to tell where the truth it- does matter if it's someone on the internet or your face to face with a doctor!

[@ritazimmelman4769]

I meant it doesn't matter

[@dkhallal]

So here’s my question, how the hell does someone find a doctor that is thinking in this way without having to go through a trial and error with each one.

[@minervamckoy6724]

Yes, true, how do we find him or one in our area?

[@ritazimmelman4769]

It may be one has to go to a doctor that isn't in managed care ie an HMO or a PPO or the like! The average person doesn't have the $$ for this! Oh well?

[@faithburns8379]

The “lifestyle change” every single doctor will tell you is to go plant-based. And we know that that’s not good enough for human health.

[@AndiS-dz4pq]

Thanks Dr Westman.

[@medimint]

The video has so much useful information, thank you very much Doctor!

[@Jimwin2]

I’ve been on a carnivore diet for several months and my results couldn’t be any better. Mental and physical changes have been astounding to say the least. Every time me and my sister, who is a nurse, talk about my diet she brings up cholesterol and insists it can’t be good long term to eat so much red meat. It always puts doubt in my head even though I’ve read up on this issue a lot.

[@tombirney7276]

Please consider for future posting the legal aspect of refusing a statin rx. IE; "Thank you doctor, I've done my own research based on the postings of several physicians and for now I am refusing this rx. I am happy to sign a legal release for any legal complication that would redound to you. Thank you again, when can I schedule another appointment in the future, I value your efforts on my behalf."

[@scottdanielson4816]

I think it's time to find a new doc if they are pushing statins.

[@mariad1151]

if it's a best practice, all docs would be required to recommend it right?. Seems like there's liability involved.

[@judithgee8523]

HURRAH !!!

[@JasinNatael]

Should be the other way round. If the doc tries to put you on a medication, have him sign that it is absolutely necessary and that he will take full responsibility if the med is harming you. Including monetary compensation for any harm caused.

[@cherylradabaugh2720]

Me ,too

[@duffraene4491]

I’m 70 and been taking cholesterol meds since 2015. I’ve realized through process of elimination the meds are causing severe upper intestinal pain. Through research I’ve found that the common non medicinal ingredient in two of the meds is lactose. I’m not sure if that’s the cause but I’ve cut out the meds so I’m now trying to get my blood pressure down. It was good while on the meds but since I’ve cut them down my blood pressure is higher than it should be. I’m concerned but the pain the meds are causing me is unbearable. I need help to get my blood pressure down to normal level. Thankyou for your video. I’m sure you’re helping many people like me. God bless you. ❤

[@wickedstitches5284]

Oh, I just found this Dr on here and I really like him.

[@robertjeffery6100]

Great information thank you

[@remyvictoriano7604]

Thank you so much for the very interesting topic about cholesterol. Listening from the Philippines.

[@gregroth4696]

Loved the last 5 mins. Keep em short. I’m not seeking a medical degree only what makes sense while balancing where I spend my time. Thank you so much Doc. Ps. I do both try and eat keto ish healthy. And use statins to keep numbers where I want them. Blessings!

[@AnneMB955]

Been watching Dr. Dhand for a while now. Am starting to trust his viewpoints. Was wondering too if our cholesterol reading is high, it’s for a good reason. Repairing the body, so this should not be lowered with statins or Oreos. 😉 Really like the way you, Dr. Westman, add your thoughts too. Double the benefits. 👏

[@SweetChicagoGator]

Being an insulin-dependent diabetic, this video is an eye-opener ! 💟

[@dakotalynn4773]

Keep your ldl and keep your brain. Lipitor killed my mom's brain. She lived her last 6 years in full-blown dementia. I'm angry!

[@cherylking1459]

Same thing happened to my mom. I am not falling into that trap.

[@kennethh4904]

Dr Nadir says Statins cross the blood brain barrier. The Brain makes its own cholesterol. Cholesterol from the food you eat and Cholesterol made in the liver, does NOT cross the blood brain barrier. The Brain doesn't need the statin!

[@AnneMB955]

I don’t blame your anger. Not sure what meds my mother was given but she slowly declined until she couldn’t feed herself.

[@scottdanielson4816]

My dad has dementia and his cardiologist prescribed a statin. The statin was causing pain in his neck and his hand. A day after stopping taking the statin, the pain was gone. It's fortunate there was pain, otherwise he might still be on them and his dementia would likely be getting worse. Oh, and his total cholesterol was only around 210 anyway, so really no reason to get worried about cholesterol.

[@dakotalynn4773]

@@scottdanielson4816 I hope your dad is doing well!

[@andygriffiths9916]

Very good. Thank you.

[@Petunia-fl9lu]

very good discussion

[@user-lp2un7rc9x]

Oh my! Dr Westman, last July 2023 my A1c was 8.8.. 7 months later on strict Ketogenic diet and moderate exercise (walking 3 miles per day), my A1c is 5.5! Stopped metformin and tossed out my statin. Am still maintaining a normal A1c and the neuropathy in my feet has subsided.

[@ligiasommers]

I had that pressure from my doctor to take statins , even though I am thin , strong , eat well , low blood pressure and using HRT. She I used the Mayo Clinic site I had 97% chance of never having a problem . But … the pressure is so intense because drs are evaluated by the meds they prescribe that it is in my file now that I refused to take the drug , but she offered 😡 thank you Dr EW🙏🏻

[@richardgonzalez6075]

People need to get on the keto diet or even the Carnivore diet! I got my blood work reading this past Tuesday and my doctor used the words, “ I am amazed at how you lowered all your readings and how you have improved on everything “! This made me feel so happy and it’s due to the carnivore diet!

[@thomassaddul]

Been followin him since COVID times

[@mikel772]

I just love that I got a Jardiance commercial while watching this .....

[@robyn3349]

Thank you!

[@dsa2591]

Thanks for this video. My doctor said my LDL is high, and I asked him "Is it fluffy LDL or small LDL?" He said it didn't matter and wanted to put me on statins. I refused. I'm eating low carb now and am heading toward carnivore. I'm curious to see what eating no carbs does for my body.

[@caroltweedie9729]

I think if you eat sensibly, have a varied diet, take moderate exercise according to your age you should be ok.Well I hope so. I know of many relatives who made it to their late eighties with the same regime and the main thing I do recall is them taking more and more meds following doctors orders which itself became an issue; one med causing a problem leading to yet another to counteract. We all die of something and I want to be meds free for as long as possible.

[@methanial73]

Actually that saying is really old. It's rumored to be Hippocrates that coined the phrase "Let thy food be thy medicine and thy medicine be thy food".

[@dnguyen787]

I'd think that you need to listen to your own body. If taking statin makes you feel worse, stop it right away! 😊

[@Krunch2020]

After getting yelled at by my (former) doctor for my refusal to listen to him about LDL and statins I have decided to avoid doctors unless I need stitches.

[@dsa2591]

I am at that same point! I've changed doctors twice since the one I loved left because of her husband's job. I thought this one would be great, but he is insulting if you don't want to do what he wants you to do. He never touches me. I feel like he's just a referral service, not a real doctor.

[@jerrysims6691]

Just a correction: Dr Dhand is a Medical Consultant based in the USA. He is not a UK GP.

[@trekketoo]

I love Dr Dhand! He's great!

[@heatheryoutube1506]

No one ever talks about dissection of the artery. PLEASE cover this and some of the reasons why it happens. ❤❤❤

[@saranevillerogueart9627]

I was on statins. For like a year ? Caused muscle aches so I stopped taking them. I eliminated pepsi and stopped cheese bread for over a year. Only eat cheese ocassionally now . Homemade mostly I make using vinegar to curdle the nonhomoginized milk I use instead of rennet. I have not ate any kind of meat in 50 years. My cholesterol did go less after eliminating the cheese and bread. I do eat corn tortillas

[@michelephelps1087]

I wish there was more information on FH. At the moment I’d be happy to get my LDL below 300. I was on statins for a while, but the side effects became more difficult to live with. Lower doses offered no relief and didn’t not lower my levels. I am now on Rapatha. I take some consolation that my calcium score after 6 yrs remains zero. I recently saw a report by ‘High Intensity Health’ that a Denmark study involving thousands, showed that people over 65 with, I believe, an LDL between 140-160 have a lower all cause mortality rate. Too low and mortality rate worsens. So my target at this time is around 140/150. I am low carb and my recent labs show that my insulin resistance has reversed. But I have found precious little data on metabolic health and FH.

[@pauletteschiowitz8989]

I’d been put on simvastatin several years ago and one time while crossing a street my leg wouldn’t move sort of like my leg wasn’t listening to my brain. This was th3 first and only time this happened. I took myself off the statin.

[@judithgee8523]

Good for you. Did you reduce gradually or just stop them all at once?

[@chrisminifie219]

My understanding is that in so far as statins work, it is because they reduce the tendency to develop blood clots, and also reduce inflammation, not because they reduce LDL. So lifestyle changes that reduce both those factors will be more effective at reducing risk than a statin

[@tradermunky1998]

You need to do a simple Google search. Statins are cholesterol lowering drugs that block the body's ability to make cholesterol.

[@RBzee112]

Statins also disrupt LDL production in the liver.

[@Cyberrjey001]

It's true, but statins elevate the risk of ICH and other negatives.

[@chrisminifie219]

@@Cyberrjey001 what is ICH?

[@Cyberrjey001]

@@chrisminifie219 intracranial hemorrhage, brain bleeding. (Worse than normal stroke).

[@markfox3083]

All that matters is the size of the particles. The quality of the cholesterol trumps the quantity of it.

[@kathydicioccio6094]

Should we treat cholesterol? It’s not a disease.

[@sunshinekis8583]

Exactly!😊

[@lindajane8962]

🎯

[@SANVELXRP]

Thank you for clarification! I never hear a doctor explain Shingles in elderly people, they get it on their waist or other parts of the body - and pain is sometimes unbearable for weeks, so they call it Fibromyalgia as they don't know what is the real cause and there is no drug that can treat/eliminate Shingle pain. What are your thoughts on how to help patients with shingle pain?

[@dacisky]

My problem is I'm a lean mass hyper responder.Could you address this in a video?

[@jslogic2464]

Lifestyle change works. Sustainable formula. Low carb. Zero sugar. I had heart attack 7 years ago. Had 3 stents. Dumped all meds. I am in my 50s now. I do my 1 hour walks with ease. It took me some time to rebuild using resistance training, nutritious food, fasting, meditation etc. give your body a chance to recover 😊

[@dccoletrain]

I appreciate your objectivity as someone that leans towards Carnivore these days.

[@techadsr]

I thought when the increasing profits were mentioned that they would also mention the dropping upper LDL trigger point that has gone from 130, to 100, to 70 and now down to 55 mg/dL over that the las several decades. Where are the studies that back up these reductions? Are they only pharma financial analyses?

[@Dermsurg1]

I have never heard the various KZbin keto docs explaining away the consistent identification of LDL-related genes in Mendelian randomization studies.

[@Julia-xf5ps]

Could you do a video which addresses the effect on drinking alcohol on LDL’s, VLDL’s, HDL, etc.? Does it work like sugars/carbs? Is it just liver inflammation? .. thank you. 😊

[@tfp0052]

"Asked to go on a medication," my ass. My doctor bullied me onto Statins. It made me furious, I fired my doctor, and I canceled ALL of my prescriptions. I fell a week ago, I do that frequently anymore, and injured my right ribcage. It is causing me a fair amount of pain, but I refuse to go to the hospital! No more insurance money for the AMA or any of their stooges!

[@dsa2591]

Please at least go to urgent care and see if you have broken ribs. My friend was stubborn, did not go to get x-rays when he fell, and a cracked rib broke in two and punctured his lung. He almost died.

[@CarolDee61]

There's such a swirl about high cholesterol and statins! I saw my doctor yesterday and she just fully believes I need to bring down my cholesterol… I'm resisting so far, so I did condescend to taking red yeast rice. But then I stopped that too, lol.

[@luciavasile2895]

The answer is "YES"😢😢😢. Sad, but true😢😢😢

[@rickb8763]

So just had bloodwork done and oh I’m sure the doc will want me on statins but I really don’t want to so how’s the best way to go about this? Thanks

[@DCGreenZone]

Borrowed from Dave Feldman video: >>In my case, 68 year old small stroke survivor, here. I have come to the conclusion that food is the biggest culprit. Crisco and and margarine half of my life! Until I learned better! I have since gone keto and take nattokinase which is clearing my carotid arteries per doppler tests. I'm a small person, yes, may be a lmhr also, not sure. Bp is better, no more palpitations with salt regulation. Ya gotta advocate for yourself! 😊 thank you both for this information!-Linda

[@user-pv6fq1um5u]

Has there been any study of the use of statins and the increase in pancreatic cancer? Could there be a correlation ?

[@rezalzmz]

Most medical findings are relative, not absolute. There must be no forcing or coersion with medical intervention.

[@celestesaunders2858]

He came from England and lives and practices in US.

[@alisonbamford6723]

High cholesterol is linked to the amount of inflammation in the body. The higher the inflammation, the higher the cholesterol. So doesn’t it make more sense to lower the inflammation rather than artificially lower the cholesterol! On the Ketogenic angle, I faithfully followed low carb high fat Keto & Zero Carb for over 8 years, but eventually my body became so fat-saturated that not only did my insulin resistance fly into orbit, but the insulin sensitivity was so dull that injected insulin was hardly working. My digestion also threw in the towel & refused to process animal protein any longer regardless of what I tried, so i had no option but to go plant based. My BG stayed high for about a month but I persevered through the transition, & around the end of the month my BG started to drop, my insulin sensitivity returned & I had to radically cut my insulin intake by more than half. The crazy thing is that I now need far less insulin to control my blood sugar, despite all the (natural) carbs. For me, it’s fats that drive my insulin resistance. The more fat I consume, the more insulin I need & the worse my insulin sensitivity. Oh, and I lost some of the extra weight I’d gained on Keto.

[@ketocajun7451]

Cholesterol? Why can we not use the proper terminology such as lipoproteins (VLDL, LDL, IDL, HDL, Chylomicrons), Apo(B,C,E) receptors, Triglycerides, esterified-cholesterol, etc. The Lipid numbers come from the the cholesterol in the lipoproteins (that is why it is listed as LDL-cholesterol). We blame the LDL for doing it's job, as the person kills themselves eating and drinking junk!

[@dsonyay]

Keto Cajun… where in La are you? I’m in Broussard

[@machaontarot5514]

Bullying and fear mongering by doctors needs to stop and shared decision making needs to be required CME for providers.

[@stephaniescofield9433]

I drastically changed my diet, no beef, no pork, no fried or fast food and very low carbs/sugar and my cholesterol is still very high. I went back on a statin. We shall see how my sugar levels do now that I’ve got them down and how my liver enzymes do as well. So many different opinions, it’s hard to know what and who to believe.

[@user-oj6nt9hv8s]

do “ use of totally low net carb” “ meals work as well as “ totally total carb meal plans”??

[@PridelandGamingOffical]

I have 220 - 240 mg/dl for last 10 years and now I saw a doctor and he straight away prescribed statin 😂 he mentioned I am 40 and it’s time to take tablets 😅 crazy. I strongly believe in healthy lifestyle and generally feel good and have no condition. Now I am sure or believe if I take statin it will create new issues in me. Unless I am ill or feel unhealthy I don’t need to fix any number.

[@charleswilson4598]

I stay aware of my cholesterol numbers but I don't obsess over them. I think cholesterol is overrated for most people.

[@desbidgood9382]

Very informative I am 75 on micadis 40 for blood pressure and just been prescribed ezetimibe for cholestral but have not taken them ,my blood pressure is good I am fairly healthy and started eating low carb but have always eaten healthy foods never takeaways

[@lauriej9418]

I was prescribed statins and was on them a month. All of a sudden I developed petickia, bleedind under my skin. We tried a different type of statin and got the same thing. I stopped taking them and all of my problems disappered.

[@michaeltherrien6006]

My expericne is a doc who pushes statin because of age, not real risk factors or consideration of life style and diet. I've heard Dr. Lustig say that "Bad food requires medicne, good food is medicne" and Dr. Casey Means said "Muscle contrations are medicne," I'd like both of those quotes on a t-shirt.