My Twin’s Bypass Saved Me - Malcolm Achtman -

[@alexcarrasquillo1]

Incredibly sad to see how dismissive authoritative health providers can be. I'm glad to see more people becoming their own advocate and doing their best to get healthy.

[@Malcolm-Achtman]

Yes, taking "ownership" is a large component of your health journey.

[@jillengland3277]

Malcom Kendrick … His books taught me quite a lot.

[@Malcolm-Achtman]

I imagine that includes his book entitled, "The Clot Thickens."

[@jillengland3277]

@@Malcolm-Achtman And the “The Great Cholesterol Con” and “Doctoring Data”. I like “The great Cholesterol Con” the best but they are all three very good. I love the dry British sarcasm 😁

[@coffeeli4417]

Excellent presentation! Thank you Dave and Malcoln for the advice of being your own citizen scientist.

[@Malcolm-Achtman]

Thanks for your great comment.

[@luciavasile2895]

Awesome presentation❤

[@Malcolm-Achtman]

Thank you.

[@cosmicHalArizona]

What a remarkable story. My wife did not survive a triple bypass + valve repair.

[@rosebugler]

So sorry for your loss. That must be so hard for you to be learning about these alternate to "mainstream" views.

[@sandraweilbrenner67]

​@@rosebuglerHank you. Had a quack cardiologist

[@NickSpriggs]

Thank you Dave.

[@Malcolm-Achtman]

Yes, Dave deserves lots of thanks for everything he is doing to advance the "science" of lipids.

[@fronniebealer7808]

I really liked the n=1 approach and how he presented it.

[@Malcolm-Achtman]

I think as more people take ownership of their health we'll be hearing many more n=1 success stories.

[@BarbaraRicci777]

Great presentation. Excellent chronological report on the development of heart disease resulting from our standard poor diets and inadequate medical support. Good self reported dated on LMHR and positive effects of low carb diets vs. (Italian) high carb diets on glucose levels. This video shows how important it is to do your own research in order to take control of your own health, rather than following the standard medical and dietary advice given to us over the years.

[@Malcolm-Achtman]

Thanks, Barbara for checking out the video. Glad you liked it.

[@waynetrenton2310]

If you are willing to pay out of your pocket, you can order your own blood test on line, it’s not necessary to beg or ask permission from your doctor or insurance carrier to order the blood tests YOU want. I have used life extension for my blood test many years, works out perfectly.

[@mlaroche2009]

in Canada, even if you are willing to pay, you need a doctor's note. I have been refused an extensive test because "if you do 25 tests without symptoms, you will get a false positive and obsess over it" so not everyone can order it. I don't agree with that statement, if something comes up I might just order a 2nd test at this point to double check. I was also refused a lipid panel because my blood pressure was normal according to my doctor, while BP charts from health Canada and other heallth agencies placed me as pre-hypertensive. I did go low carb after this and BP went down but I still never got blood tests done

[@vivianhvenegaard1641]

Thank you for all your good work💝 After more than 20 years low fat/calorie diet I had 2 stents in 2014 and 2015. In 2017 4xbypass and one more stent a year later. In 2020 a bloot clot in the heart and in all the years a lot of medicin… I’m 71 years old, and today I,m one year carnivore🐃🥩. I take no more medicine. My diabetes is “gone”, BP like a young girl, my head is clear, my energy up, so many things have improved and I have the same weight, as when I was 20 years old. Praise God🙏🏻❤️.

[@Malcolm-Achtman]

If I did a blood test requisition via Life Extension (or similar company) I would still need to get a blood draw from a lab (in may case it would be in Calgary) and I don't think they would do it unless they had a formal request from my doctor.

[@Malcolm-Achtman]

@@vivianhvenegaard1641 Congratulations on your Carnivore journey of success.

[@waynetrenton2310]

@@Malcolm-Achtman in the United States, using life extension as an example, they have a contract with Lab Corp, you order the blood or urine test, the cost includes the blood draw at any Lab Corp facility.

[@yoso585]

Good one!

[@Malcolm-Achtman]

Thanks!

[@DCGreenZone]

Serrapeptase blocks/inhibits several different vascular inflammation parameters and possibly reduces CAC and plaque.

[@Malcolm-Achtman]

I bought Serrapeptase way back in 2010 but for some reason I felt unsure about using it, so I returned the product to the vitamin store. I think I was nervous (rightly or wrongly) about it thinning my blood. Maybe it would have worked. I'll never know.

[@DCGreenZone]

@@Malcolm-Achtman Find one of the largest online vendors, read the comments, observe the miracles.

[@ellocodos]

Good idea to get a CTA done regularly to assess soft plaque if your LDL is Very high. If you eat like that you need to exercise a lot!

[@Malcolm-Achtman]

Interestingly, I did get a CTA (64-Slice Coronary CT Angiogram) about 1 month after giving this talk in Las Vegas. I was experiencing some mild angina in April and went to the hospital. They called it an NSTEMI (or mild heart attack). Four doctors (cardiologists) I encountered at the hospital said the reason I'm there is due to my high cholesterol and LDL. I tried to explain the LMHR concept to them but they weren't interested in that. They said they follow the science. Well, I follow the science too - Dave Feldman's science. Anyway, the new CTA revealed that all my bypasses done in 2016 (mentioned in this talk) were patent, which means clear or unobstructed. They concluded that my "heart attack" may have been from a small clot or blockage in a old, bypassed artery from 2016. Looking back, I feel my minor problem may have been precipitated by stress. I worked hard to prepare, practice and deliver my CoSci talk in the months leading up to this event and I believe that accompanying stress may have been the cause. It's been over 6 months since my "event" and I've had no more heart symptoms. I am taking a low-dose beta-blocker each day and a baby aspirin 2X per week. As far as exercise goes, I'm doing the same sort of things I did before. It's not "a lot" of exercise, but it's consistent. I walk 30 - 40 minutes most days of the week and I do a resistance exercise workout at home twice a week, plus golfing (9 holes) once a week (walking the course).

[@diablominero]

I've heard of people taking low-dose oral estradiol to lower Lp(a) values. If you're running out of levers to pull and it's not doing enough for your heart health, that is an option to consider.

[@lindabirmingham603]

Why? Lp (a) doesn't cause heart disease, it is doing its' job cleaning up damage and doesn't need to be managed. An injured firefighter didn't cause the fire. See lectures by Dr Paul Mason, Dr Malcolm Kendrick, and Dr David Diamond for more information. The causes of heart disease are factors that damage the lining of the arteries, causing layers of blood clots to form. Arterial plaque is composed of layers of blood clots. The clots become pale, fibrous, and calcified over time. I saw this while doing autopsies and is how I described it in the reports.

[@Youtubedisco]

I wonder if that's why my lipoprotein-a is very low. I've been on hormone replaced therapy for over a decade

[@diablominero]

@@KZbindisco you could've just won the genetic lottery, but its of course possible that the hormones are helping.

[@チェリーブラッサム-z9q]

No treadmill. Walk outside with the sun. Circadian Biology

[@Malcolm-Achtman]

Good advice. Mind you, when it's 30 below in Calgary (in winter) and I'm bundled up in my parka and wearing a scarf over my face, with just my eyes exposed, I'm not exactly going to be getting much sun exposure.

[@scoobtoober2975]

@@Malcolm-Achtman Then you need to ice your body, shirt off in the snow. Bare foot if it's not 10 below. Go little by little. Get cold when the sun goes away. When it's there shirt and shoes off. I think it helps a bunch. My swollen belly fat fell away. Be well. Great story. I'll help me stay motivated.

[@Malcolm-Achtman]

@@scoobtoober2975 Ha, Ha! I don't even take cold showers.

[@vickimartin7601]

😃

[@dalialovesdoggies4361]

9:56 9:57 😂 fasting GLUCOSE. NOT FASTIN INSULIN😅

[@Malcolm-Achtman]

Could you please expand on what you are saying regarding this comment? Thanks.

[@dalialovesdoggies4361]

PLEASE NOTE:.PLEASE ensure that the readers understand the difference between FASTING GLUCISE and FASTIN INSULIN. In Canada,: Fasting glucose: 4-7 Fasting insulin( very important) are totally different numbers. When yiu speak...you use the two INTERCHANGABLY which may be very confusing to the listener

[@Malcolm-Achtman]

I felt the demo I did starting at 9:00 in this video very clearly differentiated between fasting glucose and fasting insulin. And when using U.S. units, as I did, it's clear that the numbers are totally different. The glucose values were in the 90 - 94 mg/dL range and the insulin values, which are shown in units of uIU/mL, are numerically much lower, as the chart shows. So I'm definitely not using the numbers interchangeably. Quite the opposite, in fact. As you mentioned, in Canada, we might see glucose values of 4 - 7, but those values would be in mmol/L. The other thing that is different in Canada is that insulin is typically shown in units of pmol/L rather than uIU/mL.

[@prmaulden]

@@Malcolm-Achtman Mr Achtman is correct. His presentation is perfectly clear on this distiction.

[@Malcolm-Achtman]

@@prmaulden Thanks for your supportive comment.

[@uchdrydishere3717]

High carbs raise LDL, so he’s right about that part. But he never shows evidence for his refusal to take statins.