Dr. Paul Mason - 'High cholesterol on a ketogenic diet (plus do statins work?) - 2019 update'

Dr Paul Mason obtained his medical degree with honours from the University of Sydney, and also holds degrees in Physiotherapy and Occupational Health. He is a Specialist Sports Medicine and Exercise Physician.
Dr Mason developed an interest in low carbohydrate diets in 2011. Since then he has spent hundreds of hours reading and analysing the scientific literature.
For a number of years, Dr. Mason has been applying this knowledge in treating metabolic and arthritis patients who have achieved dramatic and sustained weight loss and reductions in joint pain.

[@elisafrye2115]

I love the clear straightforward observations by this gifted, caring physician! ( And his dry sense of humor is an added benefit! 😋👍) My PCP thinks that despite my sky high HDL and my almost nonexistent Trigs I should be on a statin because my LDL is elevated. I told him NOT A CHANCE! (My Keto WOE coupled with 16:8 IF keeps me percolating energetically with my 88th birthday. arriving. in three weeks.. 🥳 )

[@ZacksRockingLifestyle]

Sounds like you’ll have hit 90 by now or very soon. Happy 90th!

[@debsievert4766]

Wow! Good for you! You’re an inspiration!

[@lorettadillon-ham1574]

Paul Mason is one of my favourite presenters. Intelligent, well researched and makes a huge effort towards education for all of us. Thank you Dr Mason.

[@dragos-andreidascalu4566]

100%

[@rachelbrewer9578]

Finally, a doctor that believes in reality and makes sense

[@doctorj7112]

It's very strange, when I go on a Keto diet, my weight goes down, energy goes up and I NEVER crash! However, when I follow the doctors orders (low fat higher "healthy" carbs) I feel horrible, tired all the time and I can't stay lean for ANYTHING! It's crazy that people don't accept the fact that you must do what makes you FEEL optimized. I don't even eat fruit anymore!

[@kindnesstoall]

I agree with you on that!!

[@Nocomment1]

Same here, I thought fresh homemade low fat moderate carbs diet will help with weight loss. I was actually still gaining and stalling, lethargic, mental fog. On keto, no crazy cravings or hunger, lost 15 lb in the first 2.5 weeks, no lethargy and mental clarity.

[@tronguc9583]

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[@bogusmcbogus2637]

I have been on an extremely strict form of keto for over a year because of epilepsy. I eat fewer than 10 net carbs per day and between 200 and 300 grams of fat a day. I lost 15 lbs without doing any exercise. I still have seizures but they are way more spaced apart (10 days, sometimes several weeks) whereas before I was having them almost every day. The diet works but it is extremely hard to follow because carbohydrates are readily available everywhere. My cholesterol has not changed at all on this diet.

[@gordvargic8907]

Doctors are one minded. Big Pharma!!

[@axeman6560]

I had a widow maker, two stent later, now on a keto diet. Three months have lost 17 kilos of weight. Back to gym, surfing and on the bicycle. No sugar , about twenty grams of carbohydrate a day. I've never felt better.intermittent fasting 18/6 . My cardiologist was horrified at what my diet is now. Works for me.

[@YouTuber-ep5xx]

Me too, Axe. MI last Sept at 56, got to ER within 5 minutes, helicopter ride, two stents, went strict keto on 3/7/19, doing OMAD last 2 months, down 40 lbs from 225 to 185, heading for 170. Intensely motivated, to say the least. Just hoping I made the dietary transform in time, cuz my CACS score that I got 2 months ago (for baseline purposes) is bad. It seems that, if Paul Mason and others are right that grains/carbs/sugars rather than saturated fats drive atherosclerosis, then perhaps keto lifestyle can halt the progression of this progressive disease. It would seem that keto hits at the root cause - glycation/oxidation of LDL leading to atherosclerosis, whereas statins screw with one's liver and who knows what all else to buy the user a few extra days of life on average. I do not doubt the Paul Masons, it all make perfect convincing sense to me. The cardiologists at Mayo do not like to hear this. Meanwhile, A1C down to 5, trigs way down, HDL up, but total chol and LDL up sharply. Disconcerting, high stakes. Quite the personal saga. Best to you. And my thanks to a good man, Dr. Mason.

[@rhondae8222]

Axeman, That's Great! Stay healthy, and keep up the good work.☺️

[@benfmd]

Axeman Why did you get a stent? Were you symptomatic?

[@thefisherking78]

@@KZbinr-ep5xx Same results here via LCHF and intermittent fasting, OMAD most days. Reversed prediabetes, glucose and A1C down, trigs down 70%, HDL up, LDL basically flat. Just turned 41 and approaching a weight I last saw in college, and a waist size I saw in high school, while lifting heavier than ever.

[@TB1M1]

Ketogenic diets increase bad cholesterol. They end up promoting heart disease in the long term, though at a slower rate than typical american diet. If you have had stents or heart problems be careful. Look up all the deaths from ketogenic runners in the pritikin book!!

[@rhondae8222]

Dr Paul Mason, You are a very wise physician. Your presentation was excellent. Your break down of LDL and how it affects the human body was very clear and easy to to comprehend. Please continue your medical teachings, Sir, to help people become healthy. Thank you and God bless you, in Jesus' name.☺️

[@artblackwood7936]

Paul Mason, always clear and concise. Too bad so many cholesterol "experts" are living in a little box on the corner the statin manufacturers desk.

[@balexandras]

Devasting ...

[@CelineNoyce]

Almost every presentation by Dr. Mason makes me smarter. I am just so grateful that I changed my diet in 2000 when Atkins came out. At that time I merely changed it to "low carb" but I feel that years of knowledge about carbs made it so I don't have a quarter of the health conditions most people around me do.

[@laurenelizabeth8823]

Excellent on your diet, but the Atkins diet was developed in the 1960s. His first low-carbohydrate diet book was published in 1972.

[@ktcarl]

@@laurenelizabeth8823 Maybe 2000 is when Michelle was introduced to Atkins?

[@bluedog7321]

I was given Atorvastatin 20 mg following a mild stroke 27 months ago. After watching a video in Nov 2018, on the side effects of statins, (12 listed, of which I appeared to have about half to some degree), I stopped taking the drug. I was to find out that I was suffering an unlisted and severe side effect. For over a year, I was having daily and worsening choking episodes whenever I drank or ate and did not concentrate on the swallowing process. I was totally at a loss to the cause so put it down to "getting old", (68 yo)!! Upon ceasing the statins, on 1st Dec 18, the choking stopped on the third day and I have not choked once since. The statins were paralysing or desensitising my epiglottis, which I can now feel reacting to a potential choking situation. In addition, a week after stopping statins I was able to stop wearing knee braces and putting Dencorub on my elbows to help alleviate arthritic type pain. I might add that I am T2D and changed to a LCHF diet in Dec 18. Lost weight, blood sugar good, (no longer taking Metformin) and bp lower!

[@balexandras]

must get these damn serious side effects of statins out there/here. Wonderful come-back story y'a old 68yo!! Betcha' you're sharing it with all those that will listen too. (73yo here and changed eating pattern 4 months ago--better late than never)... "old-age" not looking so daunting, after all.

[@Momaters]

my mother is on statin (rosuvastatin) and she has very frequent choking episodes too! Everytime she eats basically this will happen. We don't know what caused it and her doctor doesn't know what caused it either. I wish i can ask her to stop taking it even for a while, but she is very stubborn and only listens to her doctor and her doctor insists that she must take statins (she had stroke before). She also has debiliatating knee pain that severely limits her mobility.

[@futuregenerationz]

Thank you so much Bluedog for posting about this choking side effect. I've had the exact same experience and had no idea what was happening. At a party it was embarrassing. I had to run and hide so I could let the food and water come out of my mouth while I wondered what kind of episode I was having. I'm 9 years younger, have been on keto since my heart attack May 2018 and the VA still has me on 80mg Atorvastatin Calcium. It's hard going against what YOUR doctor is telling you to do. Thanks to you and all I've read and seen, I'm finished with it.

[@monicacollins8289]

I love your story! I'm going to share it with my doctor, who is trying to scare/bully me into taking statins. I lost 65 lbs this last year, labs look great, but he's hung up on my raised lipid panel on keto. Told him that his fear is based on outdated information. I hope to open his closed mind.

[@arizonasgotheat]

I had a TIA and was told to take a statin. My "event" was caused by a spike in my blood sugar (according to the neurologist I saw later) which in turn caused my blood pressure to go up very high. No, I do not have hypertension. Common sense told me to get my butt back on the keto diet. Blood sugar is good and bp is normal.

[@joemcmillan2089]

Very good lecture. I'm one that cannot tolerate statins - my doctor tried to convince me that the pain was worth the gain or the gain was worth the pain. NOT for me. The side effects of statins and many other of the pharma money makers are SCARIER than death. I'll live the rest of my life as a low carb/keto person.

[@randomfullywonderful]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! The makers of *CRESTOR* are not happy to hear that! 😠

[@teralee4987]

As someone not in the medical or scientific community, I find Dr Paul Mason makes all this information so much more accessible and understandable than anyone else I've listened to on these subjects! He's a fantastic presenter!

[@saved3671]

I'm on carnivor diet for about two months. Had blood test done. All is perfect except my "bad cholesterol " my doctor called me saying I should take medication for it ,because in a long term it will be dangerous. I said no. I told him about my diet , and what he said , my diet even if I go back to low fat vegan wont change cholesterol. I laughed. I said I'm not taking no medications. I feel brilliant

[@BetterMe981]

You ARE brilliant!

[@mrofnocnon]

the carnivore diet can put LDL up a little, but what is not common knowledge is that the increase is in the large fluffy LDL particles, not the harmful small particles.

[@lenguyenngoc479]

okay, We need an update. How are u now?

[@Madamegato]

Most succinct and best illustration to understanding LDL (and statins) that I've seen yet. Thank you for such clear information!

[@bibibachmd9995]

Excellent presentation. Dr. Mason is one of the very best!!

[@mrst7995]

Thank you Dr Mason. This is the most comprehensive explanation I have ever heard on cholesterol. I'm glad to have learned this. It is a simple base on which to have further discussions with interested people. Also glad to understand the actual effect of statins. I had understood about LDL & HDL being a transport mode and you make it very clear.

[@danielledelorme2537]

Loud and clear... you are such a good orator ....merci

[@kevinstephan8507]

Thank you, Dr.Mason! This was the most lucid and helpful discussion of LDL particle size and LDL damage and linkage to atherosclerosis I’ve heard! Completely reverses what I thought I knew (and have been teaching my patients) about the lipid-heart hypothesis (May it R.I.P.)!

[@melisasv]

I was on statins for 4 years, in my 50s. I started them when my Cholesterol went up from 140 to 190 in menopause. I started to suffer from extreme muscle pain, back pain, weak ankles, fuzzy brain etc. I had NO idea it was the statins and my Dr said it was from growing older. A neighbor told me he had become weak and had muscle weakness and could hardly walk. Finally was diagnosed with statin neuropathy from Mayo Clinic .He suffered permanent damage to his muscles. I stopped Statins after falling and breaking my wrist and spraining my ankle. My ankle just gave way while walking down some stairs . My dr still insists this was “aging”. I have Cholesterol in the 390s now, do not take statins. No muscle pain, weakness, problems. NO back pain, I can again do my own housework, I cross country ski, bike, hike. Just got back from overseas and walked 5-8 miles a day, no foot pain. I eat LCHF, only occasional grains and sometimes potatoes. I am 5’5 and weigh 122lbs. I fought for YEARS to maintain a 134lb weight with exercise and low fat diets and had a fat belly around the middle which was just “normal “ aging . Recently I was talked into statins again, took them for a week and could hardly roll out of bed in the morning! So, no more statins. My ratios are bad. I’m a bit scared, but I feel good, strong and healthy.

[@MsAnchovey]

Your doctors are hurting you with their ignorance. You know better now.

[@emustaro]

Meli, if you start listening to everything by Ivor Cummins of The Fat Emperor, you'll get better educated than your average run of the mill doctor who really knows very little except to prescribe drugs - they are legal drug pushers- and learn that post menopausal women with higher cholesterol have, statistically, far lower rate of all cause mortality. Hopefully you've learned to do your own research and that "twice on Statins, is not nice", at all.

[@ellanola6284]

Do try intermittent fasting. Best Wishes. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJnQpaJ3jruFidE

[@debbietaylor20]

I'm the same . Been doing keto and cholesterol higher than ever. I expected this but not tryglicerades going up or HDL going down although just in range . My total is 374 and I have statins but too scared to take them because of the side effects ,I'm so confused. I lost weight quickly on keto although didn't need to . I exercise five times a week high intensity. I'm 57 . Heart disease is in my family but they all smoked. Diets were poor and my mum had COPD from smoking . I've never smoked and even cut down on alcohol .

[@Chokl8tye2]

@@debbietaylor20 …. kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2OVhYWgjbuXidU

[@gayan1991]

At present, most doctors are working according to instructions, especially in developing nations. This is a good video to watch and understand what is actually happening in our body. Thanks!

[@kayeszymanski6945]

Thank you, Dr. Paul Mason!!! Love your videos!! They’re awesome 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@LightWeightsBebe]

Legend! Thank you! My gp called me after my bloods returned freaking out my ldl and cholesterol was high. Funny thing is I am leaner and healthier now that my ldl is higher than 2-4 years back when I was overweight, lethargic and on a low fat med carb diet.

[@maverickons]

i can vouch for the keto diet to all who have health issues.. I had bp as high as 190/115 which had started impacting my heart... Doc here in india started me off on Cilindipine (ca channel blocker ) & nebivolvol (beta blocker) ... That brought bp down to 130/90 but within few days it spiked to where it was... So i was being advised higher doses of drugs..... Now i m not the sort of person who is for taking life long meds... I totally changed my life style n reduced salts n meats n followed Robert Morse's protocol (heavy fruits) for a year... But bp was still hovering borderline @ 140/100 n tended to shoot up at smallest pretext... Finally went keto this june & lo behold , within 5 days my bp dropped to 115-110/ 80-75 & has stayed there ever since ..... gosh , this has been the best thing i did... Bless docs like eric berg, jason fung & jagannath dixit......

[@mariuscopil9456]

maverickons fruit diet almost Killed me F..k Morse 😀 now i enjoy meat❤️ Take care

[@debbietaylor20]

I'm scared cos on keto my total cholesterol has skyrocketed and LDL gone up. I expected this but why has my tryglicerades gone up and HDL gone down although still just in range ?

[@lenguyenngoc479]

okay, We need an update. How are u now?

[@christinelethlean3591]

I cannot thank you enough for the breakdown in this vital information. I have been recently given a high LDL reading and I’m exploring how I can better understand my risk (or not) and avoid being prescribed a statin if possible.

[@dorsetboronia4551]

Check out Ivor Cummins, Cardiovascular Arterial Calcium Score. “know your score”. Also Dr Nadir Ali, Cardiologist

[@donbrown7694]

Amazing!! Thanks for clarifying! I also noticed much higher LDL on my Ketogenic diet and of course my doctor wanted me to take statins...

[@mikemccartneyable]

That was simply amazing information.

[@davidshauck6952]

Every time I listen to one of these lectures, I can’t help but think my dad would still be alive if we had know about Leto benefits years ago.

[@timjones5631]

My dad is alive but he won’t listen or change what he eats. What can I do to make him listen and stop being stubborn

[@chuckvee6408]

This presentation is the best yet of information regarding LDL levels, LDL particle size, and effects of statins. Thank you!

[@bmcondon]

So good to see more talk on the glycocalyx. If we all just looked after our arterial shields and our insulin sensitivity, we'd be free from these modern diseases. Thanks Dr Mason

[@phillipharding6610]

Great talk ! Spread the word and save lives !

[@giannimorselli2900]

I have a similar issue with the health insurance lately. I'm 56, quite fit, exercise regularly 3 to 4 times a week, non-smoker, and eating healthy (no sugar, low carbs). Basically no one believes my age. Comes the tests for a new health insurance, excellent on all points, however my cholesterol level is high, and the insurance is pointing out this issue like I'm having cancer... Go figure. How to go about it? Why the insurance industry does not adjust to the fact that cholesterol is not the culprit?

[@sandyfaithbringer6072]

Another brilliant video jam packed with facts. Eye opening!

[@caroldent9819]

What a great video! I now feel I have a basic understanding of LDL and why particle number , not just LDL-C, is important.

[@lubasulpovar5081]

Thanks Dr Mason for exceptionally valuable informative videos 🤗. You're the only one who understand all mechanism of lipid profile.

[@thegram9207]

"Start on his wine cellar pretty soon" I love aussi humor. Once a friend and I crawled into a bar through a first floor window and landed on a table with some aussies. We talked and it came out we were dentists students-- comment from these aussie young men : " ok ,where do the doctors come in?" (said with a thick dialect from down under) BTW lots of respect for this Dr Paul Mason. Wish he was my doc. He was meant to be a physician . Open an online practice with docs like you,please.This is absolutely possible today. It will do good and be a thundering success .Patients go to their local/national docs/labs and get tests on your recommendations and send the results to you/ your colleagues . You give a preventive or medical treatment. Local docs with prescription right prescribe medicine ( you probably can't do that in foreign countries,right?) or we need an international right to prescribe .

[@f.k.6151]

Fantastic presentation, thank you.

[@amjedabdeljelil9038]

Genius Sir, We appreciate you and appreciate all the good Doctors who stand strong on the Oath they took, that patients before Profits. Thank you Sir, humanity loves you.. The day i visit Australia, I'm going to look for you to shake your hand and tell you thank you.

[@healthyketo4479]

Amazing video very fascinating kind of difficult to understand for regular guy like me but I'm learning a lot lately, again thank you very much for this info and I'm looking forward for next videos.

[@balexandras]

kzbin.info Paul Mason to access Dr's videos.

[@vickypoulimenou-tesdorpf2746]

Excellent presentation ! Such a rare thing to find !! Easy to follow and comprehend. Uses simple language

[@omadoutlaw4868]

this is fun,one comment next to the other and they say just the opposite 🤠

[@JaySampatDiabetes]

I thoroughly enjoy this video. My lab work is identical to the patient in the video was put on statins. Against the orders of my doctor I had to come off them because of extreme muscle pain. So am looking for a qualified doctor who understands this new view..

[@loveshakconni]

Me too!

[@victordasilva5255]

great presentation

[@Angel_Dinev]

This video is probably the Greatest explanation of the LDL-related theory and its role in metabolism. Should be mandatory for medical students! Respect and many Thanks to Dr. Mason for such clear and understandable explanation! Keep the great work! 👍🙏

[@gordonc8335]

This Dr is especially brilliant. As much as he may have ques to read from, you can tell by his confidence that heis himself well researched

[@magicf7076]

Very good presentation

[@carene226]

I had a TIA at age 55. My neurologist put me on Aspirin for the TIA and Artovastatin for my high LDL. The aspirin gave me gastritis and the statin gave me muscle pain. My serum creatinine kinase went up indicating muscle damage. I decided to stop both and go on LCHF as I was pre-diabetic. Now at age 75 my blood sugar normal, feeling good and not a single TIA since the first one 20 years ago. My LDL still high but my TG and HDL both goood. Who needs statins ?

[@mrofnocnon]

you don't, we need cholesterol even more past age 65.

[@tienle-oi4pz]

Can anyone get data from the insurance company on all the rejection of people who have high LDL and find out if they are still alive and well

[@IonTrone]

another informative presentation, well done!

[@monicabroniecki7624]

What valuable information! Once again, an excellent presentation. Great motivation to keep on with low carb diet. THANK YOU! 🤓

[@UntakenNick]

I've recently been banned from donating blood because my cholesterol is 390 despite having perfect ratios.. Trigs 51 and HDL 95. Haven't been sick in four years at least, blood pressure 110/70, BMI of 19. I know I should just say _"Screw them.."_ but I can't help being infuriated, I could have more triglycerides than HDL and still be healthy to these people as long as my total cholesterol is 200..

[@zambrocca]

Yeah, really absurd

[@TB1M1]

That's a poor TC/HDL ratio. It needs to be < 3.5 , so long is it is above 3 it shows your body can't get rid of enough cholesterol.

[@UntakenNick]

@@TB1M1 What do you mean? It's 0.54..

[@TB1M1]

@@UntakenNick 390/95 = 4 . It's not a bad ratio but it could be improved. TC/HDL is a measure of how good your liver is at getting rid of cholesterol. For example if you have a value of 8 then you will have severe heart disease regardless of the fact HDL Is high.

[@emustaro]

@@UntakenNick YES! You are correct. TB1M1 has got it backwards.

[@nancyhoskins197]

Hello Dr. Mason, I thank God for you, making mention of you in my prayers this morning! Your thorough research, knowledge and wisdom is greatly applauded and appreciated! Corporate pharma will have to do what's right eventually because no one will be prescribing their junk science medications! I am two weeks post emergent atrial fibrulation, cath, and quad bypass. Surgical team has Rx of multiple drugs which I now must take, "to heal and recover". Then new batch, forever forward! While in the initial post op recovery, I will seek other physicians in Florida, USA, that can care for and direct me in the future. Even the major health institutions such as Mayo, Johns Hopkins, Cincinnati Clinic, AMA have conflicting information. What's a girl to do? Suggestions? Guidelines for a search? Thank you, Sir, and God bless your endeavors!

[@hellie_el]

What can one say but thank you Dr. Mason.

[@GL-vl6kz]

Hi Dr Mason. Do you follow a keto diet yourself or if not what do you do, and do you fast ? Thanks.

[@toenineUTUBE]

Thank you! Now if my doctors would care enough to watch and assimilate this information.

[@tomislavnikolic5778]

Watching this it occurred to me that since I've been on keto (about ~2 months now) I've had less heart palpitations. Didn't think about it till now, since I mostly focused on more known benefits of keto like more energy, no bloating, weight loss, which I do experience.

[@jeagr209]

So for people with Heterozygous FH, what do we do to get rid of malformed apoB lipids? I mean, if statins won't get rid of them, and they are just floating around forever, what is the treatment?

[@curtisgore1611]

Thank you for your important work

[@TheSuperHarrygeorge]

What a brain this Dr has. Incredible font of knowledge.

[@MikeLisanke]

Great video!

[@codewalters]

Thanks for sharing this video

[@lahmeSchnecke]

Wow, great info. I wish everyone would know this

[@ANIKOLATRONIK]

Thank you Paul Mason.

[@libo6322]

Great video..thank you

[@feliceme42]

Brilliant - Thank You 💕

[@banjobandasan3725]

love how you presented it Doc! high time doctors re consider what they are doing...

[@joanbromberek2817]

Fantastic video. Wish you were my Dr

[@1Ma9iN8tive]

Superbly informative presentation. I’m a māori New Zealander Paul - living in Wellington - how do I get a consultation with you?

[@scottw2317]

here is the website he mentioned. www.lowcarbdoctors.com.au , there are some LCHF doctors in NZ, 3 in Auckland here lowcarbdownunder.com.au/resources/lchf-practitioners/

[@taeesthetician1089]

My triglycerides level has gone down from 116mg/dL to 64mg/dL and HDL , LDL went up...worry about it and found this post. Maybe I am healthier.

[@benfmd]

What is the better measure of LDL particle number? LDL-P as measured by NMR, or APO B? Also, in most cases I am under the impression that high LDL-P or APO B is correlated with high LDL-C. Hence the focus on lowering LDL. Bottom line, do you worry about a patient with high LDL-P or high APO B if they are on a ketogenic diet? As I understand your argument, if you have a low Hgb A1c then even a high LDL-P or high APO B is not dangerous. Is this correct? Finally, is it high glucose or hyperinsulinemia that is responsible for damage to the glycocalyx and endothelium? Is there an A1c level that lets you be comfortable with a patient with high LDL-P or high APO B? Thanks

[@cyndhar4841]

These are my questions also!

[@DrCateShanahan]

Who would give this a thumbs down?

[@bloodhoundtown]

MUUaaAA french champagne has always been celebrated for its excellence.... Paul Mason makes a good wine!

[@Guldtyr]

Can you post a link to the studies used in this presentation? Thanks :-)

[@wandayonder9772]

On the fraudulently low statin "intolerance" numbers that are often quoted, they include only people who stopped taking it. My mother had shocking pain in her knees and severe muscle pain and muscle wasting in her legs caused by Crestor. When she begged her doctor to let her try dietary changes to get off Crestor, she shrieked "You could DIE if you stop taking it!". She continued taking it despite the physical damage it caused her and the pain and big life restrictions it caused. She would not appear on the list of those who couldn't tolerate statins because she was bullied into continuing to take it.

[@ogorek4205]

VERY COOL thank you DR. Paul Mason ;)

[@loslobos9461]

Lipitor and Crestor kicked my a$$. I’m low carb/no sugar and my numbers are greatly improving.

[@sahdev520]

In young women given copper at 2 mg/day for 8 weeks, ceruloplasmin and diamine oxidase increased, and no effect was seen in erythrocyte Cu/Zn-SOD. F2α-isoprostanes, a marker of oxidative stress, decreased by 39% while a marker for collagen crosslinks increased 62%.

[@watcherworld5873]

I am rewatching this video since my latest lipid panel showed LDL > 250. I think I will do alright. Maybe one day I will have a doctor as good as Dr. Paul Mason.

[@highspeeddream3980]

Do you take statins medication?

[@alexniklaus6216]

very informative

[@DARKLYLIT]

Very inspired by your information Dr. Mason. However, the U.S conversions you show in the video are incorrect. They should read as follows: 158.4 mg/dL, 16.2 mg/dL, 30.59 mg/dL, 120.6 mg/dL.

[@ketogenicdoctorjeff8461]

Good video.

[@annalexander6042]

A understand you am not frightened thank you dr

[@ignaciobustos9468]

Hey! Thanks for the video. Where can I find evidence of this research? I need to prove my physiopathology teacher that this is how it works.

[@lenguyenngoc479]

found them yet? funny right? Low carbers rarely cited their source and have links to references I know why, because when checked, most of their studies are funded by meat, egg, dairy industries 🚶‍♂️

[@shvonned.burkemsncrnpagpcn619]

Dr. Mason’s lectures are so well presented and he is easy to understand but the data is still so confusing, from all of the different docs/researchers out there. At least I can say thatthey agree on one thing, NO PROCESSED FOODS. Albeit the fruit debate is still out to the jury. Ugh. I’m glad others like to perform the research because I’ll just stick to reading and listening to it :)

[@kindnesstoall]

Been doing keto for almost 2 yrs. LCHF 20g carbs..was concerned waiting for blood lab work. Had CT Heart scan.. Score 0 Choles: 324 Trigly: 117 HDL: 96 VLDL: 23 LDL: 205 Dr had wanted to put me on statins but kept pulling NO. I'm OK with these #s but concerned need to being down. Going to do Low carbs....and lessen the high fat intake. Fingers crossed.

[@jhonnydavidyovera2021]

how are you doing now?

[@BaresarkSlayne]

Is this a re-upload? I have seen that picture on other presentations.

[@andreafalconiero9089]

He gave a similar presentation a couple of years ago, which used some of the same slides (or similar ones). This is a new version of the same talk with some updated information.

[@mertonhirsch4734]

awesome

[@andrewbrame4732]

I was wondering about the entire premise of your presentation, great job by the way, if sugar turns healthy ldl into bad ldl then isn’t high levels of ldl still bad? If i’m on a keto diet my body os breaking the fat down into sugar so wouldn’t that sugar harm the healthy ldl? If what i’m saying is true, then is high ldl levels still benign considering I’m on a keto diet?

[@larghedoggo9607]

1st question High cholesterol with high carbs(sugar) is definitely harmful. High carb diet is also harmful when you have normal cholesterol. 2nd question, high fat diet does not make those fatty acids all convert to glucose, when you have this for long and even with intermittent fasting, your body would produce/use ketone bodies much more than glucose. Higher LDL on keto diet is quite common. But as you know, not all LDL are good There are glycated LDL/ oxidized LDL too To evaluate this, you can check 1.TG/HDL ratio,

[@focusaddiction3460]

Thank god for the internet. It's a sad world when you can't trust your doctors... At least we have those great doctors doing a public service for us on the internet!

[@elagabriel-bunn9528]

I wish I could the answer to my question..PLEASE! I am not for of statins and understand all the mechanism related you presented. But my question refers to breast cancer, I was diagnosed 2 yrs ago and am on hormone therapy since. This also elevates cholesterol. But I come across of few studies showing that taking statins lipopholic decrease risk of mortality and recurrence of breast cancer. As my total cholesterol is presently high -9, hdl-2.3, tri-0.6 (Im on keto since 8 months) I am considering starting statins. Your opinion on statins use for non-cardiovascular reasons! Please

[@tangchiprathomo819]

Dr Berg, Dr Fung, Dr Mason, Dr Pelz, Thomas DeLauer, Dr Hyman and Dr Berry.

[@BGTIvan1]

And Dr. Boz

[@mazza_razzza]

@@BGTIvan1 : And her hubby!

[@dorsetboronia4551]

What about Ivor Cummins CAC Scan, Dr Nadir Ali. Such good men

[@drott150]

Berg is a chiropractor.

[@johannes6760]

Will a safe carbohydrate daily intake amount ever be a measurable unit??? It's coming to a point within nutrition where it's becoming a belief that ANY amount of carbs at all are BAD, which I will actually be okay with anyway. ...

[@ajcastellon5903]

It's dependent on the person things like insulin sensitivity/resistance, your body type etc not all carbs are bad just remember vegetables have carbs as well it's about finding your personal threshold that will allow you to hit your personal goals be it low carb or keto diet methods and rate of weight loss desired

[@contrarian717]

When your BS spikes too high from even good carbs, your perspective change

[@nicolekellington208]

I learned from a naturopathic doctor seminar that people that consume too much calcium and not enough vitamin k end up not channelling the calcium into the right locations and this doctor said this calcium build up in the wrong place can end up in arteries...its due to less grass fed animals and less greens or lack of...which many of us are id think for sure not getting enough greens and usually more dairy so I'm guessing a lot of heart issues can also be brought on by this issue as apposed to cholesterol build up...something to also focus on!!been keto 2 years first six to eight months cholesterol went down now I'm carb cycling healthy carbs and it's gone up...I have two months to get it lower or doc is gojng to push me on statin...I'm not gojng to...I'm almost off Ramopril for high blood pressure and it's even dipping low now....on two years on keto!Lost 120 less Apnea outcomes almost off Ramopril and can go almost five days fasting after id been unable to go two to four hours only without eating id feel so very sick...even on vegetarian and what I thought was a super healthy mass veggie n fruit diet!!Had to share my story....thank you for your video

[@diogenes1815]

What about other causes of oxidative stress like smoking, pollution, insomnia etc. Is glycation the only cause of LDL damage?

[@KingdomUploader]

been on keto for a year, lost 60 lbs and dropped anti depressant and one of two blood pressure pills. since i have arrhythmia, i kept taking the beta blocker. I wanted to get of the atorvistatin so the doc tried me off that drug for 6 weeks and then my "numbers' went way up, he said and then he had me start back taking the statin drug again. I really want to stop taking that pill; can I? thanks

[@MsAnchovey]

YES!! That is what this whole video is about. Get on a Keto or carnivore diet and get off statins asap

[@BetterMe981]

@@MsAnchovey Hey! That's my last name, too ;-) Are you an Arizona Kleinman?? ;-)

[@h.o.j2375]

Absolutely brilliant, extensive explanation of cholesterol and what it actually do in our body. Mainstream health treatment is slowly killing us and they are just that, they treat it to supposedly let you stay alive a little longer but not actually live a normal healthy live.

[@WillN2Go1]

Okay. Here's the dilemma of 6 months ketogenic diet (plenty of exercise) and an annual checkup. Cholesterol 303 mg/dL (up from 177 year ago), LDL Calculated 231 (up from 121). Cholesterol/HDL ratio 5.7 (up from 3.9) . All of these out of the 'Standard Range' I know what comes next, statin, cut out that keto stuff.... I've dropped 20 lbs, doing at least 8 hours exercise/week (I guess I'd need to double this to look like Patient 1 in the video). How do you have a discussion with a medical professional when your side of the argument is "I saw it on KZbin?" Low Carb Down Under does have speakers with legitimate credentials and here there are even references(well done). Bottomline is I'm not qualified to disagree. (As an American I am well aware of our unspoken right, The 0 Amendment: The right to have a completely idiotic notion and be louder than anybody else about it. This supersedes the First Amendment: The right of free speech. In practice the guy with the most dangerous wrong idea has the right to be louder and yammer on longer than anyone else present--especially if they actually understand the topic. I don't want to be 'that guy'.)

[@bogusmcbogus2637]

The 0 Amendment, lmao. That sums us up. I've been doing strict keto for over a year and it has been the most successful therapy I've ever used to control my seizures. Game changing, really. I consume at most a net 10 g of carbs per day. If you're eating too many carbs, your body may be fluctuating back and forth between ketosis and glucose-hunger. If you have a ketone monitoring device (blood ones are best), try using that. Also, be wary of *which* fats you're consuming. I try to get a huge variety: seriously, my cabinet is stocked with different oils man. Walnut, avocado, hemp seed, peanut, olive, almond, safflower, and so on. They each have a different profile of fats. Don't just eat butter or olive oil. And you still have to avoid trans fats like the plague. Good luck!

[@gloriaharbridge4986]

@@bogusmcbogus2637 I am not sure what research you have been reading on your oil use. Seed oils are disastrous for the body.

[@markothwriter]

just fast and eat nothing - now and then that will bring down cholesterol. since you're already in ketosis it should not be hard. then, walk for exercise - don't overdo it.

[@debbietaylor20]

I'm the same doing keto for six weeks lost weight not overweight anyway . Work out five times a week.im 57 . Always had high cholesterol but now gone up to 373 , scary ,I expected that but why my tryglicerades gone up and HDL gone down ?

[@bishamuesmus301]

@@debbietaylor20 there appears to be a few month adaptation phase to ketosis where your trigs go up and hdl drops. Normally this normalizes from what I have read but everyone is different so I would monitor that closely.

[@catrinaitaliano8755]

I have been on a very low carb diet (keto) for about a year. I'm 66 years old and fit physically, except I'm having awful muscle cramps everywhere. What bothers me most is muscles around my stomach which cramp up into like a ball and pop up until relaxing . . . not to mention feet, legs, arms, anything I stretch in the middle of the night turns into a cramp. Been on mega doses of Magnesium and Potassium... doesn't help much. Any suggestions?

[@MrPipero96]

What about salt intake?

[@Appregator]

Seems like you need a bit more sodium chloride - table salt, not too much, but salt to taste.

[@MaeV808]

Try nutritionist maybe? If you haven't already, get new bloodwork from Comprehensive Metabolic Panel, Lipid Panel, Liver, TSH, etc. Gives health professionals better idea what problem could be (primary-->specialist).

[@danielcordeiro6003]

I have some questions. 1) How long, on average, this cycle takes from the VLDL leaving the liver until the LDL returns ? 2) How does our body get rid of LDL if it does not have the LDL receptor binding site? 3) When I look at the nutritional information of a food it is just written "This food contains x mg of colestrol", I wonder if "cholesterol" actually means cholesterol or lipoproteins, if they refer to the latter, which lipoprotein they are referring to? 4) How does LDL get oxidized? 5) How much the probability of LDL being oxidized after being glycated is increased?

[@secoosecoo]

nice questions to be answered

[@lenguyenngoc479]

okay I'm not quite qualified but I think I can answer a few of them if u are still alive to hear 2. We have ldl receptors, this major discovery was awarded a Nobel Prize to Brown and Goldstein. When your body does not have many ldl receptors. your ldl will be high no matter what u eat. Brown had a patient that had his family died very early so he came to Brown. His blood samples help Brown unravel LDL receptors. We picked individuals with lots of ldl receptors to see if they get heart diseases, as expected these people rarely get heart diseases while lots of people with few ldl receptors die to heart diseases hope that clears up somewhat

[@lenguyenngoc479]

4 LDL oxidation is catalyzed by transition metal ions and several free radicals, and LDL is also oxidized by some oxidizing enzymes. In this way, LDL can be converted to a form that is recognized specifically by and with high affinity to macrophage scavenger receptors, leading to foam cell formation, the defining characteristic of fatty streak lesions. Oxidative stress manifests itself in excessive ROS generation and oxidation of LDL particles. The emergence of oxLDL is crucial for the progression of CVD linked to atherosclerosis. The main factor underlying oxidative stress is a disbalance between radical production (reactive oxygen and/or nitrogen species formation) and radical scavenging systems (the antioxidant defense system) (Leopold and Loscalzo, 2008). Also, hypertension, insulin resistance, diabetes mellitus, hypercholesterolemia, obesity, dyslipidemia, a high level of C-reactive protein (CRP), immunological disorder, vascular wall inflammation, a genetic predisposition, bacterial infection, stress, alcohol consumption, and smoking were all observed to be risk factors for atherosclerosis development (Holvoet, 2012).

[@lenguyenngoc479]

5. Oh this is above my pay grade but anyway We have 2 situations 1. ldl moving freely in the blood along with glucose 2. ldl get stuck into endothelium walls Which one do u think will be oxidized with first with ever-moving free radicals? and since we identify the ones that cause atherosclerosis is ox-ldl not "glycated" ldl. I think the answer itself is already there

[@jbaker3031]

I have been on a keto diet since 2017. My blood sugar is stable. My blood pressure is great. My ldl raised a bit the first two years, but it was okay. Then came this last year. My oxidized ldl has gone through the roof this last year. What more can I do?

[@samvah102]

That's unexpected. Oxydation can however occurs from using too much unsattured fats. See about PUFAs, cooking with those oils can have an impact. Remedies might be taking some berries and other kind of anti oxydising foods.

[@lenguyenngoc479]

@@samvah102 and what are those? I know, they are herb and spice blue berries, pomegranate,etc Oh my the irony: all vegan doctors recommend high antioxidants food. carnivore doctors:plants are toxic kek meat/oil/fat has the lowest amount of antioxidants, could it be it's a coincidence that meat/oil/fat are all showed to have strong association for heart diseases. while fruits and vegetables have an inverse association? coincidence? Nah it's always been like that low carbers just get duped

[@fattony6299]

Dr Mason says that by reducing the number of pattern-A LDL particles, the ratio between pattern A and pattern B is made worse, and that this is associated with worse cardiovascular outcomes. To check this out, I looked up the paper referenced in his slideshow: doi.org/10.1161/01.CIR.0000141728.23033.B5 -- But this seems to indicate that taking 80mg Atorvastatin results in improved clearance of OxPL, which "may contribute to a reduction in ischemic events after ACS." Did I miss something? Am I looking at the right paper?

[@KenJackson_US]

He only referenced that study to back his claim that OxLDL autoantibodies and Lp(a) are equivalent measures of oxidized LDL in the blood.

[@jogratitude1908]

My Friend had a normal cholesterol until she lost 35 lbs on ketogenic diet over a short period of time. I don't think it was caused by carbs as stated in the video. She only had 5% of carbs from green leafy greens 🥬.

[@jerrysims6691]

Paul, that insurance failure chap's lipid profile is almost exactly the same as mine. I'm a LCHF doc and at 55 I cycle 12 k a day with daily resistance exercises. My fitness levels are those of a 30 yo. My own GP practice went ape when they saw my cholesterol/LDL levels. I was interested in my TG/HDL ratio which was fab. So I smiled and told them I'll return when I'm sick - which I know will be no time soon.

[@stuwhite2337]

Similar for me Jerry

[@lenguyenngoc479]

okay, We need an update. How are u now?