Dietary Cholesterol and Inflammation from Abdominal Obesity

[@rob._.]

"Email etiquette training" translates to the boss telling them "don't get caught you dumbasses."

[@jmc8076]

😏

[@normalguycap]

Damn. This is hugely significant. What's concerning to me the most, even thought the science is extremely important, is the threats of assassination and they get a mild slap on the wrist. That should be talk worth jail.

[@slipfirep40]

I think the word is "conspiracy to commit" and it usually has a similar penalty as the actual crime?

[@ethicalphytophage]

What came first, the chicken or the egg? The egg board's greed came first. Thank you for continuing to shine a light on their shady activities. 😊💚🙏

[@kingorbit]

I try to avoid processed foods now thanks to Greger but I cooked up some of the JUST eggs in this video, I thought they were amazing. I guess if I ever actually need scrambled eggs for some reason I will use it.

[@phillippinter7518]

I was thinking the same thing about food additives before he brought it up. Just because some things are natural people consider them safe when they are not

[@fdagpigj]

Whatever "natural" means, anyway. If it means pre-industrial, eggs would have been a relatively rare treat for most people back before chickens were selectively bred to produce unhealthy amounts of eggs.

[@plant-based-nutrition]

This great stuff! Thanks again Dr Greger. Another nail in the coffin for the egg industry!!

[@Rickalicious]

Greger, spot on as usual!

[@KeyofDavid5778]

Hardly cholesterol is an essential nutrient that forms every single cell body in your entire human body and it also creates all hormones to repair and maintain the body. He's a government paid shrill by the globalist look up his family can't find them his wife children see how healthy they look can't find them look. Up the salary can't find that either hes a totally paid. Government shrill to try to preach. The plant based diet to make people stupid because there are no nutrients and plants.

[@kateelderson]

Thanks Dr Greger.

[@michaelmackey754]

Great video

[@Macorelppa]

Whole food plant based diet is the best diet for longevity of life. 💚

[@theancientsancients1769]

In my country people eat meat and drink camel milk , but this western chronic conditions are very rare!

[@gallectee6032]

@@theancientsancients1769 Prove it.

[@leo35577]

@@gallectee6032 Nice!

[@karenseale9372]

Very informative. Thank you

[@bubblybull2463]

Basically : let’s call’em « the egg mafia » 👀

[@nazokashii]

Thank you so much

[@AndrewPawley11]

I love this channel!

[@lint8391]

I still come across plenty of people that say that eggs are healthy, because they contain lots of protein. When I reply that eggs contain too much cholesterol and zero fibre, it goes in one ear and out the other and they regard me as some kind of crank. Just goes to show, it's more difficult to convince someone that they've been fooled than to fool them in the first place.

[@like-icecream]

Fibre isn't a criteria for "good food" it's just something you have to accomodate if any food you eat is lacking. Re cholesterol there is good and there is bad, I very much doubt the cholesterol in eggs is the bad one since we've had thousands of years to evolve around it so I wouldn't be easily persuaded.

[@agnidas5816]

@@like-icecream fiber is ... strange .. not all fiber is the same but I had a veggie pizza with psylum husk added and my digestive system + wellbeing were way better than the usual hit I got from pizza

[@PhilMcCool]

@@like-icecream The reason we get atherosclerosis from eating animal fat is because we haven't evolved protection against it. Heart disease tends to occur in older age, after reproductive maturity, so resistance to atherosclerosis was not selected for. There is no such thing as "good and bad" cholesterol. High HDL doesn't counteract the harm of high LDL.

[@like-icecream]

​@@PhilMcCool The Hunza and Vilcabamba people survived on mostly eggs as well as a multitude of individual accounts. Health issues such as atherosclerosis as well as cancers are mostly a result of unnatural environment and unnatural food, if you eat a natural organic diet (eggs included) it's very unlikely you will develop atherosclerosis and are less likely to develop any serious health issues. It can also develop by non dietary means but for some reason X gets the blame just because of statistical correlation, because most people eat X. So I'm not convinced. I believe that we have evolved protection against it but we're numbing it down with unhealthy diets. If you want to see your body repair, try eating just enough to survive.

[@PhilMcCool]

@@like-icecream I fact-checked your claims that these tribes "mostly" ate eggs. Their diets are reported to be based on whole plant foods, with occasional animal products. This would be expected to lead to better health outcomes than a Western diet (i.e. lots of animal products and deficient in fibre). That said, there's a difference between better-than-bad, and optimal.

[@UncleHemi]

You need to check in with the AHA.

[@KJSvitko]

Even children today have signs of artery disease. Fast foods and sugary drinks have long term consequences. There is an obesity epidemic today where over 60% of the population is overweight or obese. What is common today and "NORMAL" is not healthy. The average person today is not healthy and is taking medications. Heart attacks were once only common in people over 65. Today people in their 40 are having heart attacks. Add more plants and vegetables to your diet and less junk and overly processed foods

[@Xanadu2025]

Wow!!!

[@F1Barry]

I haven't eaten any animal products or sugar or processed oil for 6 years now, Haven't felt better! Note that most doctors think that eating eggs are good for you!!!

[@theancientsancients1769]

Eating eggs occasionally is fine , but daily ? Not. I feel bad when I eat some eggs like get heart palpitations

[@marcuswelby9601]

That's because they are good lol😅

[@eduardovila2312]

I totally agree on the relation of cholesterol and cardiovascular risk. But you always include in your videos single ingredients, as eggs, milk and so on. Sure, they are a source of cholesterol, BUT I don´t think americans eat that simple. I think about meals, dishes. Sure, the egg on a sandwish has cholesterol... but waffles, cake, Starbucks, creamers surely cause much more problem and are way more prevalent.

[@hari.krishnan0]

Agreed!

[@TheLoyalpain]

Yeah but what is it about those unhealthy foods that are unhealthy? He has videos about the ingredients of those foods, rather than going through every food individually

[@adriand2895]

Yeah. Actually highly processed foods are the main problem

[@ZenTeaNow]

Thanks Dr Greger! You are the best!❤🎉😊

[@DonNome]

No

[@lorah3005]

👍

[@joaok9910]

O love eggs...❤❤

[@gfy2979]

I still have high cholesterol presumably from either genetics or eating refined grains such as pasta, white bread, and white rice, but as long as I don't eat high fat meals, I generally feel much better. Even high fat in almond butter, coconut oil, and vegan cheese can make me feel like crap

[@jmc8076]

I don’t have high cholesterol but feel same with high fat food due to slow motility from functional dyspepsia. I also don’t like the feel of oil in my mouth.

[@michaelholland6673]

The types of fat in the diet help determine the amount of total, HDL, and LDL cholesterol in the bloodstream. The types and amount of carbohydrate in the diet also play a role. Cholesterol in food matters, too, but not nearly as much. The discovery half a century ago that high blood cholesterol levels were strongly associated with an increased risk for heart disease triggered numerous warnings to avoid foods that contain cholesterol, especially eggs and liver. However, scientific studies show a weak relationship between the amount of cholesterol a person consumes and his or her blood cholesterol levels (22) In studies of more than 80,000 female nurses, Harvard researchers found that consuming about an egg a day was not associated with higher risk of heart disease. (4, 23) However, people who have heart disease or diabetes should monitor egg consumption. For most people, the amount of cholesterol eaten has only a modest impact on the amount of cholesterol circulating in the blood. (24) For some people, though, blood cholesterol levels rise and fall very strongly in relation to the amount of cholesterol eaten. For these “responders,” avoiding cholesterol-rich foods can have a substantial effect on blood cholesterol levels. Unfortunately, at this point there is no way other than by trial and error to identify responders from non-responders to dietary cholesterol.

[@redauwg911]

Eating eggs increases the risk of dying from heart disease, according to research published in Circulation. Researchers compared egg and cholesterol consumption and blood cholesterol levels with death from cardiovascular disease in over 27,000 participants and conducted a systematic review of existing research. Eating one egg per day significantly increased the risk of dying from heart disease. Higher blood cholesterol levels and higher intakes of dietary cholesterol were also associated with an elevated risk of death from heart disease. These findings support limiting dietary cholesterol intake for improved heart health. A 2021 study found that the addition of half an egg per day was associated with more deaths from heart disease, cancer, and all causes. For every 300 milligrams of dietary cholesterol consumed per day, mortality risk increased by up to 24%. A study published in JAMA found that that each 300 milligram dose of dietary cholesterol was associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular disease and mortality by 17% and 18%, respectively. When it came to eggs, each half egg caused a 6% and 8% increased risk, respectively. A study in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology found that those who eat the most eggs have a 19% higher risk for cardiovascular problems.

[@brucejensen3081]

Has to do with liver health, it's what is regulating your cholesterol. Too much red meat or high energy carbohydrate, stress can effect liver health, maybe alcohol too. Lol. I think it's important to keep your liver healthy and keep visceral fat moderate, for best outcome

[@michaelholland6673]

@@redauwg911 If you eat 2 more eggs a day your risk of mortality goes up 24%? Does that make sense to you?

[@redauwg911]

@@michaelholland6673 A study in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology found that those who eat the most eggs have a 19% higher risk for cardiovascular problems.

[@stephss]

SO, DON'T PUT IT IN WRITING!? 2:04 A fail in corrective action, regarding harassment.

[@pinkcougar4570]

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[@Andrewnutrition]

You will find a dozen studies saying eggs are bad, you will find a dozen studies saying eggs are great. Use common sense.

[@Chunkable999]

Put down the egg and eat the Cheerios! They are heart healthy! Be careful, a half an egg a day is associated with an increase of all cause mortality. You wouldn't want want that half egg to increase the risk of a piano falling on your head.

[@beepbeepnj2658]

@@Chunkable999 Well Victor Borge would sometimes put a seat belt on so he didn't fall off the piano bench.

[@wadepatton2433]

Understanding how to debunk the "studies" is the best way to find the truth. We do have Science, we don't have to let it be abused as it is now. They really really know how to baffle 'em with bullshit in most cases. I don't eat eggs because it works for me and my new take on nutrition-and the results are GREAT, no Rx drug in years now. Hardly ever any OTC stuff either-zero on a regular basis.

[@BlairPittams]

Dr Neil Nedley quote Telling me you're vegetarian tells me what you don't eat, doesn't mean you're eating healthy

[@7QHook]

just eggs? unless I'm travelling in space, i'll always take real food over ultraprocessed,

[@slimelove3493]

Looks like the egg industry got an egg on their face

[@brucejensen3081]

I got my ldl from 3.8 to 2.2 from making a few changes, one being from eating 1 egg a week to eating 3 eggs a day. Not sure about this

[@josephlewis1823]

Consuming 2 eggs a day for a considerable length of time, my good cholesterol is high and bad cholesterol is low, the medical profession says your ratio should be below 5.1, if it’s below 3.5 it’s great, mine is 2.75, my recent wellness visit with extensive bloodwork shows this ?

[@Woppettier]

LDL level is more important than cholesterol ratio

[@Chunkable999]

@@Woppettier Not true. Current research suggests Triglyceride and HDL ratio is a far better indicator of CVD risk than LDL alone. When looking at all risk factors, metabolic disease and diabetes (carb related) have a far greater impact on cardio vascular health than LDL.

[@Julottt]

The HDL doesnt seems to matter much if at all, peoples with higher HDL genetics dont make less heart diseases unlike peoples with lower LDL . What do you call a low LDL cholesterol lvl? The real heart attack proof lvl is below 100 and the lower the better based on best datas.

[@johnmatelski6413]

i'm skeptical too

[@brucejensen3081]

You want both hdl and ldl in the optimal range. If your hdl is too high, that is bad

[@GregariousAntithesis]

What has never made sense to me is if cholesterol is a bad actor then why is it required and critical for the body and why would the total cholesterol median value world wide be roughly 225 ml/dl and yet you vegans try to eliminate it largely. Makes more sense that the profit motive by pharma and the low fat diet craze starting in the 80s is driving a now archaic narrative and that narrative being true or not is what the nutricianal aspect of Veganism is predicated upon so you largely dont care because it supports your agenda. Anyone with even a modicum of sense can see what habitually consuming ultra processed high glycemic, high fat food made primarily from grain, sugar snd seed oils is damaging our whole food digestive system, because you cant flood the liver habitually with pure fuel sugar and fat and not cause disease and dysfunction. Its this pure fuel then adding animal profucts just compounds the over consumption of calories in general. Cholesterol gets blamed just like animal products get blamed because one of cholesterols jobs is repair and so when you habitually damage the linings of the arteries with glucose and high insulin cholesterol has to fix the damage habitually until the artery is plugged. Its why diabetics have far higher odds of heart attacks snd strokes, blindness and amputations just to name a few. Nature designed animal, vegetable and fruit and carnivores constitute 60% of the planets animals and yet you think it was nature that made a mistake and made eating other animals by carnivores and omnivores as the source for disease and yet humans and our pets are the only animals on the planet eating processed grain and oil and the only animals getting metabolically dysfunctional, diseased and obese. It must be the meat 🤣. Why dont you go brush your teeth the animal foods are rotting your mouth not the grain and starch foundation diet

[@mushmi]

Your recommendations caused my husband to get Crohn’s disease and for me I lost my period and developed endometriosis. I am not a doctor - but eating a diet of Whole Foods and organic grass fed meats and eggs is the best thing I ever did for my health. Balance is everything and this is coming form someone that was vegan for 8 years following his advice and the advice of other plant based doctors!

[@BM1982.V2]

That's pretty crazy to say there is a definitive cause and effect here. From studies crohns disease is more likely with higher meat consumption and many case studies of people going plant based going into remission however we don't know the exact causes so there could have been something else completely unrelated to diet in the case of your husband. Hypotheses include environmental toxins so it may not always be diet related. As for losing your period, that's a common thing for people not eating enough calories. It happens to some people who go plant based because they eat similar volumes of food as before but not accounting for the lower caloric density of plant foods. If you actually watch Gregor he recommends eating a wide variety of both calorie dense and caloric sparse foods. You do need to eat a balance of both. Eating plant based doesn't cause you to lose your period but it's easier to not eat enough on a plant based diet. This tells me you likely were not eating enough. Anyone switching should always track their calories for the first while to ensure this doesn't happen. Endometriosis also has no known cause but from studies it looks like there are some risk factors which include totally non diet related things like never giving birth, starting your period at a younger age, heavy menstrual cycles, late menopause, short menstrual cycles. The diet related risk factors I see are eating meat, or not eating enough fibre. Eating more fruits and veggies shows a decreased risk, dairy decreases risk which they think may be because of vitamin d or calcium, and fish oil showed decreased risk. Eating whole foods plant based you'd have some of those decreased risk factors but not all. But it seems any dietary risk factor seems to influence at most 10% only so the more important risk factors are the non dietary factors and may even be genetic. People on plant based diets have a lower risk so in your case it's probably something else that caused it. To say eating plant based caused it is pretty bold when there is zero science to support that and much of science saying the opposite. Eating the healthiest foods and exercising regularly doesn't make you invincible. What it does is lower risk but that doesn't mean you have zero risk. Vegans get diseases at lower rates but that doesn't mean they never get any diseases no matter how healthy you eat. Every study in the world shows eating plant based leads to less prevalance and better health outcomes for almost every disease. Some diseases fish eaters do slightly better but overall mortality plant based always wins. You named 2 diseases that science shows lower rates of with plant based diets and losing your period which is a symptom of not enough calories. Both those diseases may have still happened eating any diet and losing your period you could have prevented by eating a bit more volume.

[@mushmi]

@@BM1982.V2 I don’t expect you to understand but just look it up there are vegans that develop Crohn’s after being vegan for a while. For me I was eating nearly 3k calories a day and still lost my period due to lack of vitamins in the foods I was eating, severe anemia etc.

[@mushmi]

@@BM1982.V2 I would like to see how you feel after 8 years of eating virtually no fat and protein. High fiber does damage too! I know it is hard to understand because I am sure we have a lot of vegans here but some f these doctors are also not telling us the full truth. Just like anything else, take everything with a grain of salt and find doctors in person to take advice from.

[@BM1982.V2]

@mushmi OK, eating no fat or protein is not a balanced vegan diet and Dr. Gregor promotes eating something more balanced. McDougal and Graham more promote diets with less protein and fat with 80/10/10. Gregor is more balanced so that tells me you weren't eating like he recommends. There are hundreds of different ways to eat a vegan diet. You can be high fat, high protein, low fat, low protein, and everything in-between. Many people that do struggle are not eating a balanced diet. If you go extreme to any position then yes you will likely have some issues. Also, I didn't say nobody that eats vegan for a while can develop crohns. I said the rates are lower but not zero. That doesn't mean being vegan caused crohns as vegans have a lower likelihood of developing it. The true cause is unknown but there are many non diet related things that can increase risk. There is no cause and effect shown with vegan diets. There isn't even a correlation shown with it. There's just some anecdotes. You know some people that don't smoke get lung cancer, does that mean not smoking causes lung cancer? That's the exact same logic your using. Not smoking reduces your risk but it doesn't eliminate it. Same thing as eating vegan, it reduces risk but doesn't eliminate it. Vegans aren't invincible despite studies showing they live longer with less disease.

[@MichaelGGarry]

@@mushmi So you were eating a terrible diet. If you eat an unbalanced diet it doesn't matter if you are vegan or not - you'll become ill. And I'm not a vegan.....

[@reality_design]

💕

[@stephx9759]

A lot of nonsense in this video. What makes up the bulk of dietary cholesterol is esterified cholesterol (fatty acid + cholesterol), which has to be broken down by lipases from the pancreas before becoming free cholesterol in your intestines. Did you know most free cholesterol in your small intestine comes from the liver, and not from the food. If there’s an excess of free cholesterol in the blood it gets removed through a certain transporter and put back into the lumen of your small intestine where it gets either reabsorbed or goes towards the exit, let me explain. How much of free cholesterol is absorbed is dependent on the amount of the receptor ‘Niemann-Pick-c1 Like protein’ (cholesterol influx protein) you have in your lumen, if you have a genetically low amount of these you’ll basically absorb nothing and if you have a high amount you’re a hyperabsorber of free cholesterol and you will probably have heightened cholesterol levels no matter what you eat, because remember what I said, most of that free cholesterol comes from your liver which on average produces 2000mg of cholesterol per day so you will always have plenty regardless of your diet. Then there is the ‘ATP binding cassette Transporter G5’ and ‘G8’ which work in the other direction. If they notice you take up too much cholesterol, these transporters will move the surplus of free cholesterol from the blood back into the lumen. It’s again genetic how much of these transporters you have, as you can guess if you have a low amount of these your cholesterol will be high. If you have a high amount of these, you will have a low cholesterol. It therefor hardly matters how much dietary cholesterol you take in (unless were talking 10 eggs a day), the amount of HDL/LDL depends on your genes and dietary cholesterol hardly makes an impact in the average person. And even then there’s another mechanism where the liver will lower it’s own production of free cholesterol when there’s already a lot of free cholesterol in the bloodstream (negative feedback loop). In conclusion; high Nieman-pick-c1 like protein + low atp binding cassette transporter g5/g8, better stay away from dietary cholesterol and congratulations on your statin subscription. For all other people, you can easily eat 5 eggs a day.

[@stephx9759]

Let me add, if you really want to spike your cholesterol eat cookies. The combination of saturated fats and sugars will put your liver in overdrive. You’ll get more cholesterol from one Oreo cookie than 3 eggs.

[@johnjackson3349]

Thank you for posting actual science unlike the garbage in this video. Your comment should be at the top.

[@beepbeepnj2658]

I just transported my old Nieman cassette deck model g5, to the Benjamin Franklin record player repair shop even though they couldn't fix my 8 track tape player.

[@johnmatelski6413]

this comment is killer! (metaphorically that is)

[@wadepatton2433]

@@stephx9759 that's why I don't eat oreo cookies, or any of that junk.

[@Human_Herbivore]

The idea that dietary cholesterol is no risk is as dangerous as it gets.

[@dlg5485]

The fact that you ignore the roll of sugar (insulin resistance) in cardio-vascular health in inexcusable. I do not believe for one second that eating high quality pasture raised eggs is inherently unhealthy. However, the combination of eggs (or any food) with a high sugar diet is a different story. Sugar and the many problems it causes is at the root of ALL chronic disease. Cholesterol is essential in the body, as a transporter of nutrients, but LDL and HDL need to be present in the correct ratios. I thought we had moved beyond this idiotic alarmism about eggs.

[@PACKTdotSPACE]

I'm sorry that you don't believe in science but any amount of dietary cholesterol raises heart disease risk. We produce all the cholesterol needed for our body to function. Do you think the saturated fat is eggs is good for us too?

[@dlg5485]

@@PACKTdotSPACE Science my a$$. I've reviewed the research on eggs, many times, and the narrative pushed in this video is pure nonsense.

[@Mordecai06]

And it's not only cholesterol it is oxydized chilesterol which is worse, why would I put that in my body?

[@ankhenaten2]

Epic

[@IShallNotBeSilent]

I have been vegetarian most of my life and I have eaten a free range chicken egg every day for most of my life and do not have these health issue's.....is it due to bought eggs and all they put in the poultry and their feed instead? My lab levels are good....my normal temp is 97.6 and my BP is always on the lower side.......I do need to exercise more though.........Are you familiar with Barbara O'Neill and what she teaches?

[@Srindal4657]

Ever since going through my phase of dieting, and discovering plant based, I now consider whole food, plant based, no oil is the only diet for anyone. I just wish I could get a lid on my meat intake..

[@Chunkable999]

Passing up a steak for a salad is certainly a new idea in human evolution.

[@hari.krishnan0]

The issue lies in the fact that individuals who follow a balanced diet, rich in whole fruits, vegetables, whole grains, meat, dairy, and eggs, tend to adopt a more holistic approach to caloric restriction and exercise. As a result, they often experience positive outcomes in their blood work. On the other hand, individuals who engage in similar practices but also consume excessive amounts of unhealthy food are at higher risk and tend to exhibit poor blood work. While a high intake of cholesterol can be risky, it is mitigated by a simultaneous high intake of dietary fiber. Consequently, individuals who adhere to a well-rounded diet often have healthier triglyceride levels compared to those following a strictly whole-food, plant-based diet. This observation contradicts some scientific findings but remains true in practice. Nutrition can be quite dogmatic, so it is advisable to adopt a balanced approach, be mindful of thresholds, engage in regular exercise, occasionally fast, maintain adequate hydration, prioritize quality sleep, and manage stress. By doing so, everything should fall into place.

[@agnidas5816]

after you eat like Dr Greger says for a while you start to feel some kind of way... if you go off the diet a bit you feel some other kind of way the next or the same day - especially if you exercise often ime

[@Woppettier]

It's called placebo effect

[@luckyape]

Is there not a double blind randomized study that found eating an egg a day had no impact on blood cholesterol levels?

[@CathyGoes]

I did a quick search and couldn't find that so I'd appreciate a link if you know who the study was from. I found some studies that declared an egg a day as not an issue but then also went on to note that it was associated with an increase in overall mortality.

[@mithrandir491]

Something is not right with these studies, cholesterol is an essential component of the cell membranes. Instead of studying the activity of foam cells and other inflammatory markers they come up with these rather vague studies with a broad spectrum of outcomes.

[@CharlieFader]

That’s such a simplistic way of looking at it. Just because cholesterol is needed for cell membranes, does not mean that we should have high LDL or ApoB in circulation.

[@redauwg911]

Your liver makes all the cholesterol your body needs.

[@CharlieFader]

@@redauwg911 actually not just the liver, other organs produce cholesterol too, for them, like the brain.

[@mithrandir491]

@@redauwg911 with what? where does the raw material come from? You see cholesterol is not the problem, the questions you ought be asking is why does the cholesterol build up in the arteries? why is your liver making more cholesterol than needed? what's causing the inflammation? why is the collagen being depleted? whats the role of the foam cells prior to the plaquing? The answers to these question will point you towards sugar but more research is needed. Don't buy into this single diet activists, they will ruin your life.

[@mithrandir491]

@@CharlieFader Telling everyone cholesterol in the diet is bad is the simplistic way of looking at it.

[@Frank-k4h4l]

I thought eggs was healthy food? As it contains almost every nutrition your body needs. I wish you could say like a "safe amount" like say one egg a day for example.

[@weirdunclebob]

Eggs aren't allowed to be advertised as "healthy", "safe", “nutritious” etc. which should tell you how unhealthy they really are. They contain around 373mg of cholesterol and the RDA is 300mg. I reckon that's Nature's way of telling us to avoid them! If you're looking for nutrient-rich foods, fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, nuts, and seeds are high in nutrients but contain few or no negatives.

[@advent7166]

Hm.. have been eating eggs my entire life, sometimes even 6 a day, and never had any problems with LDL or something.

[@BM1982.V2]

The video mentions this if you paid attention. Fasting cholesterol eggs don't raise that much, postprandial cholesterol it raises a lot which causes inflammatory damage over time. When you have your LDL levels checked it's almost always in a fasted state so you are probably right that your fasting LDL cholesterol is fine but that doesn't mean the damage isn't being caused within the first 4 hours after every meal...

[@GregariousAntithesis]

@@BM1982.V2you got the Drain damage. What has never made sense to me is if cholesterol is a bad actor then why is it required and critical for the body and why would the total cholesterol median value world wide be roughly 225 ml/dl and yet you vegans try to eliminate it largely. Makes more sense that the profit motive by pharma and the low fat diet craze starting in the 80s is driving a now archaic narrative and that narrative being true or not is what the nutricianal aspect of Veganism is predicated upon so you largely dont care because it supports your agenda. Anyone with even a modicum of sense can see what habitually consuming ultra processed high glycemic, high fat food made primarily from grain, sugar snd seed oils is damaging our whole food digestive system, because you cant flood the liver habitually with pure fuel sugar and fat and not cause disease and dysfunction. Its this pure fuel then adding animal profucts just compounds the over consumption of calories in general. Cholesterol gets blamed just like animal products get blamed because one of cholesterols jobs is repair and so when you habitually damage the linings of the arteries with glucose and high insulin cholesterol has to fix the damage habitually until the artery is plugged. Its why diabetics have far higher odds of heart attacks snd strokes, blindness and amputations just to name a few. Nature designed animal, vegetable and fruit and carnivores constitute 60% of the planets animals and yet you think it was nature that made a mistake and made eating other animals by carnivores and omnivores as the source for disease and yet humans and our pets are the only animals on the planet eating processed grain and oil and the only animals getting metabolically dysfunctional, diseased and obese. It must be the meat 🤣. Why dont you go brush your teeth the animal foods are rotting your mouth not the grain and starch foundation diet.

[@eatplantsloveanimals]

@@GregariousAntithesis Dietary cholesterol is the problem. It's literally in the title of this video. Your liver produces all the cholesterol you need. Any extra you consume is bad for you. Please educate yourself from reputable sources (like this channel which reviews scientific journals), not the propaganda and marketing from the animal ag industry and mass media.

[@Julottt]

What do you call a low LDL cholesterol lvl? The real heart attack proof lvl is below 100 and the lower the better based on best datas.

[@pgreen6840]

Always..... FOLLOW THE MONEY. The truth will keep you alive and free

[@Chunkable999]

Take a look at the AHA's donor list. Follow the money right to a plant based diet! lol

[@PedroNord]

*yawn*

[@Timpfe]

Egg industry lies make me sick, so much suffering, both human and animal as a result of greed.

[@Joseph1NJ]

Wait, hens are given statins?

[@user-ov4wr5yu4r]

He said it was experimental. It's not standard practice.

[@Joseph1NJ]

@@user-ov4wr5yu4r Ah OK, thank you.

[@dwightkeener8910]

Animal derived Dietary cholesterol does not = heart disease it is metabolic syndrome and liver disease due to metabolic syndrome that causes oxidized LDL or also known as small LDL that causes heart disease along with elevated levels of glucose and insulin that causes inflammation of the arteries that cause heart disease. Your body produces (liver and brain) LDL every cell in your body need LDL and cholesterol to survive just cut out the the sugar, the refined carbohydrates , and industrial seed oils . On the other note you really want to see the bad guys check out big pharma and big food. There lies the real problem of human health and mortality.

[@leo35577]

These are not facts at all. You can find studies to fit any answers you want. High cholesterol has its benefits as well.

[@redauwg911]

Eating eggs increases the risk of dying from heart disease, according to research published in Circulation. Researchers compared egg and cholesterol consumption and blood cholesterol levels with death from cardiovascular disease in over 27,000 participants and conducted a systematic review of existing research. Eating one egg per day significantly increased the risk of dying from heart disease. Higher blood cholesterol levels and higher intakes of dietary cholesterol were also associated with an elevated risk of death from heart disease. These findings support limiting dietary cholesterol intake for improved heart health. A 2021 study found that the addition of half an egg per day was associated with more deaths from heart disease, cancer, and all causes. For every 300 milligrams of dietary cholesterol consumed per day, mortality risk increased by up to 24%. A study published in JAMA found that that each 300 milligram dose of dietary cholesterol was associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular disease and mortality by 17% and 18%, respectively. When it came to eggs, each half egg caused a 6% and 8% increased risk, respectively. A study in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology found that those who eat the most eggs have a 19% higher risk for cardiovascular problems.

[@leo35577]

@@redauwg911 understood. But there is no way of telling if those who didn't eat eggs would not develop heart disease. I'm not arguing with the studies. All I'm saying is that we really don't know. What about all the people in the study that ate excessive amounts of eggs and did not develop heart disease? Just asking questions. That's what science is, questioning everything. Also I'm Sure these were epidemiology studies because you can't lock people in rooms and make them eat a certain way.

[@Chunkable999]

@@redauwg911 The problem with epidemiological studies is that they correlative at best and often based on self report, survey style questionnaires. This is hardly a controlled research study. If you are not controlling the variables you can not say for sure if there is a causal relationship. This is the problem with using studies and research to convince people are not capable of critically analyzing the faults of a particular study. Most people seem to think that if a correlation is claimed in a study that it is a hard fact, which highlights the laypersons lack of critically assessing research studies and the limitations they may have. It is easy to cherry pick research studies that may back up ones argument. If you can find a epidemiological study to support your argument, unless the opposing argument is off the wall chances are you will also find some that support the opposing argument. Take this statement for instance: "2021 study found that the addition of half an egg per day was associated with more deaths from heart disease, cancer, and all causes." ALL causes include accidental death, yes? So If I eat half an egg a day I am more likely to die from an accidental death? Is that the eggs fault? You would have to say yes, according to this study. Because the results are simply correlative. We can blame the egg as much for car crash deaths as much as cardio vascular or cancer deaths. When you look at it that way, it seems kind of stupid, right?

[@redauwg911]

@@Chunkable999 Oh yes i agree.. The egg industry has put out thousands of studies saying eggs are good for you, Completely not using peer reviewed studies. I have been looking at this for over 7 years now, And you really need to see who funded the studies and 9 times out of 10 times if they say eating cholesterol is good it is egg industry funded.

[@leo35577]

@@Chunkable999 Well said.

[@michealfriedman7084]

The Cleveland Clinic and other Doctor's disagree with these findings. Known cardiologist, neurologist have concluded dietary cholesterol has no bearing on cardiovascular disease.

[@wadepatton2433]

Dr. Esselstyn agrees close enough-he's the Director of the Heart Disease Reversal Program at the Cleveland Clinic. I know what my body likes now, thankfully after doing it all the wrong ways. I won't consume eggs daily, ever again.

[@michealfriedman7084]

@@wadepatton2433 Every Cardiologist disagrees with this. Dietary cholesterol doesn't give you bad cholesterol.

[@wadepatton2433]

@@michealfriedman7084 Not the case. I'm done here. You obviously do now know anything about Dr. Esselstyn or his program at the Cleveland Clinic. Fin.

[@StanDupp6371]

@@wadepatton2433 Esselstyn is not a registered dietitian or cardiologist and his diet advice is not accredited by anything since it is 100% wrong. He was a good athlete and general surgeon and provider for his family by having lots of wealth to afford the best of everything but his diet advice is 100% wrong.

[@StanDupp6371]

@@wadepatton2433 The NIH is an accredited reliable source of health and diet information so stick with that not a book salesman who had a silly study with 24 people that were eating too much, no cholesterol vegan trans fats.

[@tonynes3577]

So what's worse in our diets, high SUGAR or high FAT? Both. But I am not a vegetarian.

[@mushmi]

High sugar

[@Chunkable999]

Sugar..hands down.

[@KayleJudicator]

What do you mean by Sugar ? if you mean refined grains, any refined sugar is definitely the worst. Whole carb is certainly not a problem. Saturated fat, trans fat and cholesterol aren't good either.

[@wadepatton2433]

I thrive on whole carbs, and am so much healthier now eating mostly WFPB that no one would believe it. So I don't tell them anymore. When the pain goes away-and stays away, you KNOW you're doing the right thing. Find a way to allow that to happen without drugs and you're golden. I'm no vegan or vegetarian either. I made my rules, and they work.

[@eilisniaisi5954]

The human body’s preferred fuel source is sugar ffs

[@marcuswelby9601]

Just do the carnivore diet you'll be better off.

[@riffcrescendo1740]

Yep.. Take dietary advice from an animated skeleton.

[@ByDesign333]

The great Framingham Study came out with suggesting that dietary cholesterol is likely nothing harmful...and that INFLAMMATION is ALL the problem...which was the most long-running and comprehensive study on heart disease going for some time. (Sorry, no date for my sourced report)

[@XeLYoutube]

go vegan, no need saturated fat, no need trans fat get all mono unsaturated fatpoly unsaturated fat go vegan, no need 11 unesential amino acid get all essential amino acid from plants go vegan, most of the 6 sugar type are unessential or unhealthy go vegan eat fruits lol

[@PhilMcCool]

Inflammation caused by animal fat and cholesterol?

[@larryc1616]

Cholesterol causes inflammation in your cells leading to atherosclerosis

[@tamcon72]

Are you talking about the _Framingham_ Study?

[@ByDesign333]

@tamcon72 Yes, pardon my typo

[@stephss]

I'm so annoyed how eggs are in so many processed foods. Who knew it was away to help me steer clear from the tasty garbage. Say no to chicken menzies!

[@donwinston]

Egg Beaters! (or just eat the egg whites)

[@devonstultz4529]

Not vegan but still watch Greger just out of interest. I listened to Peter Attia and he said it has been known for probably 60 years that dietary cholesterol has no bearing or influence on blood cholesterol. Eggs are relatively low in saturated fat which is known to increase cholesterol. All of the longest living societies center their diets around eggs and have low cv disease. Its hard for me to give them up with just correlation studies.

[@zephyr2002]

Which societies center their diet around eggs? I only know about Japan, since I live there, and neither the traditional Japanese nor Okinawan diet are centered around eggs. Modern Japanese do use more eggs, meat, and cheese than before. As the diet became westernized, so did the health problems.

[@devonstultz4529]

@@zephyr2002 My grandmother is Sicilian and they eat eggs with vegetables everyday, most had chickens in their backyards. African cultures eat eggs as well due to how cheap they are, and have hardly any heart disease compared to the western world. Chinese eat them as well. I think there are two many factors to narrow it down to just eggs alone.

[@TemperedWambat]

r u kidding me eggs are super good for you compared to other breakfast foods like ceral

[@happycook6737]

You don't have to eat cold cereal and eggs for breakfast. Why not pick a healthier food like beans, corn tortillas, veggies, etc

[@TemperedWambat]

@@happycook6737 corn tortillas have vegatable oil so those are a no go and i also eat veggies. eggs are still good for u though. also this video did not explore the nuanced effects of elevated cholesterol

[@WinterGK]

​@@TemperedWambatGood vegetable oils are mostly unsaturated fats and all research shows that switching out saturated fat for unsaturated fat greatly reduces CVD. Eggs are not super high in saturated fat but they are high in cholesterol. If the argument is about whether cholesterol is associated with heart disease more than unsaturated fats from oils, then the answer is yes, it is. Most health organisations, heart associations etc still recommend limiting cholesterol based on the totality of evidence.

[@samiryan214]

Are you kidding me! what are you doing here!

[@PhilMcCool]

​@@TemperedWambat If you have to compare eggs to breakfast cereal then your bar is set really low. It's not enough to say eggs are "good for you" with no justification. This video and many others from NutritionFacts explains the science of why eggs and high cholesterol are harmful.

[@oraziohall2969]

WRONG👎

[@noamelbaz3156]

Prove it you fucking animal

[@ChristianMCI]

Hard to argue with such a well-thought-out argument...

[@samiryan214]

LEAVE

[@androz38]

Wow, I just changed my stance! Thank you for proving the good doctor wrong!!

[@xTruncz]

Nope soz

[@derekdutoit5885]

It's difficult to reconcile this video with this study: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6024687/