vLDL LDL HDL Cholesterol - Is It Actually Bad?

[@Dr_Abs]

I don't sell products, but I do sell education to help you live longer, healthier and beautiful-er for as cheap as possible. Join my skool group for this here: www.drabs.clinic/skool

[@Anicetus56]

If your Doctor doesn't ask about your diet, your sleep, and exercise, you don't have a Doctor, you have a drug dealer!

[@InfinitEternaLovEmmanuel]

Soooo true!! Well stated!!

[@dukebeach1]

That’s fantastic and so true. Well said.

[@kamals3582]

But asking a doctor for nutritional advise is generally not a good idea unless they have learnt more about it and researched it on their own. They could be as clueless as your neighbor or stuck in what is promoted by big food companies relying on biased nutritional observational studies.

[@ManwithNoName-t1o]

That is none of his damn business! He just needs to give me my drugs

[@InfinitEternaLovEmmanuel]

@@ManwithNoName-t1o Lol, you just proved the point! 😁

[@gjesy69]

Ty! As an RN working alongside MD’s over 30 yrs. I don’t blame docs for their initial ignorance but refusing or not being interested in updating your knowledge and evolving your care to what we understand now is negligent and harmful. Diabetes and heart disease treatments have not kept up with current knowledge.

[@kingston163]

Doctors prefer to remain willfully ignorant rather suffer cognitive dissonance.

[@JGirl.7]

You make an excellent point!

[@heatherandrews2161]

They are following orders !

[@SaintTrinianz]

It's refreshing to find a person with a purpose in life beyond power-grabs and self-enrichment

[@leighjenkins5601]

A patient cured is a customer lost.

[@boogiemcsploogie]

First day lesson of medical school

[@terryfair9474]

@@boogiemcsploogieFirst and primary lesson. What an evil system…

[@ShreddySteve]

Honestly, I have several doctors in ma family and know many more, most of them just want to help people. If you want to point fingers, point it at the pharma industry that sponsored the people who did the "research" that came to these conclusions. Doctors just know what they learn in university, like most of us in other fields, this stuff is only coming to light now, after decades of suppression.

[@tmaori]

@@ShreddySteveas a physician who trained in the 90s I agree completely

[@tjvirginia1319]

@@terryfair9474 Yes, doctors are evil, they give up the best years of their youth to spend sitting on their asses in a classroom. Comments like this take very little brain power and it's all conspiracy theory. Some of the same people who say this stuff won't do any behavioral modifications, but ask the doctor to help them! For people who do like to think, and obviously that's not everyone in this comment section, realize there are studies that drive standard of care and if you veer from that, you can be at risk of malpractice. As more as learned, as computers are able to data crunch mega amounts of information, standard of care changes. It's so easy to point fingers, but if you're going to do it, do it while you're looking in the mirror. You and your behavior and your negative mindset can be your greatest risk factor.

[@gqftoast]

I was in my 30's when a blood test showed high LDL cholesterol was and warned of a sudden death risk because of it. I'm 73 now still have high LDL and have NEVER used the statins they tried to push on me. I'd have to say that all this LDL scare is just wrong in many cases.

[@PollyPurree]

Everyone I knew who used statins got dementia. The brain is mostly cholesterol and it needs to be replenished. Alzheimer's is characterized by holes appearing in the brain

[@PollyPurree]

Everyone I knew that used statins got dementia.

[@walter.66]

Same here. They still try to push statins on me. No thanks.

[@liannemarie2504]

My husband just got his second high cholesterol for his yearly physical, in a row. They tried to prescribed him statin drugs and even had them send to the house and I texted him immediately and was like, are you actually going to take these? He told me know that he was just going to manipulate his diet and start running more. I married the right man!

[@mylesg7278]

@@jeffj318 pasted this on every comment. You OK hun?

[@goliathonscave9834]

From a fellow physician and carnivore from across the pond, Bravo sir! This is the most complete, non-snarky, video explainer of the atherosclerotic process that I have seen to date. I only recently learned that the missing mechanistic piece to the whole explanation of atherosclerosis was turbulence caused by high blood pressure. I can understand that you didn't want to make the video too long so you left out some details but I would recommend in future videos you try to squeeze in a bit more info on the the vital importance of sdLDL (small dense LDL) and it's contribution to myocardial infarctions (heart attacks). To the uninitiated, in short: The simple hard plaque created by healthy LDL (lbLDL: large buoyant LDL) to repair the inflamed artery wall is NOT what causes the heart attack. It is caused by the accumulation of diseased LDL, the sdLDL, which forms a soft plaque (I describe it as a pimple) that buries itself in the artery wall, then eventually ruptures and causes mass clotting, thus blocking the blood flow and causing a heart attack. So it is, therefore, important to not get diseased LDL (sdLDL). The sdLDL occurs from glycosylated LDL (LDL damaged from carbs) and/or oxidized LDL (LDL damaged by the oxygenated blood but ALSO from seed oils such as corn oil, soybean oil, Canola, grapeseed oil, peanut oil, sunflower oil, margarine BUT NOT olive oil, coconut oil or avocado oil). You can reduce your sdLDL with saturated fats (ie. animal fats, coconut oil, palm oil, dairy fat, eggs) and Omega-3 fatty acids (which is commonly found in fish). THIS is why Dr Abs is safe on his carnivore diet. It should be noted that the majority of studies show that statin drugs INCREASE sdLDL! Also, sdLDL is not measured on the standard lipid panel, that's why the standard lipid panel is useless. Be careful when you research saturated fat because there are A LOT of unreferenced articles online that falsely claim that saturated fats are unhealthy and that they need to be reduced to decrease sdLDL levels.

[@LadyBirch]

So please explain why you contradicted yourself in saying that LDL damaged by the oxygenated blood is seed oil And you included coconut oil and avocado oil. (Two oils that were told are healthy for us.) Then you went on to say that to reduce your sdLDL you increase saturated fats and included coconut oil, See this as a contradiction howeverI don’t really understand the difference between LDL and sdLDL. So maybe that’s my problem. But how can so many people doctors be lying to us for so many years? I finally just refused to take my statins because they couldn’t give me one that actually helped me and reduce my levels. They kept wanting to increase my statin dosage and I started feeling like I couldn’t even take a walk anymore. It was affecting my muscles and my overall energy level and health only. I sometimes thought it was causing me to have shortness of breath when I would try to exercise so I just basically had to tell my doctor that I wasn’t gonna take them and I didn’t care what she said about them. They were not good for me and I could exercise better and longer, I actually felt like I had an injury when I was on the statins

[@WW11110]

Boom. Nice. Also, my only concern, is, people who have a carnivore diet, don't live the longest. It appears to be the case that some non carnivore foods in the diet aid longevity. Feel free to comment.

[@WW11110]

​Interesting

[@rubix01]

I enjoyed reading your explanation of sdLDL and its dangers. I did listen to another utube Dr (can't recall who) who said that statins do reduce LDL overall but only the lbLDL. One could look at this as sdLDL increasing as a percentage of the components of the lowered LDL? Another mentioned that Trigs/HDL ratio is an indicator of the particle number in the sdLDL. If the ratio is

[@vicki4552]

He did not include coconut oil & avocado oil with the bad seed oils.

[@528freq8]

May More Physicians and healthcare workers follow in this man's footsteps🙏❤️

[@janedough6575]

My goodness, how many years did it take to finally hear this? About time we stop the nonsense.

[@utefrank4425]

Yes, knowledge is a debt to be collected

[@usadave]

Eating cholesterol doesn't cause high cholesterol any more than eating broccoli causes you to turn green

[@demonfedor3748]

Unless you've been blessed with Niemann-Pick gain of function ( genetic trait) and you absorb dietary cholesterol like crazy and also phytosterols which is another can of worms in itself.

[@liviucristianionescu]

100% false, did a blood test after 2 months, all lipid panel exploded

[@superfinevids]

Wut?

[@demonfedor3748]

@@superfinevids Some people are genetically unlucky and absorb a lot of cholesterol they eat which increases apoB and chance of heart disease. We all absorb cholesterol some more some less. There are also people who make too much cholesterol ( and apoB) or not clear apoB fast enough or both. They can get heart disease as early as at 6 years old. Sucks I know. And also there are lucky people with PCSK-9 loss of function genetic trait ( they clear out apoB like there's no tomorrow). They get close to 0 heart disease and their apoB is extremely low their entire lives.

[@superfinevids]

@@demonfedor3748 That is just the internal mechanism for cholesterol based on the person. But as the saying goes, "your genes load the gun, your diet pulls the trigger"

[@raywall3814]

What a genius ! Someone who explains in depth the actual mechanism. We have been wrongly prescribed and mislead for decades.

[@maiaallman4635]

I'm a chemical engineer and this topic has a lot in common with piping system design.

[@GazingFarAway]

Are you saying pipelines have cholesterol too?

[@Thomas-pq4ys]

Well put doctor. I've been looking into keto and carnivore... and practicing enough that my LDL is elevated. The medical "industry" here in the States got all excited, gave me profitable scans and tests... results, everything normal, no buildup, blood pressure normal... still, statins were encouraged from every source. I refused. I wish I could find a doctor like you...

[@lrg613]

I just learned that blood pressure is regulated by a healthy vagus nerve. I have no blockages but an elevated blood pressure due to vagus nerve disregulation. Tell-tale sign: loss of gag reflex, heart arrhythmias, stomach/diaphragm/digestive issues, muscle cramps, etc. This is why a healthy individual can have “unknown cause” high blood pressure.

[@johnschlesinger2009]

Absolutely first rate. If only there were a few more like this guy...

[@Dr_Abs]

Thank you so much 🙏

[@ksineasttexas]

I agree! I truly appreciate it when doctors continue their education by asking the question, "Why?" The best doctor I ever had was my grandparents' doctor. He was still practicing because none of his patients would let him retire. 🙂 At the time I was seeing him, he was 85. I was only 19, and his approach was so different from any of the doctors I had ever seen. We would sit in his office and talk about the issue I was having. He would ask questions about what I had been doing prior to the issues, and then we would move to the exam room if needed. He believed less was more. I was blessed that I could see him only because I was a family member of his patients. He finally retired at the age of 97, and my grandparents were not happy at all. 😅 The last time I saw him was at my grandfather's funeral he was going to be 101 in 1994. He was 6 years older than my grandfather. My grandparents lived long lives they were 95 & 92 at their passing. I wish there were more doctors that were like him and would just apply common sense to their patients' lives. He would just smile and ask me well why did you do that? You knew it was going to be a problem within a few days. R.I.P. Dr. Elkins, you made a difference in so many peoples lives.

[@robertmosblech9027]

What haven't they lied about. Keep you sick and make money.

[@mylesg7278]

Yeah, what haven't they lied about.... 💉👀

[@peterdorrfuss2680]

@@mylesg7278effectively safe from accountability

[@matthewfindlay9010]

Honestly for the majority I think it’s a case of blissful ignorance at part. Why would they want to delve into what’s essentially avoidance when they currently sell billions of pounds of medication such as statins that in most cases manage the symptoms. All be it with negative side effects that do nothing for quality of life.

[@sharonscott8490]

The best find was this Dr Abs . In you we trust your knowledge and honesty about subjects we know little about. That we should know enough to understand. Thank you so much. Everyone who also has found you have a blessed and safe day

[@Dr_Abs]

Thank you for the kind words :)

[@Magus1213]

Thank you for another informative, well-produced video Dr. Abs! You explain everything in terms that are easily understandable to those without a medical degree. I appreciate your logical, layman’s terms approach to otherwise complicated matters.

[@Dr_Abs]

🙏🙏

[@djh1947]

Wow! A doctor who understands fluid dynamics. Only last week, really, i was trying to explain to my wife what i thought was causing arterial blockage. The example i used was snow fences. Those fences that are put several metres on the windward side of a road. This causes a low pressure area between the fence and the road where the snow is deposited before it gets to the road. Why was i explaining this? Because two years ago, i had a stent inserted in my circonflex artery in the left ventrical. The doctor showed me the before and after videos because he had already found out that i was a graduate engineer, and figured i would be interested. I was explaining to my wife that i believed i had had a constriction in the circonflex artery since birth and the mRNA COVID vaccine had produced inflamation in my heart muscle, myocarditis, that resulted in increased constriction of the circonflex artery, that then caused deposits due to the "snow fence effect" Between the 2nd COVID vaccine and me having the stent inserted was June to November 2021, during which i had at least seven heart attacks (myocardial infarction). I survived through my knowledge as an engineer of fluid dynamics and knowing what action to immediately take. The cardiologist was flummoxed by my explanation and my knowledge of the astable multivibrators that exist in the heart, or as cardiologists call them sinoatrial and ventricular nodes. As you say in the video The cardiologists must preach according to the medical gospel and are not permitted to consider alternative explanations from fear of being fired. Footnote. It's been many decades since i felt as good as i do today. I firmly believe that the stent not only fixed a COVID vaccine incident but also a birth defect that gave me pain in my heart when coping with heavy physical exertion from as early as i can remember. I have never had a cholesterol problem. I'm 77 years old. Thanks for publishing this video. It's good to know I am not alone in thinking that cholesterol is a victim, not a culprit. Edited Note to tallgrass9366. KZbin doesn't support relies to replies, so please look for a new comment from me.

[@Dr_Abs]

Firstly, thank you for watching :) Secondly, I take my hat off to you for applying engineering principles to understand what's happening. The mechanics is actually very similiar to other things in the world around us as you say. I am very very impressed by how you analogised the issue to your engineering experience ; bravo!

[@tallgrass9366]

Dear djh, your post sparked my interest when you said you immediately knew What To Do after each heart attack. Can you enlighten and educate us based on your experience on what you did. Thank you. Wish you good future health.

[@djh1947]

@@tallgrass9366 This document is my reply to Tall Grass's request to know what to do when I had a heart attack. Past experience in trying to post long replies tells me that KZbin has undocumented limits to the size of replies. I will split my reply into sections if I encounter those limits. Or post the reply as a separate comment. It's important to recognise that I am not a doctor, I am an engineer. This gives me a couple of advantages over doctors. I am free to say what I want without being concerned by being attacked by the medical community. My career is not at risk if I don't toe the medical community line. I spent my life solving engineering problems by thinking, something that Dr. Abs obviously does but in my personal experience medical doctors rarely do or are too frightened to do.

[@djh1947]

@@tallgrass9366 Firstly it is important to know what a heart attack is. I see a heart attack as a form of cramp. Athletes know what cramp is and in my youth when I played for the school rugby team we were taught to recognise cramp and instructed to act fast if a player had cramp in their calves. “Don't wait for medical help, immediately take the player's foot and pull the cramped muscle tight by taking the heel in one hand and the toes with the other and pull the calf muscle tight. Don’t let the cramp take hold. Act immediately!”. That's what we were told and when I watch rugby today I see that this hasn’t changed. So what causes cramp? In my view the most likely cause is a lack of sufficient blood for an active muscle.. Let’s call it “blood starvation”. For an athlete this is usually caused by excessive use. But one can get cramp by sitting in a “bad” position where the blood is cut off to a muscle. Again “blood starvation” How does one know that one is having a heart attack? Well this is well documented. Nausea and cold sweat Chest pain around the area of the heart Pain in the neck and left shoulder. Having survived multiple heart attacks I can confirm that this is correct. 🙂

[@djh1947]

@@tallgrass9366 I replied to you with a separate comment. Look for a new djh1947 comment

[@sebek12345]

🎯 Key points for quick navigation: 00:13 *🧠 The hypothesis that cholesterol causes atherosclerosis is questioned, as cholesterol is present throughout the blood but atherosclerosis isn't.* 00:55 *🩸 Veins don't develop atherosclerosis despite having the same amount of cholesterol as arteries, challenging the cholesterol-atherosclerosis theory.* 02:31 *🫀 Atherosclerosis occurs only in arteries, not veins, suggesting no direct causality between cholesterol and blockages.* 04:51 *💪 High blood pressure increases the force on arterial cells, potentially causing damage and inflammation.* 07:40 *🌊 Turbulent blood flow at arterial bifurcations contributes to atherosclerosis development.* 09:52 *🔬 Low shear stress areas allow LDL particles to adhere to damaged vessel walls, initiating plaque formation.* 11:57 *🍬 Glucose can cause additional damage through glycation, highlighting the importance of carbohydrate intake management.* 13:22 *🦠 Immune response to damaged vessels and LDL accumulation leads to full-blown atherosclerosis.* 15:41 *📊 Atherosclerotic plaques form primarily in larger arterial vessels with low shear stress and turbulent flow.* 17:32 *📈 The speaker emphasizes the importance of distinguishing between association and causation in medical research.* Made with HARPA AI

[@JB-ip7vr]

Finally a doctor who sees some sense.

[@theeprincess777]

I’ve been following David Feldman and his cholesterol code and showing it to people who are taking meds. This is one more resource to show people !! Your channel is fire 🔥

[@Dr_Abs]

Thanks 😊

[@demonfedor3748]

​@@Dr_AbsDave Feldman himself repeatedly stated apoB is a cause for heart disease. Look up his interview with Simon Hill and dr. Cromwell and see what exactly he said about apoB.

[@etiennetaylor]

You deserve a wide following.🙏👏

[@Dr_Abs]

Thank you 😊

[@John-du2mq]

I'm not a doctor but I work in a place that has to do with flows and making sure you can maintain pipes and equipment with many different processes. Your explanation makes total sense and I don't see how doctors don't see it. If my system is creating excess pressure in some set of pipes and let's say out water treatment isn't up to snuff for the last few months, well there's more organic materials. The high pressure from the malfunction or operator error can stress your pipes, seals, etc then on top of it the organic material gets into the little damage parts and cause obstructions and more damage down the line. My field has nothing to do with medicine but physics and flows don't change.

[@Dr_Abs]

You're absolutely right! It's not that hard to understand but making it seem that way I think is done on purpose to keep patients in the dark. I obviously could be wrong, but this is my experience from being in medicine for years now.

[@ksineasttexas]

​@Dr_Abs You are not wrong, sir. It appears that the doctors don't want to educate their patients anymore. Nor do they want to listen their patients and understand why one is doing well when the other isn't. It is as if they do not want to continue asking the why so they discover answers to help their patients without medication. You remind me of the best GP I ever had he was 87 and I was 19. I only got an appointment because my grandparents were his patients. And he was only practicing because his patients wouldn't let him retire. He taught me so much with his common sense approach to medicine and life. I haven't found another like him and I am 62 now so I just go to clinics now when I know my body needs help with this one. Thank you sir for continuing your education by asking why and educating us with your discoveries. I feel like Dr. Elkins is still with me when I listen to you. God bless and keep you and yours safe, strong, and at peace. ❤

[@Dr_Abs]

Thank you very much 🙏 my dad is a doctor and I saw his level of commitment to his patients from a young age and maybe some rubbed off on me. He's a far better man than I am but I hope to get closer to his level as time goes by 😊

[@justintucker3430]

Thanks for breaking it down in detail. I heard the same stuff before and no one tells you why or how it happens. I need to know why. Great job.

[@Dr_Abs]

Thank you for watching 😊

[@olanderdecastro52]

You are right. But having suffered to heart attacks myself, I can tell you that LDL cholesterol plus arterial inflammatory disease plus high blood pressure does the trick. Controlling for each of these is really important and it kept me alive and kicking for 12 years since my second MI. But to do that, you have to have a strict regimen of what I call MED. Medication, exercise, and diet.

[@MichL_71]

What is your idea of a good diet for the heart?

[@olanderdecastro52]

@@MichL_71 Almost exclusively protein and green vegetables. Water, black coffee and tea (no sugar) to drink. Very little cheating with sugar and carbs.

[@JenMarco]

Fat is essential. It’s not fat and cholesterol that makes us unhealthy. It’s sugar artificial sweeteners, flavors, colors, preservatives and other chemicals added to packaged food.

[@olanderdecastro52]

@@JenMarco I love a well marbled steak! And bacon which I eat almost every day. It is protein rich (eggs too-I eat 3-4 everyday),

[@johnpearcey]

This is great stuff. About 10 years ago, I started to suspect that high carb intake might be a problem. Glad to begin to hear some docs have put this together.

[@kathrynmathews4654]

In his book " The Clot Thickens" GP Malcom Kendrick makes the same point in depth. He notes that a vein used as a graft to replace an artery can in time develop plaques. It's an interesting read/listen - with an ironic sense of humour. It made me aware of other possible causes of atherosclerosis.

[@Dr_Abs]

Haven't heard of that book, thanks for sharing!

[@kathrynmathews4654]

Maybe you have heard of Zoe Harcombe PHD who along with Malcom Kendrick and Aseem Malhotra were referred to in articles in the Daily Mail 2019. Harcombe and Kendrick sued Associated Press for libel and two days ago the judge dismissed a public interest defence advanced by The Mail - who said that the complainants had made false statements about cholesterol-lowering drugs. Case still on going I understand,

[@Dr_Abs]

Wow, I'm meeting Aseem soon so plenty to talk about!

[@danf6975]

Unstable calcification And inflammation is the real danger

[@dr.emilschaffhausen4683]

And inflamation can be a hereditary component.

[@starbright1256]

So what do you do? I'm in a 90% blockage & need a stent. I made lifestyle changes but it's too late & not enough. What do you do?

[@starbright1256]

I'm 57 female. Was givin a statin I don't have high blood pressure or diabetes

[@dr.emilschaffhausen4683]

@@starbright1256 Good question. Dementia runs in my family too, so there's that! I don't want a statin to make it worse, but then again, there are some studies linking statins to improved function for dementia patients. There are simpy too many variables to say one size does or doesnt fit all. It really needs to be tailored to the individual.

[@shamariyah9968]

@@starbright1256why are you taking it. Research dangers of statins

[@ronaldparvanian6949]

Linus Pauling noted that humans and a few mammals including guinea pigs do not produce ascorbic acid. Instead of ascorbic acid the human body substitutes very small dense LDL molecules to repair stress fractures. This causes inflammation and plaque buildup in these areas of repair. The " Pauling Protocol" includes daily ingestion of 4000+mg. ascorbic acid every three hours. Pauling also promoted use of the amino acids proline and lysine to remove existing arterial plaques.

[@wawabbit]

Recently read about Pauling's life. I highly recommend it. What a fascinating fellow. His chuldhood and young adult life stories are do interesting.. Look at what he got a Nobel for, and then how things changed for him once he figured out how to help sick people.

[@janpowell7536]

Cholesterol is good for the brain and joints in fact our whole body, big Phama tells us it’s bad for us when in fact quite the opposite, and tell people to take statins which is bad for you as it eats away muscle, we are just a commodity where big Phama is concerned, a patient cured is a patient lost and not producing fat profits for Phama. You are a light being doing good work for the benefit of mankind pity there’s not more of you.

[@Dr_Abs]

Thank you 😊

[@cwally1994]

​@@NiToNi2002 an internet search is your friend

[@andreaandrea6716]

Dr. Abs.... thank you for sharing that you explained all of this to other doctors and that THEY JUST STARED AT YOU BLANKLY!!!!!! This happens to me ALL THE TIME, when I've figured out something I've thought about for a long time and share it with someone else: BLANK STARES. And when I probe, people want to CHANGE THE SUBJECT. No one, it would seem, WANTS TO THINK or discuss anything. It is very very very lonely.

[@TrutherOne-xv8nr7yj3e]

Same here. People will only wake up in their own time frame if they wake up at all.

[@andreaandrea6716]

@@TrutherOne-xv8nr7yj3e I guess I have to realize... that it simply takes the time it takes and to also NEVER SHUT UP, because it may take that person hearing what I've said from a couple of other sources before they can open their minds to it. So, that's a good enough reason to continue. It's just VERY lonely!!

[@Justme-hc3kt]

I stopped eating processed foods, canned foods and sugar and switch to animal products and I avoid all vegetable,canola oil and seed oils, my inflammation and high blood pressure magically disappeared,I told my cardiologist and he told me I was going to get cholesterol and all of these health problems and non of the issues he told me I’d have occurred actually the opposite happened! My peri menopause belly magically disappeared and my fine lines and wrinkles look smoother and I have a lot more energy too! We’re being lied to by Drs

[@Dr_Abs]

💯 we are! So glad you shared your story here, thank you ❤️

[@melissacarver4110]

What foods do you eat? Fruits? Fish? Chicken? Rice? I’m curious. Im soon to be 58 and I’m very concerned about my heart as I age. Heart disease runs in my family. I am too tired to excercise after working 10 hours Monday through Friday and I take care of my mother who has dementia and is bed ridden. I eat lots of vegetables. It makes me feel better. It’s very difficult to eat processed foods because practically all foods in the grocery stores are processed. Please tell me how you do it? Please and thank you.

[@formxshape]

⁠@@melissacarver4110 cook from pure ingredients, meat veg etc. never eat anything with vegetable oils in them, cook with animal fats. Never eat anything with fructose, dextrose etc in it. It’s not hard.

[@aulusagerius7127]

It does indeed take a lot of time in shopping and meal prep to eat fresh food. Convenience Is the main selling point of processed food.

[@marshabowlin1757]

You are so right in all process food they put poison preservatives I have changed my way of eating no soda ,bread eating more meat I cook at home !!

[@onerycool]

Great information, I have been following you for a week and love your videos. Thank you

[@Dr_Abs]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@juanitagibson3799]

Me too. I just found you about two weeks ago and love your channel. God bless you for informing people of the truth concerning our health.

[@epifanioesmero536]

I TRUST this doctor!!

[@thatgoddamnpotato3367]

I love asking people who say dietary cholesterol is bad, how does dietary cause the problems claimed, what parts of the body need cholesterol, and what is the risks that come with lower cholesterol.

[@joannthomases9304]

They pull licenses..from these Doctors if they do not follow prtocol of meds....from a Dr.'s answering service girl, hearing them going off about not wanting to give meds they did not believe in, for patients......🤔 One said; "Then pull it. I'll see them in court" yaaay. Was very happy one knew the whole situation, enough to go. I prayed for him a lot. Prayed for all of them.

[@selenaclarke]

This is a great watch. Explains the heart system in an easy to comprehend way & allows people to help themselves

[@jeremiahfenwick9954]

It’s in doctor’s best interest to lie and keep patients sick so they have a long term customer.

[@TheTykus]

Well, there may be a minority of doctors that would actually lie to their patients to keep them sick to have a returning customer, this is not the vast majority of doctors. Most doctors, like most people, are only taught what to think not how to think. So they absorb whatever information they are fed and believe it to be true. And if you’ve ever met someone who has believed something for 10+ years, it’s often almost impossible to change their mind That They’ve been wrong the whole time.

[@eatmeatandliftweights5754]

💯

[@Jughead24]

​@TheTykus exactly. It's conditioning. And conditioning can lead to skewed thinking, which in turn can lead to mistreating people based on ideology.

[@tjvirginia1319]

Most doctors are overworked with too many patients because fewer doctors are staying in the healthcare field. Believe me they don't need more customers. Really brain dead comment.

[@matthewfindlay9010]

The doctors in majority are just trusting the science they have studied in medical school. The brave few who question it and ask questions are ostracised by their fellow physicians

[@mrpolsco6872]

Thanks

[@Dr_Abs]

❤️❤️

[@InTheMiddleOfAForest]

Dr. Abs.....I just love you!❤

[@timnicolai498]

To credit Cholesterol with arterial blockage is like blaming oxygen for the fire

[@janedough6575]

Or blaming the fireman for trying to put it out.

[@GregariousAntithesis]

Like blaming a paramedic for your accident he is trying to save your life from

[@GregariousAntithesis]

@mellocello187study glucose and diabetes and the damage it does.

[@GregariousAntithesis]

@mellocello187 i have heard all the junk science that continues to prop up the cholesterol hypothesis and if LPa is fatal then all my family shouldnt have lived into their mid 90s. I had the expensive comprehensive cholesterol test and i dont buy any of this anymore. Cholesterol is not causing the damage. All this is Epidemelogy, coincidence isnt science.

[@rogerderamjet]

😂blaming the thunder for the lightening,just saying?

[@jenmdawg]

I had to tell my doctor I would not take statins until after a CAS. She had no idea that was a next step. Took me weeks to get it done… and sure enough I do not need statins. I’m amazed at how doctors really think the nutritional advice they give - works. Their own health is in the toilet most of the time. I’m on my 8th year of eating properly - I changed the course of my middle age by going against my doctor’s advice on how and what to eat. In sum. We’re not supposed to get fat, sick and exhausted as we age and carbs are killing us.

[@adamantium2012]

Plenty of societies around the world that eat carbohydrates within an ancestral diet, and they are healthy without the modern diseases debilitating them. Tokulauans ate taro and fruit, Okinawans pre-WW2 ate sweet potatoes that provided 70% of their calories, etc. The difference is that their carbohydrates are UNPROCESSED and UNREFINED.

[@rickknowles9620]

Finally. You are absolutely correct. I was diagnosed with heart disease and had a triple bi-pass done. All my doctors continually pushed was statin statin statin. My initial resistance was the negativity around side affects which are certainly valid. I felt helpless but decided to take on the challenge myself. Without going through the entire process I came to a place where things are stable. I learned your stated fact that the plague only resided in the arteries. My conclusion was blood pressure and damage from the pumping action. I was pumping up my bicycle tire one day with a hand pump. After a couple of minute I could feel the body of the pump cylinder getting hot. This was my aha moment. Even with this theory I was still having episodes of some chest discomfort and I watch a video talking about the bodies over reaction the the inflammation from this stress. The person in the video stated a possible case for small dose statin and to my surprise a 10 milligram dose has got me stable with no symptoms. I'm not advocating this, it just a cause and effect to which works for me but I'm still learning with myself as the genie pig. Other drugs that were prescribed along with the statin were blood thinners (Elequis) and a blood pressure med (Metoprolol). At one point I had AFIB and that was under control with that drug. I was feelin dizzy and went to the hospital one day and told the doctor about the AFIB and he looked at the scanner and said I see perfect sinus rhythm and said to stop the metro. With my hypothesise of the air pump I decided to take half to maintain a lower pressure score. This is where I am at this point. I don't like taking the blood thinners though and have been experimenting with some natural anti thrombotic products. Nattokinase and Serrapeptase. I would love to hear your opinion on those as they may or may not be helping. Love to hear from you. You have a follower.

[@starbright1256]

Thank you. Great comment

[@pommieMJ]

Absolutely BRILLIANT! Subscribed straight away.

[@Dr_Abs]

🙏🙏

[@tsme7733]

Superb explanation. Love the darkened surroundings, which assists focus. Well done.

[@Kjuken69]

Great video, is something i wan't to note as you talk about damage to the endotilial cells in arteries. You have one thing no one mentions, that protect the endotilial cells and are the first line deffence of trombosis, adhesion of lekuocytes etc, it controls the vascular permeability. The Glycocalyx. Extremely important but never mentioned! I have never heard this been talked about, not even by that so confident australian "expert" Bart i think his name is. Maybe i am wrong, but i have never heard this have been talked about by other then Dr. Malcolm Kendrick . Whom you absolutly should have on your podcast or video! Best of wishes from Norway. Roar Ellefsen

[@PunsariJayasooriya]

Hello Dr Abs, please do a Detailed video on Damaged skin barrier repairing🙏🙈❤️

[@PoliticFlix]

So this is why my doctor tells me that she isn’t worried about my higher “bad” cholesterol (245). She knows what I eat. I don’t have high blood pressure, I have good levels of “good” cholesterol and I get plenty of exercise. I just wish more physicians would explain this to their patients. Thank you for your in depth explanation.

[@bugsy1254]

Bart Kay has also commented on exactly this sequence of events leading to atherosclerosis. It beggars belief that so many doctors choose to ignore the bleeding obvious.

[@stevensalt3683]

We need more doctors like you sir.

[@Dr_Abs]

Thank you my friend ☺️

[@atomic_poppy]

I don’t like meat, just don’t like the taste. I love salmon and fish though! I follow a mostly vegetable and fish diet, yogurt, no sugar no processed junk.

[@InTheMiddleOfAForest]

Your channel is simply fabulous 👌 👏 👍

[@Dr_Abs]

🙏🙏

[@mikebreler9724]

I am a retired architect but confused by your explanation of the mechanics of particle invasion. "HIGH pressure causes gaps in the endothelial lining, but the turbulence in the areas at or near vectors of larger arteries have LOW pressure turbulence allowing the particles to enter into the gaps"?. What am I missing or misunderstanding? I completely agree with your main ideas about cholesterol and that the damage is in the arteries. It's just the mechanics of pressure that don't make sense to me. Also I'm of the opinion that blood viscosity is a huge player in the endothelial damage process. And yes, Its all about pushing statins.

[@usadave]

In the '80s when my dad was recovering from bypass surgery I asked his doctor if the arteries in the heart plug up then why don't the arteries in his ankle plug? He wasn't sure but he guessed it's because the heart exerts itself so often. I replied by asking so exercise causes plaque buildup? He changed the subject. If I was at a fireman's ball and I asked how can I prevent fires I would think that the fireman would be willing to hold a conversation but in this case no. It didn't bode well for those who devote their life to educating themselves on wellness and their understanding of cholesterol doesn't look good now

[@percynuel01]

😂😅😂😅😂😅😂😅😂😅

[@bridgetsieger2261]

Oh hi! This is my episode. I’m the one with high cholesterol and no plaque in my heart. Healthy looking heart.. terrible lab number. Weird.

[@paulelgey1]

Great video Dr. Abs. Been telling patients this for years. Cholesterol is only a small proportion for atherosclerosis risk, despite what the drug companies would tell us.

[@Dr_Abs]

💯

[@anitadenton1468]

Again !!!! Diet is everything!! Please watch your carbs, exercise, plenty of sleep. This Doctor explains it so well, I have friends on Statin, all it does is gives them the OK to continue to eat the way they choose reasons why they are on statin 😔

[@wisamsaleh5251]

You are right Low shear stress in area of fluid tube flow make turbulence which make more chance for cholesterol to stick there So how to address low shear stress area in artery You can't stop them from forming its mechanical thing Best thing to do is to improve blood circulation and lower blood pressure

[@KimLaCroix-s1w]

Great explanation! So this goes right in line with insulin resistance actually causing atherosclerosis and not LDL. Been taking a deep dive into the literature after my husband had a heart attack at 52 with 99% blockage. He won't listen to me to eliminate carbohydrates and alcohol to stop any further damage. Thank you

[@francescag6889]

Carbs and sugar are the kiss of death.

[@carolewenman4558]

Omg, Having fought my Dr over not taking Statins i can’t believe how much sense you are making.

[@toddvolpe6396]

I was going to send this to my sister who has been in the medical field for many decades but when I saw the title drug companies lie I know that she would even watch it

[@toddvolpe6396]

And my credibility would take a hit

[@jerrywiese]

This logic seems to be complete and correct and there should be international recognition of this explanation .

[@Neddy540]

Dr please talk about oxylates, in my pharmacy the amount of people with UTIs which I've narrowed down to eating alot of raw spinach smoothies is nuts, would love to know your take on this

[@balakrishnapoduval6705]

Excellent logic. Stress both biotic and abiotic contribute to the plaque formation. Abiotic stress like pressure on the vessel truly initiates the process.

[@jasoncook9003]

Excellent video! Extremely informative. My LDL just came back “high” and my coronary artery CT scan was 0. The doctor started talking about statins because of my LDL. I asked her how is it that my LDL is high and my coronary arteries are perfectly clear and my bp is 110/70 and you think there is a problem that requires medication? No answer.

[@lauramay5361]

I just came across your channel through the video about moisturiser and HA. I have never heard it explained like that before. I'm going to try going without it! Your content looks really interesting I'm glad I came across it 😄

[@franciscoadolfo5805]

To add. Family member just got a stent. WHERE? You are wondering. I one of the grafts of a bypass. Yes, the graft (they used a vein) . This is the second one needed as a few years ago another bypass graft (also a vein) required a stent. So two of four grafts failed within 16 years of the bypass. The doctor said they usually fail at seven. Keep in mind that this patient has been taking two cholesterol lowering meds, plus blood thinners. Her cholesterol is very well controlled, yet, plaque developed on two bypass grafts. Borderline diabetic, high BP, awefull lifestyle. BUT very low cholesterol

[@henryespinosa6580]

Thanks for questioning the narrative of your education and showing a very simple question can completely change everything you were taught! Great content for and older man !! Thanks 🙏 👍👍

[@divyasidhu1670]

I love your honesty ❤

[@jpr42100]

Please add endothelial breakdown. (Smoking?) This is repaired with platelets and stabilized with fibrin. This results in fibrous caps. I have seen this many times. Also think about coronary artery bypass grafts. Veins that are placed backwards to supply blood. What happens to those vessels? (Yes, they also get CAD.) You are on the right track.

[@mrsbegin4185]

My new favorite channel.

[@jamesplummer356]

Your spot on Fluid flow disruption with contact is called Skin friction Insulin Resistance also changes LDL to HDL causing more damage sights increase the risk ?

[@RunningWithSauce]

I'm working so hard to avoid this but its an inevitability for me. I have systemic mastocytosis (no cure) which causes system wide chronic inflammation. My blood pressure is luckily 110/70 and holding as I run often. But the inflammation is rampant.

[@jamicarpenter8760]

Thank you Dr. Your breath of knowledge is incredible ! Please consider addressing LPa. I’ve had 4 CVE, 9 blockages and no damage to my heart. On PCNK9, trying to address naturally also. Not much hope for us.

[@francescag6889]

There are a few drugs in the pipeline for Lp(a). Univ of Penn is running the clinical study (phase 3). Lp (a) drugs should be available by 2025.

[@sudheergoutham]

Hands down the best explanation .

[@just-anillusion5893]

He who tells the truth needs a fast horse.... Nevertheless on the long run the truth will set us free. Thank you for the interesting information and your profound knowledge. I appreciate you thinking out of the box. It is time for change. Greetings from Germany

[@Dr_Abs]

I liebe Deutschland, danke schön 🙏

[@Joao_133]

flawed reasoning this that cholesterol should also be deposited in the venous part of the circulatory system as a vein is not an artery

[@brucemckay6615]

Well that was actually very clear and helpful…. I sort of got it from others…. But this is the best explanation Ive seen.

[@JohnsmithQqqq]

Dr Abs gives one of the best and concise explanations of an issue the medical establishment has trouble understanding. The findings he describes is 100% accurate.

[@Dr_Abs]

Appreciate the love, my friend :)

[@seanbaker8231]

Dr.,thank you. I wanted to add these low pressure areas are precisely where gold falls out during flood season..one practice is to study a high water mark line..and judge/test where the torroidal flow would 'drop' the desired mineral..sorry this just amazed me...the similarities of the physics at all scale

[@TimRobertsen]

It would be similar to claiming that scabs are bad, when it actually is the trauma/damage to the skin which is the problem.

[@minipleasures96]

I have high apoB. It was red on my Profile Lipid Plus Test. Everything else is green. I had contrast arterial CT. My CAC score is 1.5.... i have no inflammation so I am not worried about it.

[@bettykramos1802]

Dang! Thank you! I’m an LMHR with high ldl, high HDl and low triglycerides…I will not eat carbs to fix this…I’m healthy..

[@melissacarver4110]

He is so good in explaining it all!! Thank you!

[@keithgravestock3905]

What a fantastic explanation - thank you.

[@Malaka-r9p]

I do believe that a female patient with history of heart disease & multiple attacks was revived by a person who knows about special hot pepper powder until the paramedics arrived. Absorbed through the mouth membrane. Opened up her veins and capillaries etc instantly.

[@racekarts]

G’day Dr. Abs, i was a little perplexed ~10 mark, you say; high pressure and greater turbulence leads to low shear stress? Surely, greater pressure and turbulence both lead to higher shear stresses. (As an Engineer, we study lots of fluid dynamics) Turbulent flow has higher and more variable velocity gradients compared to laminar flow. The rapid changes in velocity and direction of the turbulent blood flow increase the force exerted on the arterial walls. The higher velocity gradients and the chaotic nature of turbulent flow therefore would increase the shear stress on the arterial walls. Therefore, surely increasing both pressure and turbulence would both increase shear stress, not decrease it? At the point of max constriction, velocity is highest , beyond that point velocity decreases and pressure drops (Bernoulli’s Principle) and you’d also get increased turbulence. Shear stress would be greatest at the narrowest point of the artery. Seems the body does what engineers do at narrowest point of a pipe by reinforcing the high shear or erosion area with a hard compound (ie. cholesterol plaque)

[@wade-buehler]

WOW! Great video. Informative and quite beautiful to watch. This is such a hot topic right now. I get that LDL isn't the "kiss of death" we were led to believe, but the one thing nobody that I've come across, talks about is what if you have high sdLDL. Like 1930 nmol/L? Triglycerides down, HDL up. That's a topic I'd like to see.

[@tallgrass9366]

Chorus of Trumpets applauding from USA. The very first time I've heard a reasonable hypothesis of heart disease and how it forms. 🎉🎉🎉 Have you given any thought to setting up a practice in USA?

[@Dr_Abs]

Unfortunately I'm too busy as it is. I work Mon to Sun every week already 😅

[@scrapper2675]

Wonderful and informative, thank you!

[@arnoldpillay9834]

Excellent information thank you

[@Raybies]

Well presented, easy to understand logic when it's presented in a simple way, and you didn't even mention Ansell Keys, the Dr who was paid by big pharma in the 50's to do the 7 country study (which was actually 20 countries but he cherry picked the worse for his study) Thank you.

[@peterholt4806]

No fan of Ancel Keys, but get your facts right. He presented a graph of 6 countries to the WHO in which he appeared to cherry pick from 20, but this was firmly rejected. He then sought government funding to do the 7 countries study, whereby he did choose 3 countries from the 6 country graph (so a form of cherry picking), and collected far more statistics, though he presented them to non scientists to railroad his ideas into the current low fat paradigm. We are still paying the price.

[@AussieChick48]

My family has a heart disease history. My brother died at 48 yrs old. He dropped to the ground and was unable to be revived. I have Atrial Fibrillation. My concern right now however is something that started about 3 months ago. At night my knees and sometimes feet become vivid red and the skin is hot to the touch. No pain involved. At other times even when the heat isn't present, the redness is. When I gently poke the skin it goes ghostly white. When I wake in the morning in bed, my lower legs feel very heavy and more often than not knees are once again vivid red. I have chronic sciatica with pain in my left side. Mostly the calf and 24/7 in the outer part of my foot. I also have arthritis in a few lower discs. I think I have bad circulation but I would love to hear your thoughts about my knees. 3 years ago I was a completely different person. I'm rather terrified. Your channel is fantastic and I admire your honesty and no BS approach. I also have COPD but am not on oxygen. Thank you.

[@bryanvan9212]

I saw an explanation very similar to this a few years ago and it made perfect sense to me.

[@kriordan25]

Very impressive thank you Must show this to my cardiologist

[@muhammadjibril1765]

Can this blocked arteries be cleaned (can atherosclerosis be reversed)

[@ff144k]

yes. vitamin c is the answer. and eat good amount of protein. study Linus Pauling and Dr Matthias rath's work. collagen is what you need to renew blood vessels and organs.

[@JohnnyRocketone]

My LDL 200, triglycerides 56, A1C 5.3, CRP low, homociestine low, Lp(a) less than 10. I'm healthy. No pathology. 54 years old.

[@gdjaybee742]

There was a popular study of Niacin, and the conclusion of that study was that Niacin in addition to Statin does not decrease death from cardiovascular causes. The biggest red flag I saw was that if Statin alone or Niacin alone decreases cholesterol, and that is the main purpose of statin and decreasing death from lowering cholesterol was the health industries main reason for pushing for it, but still does not decrease death from cardiovascular reasons, does decreasing cholesterol help at all? - This video gives credence to my hypothesis.

[@reesbear]

Wow, I have been looking for this explanation. Thanks

[@timothytrudgen8881]

You also need to consider LDL receptors. I think try are higher in arteries, but its not clear why. The difference may be related to the factors you describe or something else.