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There is confusing advice in clinical practice & literature on atherosclerosis risk. At this point, I am not seeking to raise my HDL to reduce risk. "However, the contemporary era has witnessed the disappointing results of major clinical trials, in which therapeutic approaches to HDL-C raising...

Plasma apolipoprotein-B is an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease, and its assessment should be routine clinical practice Plasma apolipoprotein-B is an important risk factor for card... : Current Opinion in Lipidology

Me too & I am not happy after a soccer session unless I am asked how old I actually am ( I am always the oldest player within a mile of the pitch.)

Perhaps conversion efficiency declines (with age?). I vaguely remember a trial on this. In any case, my MIL had better results with -ol at equiv dose.

Dest, You know better than I that the CoQ10-coconut oil solution is more bio-available. Why didn't you suggest that? My mother-in-law had weakness&fatigue secondary to lung fibrosis. She had to rest after a couple steps on stairs. She would not take the coconut soln I offered; but after she...

Off topic : erythritol Ocho et al, Have you seen anything on erythritol purity? Love it; for baking with Al & coco flour; but I was wondering if it is pure (I picture "benzene" or some orther cheap solvent being used to make erythritol). I notice some erythritol sources are rather cheap & I am...

Check out how Feldman manipulates his blood panel with short term dietary strategy: Cholesterol Drop Protocol (“Feldman Protocol”) » Cholesterol Code His take on LCHF/Keto Basics of Cholesterol on a Low Carb Diet » Cholesterol Code

I am skeptical about yearly cholesterol testing and I am not the only one. "Normal" LDL blood panels do die of cardiovascular disease. Cholesterol is implicated in disease, but it is not definitive. If you are concerned about it, get other tests: CIMT, CAC, and blood markers of inflammation...

Another view of statin efficacy is obtained by converting the percent "improvement" values to "Number needed to treat" (NNT). This is just a mathematical exercise that can be done for statin clinical trials. This tends to expose (and thus neutralize) the misleading pro-pharma bias seen in the...

Thomas Dayspring offers some Hypertriglyceridemia treatment options: Triglyceride Disorders

Arterial plaque reduction does occur (disease regression), obviously I want to avoid it in the first place; I am not going to be good as new. For example, patients on statins have been shown to have atheroma volume reductions. Here is the killer (pun intended unfortunately): more patients died...

Yes long ago, I believed fruit juice was very healthy...boy was I wrong. Fortunately I stopped feeding it to my son when he was very young. Apparently liver processing of fructose & alcohol are similar; liver goes into detox mode. Whole fruit has the helpful fiber, but still I don't eat much...

Yes I agree & it is even worse that a rare "thinking" physician that does not prescribe a statin could get sued if disease later ensues. I am not concerned about high blood cholesterol (unless its Familial Hyperlipidemia where cholesterol is astronomical), especially if carbs & PUFA are...

I tend to agree with your point. Additional points: 1. NMR measurement of the NUMBER of LDL particles (not just their size or density) is the cutting edge of lipidology. Some research shows that, compared to old-school blood tests, the particle counts of the various LDL species have a greater...

It was so much fun watching Courtois in WC. Did you see that flub by DeGea? Surprising! I am going to see Barcelona v AC Milan in Santa Clara soon...woohoo....

I have the Anova as well. I like chef J. KENJI LÓPEZ-ALT and other chefs at Serious Eats. Most recipes are not sous vide. Everything I have tried is delicious; there are explanations of the key points as to why the recipes work. They have a nice starter collection of sous vide recipes. Try...

You sound like an accomplished chef....

Kale chips! (lots of phytonutrients if you believe in that sort of thing. I tend to think that your liver just detoxifies them out and then you are good to go for a steak). Don't knock it until you try it. I love them....satisfying crunch and salty/spicy as you wish. Cut central stiff stems...

About the bagel craving, drop down and give me 20 push-ups or, in your case, 300. lol Carbs beget carbs (carbs & protein drive hunger up (craving) for me, no question). "Freaking Delicious" Recipes follow. Having this pork belly on hand, will help anyone forget the pizza & bagels: Deep-Fried...

I believe that proteins (and carbs) increase my hunger so I regulate them depending on my concurrent exercise; probably related to glucagon & leptin/grehlin CNS control axis. I believe PUFA are artherogenic and that sat fats are not; so I minimize PUFA & supplement EPA/DHA to mitigate PUFA ill...