Recent Content by Vectian

There will always be individual variation, that is why studies must look at large populations to see trends. You see this all the time on social media - "I know someone who got cancer after the covid jab" does not show that the jab causes cancer. There are many factors that could influence...

The entire point of that paper and the massive amount of research and studies it pools was to show the causality which was not conclusively shown before. It's all there if you read it! Even in the summary: Aims: To appraise the clinical and genetic evidence that low-density lipoproteins (LDLs)...

ApoB yes, used much more in America but the NHS don't do it. The non HDL cholesterol on a standard lipid panel has been shown to correlate quite well with ApoB, better than total or LDL. The influence of particle size is controversial and not all accept that has much value. ApoB measures all...

I am low carb myself so certainly not against it, it's what keeps my blood sugar in range with no meds. I do have stubborn slightly raised cholesterol and don't want to take statins because almost all raise blood sugar and that's the last thing I need! By the way the non HDL cholesterol is the...

I guess it's more keto and carnivore rather than just low carb, my own LDL hasn't gone up either but I try to restrict saturated fat. LDL is well known to rise on a keto and especially carnivore diet. The LMHR thing is not accepted by all, see this:

I think you will find the improvement was because of the weight loss, not specific diet and may be temporary. It's probably more keto rather than just low carb that causes more significant rises in LDL. The large populations I meant we can't come to any conclusions about whether saturated fat...

There are many mitigating factors - had you lost weight? Weight loss usually causes improvement in lipids regardless, at least in the short term. Was cholesterol raised already? Were you doing more exercise? Eating more fibre? This is why we have to look at large populations to see trends to...

Yes there are confounding factors, but well designed trials account for those as much as possible and mention them. A big one is weight loss - that will usually result in better lipid results regardless of the diet. Yes there certainly is strong evidence that LDL causes atherosclerosis, here it...

Well your same ACC concluded not long before that "The attenuated associations of lipoprotein particle measures with CHD after the adjustment for lipids indicate that their measurement does not detect risk that is unaccounted for by the standard lipid panel" - particle size is largely seen as...

No, I am saying the leading European cardiologists say that LDL causes atherosclerosis, and nobody is denying that excess intake of saturated fat raises LDL. It doesn't have to mention saturated fat specifically, that is the reason that it has harmful effects in excess, because it raises LDL. I...

None of that is anti low carb in any way, I don't know where that came from. It was purely that HDL is not a good predictor of heart disease risk, and therefore any ratios or calculations using HDL are likely to be inaccurate, nothing to do with any specific diet. That is what many leading...

Yes I have read it. Nowhere there does it say that saturated fat is not correlated to increased risk of heart disease. It is a review of guidelines, again saying that some saturated fat is more problematic than others so saying that any level of and type of saturated fat should be avoided is...

One paper from 6 years ago does not represent the totality of evidence! I have seen this cited before, it doesn't actually say that saturated fat doesn't contribute to heart disease, it just says there shouldn't be an arbitrary limit imposed because some saturated fat is healthier than others...

It's one theory which does have credible science behind it, but not the only one. Nobody as far as I know has definitely proven the root cause of IR, if there even is one cause. The triglycerides thing is a question I had about that, as triglycerides go down on a LCHF diet yet they have been...

Yes GPS love their ranges. As if you are a few points above or below the cutoff for normal or abnormal that makes any actual difference in symptoms etc. How long does it take with daily iron supplements to replenish the iron from a deficient level? Or how long to notice improvements in symptoms?