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It seems more likely that the supposedly "heart healthy" seed oils are causing heart disease.
The Carnivore Code has some very good insights (at least in my opinion) [1]
And this talk on how seed oils are destroying our health is also pretty interesting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kGnfXXIKZM
[1] https://www.amazon.com/Carnivore-Code-Unlocking-Returning-An...
I am close with someone who has chronic high cholesterol, in addition to a 6-pack abs. She exercises 5x/week and eats .5kg of animal products/week at most, usually white meat. She just visited her heart Dr and was told that her cholesterol is too high and that she needs to cut out animal products entirely as a next step. I am thinking...is this really the modern answer to someone's high cholesterol if they consistent…
ANSWER #1: Serum cholesterol is transferred back-and-forth between the blood and cell membranes to maintain a constant cell rigidity; normal behavior
PROBLEM #2: High serum cholesterol correlated to cardiovascular disease
ANSWER #2: Chronic inflammation associated with metabolic disorders upsets the various regulatory systems
I find the second answer unsatisfactory. Any chronic condition that damages arteries leads to plaque and this, in my opinion, accounts for all the other associations. The arterial wall damage can be due to excess blood sugar, oxidation, or pathogens (SARS-CoV-2?). The damage causes an inflammatory response and extra serum cholesterol is needed to repair the damage (forms the plaque). The chronic plaque formation reduces the arterial cross-section and reduces elasticity which both increase blood pressure.
The underlying cause is arterial wall damage. This can be measured non-intrusively using the Ankle-Brachial Pressure Index:
Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm always confused when I read/hear people say things like this. Do people think there is a skyscraper downtown with a giant sign on it that says Expert HQ on it or something where they release their findings from?
I understand that science is multi-facted discipline and there are a lot of people who have dedicated their lives to their craft and discovering truth because of their desire to solve human suffering and figure out how the world works. I also think there are a bunch of "scientists" that like the veneer that comes with the title like to spend their time talking on TV, going to parties, chairing committees and stealing…
Beyond that, the best available information isn’t always that clear. Low salt diets for example where prompted based on very limited information that suggested they where slightly more likely to be useful than pointless. Unfortunately, we rarely have unambiguous data which gives clear guidance. Vitamin C for example is mandatory, but you can have zero vitamin C for 2 weeks without issue or quickly excrete excess. For more subtle interactions it’s just difficult to figure out what’s going on.
The ambiguities and unknowns have opened the door for fitness gurus and health product grifters to turn this into a sort of holy war. It’s sad to see how many people have been convinced they are “healthy” because they follow a couple out of context fragments of the overall health picture.
I know too many people who think they are doing everything right because they avoid gluten, or don’t eat dairy products, or minimize saturated fat. Yet they go on to consume excessive amounts of sugar, or drink copious amounts of alcohol, or eat 4000+ calories per day of their chosen healthy foods.
The idea that animal products are unhealthy seems to be misguided. It seems more likely that the supposedly "heart healthy" seed oils are causing heart disease. The Carnivore Code has some very good insights (at least in my opinion) [1] And this talk on how seed oils are destroying our health is also pretty interesting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kGnfXXIKZM [1] https://www.amazon.com/Carnivore-Code-Unlocking-Re…
I am close with someone who has chronic high cholesterol, in addition to a 6-pack abs. She exercises 5x/week and eats .5kg of animal products/week at most, usually white meat. She just visited her heart Dr and was told that her cholesterol is too high and that she needs to cut out animal products entirely as a next step. I am thinking...is this really the modern answer to someone's high cholesterol if they consistent…
My grandmother has been diagnosed with high cholesterol since I was a toddler. She's 104 years old and survived COVID this summer.
This is why I have three things I never trust the experts in. - How to be healthy - How to educate - How to raise kids It seems like every decade we find out everything we did last decade was bad and wrong but now we've finally for sure got it figured out, and this time we know we are right because we have fancier gadgets and more citations in our name. From Frued to the Food Pyramid it seems that the experts always…
So who do you trust on these matters?
The idea that animal products are unhealthy seems to be misguided. It seems more likely that the supposedly "heart healthy" seed oils are causing heart disease. The Carnivore Code has some very good insights (at least in my opinion) [1] And this talk on how seed oils are destroying our health is also pretty interesting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kGnfXXIKZM [1] https://www.amazon.com/Carnivore-Code-Unlocking-Re…
It's what the science says so far. It's amazing that since there are gaps in our knowledge people readily jump over to woo woo fad diets.