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@@Queen.AnneBoleyn probably referring to the plaque build up. Calcium and cholesterol go to sites of inflammation to try and heal the area. Usually the root cause is chronic hyperinsulinemia. Unfortunately many don’t know what the root cause is so they never stop the progression of damage. Note: calcium is sometimes pulled from the bones and teeth for other areas of inflammation. So osteopenia and osteoporosis are also a result of the inflammation.
My cholesterol level at the time of my annual exam was 220, my doctor immediately put me on 10mg if lipitor should I stop taking it or find out the size of my LDL first.
My doctor asked what I did to reverse my Type 2 diabetes and why my blood work came back almost perfect. I told her I found Dr. Sten Ekburg and Dr Ken D Berry on the internet and stopped listening to her.
Statins stole my 50's from me. Now in my 60's, I can do so much more, I can think straighter, hike longer, do more, and several "mystery illnesses" that were "because you're getting older" (doctor's and specialist's "diagnosis") seem to have gone away. Thank you Dr. Ekberg for spreading the word.
I had recent aneurysm right kidney discovered after dealing with alot of other issues from something I won't get into on here. I'm looking better into things like this only, 30 right now. My cholestrol has spiked,BP spoked, heart rate etc
I tried to explain to someone in 40's that they should come of statins.. sent them videos like this... But all I got was "I'm going to listen to my own doctor" 🙄🥺
Thank you Engineer for sharing your great results and helping inspire others. That is so awesome. I am thrilled that you have seen such great results. Keep it up! 😄
In February I was urinating like crazy. I was spilling glucose to the point my a1C was 11.2. Full bore Type II diabetes was the diagnosis. Was given Jardiance and Rybelsus freebie samples but after 6 weeks of that regimen I punted and agreed to go on Metformin, the classic go to drug for diabetes. I realized that food got me in this mess and food would get me out. Completely modified my eating, fasted at least 12 hrs but most days it was as much as 14 hrs. My weight was 255 in February too, and that marked me as obese. By May I was down 25 lbs, and my a1C dropped to 6.5. My medical providers were blown away. Last week new bloodwork was better yet. Fasting glucose was 95, a1C now 5.5, weight 195lbs. My BP stays around 120-125 over 62 -72 on average. I turn 73 on Friday. I kicked diabetes to the curb.
@@vickitomica9884 I can only assume it did. Recent studies of Metformin suggest it has a big role in longevity as well so even if my numbers pretty much say I don’t have diabetes any long I am going to continue to use it.
I have what my doctor considers high LDL at 195 and kept insisting I be put on statins. I did take statins for 3 months but took myself off as I don't believe 195 is that high. After watching this video where Dr. Ekberg talks about the calcium score test I requested my doctor order one for me. It was $350 deductible. It was worth every penny. I had ZERO calcium so my doctor said I don't need to be on statins. That CAC test relieved all my anxiety that I was going to croak of a heart attack or stroke and save years of being on statins for no good reason.
I recently had labs/bloodwork done, because I was curious as to how two and a half years of IF/Keto/LC had affected my health. Back in 2018, I had lab results that showed high triglycerides, high LDL, all kinds of bad markers. I had stage 3 hypertension, was taking all kinds of drugs for HBP (none of which really worked), I was clearly suffering with metabolic syndrome (likely pre-diabetic), had developed numbness in my fingertips, and was 80 pounds heavier, etc. My health was declining rapidly, and all my doctor could do is offer more drugs. Fast-forward to a few months ago ... After two and half years of IF/Keto/LC, I had labs drawn. Needless to say, it was pretty shocking. My HDL was significantly higher, HDL/LDL ratios were perfect. BP went from 195/97 to 115/70. Triglycerides were low/normal. The funny thing: My doctor said something like, "You must be staying away from fat and eggs." To which I replied: "Actually, no. I eat more fat and eggs now than I've ever eaten in my entire life." Which prompted a whole discussion on low carb diets, weight loss, etc., and the fact that I hadn't been sick since late 2018. She still nodded and pretended like she knew everything I was telling her already (because they're trained to always "be right"), but I could clearly see that she had never seen a patient turn their health around so dramatically before, with nothing but diet. She tried to attribute it to the nebulous reason of "when you lose weight, you feel better"--which all medical doctors seem to do, as they fail to understand that obesity is just another symptom of the actual underlying problems, not the cause. In any event, I had a good chuckle.
Doctors are NOT interested in your good health....Where's the money in that? My ex-doctor had the same "I'm smarter than you) attitude and wanted to give me a paper bag full of prescription drugs. Started Keto in 2018, lost 50 lbs, everything has improved.....Last year, I had to explain everything in this video to my new doctor (Intern?.. I don't think Multi-Care has accredited -real doctors). Anyway, He took it all in, this year he did not say one word about my "High" Cholesterol or my "High" LDL....just looked at all the rest of the results and said...Wow! You're doing great for 72. BP 118/69, blah, blah, blah.....see you next year....
You've spent more time for people watching this on RUclips explaining this in detail than all of the combined doctor visits I've been to over the years. Thank you.
It’s fantastic when people just choose to do their own research and make their own choices to better their diet by inspiring videos like Dr. Sten Ekberg. Unfortunately doctors don’t adress diet at all and they work side-by-side with big pharma ti prescribe you pills to “fix” the problem. It’s so corrupt. All we really need to do is make the best choices for ourselves. Diet can cure most problems, and it’s free! And they know this. 🤣
I remember over 25 years ago, when a Doctor said my Cholesterol was high, and he wanted to put me on medication, I said no way, I just supplemented with raw garlic. Twenty five years later still no issues whatsoever. Amazing how they love getting everyone on Meds.
@@buckmurdock2500 That's the 1980s diet advice - "cholesterol is bad so stop eating cholesterol - limit eggs etc" Nobody thought to check if eating cholesterol made it appear in the blood, it was just assumed. And now we know it doesn't. Eating saturated fats (animal fats) is what causes cholesterol in the blood.
I believe healthcare is beginning to change. I'm 32 and rarely went to the doctor. I found a new doctor after getting new insurance and she was in a "by the book" facility. I was on antidepressants and overweight. Cholesterol was high. She explained to me her goal is to get me off the antidepressants and to lose weight with diet and exercise. She told me to start a Mediterranean diet (focus on high omega 3 foods) and walk every day. She really hammered it into me and why it was important, so I decided I was really going to try this time. I did my best to stay on the diet and at the 6 months mark my bloodwork was the best it's been. I've been off the antidepressants for 2 months now and feel amazing. I think doctors are starting to wake up and realize we need a more holistic approach first, then medication as a last resort. They also have a sign on the door yelling at pharma reps to not bother which I thought was funny. Again, this is a very typical western medicine doctor that much of the population in my city uses.
As a person who gets depression I would just say stay strong and keep it going in the hard times because we tend to get knocked down easier. That's where I've had problems staying on track
Stick to that diet like glue. DO NOT go on a Ketogenic diet. I have been on one for 18 months and just stopped it a few days ago. I am extremely fit by my LDL is extremely high due to high saturated fat. Saturated fat is good for helping you absorb vitamins. So when you buy yogurts for example always buy full fat and never low fat. BUT take it easy on it and only have about 10% maximum of your calories as saturated fat. Read my other comment on this page.
Thanks so much from a 70yo lady from Australia. I've been on the carnivore diet for 5 months and feeling great. Lost weight, more energy, skin less dry, very few aches or pains, very little arthritic pain, and yet my family worries that I'll die off a heart attic. I don't! My blood test is good. They bombard me with old studies about the usual high cholesterol myths. They simply don't congratulate me but instead want to bring me down and not because they care! Others, even strangers, comment on my appearance and health. You arm with the science to defend myself against their nonsense. This means a lot to me in defending my choices to live my healthiest life ❤
Most physicians don't have the time to explain in detail what needs to be done. In most cases, the patient gets 15 minutes to get in the questions during a visit. Its all about the bottom line. Thanks to all the RUclips physicians such as Dr. Sten Eckberb, Dr Eric Berg and Dr. Jason Fung. You guys are a blessing.
I live in Germany and after listening to this amazing video I am so astonished that inssurance company won’t accept my wife because she had a 216 total cholesterol and the accepted one is 200. 95% of health systems lives in coma. I enjoy my Keto and I’m much healthier and consider myself lucky to listen to dr Ekberg Thanks doctor
After resisting statins for 10 years, I agreed to try one last week, after my doctor flipped out about my cholesterol numbers (which were very similar to the patient in Dr. Ekberg’s example). Although the dose was low, I had immediate side effects: fatigue of the kind that you have when you haven’t slept well (I was sleeping 9 hours, seemingly soundly), along with a low-level headache and slight muscle aches (again, of the kind that I get when In have been working out but not sleeping well. After three days, I started to feel depressed. I discontinued the statins and immediately felt better.
I had the same issue on Statins. Was on them for over 8 years. Went off and now my numbers are climbing. My cardiologist is putting me on a new drug that is supposed to not have side effects. I don't have it yet and don't remember the name. I'll update this post when I find out.
ONE way to confirm or refute if a “bad” lipid profile is having a negative effect is to check a cardiac calcium score - a relatively inexpensive low dose radiation CT scan of the corornary arteries looking for calcium deposits. It is NOT the whole story but a good start ...
Hi Sten, how is it going ? My LDL has dropped, since Covid flu, Tryglicerides went up, I eat very little Omega 6 intentionally >anyone know why TG went up? Advised to follow Trygliceride - HDL ratio figure. HDL is lower 0.8 I am Diabetic T2. on insulin.Humalin 3 twice a day. Great Video, helpful.
My cholesterol is elevated. My doctor suggested to put me on statin. I watched your videos and talked to friends who eat very healthy and their cholesterol was also elevated. I asked my doctor to not put me on statin and she didn’t. I’m healthy, I feel well and I’m 65. Thanks to your videos, I forwarded them to people who were interested in health.
ONE way to confirm or refute if a “bad” lipid profile is having a negative effect is to check a cardiac calcium score - a relatively inexpensive low dose radiation CT scan of the corornary arteries looking for calcium deposits. It is NOT the whole story but a good start ...
Dr. Ekherg, all your videos are eye opening… Thanks am an eye surgeon from India… I reversed my hypertension diabetes completely, in 45 days, just by understanding bio chemistry from your videos… I m now medications free… and I have become a coach in my area in my local language 🙏🙏🙏
This explains why I was suffering from terrible Myalgia and short-term Memory problems, but my Doctor never told me it was due to Statins, but kept on prescribing them! 😡
You have really opened my eyes to the correlation between fat, carbs and statins. I compare it to grease, flour and milk. On its own, grease (fat) will flow, but when you add flour (carbs) to it, it thickens it and turns it to a pasty substance . You then have to add milk (statins) to turn it into gravy (unhealthy blood). I no longer want "gravy" in my bloodstream!
Because of you, for the first time in 10 years, I have all of my liver levels under control!!! I could not believe my test results! You are such a blessing.
I cut out the processed carbs, increased my intake of healthy fats and protein 4-5 fold and my triglycerides decreased from typical 150's to 62! In six months. I'm hardly ever hungry and have to remind myself to eat my breakfast at noon. 50 years of eating cardboard. Thanks to Ancel Keyes🤥 Great lecture, thank you.
My mother is 100 years old. She ate 2 eggs and two slices of bacon for breakfast every morning. She ate too many sweets and was diabetic in her 50's so her doctor sent her to a nutritionist. Since then she faithfully monitored her carbohydrates. She lost weight and remained very slim since. She never had to take medications for diabetes or much of anything else.
@@vaclavkijonka1895 She lived by herself until recently and did her own cooking, so I do not know how many carbohydrates she consumed, but she did count carbs according to a chart given to her by the dietician. And every morning she ate a poached egg and two slices of bacon. She maintained a low body weight. For the past two years she has been at assisted living where they prepare her meals, but they have her on a low carb diet. She has a very hearty appetite.
Hi Doctor! Hope you’re fantastic! Just letting you know I discovered your education about 2 months ago and I was 330 my heaviest ever. Today I scaled myself and I’m 288. Intermittent fasting everyday 18-24 hours minimum, and keto with a cheat meal once every 5 pounds (to remember I’m still human) 🤣 Thanks to your knowledge you have shared with the world I am healthier and happier!!!! Thank you 🙏
Thank you Dan Vigilant for sharing your great results and helping inspire others. That is so awesome. I am thrilled that you have seen such great results. Keep it up! 😄
Good stuff Dan, I'm also doing something similar, down from 299 to 272 since Christmas. I have considered the cheat meal but I know I will feel guilty after. What do you like to have for your cheat meal? For me it would be a bowl of ramen noodles which I used to eat several times a week!!
Hi Doctor!!!! Checking in with you and the rest of the world! Just wanted to update my progress!!! Today I’m at 264!!! Started at 330 January 14 2022, KETO IF OMAD light walking now and yeah my cholesterol is lower my liver pain is gone I feel light and just happier…today is a cheat(meal) day!!! Time to throw it all off (just for today) for some pizza!!!! Thanks for everything you’re the best! You really are!
Dr. Ekberg, you have changed my life! I'm 51 and my weight went up to 152 before Christmas. That's way too heavy for my five foot frame. My doctor also put me on BP and statin drugs 2 years ago. I found your channel and immediately started following your eating plan. I'm doing low carb and OMAD and am down 19 pounds in 9 weeks. Amazing!! I just took myself off the statin drug last week. I've cut the BP med in half (I monitor my BP regularly). My goal weight is 10 pounds away and for once I have the tools to maintain it. Thank you so much!!!
@@trishredding8009 I think I would worry about getting all my nutrients in with just one meal. Two I could see and the intermittent fasting I could see.
How do we know he right? For decades the FDA told us Cholesterol was bad and people, Just sad ok I remember them telling us eggs where bad??? FYI he is very right!!!! I think you DO but Research Research !!!
@@shereemitch Because the FDA, and every other acronym under the sun are a business, they put out this damaging information to keep people sick and unwell so that they're constantly in and out of the hospital siphoning TRILLIONS of our hard earned money PER YEAR, yes, you read that right, not billions, TRILLIONS. It's no wonder that they spread misinformation, it's for profit. A healthy human is a useless human in their eyes.
This is one of the best health videos I've ever seen. It's concise, educational, and accurate! A perfect lesson on one of the biggest misconceptions in medicine! Thank you!
I was on Statins as instructed when I total was 254, then I started read about Statins. Later on I stopped it and my overall cholesterol came down 235. This video is extremely useful.
Dr. Ekberg, it's great to see you and great that you continue to educate us. I discovered your videos in November 2018 after my doctor diagnosed me with boarder-line high A1c. He gave me the lecture that since my mother had type 2 diabetes I was doomed. I refused to accept his prediction and started to research about diabetes and found your videos about low cab diet. I went back to my doctor only six months later after being on a low carb diet and my A1C has since been normal. My doctor refuses to accept that the low carb diet has helped me prevent diabetes. To be clear I have never been overweight in my life, but my diet was low fat foods and lots of whole grains, and fruits, but I was still in a route to develop diabetes. that's no longer my case. Thank you!!!
The thing is, if you’re Doctor trained twenty years ago they were studying from textbooks that were already twenty years old. Many Doctors are working with information that is 40-50 years out of date and don’t have the time etc to keep their knowledge up to date.
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Eat once a day take plenty of exercise and don't worry your body will take care of itself don't smoke and drink alcohol moderately a little wine is good for the stomach above all things keep a calm persona be happy and learn to love everyone whether good or bad do not be judging doing nothing in haste but ponder thoughtfully live long and prosper my friends
Doc Sten, I just finished my first longer fast of 9 days. Never heard you mention this in your videos before so I wanted to let you know that 90% of my eye floaters disappeared!!! I know from you that autophagy and celluar repair are the most likely cause of this so want to let you know! (Start weight 287lbs Nov 2021- Current Weight Feb 2022- 212lbs)
That's fascinating. I don't think I have ever heard about eye floaters disappearing because of autophagy I have never been able to fast that many days but this certainly gives me a new motivation.
I remember reading a couple of comments and Dr. Berg has a video about it, unfortunately when I did a 7 day fast it didn't seem to work for my floaters, will see the next time I do a longer fast.
Thank you Dr. Ekberg. I was recommended your channel in October 2021. Since then I do LCHF, and IF (OMAD) since 1 month and lost 30 pounds until today. My BMI is now at 23.5 and Body fat % at 17.5% (male). Still want to lose about 5 Pounds and get my Body Fat down to about 15%. Getting there! You changed my life. THANK YOU!
Thank you R H for sharing your great results and helping inspire others. That is so awesome. I am thrilled that you have seen such great results. Keep it up! 😄
Hey! Me too! Same! I started at 255lbs in October 2021. Now I’m down to 221 the last few days. OMAD for the most part. I’ve found that it gets easier with time to just eat once a day. I think Some of it is addiction too that has to be broken. Stopping my late night eating was really difficult at first. So glad I found your videos Dr. Ekberg! Thank you for providing the graphs and information. I believe the one showing insulin spiking after people consumed white bread, whole wheat, and then hummus, really changed my understanding. Insulin resistance can only be stopped by cutting off carbohydrates as much as possible.
@@drekberg I use to do OMAD and keto, but just recently learned through that intermittent fasting is not good due to too much stress on the body and too many PUFA'S being released. Pufas cause a lot of oxidative stress so They say you should take it slow. What are your thoughts on this?
@@Alchemist523 are you trying to get your two meals within a 6 hour window? Then your insulin will be reduced so you'll be healthier and can lost weight if needed. 😊
I have a high fat, low carb diet and my triglycerides were actually the best I ever got at 71. This is down from last year when it was nearly double that.
Same thing happened to me. I THINK triglycerides are effected by carbs. I basically eat almost no carbs and was surprised at how fast my numbers dropped
@markiangooley I remember trying to do carnivore a few years ago, and feeling like I was starving to death after a day. I didn't know why at the time, but I realized that body was only used to using carbs as a fuel source, so only taking in fat from meats felt like starvation. I wish I would have continued then. Still, it's good to be on the right track now.
Hi, I am a man from Norway, and do like your videos. But i need to write this..-I have had problems with high colestrol for years and also had a heart attack 3 years ago. I use cholestrol medicine, and work out a lot in the gym. But for some reason i never could get my cholestrol leves (LDL)far enough down to the levels it should be. I dont want to increase my cholestrol medicine with higher doses, because i get a lot of pain in muscles. So in desember 2022, my bad cholestrol was as usual a little to high (3.1), so i decieded to only eat clean food, chicken breast and fish and vegetables and so on. No sugar or alcohol. In february after 6-7 weeks i did go to my doctor to measure my cholestrol leves again, and was sure they would improve a lot. But i was shocked..The LDL cholestrol had increased even more to levels of (3.9)..I could not understand why, but i began to investigate why. I did understand of course that it had to do with the increased chicken and fish intake, because everything else in my meals was healthy, and i worked out in the gym 4-6 times each week. I then read that 1 of 3 persons are sensitive to cholestrol in food, and that especially chicken has high amount of cholestrol. -So i then i imidetly cut out all fish and chicken, and started to use protein shakes again to get my proteins every day. I also ate not as healthy as i did before last measure of cholestrol. I ate chocolate and potatochips every weekend...-When i then i measured my cholestrol again with my doctor again some days ago, my LDL cholestrol had dropped very much. It dropped from 3,9 to 2.1, and has never in my life been better. So now i have decreased my cholestrol medicine intake with 75% and also increased my levels of vegetables in, and have no chocolate og potatochips and no meat. I have now lived like this for about 10 days, and will keep doing this to my next cholestrol measurement in may. It will be exiting to see my LDL cholestrol then. But regardless, i will more or less go vegan rest of my life. I only use egg white that are animal product, as i also used the weeks before my last measurement, because egg white has no cholestrol and i want to ensure that i get enough proteins. So my message is..If you have high LDL cholestrol-try to cut out meat for some weeks, and then go to your doctor to measure your levels of cholestrol to see about your levels is better, just because you dont eat meat. I have talked with a lot of heart spesialist doctors the last three years, but no one of them informed me of that i maybe just should try to eat less chicken to get my cholestrol levels down. Chicken is sopose tobe healhty because of it contains little fat..But NO ONE informed me about that chicken has a lot of cholestrol and that 1 of 3 persons is sensitive with cholestrol food.
@trond7778, to try and help you, I suggest you need to watch and understand many of Dr Ekberg's other videos, particularly those on fasting. Search for OMAD (One meal a day). You appear to be concerned about the fat in foods, which is common. Your body needs to become 'Fat Adapted', by fasting for more than a month. I've been fasting for a couple of years and become much healthier. My LDL-C is now very low. I have heart disease and have been pressured into taking Statins and Ezetimibe but I know OMAD, low carb, pasture raised animals with lots of fat gives me the best health, thanks to Dr Ekberg!
This video is the best explanation about cholesterol role in our body and how statins interact with our cholesterol metabolism. Great! Thank you! In last 9 months I eat Keto and I do IF. Lost 78 lb., lost high blood pressure, lost high triglycerides, lost borderline high glucose, lost being always tired feeling, etc.
Perfect video for me to watch at this moment. Started a KETO diet three months ago after getting an A1c glucose of 5.8. Today I just got results from new blood tests. A1c now at 5.7 (KETO starting to reverse insulin resistance) but Cholesterol jumped to 284. Thank you, Dr. Ekberg for running through a sample blood test in the video so we could all follow along. My ratio of HDL to LDL is excellent (2.9) . . . and great Triglycerides (58). You provided the reassurance for me to NOT abandon KETO because of the spike in Cholesterol. And you provided the info on getting the Coronary Artery Calcium test to determine whether to be concerned (my Doctor focuses on the total Cholesterol, not the ratio).
One of the most comprehensive explanations I've seen on the subject. Easy for the layman to understand and a great help to the medical group whose job it is to educate.
Without a doubt this presentation puts everything in the perspective on what your doctor tells you as opposed to what is really going on. Thank you for taking the time to make such a video for people to truly understand what is actually going on in their body.
Thank you for making the informative videos that you make. It’s helping me better understand the physiology behind why things are the way they are in the body. I’m a pharmacist and I learned a lot in school, but I’m learning things here in a different way and I truly appreciate it!
This is the absolute best explanation of how cholesterol works in the body that I have seen to date. I will, without question, watch this again. I have several family members who I wish would also watch this, but who I know won't.
I know this struggle too well...my girlfriend's dad is one more heart attack from his grave sadly and humors me, but doesn't actually apply anything. Basically he thinks he's happier being an unhealthy trainwreck eating what he wants than eating keto/carnivore and taking back his health...
The problem with humans is that they have real trouble to admit when they are totaly wrong, specially about colesterol, whom people has been told for 50 years are bad and will give you heart attacks. Talk about having people by the balls, for a billion dollar industri! Is absolutly sickning to the point that this people should be sued from earth to the moon. The problem is that it won't stop because it's so much money involved.
My paternal grandfather had severe heart disease, and died at age 50 in 1963. I was 5 but I remember my grandmother telling my mother that the cardiologists told her to cut out the 2 eggs for breakfast and feed him Wheaties! I think that precipitated his final cardiac event.
I’m 42, regular body weight/BMI with no health problems. I just got blood testing which I hadn’t done in 3 years, with the last year doing IF and mostly keto diet and substantial reduction of carbs intake. Results are absolutely consistent with Dr Ekberg's video. My total cholesterol is 201, it was 164 in 2019. My LDL is 113, it was 93. Both values flagged as high (Regular values: Cholesterol
@@laurelsoderholm9480well spoken… I went for blood work after three years because this Covid has scared me to go out. My MD doctor wasn’t concerned that my cholesterol is 234 trig 66 hdl90 LDL144 VLDLC13 CHDL. 2.6 but one of my brothers is neurologist he scared me said I need meds,he’s on meds and his LDL is 70. I freaked out went to cardiologist right away he said I should be on meds. I’m thin ,walk 7k step a day .doc asked what I changed in 3 years since I had low cholesterol I said I stopped taking fish oil and use to drink a lot of water with lemon . I wish I had this doctor. I will be discussing this topic on my channel and sharing this video . Thx for listening I’m so scared ……
Here in Boulder, CO, my wife and I were able to get the CAC test without doctor's orders. They sent us pictures of the scan. I'm 74 and started keto 2.5 years ago after very high blood sugar readings at the local testing facility. My most recent tests have been mostly in the "normal" range except for cholesterol. The CAC score was 23. Quite a shock.
Checkout high vitamin k2 doses (1-2 mg daily) with vitamin d3. It's effective i removing plaque. There are some hard plaque / soft plaque concerns some people have. Vitamin k is an established therapy for atherosclerosis in Japan since the 90s. But they used vitamin k2-mk4 which is about 20 times less effective than k2-mk7.
@@mreese8764 → You might want to research that more. Ivor Cumins, who seems to know a lot about this, claims that you can not lower your CAC score, only slow the progression.
Hello doctor! I have been watching your cholesterol videos for some time, but there is something I didn"t understand, maybe you could make a video on it: If we already have plaque from the small cholesterol, will changing our diet help us reduce it? Or the damage has already been made, and nothing can be done to repair, and by changing the life style, we're only just stopping adding more and more plaque... Thank you so much!
I asked my cardiologist if he ever seen a person with normal cholesterol and heart disease. He said YES. That was a big red flag for me. Smoking, Sugar, high fat,simple carbs and lack of exercise is looking more and more like the cause.
This is so good and totally matches my personal experience. It's not exaggerated that, by applying the knowledge I learned from your videos, my health trajectory and quality of life improved in a very significant way. Here's my highest esteem to you, Dr. Ekberg.
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Brilliant! So thankful for the break down of this. So tired of medical doctors trying to push statins. We are both nurses, intermittent fast, exercise and eat right (one of us eats clean/natural/whole foods and the other is keto/low carb). Our cholesterol levels are high but the ratios are good. We will not go on statins. Thank you for the info that we can now use with our doc. We will for sure be asking for those extra tests. Blessings!
Hi Dr, the difference in my overall health is amazing with a notable increase in strength and energy just from changing my eating habits, mainly cutting out bread, sugar and processed foods.
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One of your most brilliant videos Dr Ekberg!! Cholesterol being bad is the BIGGEST myth out there. Cholesterol is actually protective (in most cases) except in the case that you mentioned Familial hypercholesterolemia! I eat beef, butter, bacon and eggs every day and I'm in my best health at 40.
My Cholesterol levels at 6.25 mmol/L LDL : 4.15 mmol/L HDL: 1.39 mmol/L Triglycerides: 1.39 mmol/L Chol/HDL (Risk Ratio): 4.51 mmol/L Non HDL Cholesterol: 4.88 mmol/L I'm 41 and relatively skinny. What can I do? I'm genuinely scared after reading countless websites talking about all of this. Thank you for delivering so much information to all of us Doctor.
Thank you, thank you, thank you ! My initial high school cholesterol test was 300. They told me that was way too high. I was lean, healthy, and in four sports a school year. Since that initial test of 300 I have done everything I could for 40 years to lower it. I ate what I was told was a healthy diet and soon ballooned up to 300 lbs. I literally thought I was dying for years. A keto diet helped, but it wasn't until I added back high fats that I felt better !
What fats did you add, saturated or healthy fats? Also what were you eating and you were exercising too? How did you balloon up, could you have just eaten less?
Ive been doing high fat keto. I lost 80 pounds. My cholesterol dropped from 220 to 166 eating lots of fat. As Dr. E says eating fats doesnt raise cholesterol. We make most of our cholesterol.
Dr. Ekberg, you are a Godsend. Thank you for this video. A few months ago I had commented about wanting a video related to cholesterol tests, and here it is! My biggest challenge is convincing my wife, who is a Physician Assistant with over 20 years of experience, that I should come off the statin I have been on for years, despite my LDL having risen since beginning keto and intermittent fasting nearly a year ago.
Thank you is in order. I wish I could convince my family to follow your advice. I'm trying to lead by example. Since I have been following your videos for the last year I have lost 60 pounds and my fasting blood sugar is down from 230 to 107. Hopefully they can see that I look and feel 20 years younger and will begin to listen to me the saturated fat is not bad in and of itself and that the fake foods and sugar we eat is what is putting us in an early grave. Thank you again Dr. Sten, you are much appreciated and I cherish your advice.
My blood test diagnosis suggests familial hypercholesterolemia based on numbers below (fasting results). I do eat rich food, 2 eggs often, cheese, food cooked in olive oil, cream in coffee etc.. Ldl 205 Hdl 67 TGL 100 A1c 5.4
You are amazing! I have learned so much from your videos and many times watch them over again. Because of your videos, I am no longer insulin resistant and feel great! My cholesterol is higher than ever at 248, with LDL at 147, BUT I did the expanded lipid panel and it's the large particle LDL. HDL level at 94, Triglycerides at 44 and VLDL at 7. I eats lots of butter and saturated fats, with mod protein and veggies....low carbs (37) and no sugar or grains. You taught me the importance of intermittent fasting and I now fast daily atleast 18 hours with no problem. I will be donating to your website and keep looking forward to your videos!
This is the best video I've ever seen on this subject matter. I have family members that use statins so I will be sharing with them!! Thank you for all you do, Dr. Ekberg!!!!
I'm in my mid-30s and my blood pressure was uncontrollably on the rise. My doctor suggested statins but after researching many unfortunate side effects🍆🚫... I said screw that. Started exercising, eating better, and sleeping more! My body did a total turn around and she never mentioned it again! Love yourselves people!
I was diagnosed nearly 20 years ago with borderline high cholesterol when the doctor gave me two options. He suggested either a statin drug or change in diet (one egg per week). I declined both of his recommendations, as he raised his eyebrows at me, and stand here today with no physical health issues whatsoever. We all have a choice to make. We can choose to believe everything the doctor tells us, and do what he says, or we can believe we know ourselves better than he does, and do what we already know is right for our own bodies. I choose to trust myself over anyone else' opinion and it's served me quite well (no prescriptions, no special diet, ...etc.)...
I am glad the doc mentioned the Calcium score and the fact it doesn’t pick up the soft, more dangerous plaque that has not calcified. I had a calcium score of 27 which put me at a mild risk. When I went further and had a CT non- invasive Angiogram I found that I had a number of plaque areas that were blocking 50-70% of two arteries which put me at high risk. So if you have a low calcium score and a personal history of smoking, high alcohol intake, chronic stress etc like I did, go to next step. You might save yourself from a future heart attack.
I have had a 260 + cholesterol with a 90 to 120 HDL since I was a child I'm now 57. Cardiologist stated he had never seen a HDL this high. No meds he said though, thank goodness. Thank you for sharing this video!
Honestly I never remembered what the ldl was just that the hdl was always 90 to 120. My total was always above 200. So I'm assuming my ldl has always been over 100. My daughters total has always been above 200 also, but unfortunately her hdl is not high.
@@kymlandia your daughter is how old? Sorry for the questions it helps me cause I have high ldl and can't find any info on any one who has had high ldl like above 150 from 20s till 60s kinda thing
More than 20 years ago my doctor at the time put me on cholesterol medication, I had a migraine headache for the 4 days that I was on it. I stopped taking it. I have never taken any cholesterol medication since then. I am 61 now, my triglycerides are 83, my HDL is 60, my F VLDL is 19. I had this test taken last year after starting keto for a couple of months. My new doctor wanted me to go on cholesterol medication, I said no, because my triglycerides and HDL are good.. He had nothing to say to that...other than it's protective.
Very informative Dr. Sten! Thank you so so much for all the efforts you put in to making this video and be able to share it with us.. Stay safe and Have a great day!
I have been doing keto since Nov. 2021. I was concerned about cholesterol b/c high numbers run in my family. My doctor sent me for a calcium scoring CT scan which evaluates the state of arteries. Mine came back perfect (no build up). I eat at least 4 eggs and cheese every day.
I had a CAC of 0 and 1.85 the following year, yet this April. I Found plenty of unstable plaque blocking my arteries. My onkh sign was mild angina pain at the sternum on rising from bed, no other indication and dizziness the day I rushed to ER. I needed 2 stents.
@@mayaabraham5743 Sorry to hear that. However, I believe Dr. Eckberg's suggestion that eating cholesterol does not necessarily equate to cholesterol build up. There are other factors within the body that promote abnormal conditions. However, I will definitely continue to monitor my own on a yearly basis. If diet turns out to be a factor, I will change it.
I haven't taken prescribed drugs for years and i'm 65. I'll change the way eat first. My main concern is salt. I haven't used table salt for a long time, stopped drinking coffee and switched to Hibiscus tea. I try to keep my sat. fat lower ... 0 to 5g. However, i love peanut butter. But i have gone from that to Almond Butter.
Makes me insane my female doctor is obese but preaches to me about my cholesterol. I refuse a statin, my weight is normal. I'm absolutely sugar free, mostly carb free and eat primarily a carnivore and veg diet.
Exactly! I searched for a PCP that 'looked' to be in decent shape, and a man (I'm a man). It only made sense. I'm actually considering changing my insurance to be able to visit Dr. Ekberg and spend the money to actually be healthy. It's, he's 5 hours away, but it is about my health span and life span. An Obese doctor cannot teach me about either one of those. Am I judging? Yes. Of course there could be some other problem that an obese doctor is trying to control. But here's the thing: whatever it is, if they can't control it on their own body, then how can they really give me the confidence that they can help me?
It scared me to known Statin will absorb large LDL and left small LDL and the ratio of small/large LDL is increased. Thats mean the risk to get heart diaseas is increased for those prescribed with statin drug. 😢
I love dr. Ekberg. Listen to Your videos alot. I think I am a lean mass hyper responder. My total cholesterol is 530, LDL 425 but my trig is only 53 and hdl 93. The problem is there are no doctors here who understand
My numbers are nearly exactly the same as yours. I was on carnivore a few months before these numbers went this high so I am gradually adding a small amount of a few mostly cruciferous vegetables to my second of two meals a day. I am 74, small boned, and 5’ tall. My weight is now where I want it but I worry about my total cholesterol and the very rare high LDL. Dr. wants me on statins but even with my high numbers my HDL/Triglyceride ratio is below 1 so I don’t know if to worry or not. What are your own thoughts about your numbers?
@@cathyweaver1449 I would not worry about cholesterol. If you live low carb and avoid sugar and seed oils. Eat whole foods and enjoy sunlight and family. Do exercise everyday ex. Plank
Thank you so much For for your free and open honest and deeply informative documentary on the big picture about cholesterol in our body. Am sure going to benefit from this. I'll try come back after 3months to share my testimony following your advice. God bless you. My key takeaways: damaged LDLs, insulin resistance, oxidation, and stress.
Mt lipid profile 11th Jan 2023 was as follows: HDL 0.85; LDL 6.03; Total 7.99; Triglycerides 2.45. measurements are in mmol/L. I had been put on Statins 10mg to last three months (Jan to end of March), but only did January and stopped. Then I started working on diet and exercise following your advice. On 27th March I repeated the test and these were the results HDL 0.92 (improved); LDL 3.97 (improved); Total 7.99 5.3 (improved); Triglycerides 2.39 (improved). All the indicators had improved especially reduction in LDL, though they were still slightly above the acceptable range. I’ll continue to work on the diet and exercise and will take another test end of June and share. Again, thank you so much for your continued useful advice.
2 years ago i cut out carbs, walked every day, did 16 hour fasting, stopped eating sweets and only drink water. I lost 35 pounds BUT my cholesterol jumped 50 points and my bp stayed the same, borderline high. I'm thinking mine is hereditary, as both my parents have high bp, mom has high cholesterol and shes pre diabetic and my dad is full blown diabetic. My mom is the healthiest person i know, she walks every day, very active and is slim, and she eats very healthy.
This is such an amazing video. My PhD research is on NAFLD and how it can be treated with exercise, and this is such an important aspect involved in the pathophysiology of NAFLD and the metabolic syndrome. Thank you very much, Dr Ekberg! You're a legend!
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One question ❓ why is it said that cholesterol in the brain causes dementia?? Is it too much?
@@Queen.AnneBoleyn probably referring to the plaque build up. Calcium and cholesterol go to sites of inflammation to try and heal the area. Usually the root cause is chronic hyperinsulinemia. Unfortunately many don’t know what the root cause is so they never stop the progression of damage. Note: calcium is sometimes pulled from the bones and teeth for other areas of inflammation. So osteopenia and osteoporosis are also a result of the inflammation.
My cholesterol level at the time of my annual exam was 220, my doctor immediately put me on 10mg if lipitor should I stop taking it or find out the size of my LDL first.
@@UnapologeticAhole start fasting
@@grimeyhonkyracing3938 I do, 18 -6
My doctor asked what I did to reverse my Type 2 diabetes and why my blood work came back almost perfect. I told her I found Dr. Sten Ekburg and Dr Ken D Berry on the internet and stopped listening to her.
Enburg 😂
A good laugh is good for your health. 😉
PERFECT ANSWER!
thank you Dr Sten
You should have charged her for the answer.
You should share your knowledge you have gained with your Dr so she can help save more... Let's all unite !!!!!!
Statins stole my 50's from me. Now in my 60's, I can do so much more, I can think straighter, hike longer, do more, and several "mystery illnesses" that were "because you're getting older" (doctor's and specialist's "diagnosis") seem to have gone away. Thank you Dr. Ekberg for spreading the word.
I hear ya, my ex wife stole my 20s from me.
@@duanehamdorf2228 🤣 .. Sorry, I'm not laughing at you, I'm laughing with you
I had recent aneurysm right kidney discovered after dealing with alot of other issues from something I won't get into on here. I'm looking better into things like this only, 30 right now. My cholestrol has spiked,BP spoked, heart rate etc
I tried to explain to someone in 40's that they should come of statins.. sent them videos like this... But all I got was "I'm going to listen to my own doctor" 🙄🥺
Same here, but I quit them sooner
I've lost 40 pounds in 2 years since watching this channel. I'm a 5'10" male, and I dropped from 208 to 168.
Heavier is healthier, controlling for waist circumference.
@Alien Drone Services As long as that weight is from muscle, not if it is weight from fat.
healthy stats bro
Thank you Engineer for sharing your great results and helping inspire others. That is so awesome. I am thrilled that you have seen such great results. Keep it up! 😄
Congratulations
In February I was urinating like crazy. I was spilling glucose to the point my a1C was 11.2. Full bore Type II diabetes was the diagnosis. Was given Jardiance and Rybelsus freebie samples but after 6 weeks of that regimen I punted and agreed to go on Metformin, the classic go to drug for diabetes. I realized that food got me in this mess and food would get me out. Completely modified my eating, fasted at least 12 hrs but most days it was as much as 14 hrs. My weight was 255 in February too, and that marked me as obese.
By May I was down 25 lbs, and my a1C dropped to 6.5. My medical providers were blown away. Last week new bloodwork was better yet. Fasting glucose was 95, a1C now 5.5, weight 195lbs. My BP stays around 120-125 over 62 -72 on average. I turn 73 on Friday. I kicked diabetes to the curb.
Did the Metformin help with Weight loss and numbers?
@@vickitomica9884 I can only assume it did. Recent studies of Metformin suggest it has a big role in longevity as well so even if my numbers pretty much say I don’t have diabetes any long I am going to continue to use it.
@@bobs4291 why would you take metamorfin if you don't need to? All drugs have side effects
A big congratulations to you 👏
Nitrosom due to metformin can cause cancer
I have what my doctor considers high LDL at 195 and kept insisting I be put on statins. I did take statins for 3 months but took myself off as I don't believe 195 is that high. After watching this video where Dr. Ekberg talks about the calcium score test I requested my doctor order one for me. It was $350 deductible. It was worth every penny. I had ZERO calcium so my doctor said I don't need to be on statins. That CAC test relieved all my anxiety that I was going to croak of a heart attack or stroke and save years of being on statins for no good reason.
I recently had labs/bloodwork done, because I was curious as to how two and a half years of IF/Keto/LC had affected my health. Back in 2018, I had lab results that showed high triglycerides, high LDL, all kinds of bad markers. I had stage 3 hypertension, was taking all kinds of drugs for HBP (none of which really worked), I was clearly suffering with metabolic syndrome (likely pre-diabetic), had developed numbness in my fingertips, and was 80 pounds heavier, etc. My health was declining rapidly, and all my doctor could do is offer more drugs.
Fast-forward to a few months ago ... After two and half years of IF/Keto/LC, I had labs drawn. Needless to say, it was pretty shocking. My HDL was significantly higher, HDL/LDL ratios were perfect. BP went from 195/97 to 115/70. Triglycerides were low/normal. The funny thing: My doctor said something like, "You must be staying away from fat and eggs." To which I replied: "Actually, no. I eat more fat and eggs now than I've ever eaten in my entire life." Which prompted a whole discussion on low carb diets, weight loss, etc., and the fact that I hadn't been sick since late 2018.
She still nodded and pretended like she knew everything I was telling her already (because they're trained to always "be right"), but I could clearly see that she had never seen a patient turn their health around so dramatically before, with nothing but diet. She tried to attribute it to the nebulous reason of "when you lose weight, you feel better"--which all medical doctors seem to do, as they fail to understand that obesity is just another symptom of the actual underlying problems, not the cause.
In any event, I had a good chuckle.
Wow this is encouraging.
Doctors are NOT interested in your good health....Where's the money in that? My ex-doctor had the same "I'm smarter than you) attitude and wanted to give me a paper bag full of prescription drugs. Started Keto in 2018, lost 50 lbs, everything has improved.....Last year, I had to explain everything in this video to my new doctor (Intern?.. I don't think Multi-Care has accredited -real doctors). Anyway, He took it all in, this year he did not say one word about my "High" Cholesterol or my "High" LDL....just looked at all the rest of the results and said...Wow! You're doing great for 72. BP 118/69, blah, blah, blah.....see you next year....
I have had the same results. Keto 2 1/2 years. Down 80 lbs and similar blood test comparison.
Doctor hater
@@mikesolns1364 Dr. Sten Ekberg , I believe, is a Doctor.....We all Love him, you included, thus your "Doctor Hater" makes no sense....
You've spent more time for people watching this on RUclips explaining this in detail than all of the combined doctor visits I've been to over the years. Thank you.
It’s fantastic when people just choose to do their own research and make their own choices to better their diet by inspiring videos like Dr. Sten Ekberg. Unfortunately doctors don’t adress diet at all and they work side-by-side with big pharma ti prescribe you pills to “fix” the problem. It’s so corrupt. All we really need to do is make the best choices for ourselves. Diet can cure most problems, and it’s free! And they know this. 🤣
Lol
Exactly. Drs. Spend the most time writing prescriptions. . . . .
Exactly. I feel the same!!!
truth for everyone I assume.
I remember over 25 years ago, when a Doctor said my Cholesterol was high, and he wanted to put me on medication, I said no way, I just supplemented with raw garlic. Twenty five years later still no issues whatsoever. Amazing how they love getting everyone on Meds.
How often do u ear garlic clove?
@@KimKim-dd6wj almost everyday.
I just lowered my cholesterol by not consuming cholesterol in my diet. Works like a charm.
@@buckmurdock2500 That's the 1980s diet advice - "cholesterol is bad so stop eating cholesterol - limit eggs etc" Nobody thought to check if eating cholesterol made it appear in the blood, it was just assumed. And now we know it doesn't. Eating saturated fats (animal fats) is what causes cholesterol in the blood.
@@zipfish why does the current CDC guidelines (2020-2025) recommend that that "people eat as little dietary cholesterol as possible?"
I believe healthcare is beginning to change.
I'm 32 and rarely went to the doctor. I found a new doctor after getting new insurance and she was in a "by the book" facility. I was on antidepressants and overweight. Cholesterol was high. She explained to me her goal is to get me off the antidepressants and to lose weight with diet and exercise. She told me to start a Mediterranean diet (focus on high omega 3 foods) and walk every day. She really hammered it into me and why it was important, so I decided I was really going to try this time.
I did my best to stay on the diet and at the 6 months mark my bloodwork was the best it's been. I've been off the antidepressants for 2 months now and feel amazing.
I think doctors are starting to wake up and realize we need a more holistic approach first, then medication as a last resort. They also have a sign on the door yelling at pharma reps to not bother which I thought was funny. Again, this is a very typical western medicine doctor that much of the population in my city uses.
As a person who gets depression I would just say stay strong and keep it going in the hard times because we tend to get knocked down easier. That's where I've had problems staying on track
Stick to that diet like glue. DO NOT go on a Ketogenic diet. I have been on one for 18 months and just stopped it a few days ago. I am extremely fit by my LDL is extremely high due to high saturated fat. Saturated fat is good for helping you absorb vitamins. So when you buy yogurts for example always buy full fat and never low fat. BUT take it easy on it and only have about 10% maximum of your calories as saturated fat. Read my other comment on this page.
Hang onto that doctor!
@@FORKandFIFTIES Invite the Lord Jesus Christ into your heart for fullfilment.
@@ukmark9211 dude literally starts the video by saying that "high ldl bad" isn't a worthy way to explain anything
Thanks so much from a 70yo lady from Australia. I've been on the carnivore diet for 5 months and feeling great. Lost weight, more energy, skin less dry, very few aches or pains, very little arthritic pain, and yet my family worries that I'll die off a heart attic. I don't! My blood test is good. They bombard me with old studies about the usual high cholesterol myths. They simply don't congratulate me but instead want to bring me down and not because they care! Others, even strangers, comment on my appearance and health. You arm with the science to defend myself against their nonsense. This means a lot to me in defending my choices to live my healthiest life ❤
Me pasa igual. Los médicos parecen robots
I'm glad for you. Congrats.!!!
Most physicians don't have the time to explain in detail what needs to be done. In most cases, the patient gets 15 minutes to get in the questions during a visit. Its all about the bottom line. Thanks to all the RUclips physicians such as Dr. Sten Eckberb, Dr Eric Berg and Dr. Jason Fung. You guys are a blessing.
But they've got the time to tell us to inject CONvid poison.
I will NEVER trust the medical industry again.
I'm surprised they haven't been banned by now.
@@brianlane9534 15 minutes? You get 15 minutes. Mine gives 3.
@@genemccorvey2807• 10 here in 🇬🇧
I love these few idiots who try to attack people who offer any alternative point of view from the medical establishment and their pharmaceuticals.
Honestly, I understand all this because the way it is explained. Dr Ekberg has the ability to explain better than anybody
Hear hear!
I live in Germany and after listening to this amazing video I am so astonished that inssurance company won’t accept my wife because she had a 216 total cholesterol and the accepted one is 200. 95% of health systems lives in coma. I enjoy my Keto and I’m much healthier and consider myself lucky to listen to dr Ekberg
Thanks doctor
This doctor knows more than alot of doctors; good man.
After resisting statins for 10 years, I agreed to try one last week, after my doctor flipped out about my cholesterol numbers (which were very similar to the patient in Dr. Ekberg’s example). Although the dose was low, I had immediate side effects: fatigue of the kind that you have when you haven’t slept well (I was sleeping 9 hours, seemingly soundly), along with a low-level headache and slight muscle aches (again, of the kind that I get when In have been working out but not sleeping well. After three days, I started to feel depressed. I discontinued the statins and immediately felt better.
How you manage cholesterol now?
I had the same issue on Statins. Was on them for over 8 years. Went off and now my numbers are climbing. My cardiologist is putting me on a new drug that is supposed to not have side effects. I don't have it yet and don't remember the name. I'll update this post when I find out.
@@Eros1995anfield lol, exactly! Statins are not bad. Getting off then can be deadly in the long term.
Im confused, the gps should know the side effects better than anybody else, why they prescribe that poison then?
ONE way to confirm or refute if a “bad” lipid profile is having a negative effect is to check a cardiac calcium score - a relatively inexpensive low dose radiation CT scan of the corornary arteries looking for calcium deposits. It is NOT the whole story but a good start ...
Too bad not every medical doctor is this intelligent. The key is critical thinking skills and this man has them. Thank you!
Hi Sten, how is it going ? My LDL has dropped, since Covid flu, Tryglicerides went up, I eat very little Omega 6 intentionally >anyone know why TG went up?
Advised to follow Trygliceride - HDL ratio figure. HDL is lower 0.8 I am Diabetic T2. on insulin.Humalin 3 twice a day. Great Video, helpful.
Hi stan. I don't know why we're talking to you here but I don't want to be left out thank you nurse bjork. 🤭😁♥️♥️♥️
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Thank You Nurse Bjórk🌙. I'm so glad you found it valuable and I appreciate the feedback. Critical thinking is indeed a lost art. 😄
Thank You Gwendolyn Karen. 😄
Another great explanation of why we should all spend more time on RUclips than in our primary care physician's office.
My cholesterol is elevated. My doctor suggested to put me on statin. I watched your videos and talked to friends who eat very healthy and their cholesterol was also elevated. I asked my doctor to not put me on statin and she didn’t. I’m healthy, I feel well and I’m 65. Thanks to your videos, I forwarded them to people who were interested in health.
Great result. You have saved your life and others’ lives in the process
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ONE way to confirm or refute if a “bad” lipid profile is having a negative effect is to check a cardiac calcium score - a relatively inexpensive low dose radiation CT scan of the corornary arteries looking for calcium deposits. It is NOT the whole story but a good start ...
Dr. Ekherg, all your videos are eye opening… Thanks am an eye surgeon from India… I reversed my hypertension diabetes completely, in 45 days, just by understanding bio chemistry from your videos… I m now medications free… and I have become a coach in my area in my local language 🙏🙏🙏
Hi Dr how did you do it please explain your method
Thanks Sir
لو سمحت أوجه لك نفس السؤال..ما هي الخطوات التي اتبعتها حتى تغيرت صحتك للأفضل..شكرا جزيلا
This explains why I was suffering from terrible Myalgia and short-term Memory problems, but my Doctor never told me it was due to Statins, but kept on prescribing them! 😡
Smh 😢
You have really opened my eyes to the correlation between fat, carbs and statins. I compare it to grease, flour and milk. On its own, grease (fat) will flow, but when you add flour (carbs) to it, it thickens it and turns it to a pasty substance . You then have to add milk (statins) to turn it into gravy (unhealthy blood). I no longer want "gravy" in my bloodstream!
I like your analogy of fat, carbs and statins!
To jest wykład dla studentów niewiele dla zwykłego czlowieka to wynika .Nie wiem dalej co mam jeść
@@theresairena9049в том то и дело что надо мало есть
I am an industrial chemist and I had a course in biochemistry and all this make perfect sense to me. Thank you for this logical presentation
Because of you, for the first time in 10 years, I have all of my liver levels under control!!! I could not believe my test results! You are such a blessing.
I cut out the processed carbs, increased my intake of healthy fats and protein 4-5 fold and my triglycerides decreased from typical 150's to 62! In six months.
I'm hardly ever hungry and have to remind myself to eat my breakfast at noon.
50 years of eating cardboard. Thanks to Ancel Keyes🤥
Great lecture, thank you.
My mother is 100 years old. She ate 2 eggs and two slices of bacon for breakfast every morning. She ate too many sweets and was diabetic in her 50's so her doctor sent her to a nutritionist. Since then she faithfully monitored her carbohydrates. She lost weight and remained very slim since. She never had to take medications for diabetes or much of anything else.
Hälsa Din mor så gott.
Hälsningar
Elizabeth B.
Oh wow that’s the grace of God!!!
My Mother did too
What's the amount of carbs she is allowing herself? Did she cut the eggs too? Thanks for sharing and good health to both of you 😊
@@vaclavkijonka1895 She lived by herself until recently and did her own cooking, so I do not know how many carbohydrates she consumed, but she did count carbs according to a chart given to her by the dietician. And every morning she ate a poached egg and two slices of bacon. She maintained a low body weight. For the past two years she has been at assisted living where they prepare her meals, but they have her on a low carb diet. She has a very hearty appetite.
Hi Doctor! Hope you’re fantastic! Just letting you know I discovered your education about 2 months ago and I was 330 my heaviest ever. Today I scaled myself and I’m 288. Intermittent fasting everyday 18-24 hours minimum, and keto with a cheat meal once every 5 pounds (to remember I’m still human) 🤣
Thanks to your knowledge you have shared with the world I am healthier and happier!!!!
Thank you 🙏
Thank you Dan Vigilant for sharing your great results and helping inspire others. That is so awesome. I am thrilled that you have seen such great results. Keep it up! 😄
Congratulations on your success & wishing you the best on your journey to a health life!
Good stuff Dan, I'm also doing something similar, down from 299 to 272 since Christmas. I have considered the cheat meal but I know I will feel guilty after. What do you like to have for your cheat meal? For me it would be a bowl of ramen noodles which I used to eat several times a week!!
Hii... I want to know what is the biological reason of growing grey hair in early age of youth
Hi Doctor!!!! Checking in with you and the rest of the world! Just wanted to update my progress!!! Today I’m at 264!!! Started at 330 January 14 2022, KETO IF OMAD light walking now and yeah my cholesterol is lower my liver pain is gone I feel light and just happier…today is a cheat(meal) day!!! Time to throw it all off (just for today) for some pizza!!!! Thanks for everything you’re the best! You really are!
Dr. Ekberg, you have changed my life! I'm 51 and my weight went up to 152 before Christmas. That's way too heavy for my five foot frame. My doctor also put me on BP and statin drugs 2 years ago. I found your channel and immediately started following your eating plan. I'm doing low carb and OMAD and am down 19 pounds in 9 weeks. Amazing!! I just took myself off the statin drug last week. I've cut the BP med in half (I monitor my BP regularly). My goal weight is 10 pounds away and for once I have the tools to maintain it. Thank you so much!!!
That is an amazing result. Just incredible. I wish more people would do the same and be open minded.
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Can you tell me what OMAD is? Thanks!
@@kimwilliams4898 OMAD is one meal a day. I reached my goal weight in only 3 months. I now eat two meals a day to maintain my weight.
@@trishredding8009 I think I would worry about getting all my nutrients in with just one meal. Two I could see and the intermittent fasting I could see.
1. Stress
2. Diet
Just reduce them and walk every day at least 45 mins. You will be good.
This guy truly is the science king, he breaks everything down and is so efficient in his info, a lot of respect to him
How do we know he right? For decades the FDA told us Cholesterol was bad and people, Just sad ok I remember them telling us eggs where bad??? FYI he is very right!!!! I think you DO but Research Research !!!
@@shereemitch Because the FDA, and every other acronym under the sun are a business, they put out this damaging information to keep people sick and unwell so that they're constantly in and out of the hospital siphoning TRILLIONS of our hard earned money PER YEAR, yes, you read that right, not billions, TRILLIONS. It's no wonder that they spread misinformation, it's for profit. A healthy human is a useless human in their eyes.
This is one of the best health videos I've ever seen. It's concise, educational, and accurate! A perfect lesson on one of the biggest misconceptions in medicine! Thank you!
Кратко????????
I was on Statins as instructed when I total was 254, then I started read about Statins. Later on I stopped it and my overall cholesterol came down 235. This video is extremely useful.
I am 47. Started watching this channel first week of January. From Jan 12- March 2 I’ve lost 14 pounds. So glad. Thanks a million Doctor!
Dr. Ekberg, it's great to see you and great that you continue to educate us. I discovered your videos in November 2018 after my doctor diagnosed me with boarder-line high A1c. He gave me the lecture that since my mother had type 2 diabetes I was doomed. I refused to accept his prediction and started to research about diabetes and found your videos about low cab diet. I went back to my doctor only six months later after being on a low carb diet and my A1C has since been normal. My doctor refuses to accept that the low carb diet has helped me prevent diabetes. To be clear I have never been overweight in my life, but my diet was low fat foods and lots of whole grains, and fruits, but I was still in a route to develop diabetes. that's no longer my case. Thank you!!!
The thing is, if you’re Doctor trained twenty years ago they were studying from textbooks that were already twenty years old. Many Doctors are working with information that is 40-50 years out of date and don’t have the time etc to keep their knowledge up to date.
Traditional doctors hate when we're healthy🤣🤣You're messing with their money and reputation (prescription drugs)🤔
Bedankt
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Eat once a day take plenty of exercise and don't worry your body will take care of itself don't smoke and drink alcohol moderately a little wine is good for the stomach above all things keep a calm persona be happy and learn to love everyone whether good or bad do not be judging doing nothing in haste but ponder thoughtfully live long and prosper my friends
Will one peanut be sufficient?
Perfect advice for all of us. Thank you🙏✨💫💯
Avoid all alcoholic beverages; fungal contamination (fungal poisons).
Спасибо,добрый человек,всем добра и здоровья!
No wine ... no alcohol.
Doc Sten,
I just finished my first longer fast of 9 days. Never heard you mention this in your videos before so I wanted to let you know that 90% of my eye floaters disappeared!!! I know from you that autophagy and celluar repair are the most likely cause of this so want to let you know!
(Start weight 287lbs Nov 2021- Current Weight Feb 2022- 212lbs)
That's fascinating. I don't think I have ever heard about eye floaters disappearing because of autophagy I have never been able to fast that many days but this certainly gives me a new motivation.
I remember reading a couple of comments and Dr. Berg has a video about it, unfortunately when I did a 7 day fast it didn't seem to work for my floaters, will see the next time I do a longer fast.
@@Gengh13 3 days is my limit. I can do it but not get past it. Too hard.
@@gwendolynkaren5933 now that I'm lean it is a lot harder, I usually eat more the weeks before a long fast to make sure I don't loose too much weight.
Wow - you are an inspiration.
Thank you Dr. Ekberg. I was recommended your channel in October 2021. Since then I do LCHF, and IF (OMAD) since 1 month and lost 30 pounds until today. My BMI is now at 23.5 and Body fat % at 17.5% (male). Still want to lose about 5 Pounds and get my Body Fat down to about 15%. Getting there! You changed my life. THANK YOU!
Thank you R H for sharing your great results and helping inspire others. That is so awesome. I am thrilled that you have seen such great results. Keep it up! 😄
Omad😢😢😢too difficult 🥺🙄🙄i m doing 2 meals per 24 Hours 🧐🥺
Hey! Me too! Same! I started at 255lbs in October 2021. Now I’m down to 221 the last few days. OMAD for the most part. I’ve found that it gets easier with time to just eat once a day. I think Some of it is addiction too that has to be broken. Stopping my late night eating was really difficult at first. So glad I found your videos Dr. Ekberg! Thank you for providing the graphs and information. I believe the one showing insulin spiking after people consumed white bread, whole wheat, and then hummus, really changed my understanding. Insulin resistance can only be stopped by cutting off carbohydrates as much as possible.
@@drekberg I use to do OMAD and keto, but just recently learned through that intermittent fasting is not good due to too much stress on the body and too many PUFA'S being released. Pufas cause a lot of oxidative stress so They say you should take it slow. What are your thoughts on this?
@@Alchemist523 are you trying to get your two meals within a 6 hour window? Then your insulin will be reduced so you'll be healthier and can lost weight if needed. 😊
I have a high fat, low carb diet and my triglycerides were actually the best I ever got at 71. This is down from last year when it was nearly double that.
Not surprising for triglycerides. Same experience here, roughly: 150 to 80 in just under a year on near-carnivore.
@@markiangooley Why it took that long to lower triglycerides?
Same thing happened to me. I THINK triglycerides are effected by carbs. I basically eat almost no carbs and was surprised at how fast my numbers dropped
@markiangooley I remember trying to do carnivore a few years ago, and feeling like I was starving to death after a day. I didn't know why at the time, but I realized that body was only used to using carbs as a fuel source, so only taking in fat from meats felt like starvation. I wish I would have continued then. Still, it's good to be on the right track now.
What if ldl is about 220
Hi, I am a man from Norway, and do like your videos. But i need to write this..-I have had problems with high colestrol for years and also had a heart attack 3 years ago. I use cholestrol medicine, and work out a lot in the gym. But for some reason i never could get my cholestrol leves (LDL)far enough down to the levels it should be. I dont want to increase my cholestrol medicine with higher doses, because i get a lot of pain in muscles. So in desember 2022, my bad cholestrol was as usual a little to high (3.1), so i decieded to only eat clean food, chicken breast and fish and vegetables and so on. No sugar or alcohol. In february after 6-7 weeks i did go to my doctor to measure my cholestrol leves again, and was sure they would improve a lot. But i was shocked..The LDL cholestrol had increased even more to levels of (3.9)..I could not understand why, but i began to investigate why. I did understand of course that it had to do with the increased chicken and fish intake, because everything else in my meals was healthy, and i worked out in the gym 4-6 times each week. I then read that 1 of 3 persons are sensitive to cholestrol in food, and that especially chicken has high amount of cholestrol. -So i then i imidetly cut out all fish and chicken, and started to use protein shakes again to get my proteins every day. I also ate not as healthy as i did before last measure of cholestrol. I ate chocolate and potatochips every weekend...-When i then i measured my cholestrol again with my doctor again some days ago, my LDL cholestrol had dropped very much. It dropped from 3,9 to 2.1, and has never in my life been better. So now i have decreased my cholestrol medicine intake with 75% and also increased my levels of vegetables in, and have no chocolate og potatochips and no meat. I have now lived like this for about 10 days, and will keep doing this to my next cholestrol measurement in may. It will be exiting to see my LDL cholestrol then. But regardless, i will more or less go vegan rest of my life. I only use egg white that are animal product, as i also used the weeks before my last measurement, because egg white has no cholestrol and i want to ensure that i get enough proteins. So my message is..If you have high LDL cholestrol-try to cut out meat for some weeks, and then go to your doctor to measure your levels of cholestrol to see about your levels is better, just because you dont eat meat. I have talked with a lot of heart spesialist doctors the last three years, but no one of them informed me of that i maybe just should try to eat less chicken to get my cholestrol levels down. Chicken is sopose tobe healhty because of it contains little fat..But NO ONE informed me about that chicken has a lot of cholestrol and that 1 of 3 persons is sensitive with cholestrol food.
Благодарю, доктор, ❤ интерес слушать и видеть Вас, больше, чем смотреть фильмы. ❤Низкий поклон. 👌💯🙏😇🌷🍏храни вас бог, ха смелость.
@trond7778, to try and help you, I suggest you need to watch and understand many of Dr Ekberg's other videos, particularly those on fasting. Search for OMAD (One meal a day). You appear to be concerned about the fat in foods, which is common. Your body needs to become 'Fat Adapted', by fasting for more than a month. I've been fasting for a couple of years and become much healthier. My LDL-C is now very low. I have heart disease and have been pressured into taking Statins and Ezetimibe but I know OMAD, low carb, pasture raised animals with lots of fat gives me the best health, thanks to Dr Ekberg!
How old are you and now how is your LDL
This is definitely one of the greatest channels there is. The amount of comprehensive information is unbelievable. You are a blessing for humanity Dr.
This video is the best explanation about cholesterol role in our body and how statins interact with our cholesterol metabolism. Great! Thank you! In last 9 months I eat Keto and I do IF. Lost 78 lb., lost high blood pressure, lost high triglycerides, lost borderline high glucose, lost being always tired feeling, etc.
FINALLY someone managed to explain this in plain English. Thank you Dr Ekberg for the time and effort, it's priceless.
Perfect video for me to watch at this moment. Started a KETO diet three months ago after getting an A1c glucose of 5.8.
Today I just got results from new blood tests. A1c now at 5.7 (KETO starting to reverse insulin resistance) but Cholesterol jumped to 284.
Thank you, Dr. Ekberg for running through a sample blood test in the video so we could all follow along. My ratio of HDL to LDL is excellent (2.9) . . . and great Triglycerides (58).
You provided the reassurance for me to NOT abandon KETO because of the spike in Cholesterol. And you provided the info on getting the Coronary Artery Calcium test to determine whether to be concerned (my Doctor focuses on the total Cholesterol, not the ratio).
This lecture is pure gold!
Thanks for sharing Dr. Ekberg.
One of the most comprehensive explanations I've seen on the subject. Easy for the layman to understand and a great help to the medical group whose job it is to educate.
Without a doubt this presentation puts everything in the perspective on what your doctor tells you as opposed to what is really going on. Thank you for taking the time to make such a video for people to truly understand what is actually going on in their body.
If even just 10% of doctors had the knowledge of this man when it comes to food and the body then the world would truly be a better place!👍❤
Nutritionists know more than doctors lul
@@dorokaiyinvil5705 bro you hit the nail on the head there that's so true🤣🤣🙃
There’s two other great doctors who have the natural herbal route on RUclips and there amazing….all the big junkie drug fool ones are fake
But then how would the rich get richer…?
@@dorokaiyinvil5705
NOT all!
Not needing to eat plants anymore was the best thing I ever heard. I actually don’t hate food now.
Thank you for making the informative videos that you make. It’s helping me better understand the physiology behind why things are the way they are in the body. I’m a pharmacist and I learned a lot in school, but I’m learning things here in a different way and I truly appreciate it!
This is the absolute best explanation of how cholesterol works in the body that I have seen to date. I will, without question, watch this again. I have several family members who I wish would also watch this, but who I know won't.
I know this struggle too well...my girlfriend's dad is one more heart attack from his grave sadly and humors me, but doesn't actually apply anything. Basically he thinks he's happier being an unhealthy trainwreck eating what he wants than eating keto/carnivore and taking back his health...
The problem with humans is that they have real trouble to admit when they are totaly wrong, specially about colesterol, whom people has been told for 50 years are bad and will give you heart attacks. Talk about having people by the balls, for a billion dollar industri! Is absolutly sickning to the point that this people should be sued from earth to the moon. The problem is that it won't stop because it's so much money involved.
My paternal grandfather had severe heart disease, and died at age 50 in 1963. I was 5 but I remember my grandmother telling my mother that the cardiologists told her to cut out the 2 eggs for breakfast and feed him Wheaties! I think that precipitated his final cardiac event.
Of course, it was saturated fats. Why blame massive smoking and eating sugar (which are the real causes of heart disease and NOT saturated fats).
I hope you have the same fate
@@hata6290 what a miserable person you are.
I’m 42, regular body weight/BMI with no health problems.
I just got blood testing which I hadn’t done in 3 years, with the last year doing IF and mostly keto diet and substantial reduction of carbs intake. Results are absolutely consistent with Dr Ekberg's video.
My total cholesterol is 201, it was 164 in 2019. My LDL is 113, it was 93. Both values flagged as high (Regular values: Cholesterol
You are sharing very personal information.
You’ll never know him, he is talking to a dr. It’s called free speech. Worry about your health.
@@laurelsoderholm9480well spoken… I went for blood work after three years because this Covid has scared me to go out. My MD doctor wasn’t concerned that my cholesterol is 234 trig 66 hdl90 LDL144 VLDLC13 CHDL. 2.6 but one of my brothers is neurologist he scared me said I need meds,he’s on meds and his LDL is 70. I freaked out went to cardiologist right away he said I should be on meds. I’m thin ,walk 7k step a day .doc asked what I changed in 3 years since I had low cholesterol I said I stopped taking fish oil and use to drink a lot of water with lemon . I wish I had this doctor. I will be discussing this topic on my channel and sharing this video . Thx for listening I’m so scared ……
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Great numbers, mine are very similar to yours.
Here in Boulder, CO, my wife and I were able to get the CAC test without doctor's orders. They sent us pictures of the scan. I'm 74 and started keto 2.5 years ago after very high blood sugar readings at the local testing facility. My most recent tests have been mostly in the "normal" range except for cholesterol. The CAC score was 23. Quite a shock.
Checkout high vitamin k2 doses (1-2 mg daily) with vitamin d3. It's effective i removing plaque. There are some hard plaque / soft plaque concerns some people have. Vitamin k is an established therapy for atherosclerosis in Japan since the 90s. But they used vitamin k2-mk4 which is about 20 times less effective than k2-mk7.
@@mreese8764 → You might want to research that more. Ivor Cumins, who seems to know a lot about this, claims that you can not lower your CAC score, only slow the progression.
@@wilhelmtaylor9863 checkout Ivor Cummings podcast Ep. 21 on RUclips. I think you should research that more because it's your heart.
@@wilhelmtaylor9863 Ivor Cummings episode of RUclips. Title "Want to Reverse Your Calcification and Heart Disease? Here's How! Podcast Ep21"
What about RedRice Yeast?
I had my husband's cardiologist order the calcium score test, it is very accurate and better than the treadmill test.
Hello doctor!
I have been watching your cholesterol videos for some time, but there is something I didn"t understand, maybe you could make a video on it:
If we already have plaque from the small cholesterol, will changing our diet help us reduce it? Or the damage has already been made, and nothing can be done to repair, and by changing the life style, we're only just stopping adding more and more plaque...
Thank you so much!
I asked my cardiologist if he ever seen a person with normal cholesterol and heart disease. He said YES. That was a big red flag for me. Smoking, Sugar, high fat,simple carbs and lack of exercise is looking more and more like the cause.
define "normal" cholesterol. Cholesterol is simply a marker.
@@buckmurdock2500 NOBODY KNOWS
This is so good and totally matches my personal experience. It's not exaggerated that, by applying the knowledge I learned from your videos, my health trajectory and quality of life improved in a very significant way. Here's my highest esteem to you, Dr. Ekberg.
Thanks!
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多謝！
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Brilliant! So thankful for the break down of this. So tired of medical doctors trying to push statins. We are both nurses, intermittent fast, exercise and eat right (one of us eats clean/natural/whole foods and the other is keto/low carb). Our cholesterol levels are high but the ratios are good. We will not go on statins. Thank you for the info that we can now use with our doc. We will for sure be asking for those extra tests. Blessings!
Good to know eggs aren't the enemy. I enjoy them.
It seems foods high in sugar continue to be the problem.
Hi Dr, the difference in my overall health is amazing with a notable increase in strength and energy just from changing my eating habits, mainly cutting out bread, sugar and processed foods.
Thanks, good video again! 😎👍
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I'm blown away how you explained this. Thank you Dr. Ekberg.
One of your most brilliant videos Dr Ekberg!! Cholesterol being bad is the BIGGEST myth out there. Cholesterol is actually protective (in most cases) except in the case that you mentioned Familial hypercholesterolemia! I eat beef, butter, bacon and eggs every day and I'm in my best health at 40.
Skip the Bacon,
Negative type fat.
@@sharan4700 Hogwash, bacon is an excellent source of protein and fat is excellent source of fuel, far superior to carbohydrates to run your body on
@@Davosspace "Hogwash"? Great pun.
Thank You The 5 Minute Body. I'm so glad you found it valuable and I appreciate the feedback. I eat meat and butter (most) every day as well 😄
@@luvlabso130 WHO are a criminal organisation who promote veganism, that should speak volumes to the educated
Natural teacher, you make everyone understand health easily. Great video, Sten! Thank you sir!
My Cholesterol levels at 6.25 mmol/L
LDL : 4.15 mmol/L
HDL: 1.39 mmol/L
Triglycerides: 1.39 mmol/L
Chol/HDL (Risk Ratio): 4.51 mmol/L
Non HDL Cholesterol: 4.88 mmol/L
I'm 41 and relatively skinny. What can I do? I'm genuinely scared after reading countless websites talking about all of this.
Thank you for delivering so much information to all of us Doctor.
how is your statüs now?
Very similar to mine. It was never like that before.
Just started keto. Praying it fixes me.
Thank you, thank you, thank you ! My initial high school cholesterol test was 300. They told me that was way too high. I was lean, healthy, and in four sports a school year. Since that initial test of 300 I have done everything I could for 40 years to lower it. I ate what I was told was a healthy diet and soon ballooned up to 300 lbs. I literally thought I was dying for years. A keto diet helped, but it wasn't until I added back high fats that I felt better !
What fats did you add, saturated or healthy fats? Also what were you eating and you were exercising too? How did you balloon up, could you have just eaten less?
@@jamezdfit saturated fats are healthy
@@thoughtsmatter3174to an extent
Ive been doing high fat keto. I lost 80 pounds. My cholesterol dropped from 220 to 166 eating lots of fat. As Dr. E says eating fats doesnt raise cholesterol. We make most of our cholesterol.
@@thoughtsmatter3174
You might want to watch the video again. Or watch another of his videos on saturated fats.
Dr. Ekberg, you are a Godsend. Thank you for this video. A few months ago I had commented about wanting a video related to cholesterol tests, and here it is! My biggest challenge is convincing my wife, who is a Physician Assistant with over 20 years of experience, that I should come off the statin I have been on for years, despite my LDL having risen since beginning keto and intermittent fasting nearly a year ago.
It's your body, just go off the Statin!
Thank you is in order. I wish I could convince my family to follow your advice. I'm trying to lead by example. Since I have been following your videos for the last year I have lost 60 pounds and my fasting blood sugar is down from 230 to 107. Hopefully they can see that I look and feel 20 years younger and will begin to listen to me the saturated fat is not bad in and of itself and that the fake foods and sugar we eat is what is putting us in an early grave. Thank you again Dr. Sten, you are much appreciated and I cherish your advice.
This is an excellent presentation. Thorough and easy to understand. The best video I've seen on RUclips!
My blood test diagnosis suggests familial hypercholesterolemia based on numbers below (fasting results). I do eat rich food, 2 eggs often, cheese, food cooked in olive oil, cream in coffee etc..
Ldl 205
Hdl 67
TGL 100
A1c 5.4
As always, an extremely informative session. Thank you for all the hardwork.
You are amazing! I have learned so much from your videos and many times watch them over again. Because of your videos, I am no longer insulin resistant and feel great! My cholesterol is higher than ever at 248, with LDL at 147, BUT I did the expanded lipid panel and it's the large particle LDL. HDL level at 94, Triglycerides at 44 and VLDL at 7. I eats lots of butter and saturated fats, with mod protein and veggies....low carbs (37) and no sugar or grains. You taught me the importance of intermittent fasting and I now fast daily atleast 18 hours with no problem. I will be donating to your website and keep looking forward to your videos!
Thank You Lisa C. Congratulations on your results. It is powerful to understand how the body works and start trusting the innate intelligence.😄
This is the best video I've ever seen on this subject matter. I have family members that use statins so I will be sharing with them!! Thank you for all you do, Dr. Ekberg!!!!
I'm in my mid-30s and my blood pressure was uncontrollably on the rise. My doctor suggested statins but after researching many unfortunate side effects🍆🚫... I said screw that. Started exercising, eating better, and sleeping more! My body did a total turn around and she never mentioned it again! Love yourselves people!
I was diagnosed nearly 20 years ago with borderline high cholesterol when the doctor gave me two options. He suggested either a statin drug or change in diet (one egg per week). I declined both of his recommendations, as he raised his eyebrows at me, and stand here today with no physical health issues whatsoever. We all have a choice to make. We can choose to believe everything the doctor tells us, and do what he says, or we can believe we know ourselves better than he does, and do what we already know is right for our own bodies. I choose to trust myself over anyone else' opinion and it's served me quite well (no prescriptions, no special diet, ...etc.)...
I am glad the doc mentioned the Calcium score and the fact it doesn’t pick up the soft, more dangerous plaque that has not calcified. I had a calcium score of 27 which put me at a mild risk. When I went further and had a CT non- invasive Angiogram I found that I had a number of plaque areas that were blocking 50-70% of two arteries which put me at high risk. So if you have a low calcium score and a personal history of smoking, high alcohol intake, chronic stress etc like I did, go to next step. You might save yourself from a future heart attack.
Whqat is next step?measuring small LDL.
Whats the next step?
Bypass surgery
@@thepresentmoment369• it’s in this video
@@mobutu65⤴️
Dr. Ekberg, you are so amazing. No one explains things better than you...thank you so much. I wish you were my Dr.
I have had a 260 + cholesterol with a 90 to 120 HDL since I was a child I'm now 57. Cardiologist stated he had never seen a HDL this high. No meds he said though, thank goodness. Thank you for sharing this video!
What was your ldl level??
@@Dame704 154 ldl and 99 hdl 267 total I've gotten older so hdl is no longer 120 like it had most of my life. I'm 57 now.
@@kymlandia but your ldl has been higher than 150 since you've been 20? Really?
Honestly I never remembered what the ldl was just that the hdl was always 90 to 120. My total was always above 200. So I'm assuming my ldl has always been over 100. My daughters total has always been above 200 also, but unfortunately her hdl is not high.
@@kymlandia your daughter is how old? Sorry for the questions it helps me cause I have high ldl and can't find any info on any one who has had high ldl like above 150 from 20s till 60s kinda thing
Danke!
More than 20 years ago my doctor at the time put me on cholesterol medication, I had a migraine headache for the 4 days that I was on it. I stopped taking it. I have never taken any cholesterol medication since then. I am 61 now, my triglycerides are 83, my HDL is 60, my F VLDL is 19. I had this test taken last year after starting keto for a couple of months. My new doctor wanted me to go on cholesterol medication, I said no, because my triglycerides and HDL are good.. He had nothing to say to that...other than it's protective.
Very informative Dr. Sten! Thank you so so much for all the efforts you put in to making this video and be able to share it with us.. Stay safe and Have a great day!
Thank You Marie Cherrilynn Tan. Same to you 😄
I have been doing keto since Nov. 2021. I was concerned about cholesterol b/c high numbers run in my family. My doctor sent me for a calcium scoring CT scan which evaluates the state of arteries. Mine came back perfect (no build up). I eat at least 4 eggs and cheese every day.
I had a CAC of 0 and 1.85 the following year, yet this April. I Found plenty of unstable plaque blocking my arteries. My onkh sign was mild angina pain at the sternum on rising from bed, no other indication and dizziness the day I rushed to ER. I needed 2 stents.
@@mayaabraham5743 Sorry to hear that. However, I believe Dr. Eckberg's suggestion that eating cholesterol does not necessarily equate to cholesterol build up. There are other factors within the body that promote abnormal conditions. However, I will definitely continue to monitor my own on a yearly basis. If diet turns out to be a factor, I will change it.
Dr. Ekberg is great at explaining his topics, as always.
I haven't taken prescribed drugs for years and i'm 65. I'll change the way eat first. My main concern is salt. I haven't used table salt for a long time, stopped drinking coffee and switched to Hibiscus tea. I try to keep my sat. fat lower ... 0 to 5g. However, i love peanut butter. But i have gone from that to Almond Butter.
Makes me insane my female doctor is obese but preaches to me about my cholesterol. I refuse a statin, my weight is normal. I'm absolutely sugar free, mostly carb free and eat primarily a carnivore and veg diet.
Exactly! I searched for a PCP that 'looked' to be in decent shape, and a man (I'm a man). It only made sense. I'm actually considering changing my insurance to be able to visit Dr. Ekberg and spend the money to actually be healthy. It's, he's 5 hours away, but it is about my health span and life span. An Obese doctor cannot teach me about either one of those. Am I judging? Yes. Of course there could be some other problem that an obese doctor is trying to control. But here's the thing: whatever it is, if they can't control it on their own body, then how can they really give me the confidence that they can help me?
It scared me to known Statin will absorb large LDL and left small LDL and the ratio of small/large LDL is increased. Thats mean the risk to get heart diaseas is increased for those prescribed with statin drug. 😢
Thank you so much for explaining cholesterol in a way I can understand!
Thank you! Dr. Ekberg for making this video. One of the best videos explaining cholesterol that I have seen. I learned so much from you.
Excellent presentation Dr. Ekberg ! Helps me understand more of my own LDL issues and what I need to do to change them. Mad Respect!
I love dr. Ekberg. Listen to Your videos alot. I think I am a lean mass hyper responder. My total cholesterol is 530, LDL 425 but my trig is only 53 and hdl 93. The problem is there are no doctors here who understand
A lot is two words
Are you taking a medication....i have my chlostrol level 279
Hdl 53 and LDL 214
@@bereketberhe167 I don't take medicine. I don't think I will. I try to raise intake of healthy carbs. I will see if that will make a differencen
My numbers are nearly exactly the same as yours. I was on carnivore a few months before these numbers went this high so I am gradually adding a small amount of a few mostly cruciferous vegetables to my second of two meals a day. I am 74, small boned, and 5’ tall. My weight is now where I want it but I worry about my total cholesterol and the very rare high LDL. Dr. wants me on statins but even with my high numbers my HDL/Triglyceride ratio is below 1 so I don’t know if to worry or not. What are your own thoughts about your numbers?
@@cathyweaver1449 I would not worry about cholesterol. If you live low carb and avoid sugar and seed oils. Eat whole foods and enjoy sunlight and family. Do exercise everyday ex. Plank
Indeed, this is a life-saving video! Thank you Dr. Ekberg!
Thank you so much For for your free and open honest and deeply informative documentary on the big picture about cholesterol in our body. Am sure going to benefit from this. I'll try come back after 3months to share my testimony following your advice. God bless you. My key takeaways: damaged LDLs, insulin resistance, oxidation, and stress.
Mt lipid profile 11th Jan 2023 was as follows: HDL 0.85; LDL 6.03; Total 7.99; Triglycerides 2.45. measurements are in mmol/L. I had been put on Statins 10mg to last three months (Jan to end of March), but only did January and stopped. Then I started working on diet and exercise following your advice. On 27th March I repeated the test and these were the results HDL 0.92 (improved); LDL 3.97 (improved); Total 7.99 5.3 (improved); Triglycerides 2.39 (improved). All the indicators had improved especially reduction in LDL, though they were still slightly above the acceptable range. I’ll continue to work on the diet and exercise and will take another test end of June and share. Again, thank you so much for your continued useful advice.
Dr. God bless you and your family
2 years ago i cut out carbs, walked every day, did 16 hour fasting, stopped eating sweets and only drink water. I lost 35 pounds BUT my cholesterol jumped 50 points and my bp stayed the same, borderline high. I'm thinking mine is hereditary, as both my parents have high bp, mom has high cholesterol and shes pre diabetic and my dad is full blown diabetic. My mom is the healthiest person i know, she walks every day, very active and is slim, and she eats very healthy.
Благодарю доктора за очень подробную полезную информацию 😊
This is such an amazing video. My PhD research is on NAFLD and how it can be treated with exercise, and this is such an important aspect involved in the pathophysiology of NAFLD and the metabolic syndrome. Thank you very much, Dr Ekberg! You're a legend!
You're a brilliant dr. You explain such a way one won't ever forget.
Thank you