The purpose of this post is to inform the reader of a journal article that describes a particular subset of patients that have marked elevation in LDL-C (low-density lipoprotein cholesterol) and total cholesterol when eating a low-carbohydrate diet. This article was published in 2022. The importance of cholesterol and specifically LDL-C in determining cardiovascular risk […]
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With the study of the history of medicine, it is fascinating what has risen to the top and what has been discarded as unimportant. As an item of interest, some physicians were convinced that cardiovascular disease is really just a presentation of diabetes mellitus. One such physician, Joseph Kraft, MD, practiced as a pathologist for
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The lean mass hyper-responder phenotype is currently of interest. Some people who embark on a low-carb diet have significant elevations of total and LDL-C cholesterol. Controversy surrounds the implications of this lipid change. Traditional medicine suggests that this elevation is quite dangerous and increases your risk of cardiovascular disease. Some experts believe that this elevation,
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