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Groundbreaking New Study Reveals Why Your High LDL May Be Fine | Nick Nowitz, Dave Feldman, Adrian Soto-Mota

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When someone's LDL cholesterol hits 574 mg/dL, doctors typically expect the worst. But what if everything we think we know about cholesterol and heart disease risk is incomplete?

In this episode, I sit down with researchers Nick Norwitz, Adrian Soto-Mota, and Dave Feldman to discuss their groundbreaking study on lean mass hyperresponders - a rare population who develop extremely high LDL cholesterol on ketogenic diets despite being lean, fit, and metabolically healthy. Their recent paper "Plaque Begets Plaque, ApoB Does Not" challenges conventional wisdom by showing that in this unique population, neither LDL cholesterol nor ApoB levels predicted plaque progression over one year of follow-up. Instead, existing plaque was the strongest predictor of future plaque growth. We explore the proposed lipid energy model that may explain why some people's cholesterol skyrockets on keto, discuss the limitations and implications of their findings, and examine what this means for personalized cardiovascular risk assessment. This conversation touches on fundamental questions about causality in medicine, the importance of studying outlier populations, and why a one-size-fits-all approach to cholesterol management may be missing crucial nuances.

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Longitudinal Data From the KETO-CTA Study: Plaque Predicts Plaque, ApoB Does Not https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40192608/

Citizen Science Foundation https://citizensciencefoundation.org/

Nick's home page https://www.nicknorwitz.com/

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Dave Feldman https://x.com/realDaveFeldman

Adrian Soto-Mota https://x.com/AdrianSotoMota

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When someone's LDL cholesterol hits 574 mg/dL, doctors typically expect the worst. But what if everything we think we know about cholesterol and heart disease risk is incomplete?

In this episode, I sit down with researchers Nick Norwitz, Adrian Soto-Mota, and Dave Feldman to discuss their groundbreaking study on lean mass hyperresponders - a rare population who develop extremely high LDL cholesterol on ketogenic diets despite being lean, fit, and metabolically healthy. Their recent paper "Plaque Begets Plaque, ApoB Does Not" challenges conventional wisdom by showing that in this unique population, neither LDL cholesterol nor ApoB levels predicted plaque progression over one year of follow-up. Instead, existing plaque was the strongest predictor of future plaque growth. We explore the proposed lipid energy model that may explain why some people's cholesterol skyrockets on keto, discuss the limitations and implications of their findings, and examine what this means for personalized cardiovascular risk assessment. This conversation touches on fundamental questions about causality in medicine, the importance of studying outlier populations, and why a one-size-fits-all approach to cholesterol management may be missing crucial nuances.

🌐Links in this video

Longitudinal Data From the KETO-CTA Study: Plaque Predicts Plaque, ApoB Does Not https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40192608/

Citizen Science Foundation https://citizensciencefoundation.org/

Nick's home page https://www.nicknorwitz.com/

On X

Nick Nowitz https://x.com/nicknorwitz

Dave Feldman https://x.com/realDaveFeldman

Adrian Soto-Mota https://x.com/AdrianSotoMota

Seeking Health supplements: 10% discount code Richard10 https://crrnt.app/SEEK/-dm0MyrQ, Histamine Nutrients https://crrnt.app/SEEK/EpM7paAO

AX3 Life Astaxanthin 20% discount code MODERN20 https://tinyurl.com/2t3w26nw

https://www.choosemuse.com

All Muse devices 15% discount code MODERN https://choosemuse.com/MODERN

Stemregen 15% discount Code MODERN https://tinyurl.com/45z968yr (Only available in the US)

Renue by Science all 10% discount with code MHS https://renuebyscience.com/

Nuchido Time+ 20% discount of first purchase with code MODERN20 https://nuchido.com/MODERN

If you would like to support our channel please consider signing up on patreon https://patreon.com/ModernHealthspan

You can also find us on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/c/modernhealthspan

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