Thread by @holmanm

1/6 Insulin has a profound effect on Cholesterol. It turns up the Cholesterol making machinery by turbocharging the activity of the enzyme that actually controls cholesterol manufacturing in your body. This enzyme is called HMG-CoA Reductase. /2

2/6 You can improve your lipid profile by simply lowering your insulin levels. By doing so you avoid all of the serious "direct effects" of taking Statin drugs, and will experience improved cardiovascular health. /3

3/6 To reduce your risk of heart disease: - Lower Triglycerides, Increase HDL, and Lower insulin. Do this by eliminating sugar, processed carbs/seed oils/trans fats. Intermittent fasting will also help, as does increasing exercise. /4

4/6 Under normal conditions insulin has positive effects on the body, being anti-inflammatory. If you are INSULIN RESISTANT, chronically high insulin levels have the opposite effect, they promote inflammation and Cardiovascular Disease. /5

5/6 A 1992 study examined the blood work of healthy centenarians in an effort to find out whether there were any commonalities among the members of this unusually long-lived demographic. It found 3: Low Triglycerides, High HDL-C, and Low fasting Insulin.
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6/6 Your diet affects all these measurements. Under a LCHF/Ketogenic or Carnivore diet your Triglycerides should drop like a stone, your fasting insulin will be lower, and your HDL-C will increase.