“After 12 weeks, the mice fed conventional soybean oil had much lower levels of VLDL and LDL cholesterol… compared to the mice fed lots of saturated fat. However, to the researchers’ surprise, the mice on those two diets had the same amount of plaque buildup in their arteries…”
Naturally, I’m especially interested in how much impact this diet had on resulting oxidative potential of newly synthesized lipoproteins and how much (or how little) of these reduced Lp-X levels could be a result of scavenger receptor removal in particular.
I think you make valid points with regard to a diet community having bad actors that can reflect on it, @jerryteixeira -- but I'd push back that one has to tow the party line on high fat and/or high meat in #keto or get hammered.
2/ I myself have brought up #PlantBasedKeto many times over to raise awareness, even though I try to avoid the diet debates. But I've not suffered any repercussions from the keto community.
3/ DietDoctor.com is arguably the largest resource for #LowCarb diet, and in the last couple years have put out a great deal more material on higher protein with lower fat as a diet direction option. Many low carbers prefer this emphasis over higher fat as a %
For one, this editorial is the first of its kind to gather MDs and PhDs together to help develop a clinical position on the #LMHR phenotype and importance of expanding research around this phenomenon.
That's hard to understate!
3/ Typically, there have been just two positions on the topic of high LDL on keto, particularly LMHRs.
- Conventional: LMHR *must* lower LDL/ApoB
- LH skeptic: LMHR can ignore LDL/ApoB
This editorial concludes those with high LDL-c/ApoB from keto "should consider" lowering.
I was originally shooting for a few weeks away, but it stretched into two months.
Honestly, I have to really credit @MichaelMindrum for inspiring me to really commit to this. It was easier than I assumed given the ongoing research efforts.
3/ The #LMHRstudy is nearing recruitment completion!
That said - we still have some participants to go to put us over the top!
So again, *please* visit LMHRstudy.com to see if you or someone you know is eligible for the study.
You / someone you know:
👉Had LDL 160 or under before keto
👉LDL increased to 190 or more on keto
👉HDL 60 or more
👉Triglycerides 80 or below
👉2 or more years on keto
While much of the feedback on @nicknorwitz’s new paper (below) has been positive, there have been some with concerns regarding use of CGMs for @harvardmed students in this context.
2/4 Assume the entire experiment was performed in an identical manner save one change:
Instead of using CGMs, the students simply did a high frequency of finger stick blood tests through a glucose monitor (glucometer), effectively getting likewise results to those reported.
3/4 Would this one alteration alleviate much of the concern about the CGM use?