🚨 Thread on LDL Lowering & low carb🚨

How I approached high LDL in my patients, and how we observed a DECREASE in LDL of 480mg/dl !!!!

About my published case-series of 5 patients and clinical experience with thousands of patients …

(1/20) As data supporting low carb diets has proliferated for weight loss, diabetes, seizures, mental health and other conditions, patients are now presenting with various issues related to the diet

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Many supplements are useless... basically expensive urine...

But a few have randomized trial evidence showing measurable physiologic effects on blood pressure, cognition, wound healing, and cardiovascular risk.

Here are supplements with actual clinical data. 🧵 “Magnesium supplementation resulted in a significant reduction in systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure.”

PMID: 27402922
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27402922/

“Magnesium supplementation significantly lowered systolic blood pressure by 4.18 mm Hg and diastolic blood pressure by 2.27 mm Hg.”

PMID: 22364157
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22364157/

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GALLSTONES & GALLBLADDER DISEASE

Everything you need to know about gallstones as it relates to diet and dietary composition.

👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 In the obese during rapid weight loss from a very low-calorie diet, a relatively high fat intake could prevent gallstone formation, probably by maintaining an adequate gallbladder emptying, which could counterbalance lithogenic mechanisms

nature.com/articles/08006…

After helping thousands of patients lose weight, here’s my advice for those looking for lifelong, sustainable life changes. These are the “5 MUSTS” anyone trying to lose weight lifelong NEEDS to do.

🧵/Thread Before you understand my “5 musts”, simply ask yourself -what are the side effects of your prior weight loss attempts- NOT your reasons, NOT what you want to happen, what went wrong, what made you stop?

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🧵 Can you reverse heart plaque?
Yes—and not just with meds.
Let’s walk through the top human trials showing how exercise, nutrition, and smart supplements can slow or even reverse plaque buildup.

A thread for your arteries… 🫀 2/
🏃‍♂️ CENIT Trial (2022)
Supervised HIIT (High-Intensity Interval Training)
📉 PAV shrank −1.2% per year
This isn’t casual walking—this is structured, high-effort cardio.
Result? Plaque regression.
Control group? No change.

🚨 🚨 I want you to read this - a recent paper from the supposed brightest doctors in cardiology 🚨 🚨

“High LDL was associated with DECREASED RISK of MI, ASCVD, and all-cause mortality”

“- a finding that is difficult to interpret -“

They cannot admit that maybe the LDL hypothesis was just not the whole truth 😑 10.1016/j.jacc.2024.03.423

H/t @ApoDudz

How statisticians and researchers arrived at the conclusion that the BlueZones are a FRAUD. 🤔

🔑 Thread with key excerpts

1/n “When these states transition to state-wide birth registration, the number of supercentenarians falls by 80% per year“

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STRESS AND WEIGHT REGAIN While very few physicians have embraced it yet, our practice has been thriving on the use of remotely monitoring patient biometric data. In our clinic, almost all of our patients have smart equipment in their homes which wirelessly sync with our practice.

I have a serious problem with the term “pre-diabetes.”

The prefix “pre” is used to describe what comes before something.

In reality, “pre”-diabetes is actually AFTER or “post” 15 years of the high insulin levels & inflammation associated with the modern lifestyle. Prediabetes is usually diagnosed by checking an a1c level, which is the percentage of hemoglobin that binds to sugar as a percentage of normal hemoglobin.

If you a1c is between 5.7 and 6.4, you are considered to have “pre-diabetes”

Obesity doesn’t just “happen” to individuals… it spreads like an infectious disease.

🧵 Let me explain… A landmark NEJM study tracked 12,000+ people for 32 years. The shocking finding? If your friend became obese, your risk of becoming obese rose by 57%

Defund the American Academy of Pediatrics.
It’s not a neutral medical body… it’s a corporate mouthpiece. Here’s the proof 🧵 💊 Big Pharma
AAP takes money from pharma giants.
Their guidelines? Push GLP-1 injections and bariatric surgery for kids… but demonize reducing carbs and sugar. Profit over prevention.

After helping thousands of patients lose weight, here’s my advice for those looking for lifelong, sustainable life changes. These are the “5 MUSTS” anyone trying to lose weight lifelong NEEDS to do.

🧵/Thread Before you understand my “5 musts”, simply ask yourself -what are the side effects of your prior weight loss attempts- NOT your reasons, NOT what you want to happen, what went wrong, what made you stop?

There are 5 types of hunger that ideally should be taught to all patients with obesity

Without cultivating an awareness of appetite, hunger and cravings, a patient with obesity will not know what they are fighting against

So Let’s start! We are going to start with some easy ones…

The Cephalic phase response aka food cues - this is hunger stimulated when in presence of food.

These signals are deeply ingrained and can be conditioned

Think of Pavlov & commercials - these aren’t going away quickly or ever

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🧵 Can you reverse heart plaque?
Yes—and not just with meds.
Let’s walk through the top human trials showing how exercise, nutrition, and smart supplements can slow or even reverse plaque buildup.

A thread for your arteries… 🫀 2/
🏃‍♂️ CENIT Trial (2022)
Supervised HIIT (High-Intensity Interval Training)
📉 PAV shrank −1.2% per year
This isn’t casual walking—this is structured, high-effort cardio.
Result? Plaque regression.
Control group? No change.

💡NEW PAPER💡

Food addiction and binge eating symptoms can be improved without drugs or surgery using real food, real support, and virtual care.

Our new peer-reviewed study was just published:
🔗frontiersin.org/journals/psych…
💙 Like, repost, bookmark, or share this link to help spread awareness about the power of metabolic health and lifestyle changes.

🧵/ Here is what we found and why it matters. 👇 The intervention is called TOWARD:
📱 Text-based support
🌐 Online virtual care
🧠 Wellness coaching
📚 Asynchronous education
📊 Real-time biofeedback
🍳 Dietary change via TCR (Therapeutic Carbohydrate Reduction)

A real-world, fully-remote model.

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...get started with low carb with these 5 simple steps Step One
Transform Breakfast...

Getting a breakfast filled with protein & healthy fats is imperative for lasting satiety & decreased appetite throughout the day.

How to INCREASE your low testosterone?

Thread 🧵 Testosterone is a steroid, anabolic hormone made in the testes and ovaries

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🧵 Can you reverse heart plaque?
Yes—and not just with meds.
Let’s walk through the top human trials showing how exercise, nutrition, and smart supplements can slow or even reverse plaque buildup.

A thread for your arteries… 🫀 2/
🏃‍♂️ CENIT Trial (2022)
Supervised HIIT (High-Intensity Interval Training)
📉 PAV shrank −1.2% per year
This isn’t casual walking—this is structured, high-effort cardio.
Result? Plaque regression.
Control group? No change.

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Most people don’t know the real results of the Minnesota Starvation Study…

Yes, the men lost weight.
But they also developed anxiety, depression, binge eating, low libido, cold intolerance, and obsession with food.

Caloric restriction isn’t benign.
Let’s dig deeper… 2/
A new review in Nature Reviews Endocrinology exposes what calorie restriction really does to the body.

While it may extend lifespan in rodents, the human data is less clear—and the downsides are serious.

Here’s what the science actually shows:

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🧵 Can you reverse heart plaque?
Yes—and not just with meds.
Let’s walk through the top human trials showing how exercise, nutrition, and smart supplements can slow or even reverse plaque buildup.

A thread for your arteries… 🫀 2/
🏃‍♂️ CENIT Trial (2022)
Supervised HIIT (High-Intensity Interval Training)
📉 PAV shrank −1.2% per year
This isn’t casual walking—this is structured, high-effort cardio.
Result? Plaque regression.
Control group? No change.

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CGMs - continuous glucose monitors

Having looked at 10,000+ CGMs let me tell you what you will learn...

1/9 Lesson 1: Hidden carbs are everywhere
- you will find hidden sugar & carbs everywhere.

You didnt know you could find carbs/sugar but you will:
hotdogs, sausage, beef jerky, spices, condiments, sauces, soups, broths, basically everywhere you didnt look.

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