Scientist Answers: do Eggs raise your Cholesterol??
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- Опубліковано 23 сер 2020
- Do eggs raise our cholesterol? Why are eggs, cholesterol and heart disease so controversial? A look at the evidence and sources of confusion on eggs, dietary and blood cholesterol.
A lot of you asked about eggs and cholesterol. There’s a lot of confusion around eggs so let's focus on whether eggs raise blood cholesterol.
Eggs have a lot of cholesterol but does that mean eating them raises my cholesterol levels? College students ate a large egg every day for three weeks and ended up with higher LDL-cholesterol, that’s the ‘bad’ cholesterol. Maybe they ate something else that raised their cholesterol?
Can we give people eggs without them even knowing it? Scientists gave people egg or egg substitute (four times less cholesterol). When people start off with eggs their blood cholesterol level shoots up, switch them to the substitute, their cholesterol drops. If we start them off with the egg substitute cholesterol goes down a bit from baseline, switch to real eggs, cholesterol shoots up (and volunteers didn’t know when they were eating egg)
Meta-analyses confirm eating cholesterol tends to raise our blood cholesterol levels. But the effect of food on our cholesterol level depends on context. If your cholesterol levels are low, the more cholesterol you eat, everything else being equal, the higher your blood cholesterol level will tend to go. But as you get to higher blood levels, the effect peters out.
Let’s say i want to prove that eggs don’t affect blood cholesterol levels. How can I do the experiment to get that result? 1) Take someone who already eats a lot of cholesterol and has high blood cholesterol, and ask if adding a little bit more in their diet makes a difference? Probably not
2) compare eggs to something that also raises cholesterol. Like red meat or butter (high in saturated fat). My cholesterol level is affected by the cholesterol I eat, but also saturated fat, unsaturated fats, fiber etc.
3) acknowledge that LDL-cholesterol goes up with eggs but argue that’s fine because HDL-Cholesterol also goes up. if you saw our video on LDL and HDL you may remember raising HDL-cholesterol doesn’t affect heart disease risk so this argument is not compelling
The egg industry funds many of the studies.
So eggs raise our cholesterol levels in general. Is it okay to eat eggs or not?
Example A: good health, great cholesterol levels, eats an egg here and there because he likes it. B: lipids are out of whack, high cholesterol, eats five eggs a day because he thinks he “needs the protein”.
So are eggs good or bad? Eggs aren’t necessary but it’s also not true that if your diet includes some eggs it’s automatically unhealthy.
I don’t eat eggs personally but at the end of the day it’s less about specific foods and more about the overall dietary pattern. A diet high in saturated fat and cholesterol will raise your cholesterol, with or without eggs, and a diet high in fiber and unsaturated plant fats will have the opposite effect, even if you sometimes eat eggs.
People often ask about Egg whites. In all likelihood they won’t raise your blood cholesterol as much (they lack the fat and cholesterol fraction).
But when people ask about egg whites it’s often rooted in the notion that we need massive amounts of protein from specific foods like eggs. So if you eat egg whites here and there because you enjoy them and you’re generally healthy I don’t see a problem but if you’re slamming egg whites as a staple source of protein because you’re stressing out about getting enough protein, chances are you don’t need to. our society’s protein fixation is not conducive to health. In this video we covered LDL, HDL and what they mean and this one goes over the best foods your cholesterol.
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I really love the way you do your Videos. Just trying to share the science, giving your opinion without telling someone what to do. Keep it up!
thanks! what people do with the info is up to them! :)
Lmao, I'm the second case. Eating 3 to 5 eggs a day. I don't my levels, but I'm not fat and exercise allot (6 days a week). Hopefully I survive this cholesterol.
Clear explanation. Some people choose eggs because the cost is lower than meat.
Wow, just spent an hour jumping from one egg video to another and by far this is the best, no bs and honest summary. Automatic sub!
I’ve been watching so many videos this morning on whether or not eggs are good and this is the best video I’ve seen on the question. 🍳
Finally someone that makes it easy to understand without all the bloody jargon
Dr Gil thank you for your youtube videos. Your unbiased, impartial information is based on clinical trials. Plus your pleasant friendly manner is a plus. When you explained how you researched for your mother's irritable bowel looking for solutions I knew you were a solid guy.
I for one appreciate your measured approach to these topics.
I've watched videos by egg advocates, and they seldom or never mention protein. The case they make is that the yolk is dense with beneficial nutrients. Stands to reason; a yolk has everything it needs to develop into a baby chicken.
I started eating 3 eggs a day many days during the week for workout protein. For a decade take statin drugs, latest one a few years ago lowered cholesterol a bit more. Then in pandemic when eggs like toilet paper disappeared from supermarkets, a farmer friend gave me a set of chickens. Then a got into eating much more eggs than before. Had cholesterol checked, and no change. Then got started in heavy weight lifting to get in better shape, and cholesterol quickly dropped again, and now after a year of gym, continues to straight line decline. All cholesterol indicators are in preferred ranges of concentration. The impact of switching to a much higher egg protein diet has had zero negative cholesterol impact on me. The taste is great and the protein is a supplement for muscle building working out.
A legitimately logical and well balanced video..instant subscription
Very well explained, thank you so much!
You're very welcome!
Great balanced info! Thanks again!
Very well explained! You are the "Master Jedi" level on explaining! Kudos to you!
This is the most simple, honest and straight forward explanation about this topic I have ever heard! Thank you👍🏻
That is a great video! Thank you Gil! I loved Nathan Pritikin and his books are still relevant. He was an engineer and decide to do research of his own. The results were amazing. He looked at studies and results from his own genius perspective. I wish he was still alive and his former "Pritikn Center" still going strong. (The new Pritikin outfit is different). Dr Klaper is also wonderful. He has been teaching medical students about nutrition. We are lucky to have some great mentors and old videos available. When in doubt, I always check 'The John McDougall forum" for extra info.
Great way you tell it. No waffle just straight to the point.
This sounds so logical, makes me wonder how some of those other studies get ‘doctored’. Thanks for clearing that up. I went for the so-called Mediterranean diet recently and merrily added an egg-a-day, based on other, less contextualized advice. Glad I watched this. Thanks Doc 😊
I really appreciate your sensible explanations!
I'm so glad you brought up the protein fixation, that's yet another topic that is hard to get good answers on.
Very simple answer now Ill sub im in the middle of cholesterol level so i need to adjust my diet good thing i found your channel there are lots of confusing stuff on the internet.
I want to know what they were using as an egg substitute because I've tried a lot of egg substitutes but could always, easily tell the difference. Thank you for posting, I really like your video and plan on saving it
Haha, maybe they just made the real egg meal so bad that it's indistinguishable from nutrient paste/subsitute.
Thank you Dr Gil! You're so balanced and really sort out the awful confusion out there. Appreciate your time and effort. It really helps!!
Honestly BEST EXPLANATION EVER. I love learning all the nuances.
Dropping knowledge, thanks fam.
Great vid, as usual. Are you still gonna do a vid on low cholesterol? What's too low and why? What's optimal and why? Etc...
I definitely can, not a pressing priority bc almost no one seems to be in that category but I would like to at some point
Love ur videos and explanations !
Finally, a video which makes sense to help understand the complete context.
How lucky are we to have access this wonderful information? Well done sir!
*Summary:
- Eggs do raise cholesterol levels, especially in people who are starting with low cholesterol
- In people with already high cholesterol, eating eggs will not raise their cholesterol by much (hyperbolic curve effect). However, they should probably avoid eggs with the aim of lowering their cholesterol.
- Eggs may raise both LDL and HDL, but the fact that they raise LDL ("bad") is more significant to their effects on health.
- Egg whites are a good, but not essential, protein source
- Healthy individuals with diets rich in fiber and unsaturated fats can choose to eat an egg here and there, based on personal preference.
I eat 5 eggs a day and my cholesterol is fine, but I exercise moderately, go for walks, and the rest of my diet is "healthy", no sugars, antibiotic free meats, mostly vegetables, no processed foods. no processed vegetable oil crap. Meditation, good sleep patterns, it all adds up. Health is a bit of everything.
@@pixelmasque, I'd be interested to know whether your cholesterol is "fine" or just "normal" because there is a big difference.
@@pixelmasque My great Grandpa lived to be 105 years old!!! He ate bacon AND eggs every single morning of his life up until he had to go to a Nursing home. Then, the Nursing home, once he was admitted, really started restricting his diet and cutting out the stuff he ate all his life. My Grandpa, his son, made them give him his bacon and eggs back into his meal plan. He was really upset because he was 105 years old and he just wanted to eat what he wanted. And, at the age of 105, why not just let him eat whatever he WANTED to eat?!!? Ya know what I mean?!!? He was extremely healthy, though. He died from a broken heart, I believe. He was really upset about having to go to a Nursing home. And, I don't blame him. But, he got to the point where he was way too much for my Grandma and Grandpa to take care of on their own. They were very old, themselves!!! And, they didn't want to put him in a Nursing home at all. And, we were up there visiting him around the clock. Except for bedtime, of course. But, yeah, he didn't die from clogged arteries. Eating eggs and bacon every morning let him live to the ripe old age of 105!!! I'd say that was pretty good!!!Dietary cholesterol does NOT translate into higher cholesterol levels within your body. It just doesn't!!! And, obviously, this doctor isn't really all that up to date on the information on Dietary cholesterol and the effects it actually has on your cholesterol levels within your body. Eggs actually have a emulsifier in them!!! Breaks down the cholesterol!!! So, NO need to worry about the cholesterol content of eggs. I, myself, have ate eggs and bacon (and or sausage) pretty much EVERY morning of my life, too, since I was a teenager. Perfect blood work!!! Perfect!!! Eggs AND bacon don't raise your cholesterol levels much at all (if they do at all)!!! Sugars, processed foods, etc., will raise your cholesterol levels. I ate a LOT of eggs and bacon (and or sausage) over my lifetime!!! Same with my great Grandpa who lived to be 105 years old before he passed away
@@mikesimons8839
1) Learn to use paragraphs
2) Learn the difference between an anecdote and statistical evidence
@@mikesimons8839 Hi Mike, eggs are healthy and have an excellent nutrient profile and are healthy when eaten with a normal pattern of eating which varies according to indiv. profile and context Having said that individual response varies to all nutrients across a population. People with hypercholesterolemia should absolutely avoid eggs. I have a background in biochemistry and nutrition science and this Dr. is absolutely up to date and is correct in his response based on the findings of clinical and epidemiological studies. There is no debate - cholesterol raises blood LDL. Period. But this rise varies from individual to individual and resulting effects and health risk to health vary from individual to individual profiles. Using an anecdote does not prove a thing. It is like saying that my uncle drank alcohol and lived to 100 therefore alcohol is beneficial.
Awesome video. Loving this channel.
Thank you for posting!
Thank you! Keep up the good work!
This is excellent. Very evidence based.
I've seen countless nutrition videos on the internet. Your videos are refreshingly simple, scientific, and easily applied to the real world! I was wondering if you had any plans to write a book? Thank you!
open to it, if and when I think it'll significantly contribute to people understanding food a little better. I think honing the video format for a while longer makes sense :)
My dad eats 3 soft boiled eggs every single day for breakfast. He went for a health checkup last week and the results show his HDL to be desirable and LDL at optimal levels.
I do the same thing too. Am waiting for my results next week.
BTW, we are also on a low carb diet and eat more greens, fat, moderate amounts of meat.
@Nexa my results were very good overall. Blood sugar blood pressure etc were optimal. It was comprehensive so there were entire pages on my health. With regards to cholestrol my HDL was good but LDL was just OK.
Low-carbohydrate diets, low-fat diets, and mortality in middle-aged and older people: A prospective cohort study
Yimin Zhao et al. J Intern Med. 2023.
Conclusions: Higher mortality was observed for overall LCD and unhealthy LCD, but slightly lower risks for healthy LCD. Our results support the importance of maintaining a healthy LFD with less saturated fat in preventing all-cause and cause-specific mortality among middle-aged and older people.
Optimal in a country that has a heart attack or stroke every 30 seconds shouldn't be comforting.
My ldl went up after switching to healthy low carb diet. I lost 40 pounds and now all things are ok except for my LDL
@@arifaahamed7239 You're literally giving yourself heart disease. Humans are supposed to eat 95 percent whole carbs.
I love your videos man.
thanks!!!!
Thank you, well balance video .I see food in a different way now .
Perfect video, thanks!
The study found that eating three to four whole eggs per week was associated with a 6 percent higher risk of cardiovascular disease and an 8 percent higher risk of any cause of death.
Such a very good, balanced video. Thank you.
concerning this issue, i miss the information and explanation about the fact that more or less 65/70% of our cholesterol is produced not come directly from food. Only 30/35% of it comes directly from food. its is a game changer in the analisys
Eating eggs raised my HDL from 50 to 77. Total cholesterol remained the same as LDL went down.
Good point. No food is good or bad per se. It all depends on context.
clear explanation - thank you
Thanks for this one.
awesome, I finally found the answer. Subscribed.
I’m so happy you are here but it’s so sad about HDL cholesterol because mine is so high and my ratio was so good and now I know it’s meaningless. Pride always comes before a fall. X
Love your videos. Don’t change the format. Question, what’s your opinion on eating tofu
as long as someone is not allergic to soy, it can be part of the 'rotation'. most people think tofu is the only alternative to animal protein and to moderate the latter they need to be slamming pounds of tofu all day which ofc isn't true at all (you probably know that...), tofu is only one of the dozens of sources of plant protein, mixing things up is best
Omg!! This makes so much sense! Thank you! Ugh so upset with those stupid false “research” papers!
Please make a video on triglycerides. DO eggs affect them ? There is so much confusion and schools of thought advocating less carbs.
vid on trigs on the to-do list :)
It's interesting to me that the people that did the study on the college students felt they had to do a double blind study. Is the placebo effect so powerful that it can actually raise or lower your blood cholesterol levels? That seems unlikely.
maybe not directly but if they know what they're being fed it might change their other dietary and/or lifestyle habits. double-blinding (if possible) removes even more potential confounders
@@NutritionMadeSimple Yes, I didn't think of that.
let's tackle the always controversial issue of eggs and cholesterol :)
Nice video but I think you missed other factors (such as TMAO, and their effect on our gut microbiome) that may determine whether consuming eggs is healthy or not. Will Bulsiewicz makes some great points in his book Fiber Fueled. Highly recommend it.
Voce podia aproveitar que sabe, para adicionar caption em portugues. Tem muito pouco conteudo para os lusophones.
@@Lucas-_-Teixeira e' mesmo? parece haver tantos canais brasileiros sobre nutricao...
@@AvengerNk thank you for reminding me that I was reading this book before I moved house 3 months ago 😂😂 back to it!
The Japanese eat the most amount of eggs in the world. They also have the 2nd highest life expectancy in the world behind Hong Kong. Eggs are good for you
That might very well be in spite of eggs and not because of eggs. Especially in okinawa the diet was mostly wholefood plants with minor egg consumption compared to other japanese people and they were the longest living japanese people.
We would need to have a study design around this.
Have you check their stomach cancer rate?
@@youling1997
Really …. Ha ha. Research references please.
That’s a weird way to do scientific experiments 😂
lol people can be strange when it comes to food, those Japanese eat healthy diets, of healthy weights, low smoking rates, active, low alcohol, variety of world leading foods with world class micronutrients (green tea, kimchi, kombucha, natto) etc. just because they eat eggs and live long doesn’t mean eggs are healthy, it means other things they eat around those eggs make them healthy. It’s true, people pick and choose what suits their habits regardless of what they get told. Sad!
Could you do a video on whether fruit is healthy? (I know that sounds crazy) I just see some people claiming it to be too sweet because we have selectively bred it to be that way. Not saying I believe this for a second, just curious!
i made one a while back (it's how to eat healthy step 2 or something to that effect). i'll probably do more in the future. all data points to great outcomes with fruit. we have to act on evidence not speculations :)
@@NutritionMadeSimple I will check it out now, thanks for the response. Love this channel
@@alexmoore5332 it's this: ua-cam.com/video/tBJPgM6w120/v-deo.html
it's an oldie, I go over some basics but it's not that in depth. the 'food X is not good because it has changed a lot' argument isn't very relevant, either we have data or we don't (and if we do it's almost always with the modern version of the food, for obvious reasons, so it obviates speculation)
The balance in a daily diet overshadows any one item eaten during the day. As Dr Gil points out the nuances of food choices & doing things in moderation, as said so often, is key
This guys accent is awesome
Very interesting and informative 👍
Great explanation
Great advice.
You are the clearest most informative person I’ve ever encountered. I aspire to be like you!
I have grave doubt about short term studies. The body's homeostatic systems need a while to kick in. And your age governs many metabolic states, so, I'd like to see studies check results from 20-40, 40-60 and 60+. Calorie restriction is an obvious example. It takes a few months before your body starts to reduce aspects of your metabolism if you reduce daily calorie intake, but the effect is very different through the age ranges.
"The recent evidence surrounding egg consumption and risk of cardiovascular disease is mixed. However,
the weight of evidence suggests that eggs have a neutral relationship with heart health neither remarkably
increasing nor decreasing risk. This suggests eggs can be included as part of a heart healthy eating pattern
and can be chosen as one of a variety of protein foods- including fish and seafood, legumes, nuts and
seeds, and poultry" Heart foundation Australia.
Another great video. Very well explained. Thank you doctor.
Thumbs up as usual. You covered all the parameters. What you are saying is what I tell others. Strangers believe me but my relatives don't. It must be the "a prophet is not believed in his own village" phenomenon or you have to be famous or trendy to be believed.
When deciding the health status and all other factors being equal/normal, do you go more by total cholesterol or by the ratio of total cholesterol to HDL levels? Do you go more by body weight or by body fat %.
I am closer to example A; so I won't stress too much about sharing a poached egg with my son on a saturday. Otherwise, will cut back - good job I really like tofu scramble :) The other day I made egg fried rice but used tofu instead of egg, and a ton of veg - it was delicious! thanks for the video, as always concise, simple and non-biased
You don't need to cut back on eggs. They are far more nutritious and healthy than tofu scramble.
The lipid hypothesis is nothing more than just that.
Those with higher LDL live longer, and there is no association for CVD in the over 60's
@@thedoc5848 please get off of UA-cam man 😭
@@thedoc5848 >"They are far more nutritious and healthy than tofu scramble"
Enough with the soyaphobic nonsense
Tofu is full of estrogen I stay away from soyy
@@frankchen4229 they are more nutritious though….
You are absolutely correct. There are many different types of eggs and egg eaters.
I used to argue for eggs and how important it is for an otherwise vegetarian diet and totally ignore the cholesterol argument (frankly used to search for videos that support my point of view 😂 and feel better). My enthusiasm for eggs have tempered a bit. My lipid levels are definitely on the higher end
There's nothing that chicken eggs contain that you can't get from plant foods. Plant foods that also won't increase your cholesterol, risk of heart disease, risk of diabetes, and risk of certain cancers. And the cherry on top is that those plant foods aren't even close to as expensive as eggs have been lately.
Hey doc, would it be useful to get an apo b test if your overall cholesterol panel and triglycerides are low? Im assuming low cholesterol will also mean lower apob.
What about the mantra that we require one gram of protein per kg of bodyweight? Also, have you heard of Dr Gabrielle Lyons and her emphasis on protein intake and maintaining muscle mass. Your thoughts please.
Thank you!
Excellent
Maybe this is true. But if you look at the Japanese which eat on average 320 eggs per year(Number 1 in the world). And they are one of the healthiest people on earth.
Because the rest of their diet is known to be healthier than the standart american diet
For me I limit my egg consumption to only when I do a sunday lunch once every several months (not great for cholesterol as a whole meal but I know that). For me my biggest problem is cheese and dairy. I eat a lot of cheddar and drink a lot of milk. I would like to see a dairy and cholesterol video if you can please.
Thank you so much my friend. Your videos are brilliant. Full of so much brilliant advice. And it's so true - protein is everywhere! More protein in peanuts than most meats.
Thanks Dr. Carvalho you're very refreshing. The biggest thing I look for on UA-cam is objectivity and you provide that in all your presentations. Just as support to this vid I recently tried to get off my cholesterol meds because I went 90% plant based. We used my last blood work for a baseline. He advised that we only need 1 month to show any changes. So I went from Jan 2023 to Feb 2023 with no meds. I guess the other 10% of my diet that isn't plant based was a causal factor as my numbers jumped and I went back on my meds. The 10% includes 2 farm fresh unwashed eggs at breakfast every morning and sometimes an egg salad sandwich for lunch with the other part of the 10% being fish. So I'm going to dropping eggs from my diet and do another test in a couple of months. As background my mom had familial hypercholesterolemia so if this is a hereditary condition there is probably nothing I can do. I will advise results. FYI I'm far from being a college student.
Curious, how did it go for you? I have FH too
Thank you.
What about choline? If we don't get enough choline, then what happens? You should go through this aspect also.
I'm keto (8 month).
My cholesterol drop like hell.
Should it be an link between being in ketosis and cholesterol?
My Blood pressure got way better and more stable to ;)
Although I eat alot of animal products, this was a wonderful and informative video.
I really appreciate your videos. Have you ever addressed the issue of coconut oil? There is a lot of conflicting information about that food. Bottom line: is it a good food or a bad food or something in between?
This video applies to coconut oil as well..Since it contains high SFA raised LDL...
i touched on it in a couple previous videos. see my cholesterol playlist. bottomline is coconut oil does raise LDL-cholesterol. whether that translates to higher risk of heart disease no one knows 100% bc we don't have long-term outcome studies. Until we do, personally I'm playing safe and treating coconut oil like most other sources of saturated fat - eating with caution and factoring in my lipid levels
My mom used to eat a Tablespoon a day of organic cold-pressed coconut oil and her LDL cholesterol shot through the roof. Since she has stopped, it has dropped but watch out for that stuff. I take MCT oil powder once a week to avoid the real coconut oil saturated fats.
@@naughtyorgneiss wow, this lipid hypothesis has made people crazy.
Coconut oil and eggs is what is killing us....not refined carbohydrates and seed oils
@@NutritionMadeSimple i can give a pointer here
In india if u search, kerala has highest heart attacks rate . One thing thts different frm rest states is they use coconut oil freely in cooking means their meal cant b complete wdout coco oil.flowing
In my opinion it doesnt matter if it raises your cholesterol IF your cholesterol levels are fine regardless. Personally i used to have high cholesterol without eating eggs but with bad eating habits, then i started eating 3 eggs a day and fixed my eating habits. After like 6 months my cholesterol is now on normal levels, eating 3 eggs a day and with a past of high cholesterol. My point is the relevant paramenter is you overall cholesterol levels, so get tested if you are not sure about them...
right, that's what I was trying to convey. overall dietary pattern > single foods
Eggs are completely cruel because in the breeding process male chicks are killed on day 1 of life, tossed into a macerator. Yup even free range farms do this.
Eating 3eggs a day my father almost died.
I don't think your LDL is below 70
@@gaspard7052eggs are healthy bro
Wonderful video! People always want simple and straight answers and reality is not like that. By the way, "Carvalho" is a Portuguese name, are you Portuguese?
yes :)
Gil, could taking something like ezetimibe, remove any risk from eating dietary cholesterol and saturated fats? Or how should one perceive this?
I love eggs(taste and it's easy to make a quick meal with), but at the same time have found out recently, I have extreme levels of lp(a) and wondered if, ezetimibe, could be a way to "work around" this issue of increased risk from diet. Surely you must have been asked about this before? 😉🙂
As the Mayo Clinic reports, most healthy people can eat up to seven eggs a week without increasing their risk of heart disease. Studies have even shown that eating between one and three eggs on a daily basis improves HDL levels, which is the good type of cholesterol. HDL helps to remove some of the bad kind of cholesterol (known as LDL) from your arteries, so you want your HDL levels to be high so that they protect your heart.
Of course, everyone is different. Keep in mind that people with diabetes are already at higher risk of heart disease and some research suggests that eating as many as seven eggs a week could elevate their risk even more.
In short, there is research to back both cases. We suggest limiting your egg consumption-whether that's once a week or three times a week-so that you keep your heart in tip-top shape.
Have fun with your heart attack lol
LDL is not bad. Your body needs it.
Just keep your HDL high and your triglycerides below 100 and ignore LDL.
@@njsongwriter Thank you !
New Research Challenges Hypothesis
Research published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) suggests otherwise. And according to researchers, provides rationale to reevaluate heart health guidelines.
The research team - comprised of experts from seven different countries - evaluated data collected from 19 studies on a total of 68,094 older adults. The team was seeking to determine if LDL cholesterol is associated with death in the older adults.
According to the cholesterol hypothesis, it should directly relate. According to the BMJ study, it doesn’t.
Researchers say almost 80 percent of the participants in the studies who had high LDL cholesterol did not die because of their cholesterol level.
On the other hand, researchers discovered people with low levels of LDL cholesterol, or LDL-C, had the highest rates of death related to cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of deathTrusted Source for both men and women in the United States.
“These findings provide a paradoxical contradiction to the cholesterol hypothesis,” researchers wrote. “The cholesterol hypothesis predicts that LDL-C will be associated with increased all-cause and [cardiovascular disease] mortality.”
Overall, the researchers - four of whom have published books criticizing the cholesterol hypothesis - say, “the benefits from statin treatment have been exaggerated.”
How the ‘Cholesterol Hypothesis’ Came to Be
Those who have challenged the importance of LDL cholesterol say we’ve been measuring things incorrectly.
What researchers are learning is that cholesterol may not be a direct indicator of heart disease and total cholesterol - the accumulation of three types of fat in the blood - could be a useless metric.
Paying attention to triglycerides, however, might be the best number to monitor regarding heart health.
Lustig, an outspoken critic of the processed food industry, is one of those people. While not involved in the most recent BMJ research, said it proves that LDL cholesterol doesn’t matter.
But he’s not the first person to suggest so.
In the 1960s, there was a battle going on over what caused heart disease. There were two camps. One said sugar was the culprit while the other said dietary fat, particularly saturated fat, was the bad guy.
John Yudkin, a British physiologist and nutritionist, suggested sugar was to blame. Ancel Keys, an American scientist, pushed the dietary fat issue.
The two battled it out during the 1970s, but three major findings relegated fat as heart health enemy number one.
The first, Lustig says, was the issue of familial hypercholesterolemia, a genetic disease where people lacked an LDL receptor in their liver, causing them to die of a heart attack as early as their teenage years.
The second was that dietary fat raised LDL cholesterol.
“That is true. I’m not going to argue that,” Lustig said.
The third argument in the fat-is-bad argument was that elevated LDL levels in the larger population correlated with heart disease.
“That was the idea, and therefore fat was the problem, sugar wasn’t. Yudkin was thrown under the bus, died basically a forgotten man, and the low-fat hypothesis ruled the day, destroyed our diets, and basically caused the obesity and metabolic syndrome pandemic we now experience,” Lustig said in an interview with Healthline. “It turned out those three items, all of which were semi true, turned out to be irrelevant and were unrelated.”
You have not watched or understood the video.
Hi Dr Gil,
Recently a youtuber by the name of Mic the Vegan had a discussion with two medical doctors regarding whether a low fat plant based diet “Reverses” Heart disease or not. Mic supports the hypothesis that a low fat Whole Foods plant based diet reverses heart disease whereas the medical doctors say their is no clinical evidence that a plant based diet reverses heart disease. I was wondering if you had any thoughts on the matter?
I generally agree with the docs' position. the studies we have don't establish that a plant-based diet reverses CAD. Ornish is the only trial with matched controls and it contained other changes besides the diet. There are many reasons to eat a plant-rich diet (including lower risk of CV disease) but claiming that we know it reverses CVD is a stretch IMO. that said I think Avi and Danielle are debating Ornish and Esselstyn this week so there you go :)
@@NutritionMadeSimple Is this debate something we can watch??
@@NutritionMadeSimple well, you can't always be right. Those pictures published all over the internet of clogged arteries and three weeks later on a low fat WFPB diet they are opening up. You really need a study to see that those improvements are due to lifestyle change? If you do I am guessing you see people everyday who don't change after a heart attack.....are their arteries opening up? RCTs are great, but they are not always required to establish truth.
@@luckyhanger1326 And unless there is a proper trial we have no idea whether those cases are even true, never mind the obvious likelihood that they've been cherry picked.
What about the choline in eggs that make a dramatic increase prostate cancer growing. I just finished surgery for a prostate cancer.
I'd like to see a video on collagen for vegans, it seems like the only affordable options are animal based for all the types (1, 2, 3... etc) and do vegans really need to supplement it? It seems like certain aminos like glycine and proline are very hard to get from plants and I noticed my skin has more wrinkles since going vegan so I just started supplementing. Also if we do supplement aminos, most are animal-based and even plant-based including fermented are most likely from non-GMO corn. First world problems, I know.
Second, I'd like to see a video on creatine which cannot be found in plants. I've noticed huge improvements in energy since supplementing it as a vegan and in conjunction with 2:1:1 aminos my muscle mass goes away much much slower (ie I look as jacked as I did when eating meat). Creatine is also associated with cognitive brain benefits as well and I do feel sharper than before.
Third on the list would be other things vegans cannot get such as Taurine (do we really need this, should I supplement it?), Carnosine (I do supplement ALCAR for brain benefits), and DHA (though I think you have covered this in past videos). Thanks!
"do vegans really need to supplement it?"
I'd argue no one needs it.
If your diet is deficient then your probably not on the proper human diet.
Another easy to understand and informative video. Thank you for presenting this in such great context. You are by far the best nutrition channel out there!!
Another extremely well researched and presented video. Eggs are interesting to me and the research certainly seems to support that they will increase cholesterol. I have familial history of hypercholesterolemia and have my blood work examined on a yearly basis. I eat 3 eggs on a near daily basis with the rest of my diet being plant based. There has been no change in my lipid profile over the years. N=1 obviously this has no statistical significance, just something I found interesting. Keep up the solid information!
Thanks for this. I also eat about 3 eggs a day lol. I’ll have to get a checkup then!
Eggs are not necessary! Just eat your beans. 1.5 cup of beans a day and if you eat eggs dont eat more than 1 a day.
They also contain tmao, animal choline, cholesterol and animal protein that raise your IGF-1 levels and raise your risk of cancer.
@@grandpa1011 As this video explains, it is the context of the diet. If he eats mostly plants 3 eggs won't have an impact. However if his cholesterol does go up he should reduce the amount of eggs he consumes or just remove it. I personally don't have eggs as I don't want to bother tracking my cholesterol intake... same with meats. I however do consume low fat milk with it being less than 10% of my diets calories on average. So I eat 90% plants.
I have eaten 2 or 3 a day most days and my lipids and LDL remain fairly constant over the last 10 years too.
How refreshing you are!!
refreshingly honest
Great point in the beginning! Composition does not necessaily always correlate absorption rate/amounts! That's an incredible initial study with eggs!
Very important to explain that plateau effect too! Comes up a lot in weight loss as well!👍
Finally, I know we talked about this recently😋 but cholesterol content of food isn't the most significant factor in terms of raising blood cholesterol (not to be too reductionist about it!).
very true. saturated fat is a stronger player
@@NutritionMadeSimple Why am I on a carnivore high staurated fat diet and my LDL is as low as 62? HDL is 83 but LDL is too low. I'm not saying it is a bad thing but why am I responding like that? I can't find an explanation. I eat 6 eggs a day. That being said carbs are almost zero in my diet. I eat some plants though.
there are a number of genetic variants described (like PCSK9 hypomorphs for example) where people have very low lipid levels throughout life, it's possible you carry one of those. which would be good news for you! those carriers have extremely low levels of cardiovascular disease compared to non-carriers
@@Marr033 my grandmother died 95 years old and she was a chain smoker. Read the Dr what he replied. Genetics play a role. Know your genetics and choose what suits you best. There is no good or bad diet. Meat has been satanized but no one ever sees their benefit. Likewise with those who hate fruits. They all have goods and bads. Know your genetics and follow it. That's what I learned during the last few years.
@@joseabboud2223did you try to find if youre a pcsk9 hypomorph? Any genetic studies?
the big problem for me is that eggs have higher levels of choline which triple rates of prostate levels. Scarily, I used to supplement with chlorine.
I love this.
I read somewhere that if you gain cholesterol from diet, it was because your body actually needed the additional cholesterol. That (now forgotten) source continued by saying that when your body has achieved enough cholesterol, then enzyme action in the gut will begin to cut dietary cholesterol uptake. In short, the premise is your body knows how to take care of itself. I also note a different source, this one I recall being "Grain Brain", that had *numerous* powerful examples suggesting that a total cholesterol level of perhaps 260 is actually a very desireable metric, as opposed to the 150 or less usually recommended.
Even assuming that all the above is true, I strongly suspect that dysbiosis can "wreck" the equation. That is, I imagine that when the gut is not in good health, then the gut "enzyme action" which inhibits cholesterol uptake will not function properly and, voila, the resulting total cholesterol then exceeds what the body needed, perhaps considerably.
Thoughts?
By the way, I'm super impressed with your knowledge and pragmatism.
Not an expert but by that logic you can say the same about blood sugar, triglycerides, blood pressure etc. If certain foods increase blood pressure skyhigh, that means the body didn't have enough of it. Because your body knows how to take care of itself.
Wouldnt that mean nobody would be getting heart disease? Only animals like lions, bears ect can control cholestoral lvls because they mostly eat meat.
@@user-zf9wq9gn6e but you can't apply the same logic to everything in the body. He's specifically speaking about cholesterol which the majority of is produced by the body.
@@user-zf9wq9gn6e Are there foods that make blood pressure sky-high under normal circumstances? Even sodium has only a very modest impact on blood pressure.
This is great, I love your videos!
Why do you think society has this hyper fixation on protein, when in reality, as you said, it's everywhere and quite hard to not get enough (for most people).
Most people don't want to reach minimum requirements for health, they want to reach optimal requirements for hypertrophy
see when you say stuff like that its hard to take you seriously. Go ask a vegetarian how easy its to get protein especially when he is training in the gym.
@@chaitanyagupta6668 see when you say stuff like that it's hard to take you seriously because if you knew anything about plants you'd know most of them are incomplete sources of protein which means missing essential amino acids and all of them have much lower bioavailability than animal sources.
Eggs used to be one of my favorite foods. I work out alot so it used to be my go to food for protein. When I switched to Vegan 8 years ago, I didn't miss eggs at all. The only food I missed was BBQ Chicken wings.
You fell for a globalist fad, sorry dude..
@@dited358 Veganism, an ethical stance with millenia of historical roots, is a globalist fad?
Hermano me das lástima
@@dited358 - 8 years is a fad? OK. The phrase vegan diet is kind of new. But this diet has been in existence for over a hundred years. See, that´s the thing. Many of you are too mainstream. ¨¨Ital¨ was long before vegan became mainstream and strict adherents to ¨Ital¨ is the equivalent to ¨vegan.¨ So go tell some other vegan that they´re following some fad. I´m not the one. They used to call hip hop a fad too.
How is the vegan thing going? I just wonder.
I eat 4 eggs a day. My cholesterol is LOW. I’m not buying it. However, I don’t get much else of saturated fat’s. I don’t eat out and I eat massive amounts of vegetables. No processed foods. I like eggs!!! Not stopping.
good example of individual variability and how absolute statements in nutrition will often be wrong :)
Awesome explanation. But what about choline? Why avoid eggs when they are the best (approachable) source of choline?
Not the only source of choline. Lecithin also has a lot. And Fish.
It is as easy as doing a google search. Please do your own research and stop taking nutrition advice from a chiropractor like Dr Berg. There is gullible written in the ceiling.
Do these factors change in the context of athletes or people with strict exercise regimens?
Good video!
The highest amounts of nutrients in the egg is in the…..YOLK! It contains high amounts of vitamin A, D, E, K, B1, B2, B5, B6, B9, and B12,
Fine if you don't eat much saturated fats
All of which you can very easily get from a plethora of other sources that are not packed with cholesterol and saturated fat :)
@@y-yyycan you give example on b vitamins
@@yusuftekin980
Nutritional yeast
This is false. The department of agriculture disallows marketing companies from labelling eggs using terms like "nutritious" because they're not. All you're doing is regurgitating crap you heard online.