Great clip!! I have a semi-annual struggle with my Cardiologist who is frustrated that I won't take a statin for my high LDL (385). The first time I ever saw him he told me I had 'familial hypercholesterolemia' because my LDL was so high. I told him that I didn't and he was surprised I even knew what it was. I told him that until I began eating low carb, my LDL moved between 150 and 190, and I did take statins at that time. I told him I had severe muscle pain and brain fog while taking them, and would never take them again. At my visit last week, he even dictated into his computer that I 'refused' to take any oral or injectable medication for the LDL, at which point I piped up and said "I sure do"! He doesn't even consider my other excellent metabolic markers; Trig/HDL ratio less than 1, A1C of 5.3, Insulin of 7, CAC of 7 (at age 71)and having held onto a 95 lb weight loss since 2017!
I had the same conversation with my GP yesterday, and she was insistent. And I thought later, you know it is my body. And unless they physically hold me down every day and force me to take their LDL meds, I am not doing it. I live in Canada, and you never know what they will legislate to allow medical to do. Our medical system does not care if the medication causes you to lose your job or become a vegetable; they have a solution for that, and it is assisted suicide. The entire free medical system in Canada is focused on you never being better, and when you become better through your own management of food, they are hell-bent on getting you enslaved. I am sure what they will say is that because I refused to take a drug to lower my LDL, they will cut me off of my Testosterone for the condition of Klinefelter's syndrome, which, by doing that, will leach calcium from my bones and muscles and result in death. This just seems to be the Canadian system. The other thing I find stupid about LDL is in Canada, it is not a measured value but calculated, and I know from experience if I fast over 48 hours before the blood work, the level of LDL will be average; in fact, I tried a fast for 84 hours, and the LDL was within the best range. So it is like Dr. Adam Nally says, unless you sample LDL daily for months you can not based medication on one sample once a year, it is a building block of the body and changes.
My father and countless others died from a statin called Baycol. We joined a class action suit and won 1.3 million from Bayer Corp. and the statin was taken off the market. But statins are still dangerous. I’m carnivore for 1 year, much healthier, 68, reversed type 2, no meds at all. Praise God for this knowledge coming to light!
I was at the Cardiologist today and he recommended a statin to me based on an LDL of 185. Everything else is outstanding (Triglycerides, HDL, hsCRP, glucose, insulin, etc). A CT Angiogram showed no soft plague...so everything looks good except for the LDL. I said "no" to the prescription based on what I've learned from a multitude of sources like you, Dr. Berry, and Dave. Can't wait for the documentary!
@howard6798 I had the exact same experience, at 52 y.o., except LDL 320. I have immense gratitude for Dr Berry, Dave, Nick, and so many others working to reveal the truth.
I’m in the LMHR group. I’m 5’2” and weigh 120 lbs. My cholesterol is quite high, about 350. My doctor nearly scared me to death and insisted I take medication’s. So I decided to have the CAC test done and I scored a zero so she backed off. All my other markers were excellent. I’m 67 years old have been carnivore for over a year. I feel amazing and take zero prescriptions. I eat, strictly beef, bacon and eggs.
5’3”/125lbs and when I am low carb (which I am again since June) my LDL jumps up but my HDL is around 95 and trigs hang around 55. If I add carbs, the LDL plummets within 48 hours.
Cholesterol discussions have changed forever since Dave Feldman came on the scene. I’ve been following him since 2018. Thanks Dr Berry for having him on.
My last physical in September 2024 my doctor said, your HDL is 90, your triglycerides are 45. I asked what my LDL was and the doctor said, I'm not concerned with that. Say it ain't so... 70 y.o. male in excellent health. Low carb for 6 years.
I have Large Boyant LDL and my doctor is very happy. Keto/Carnivore 5 years. I'm off all my 12 meds from endocrinologists, cardiologists, and cancer doctors. I feel great. All my friends thought I was going to die. Thank you, Dr. Berry. You taught me this. I have your book, too. ❤❤❤
@@porkpie2884 It is, however, a good indicator as to how damaged / glycated your LDL is/was and therefore how high your blood-glucose is or has been for approx 3 months (as with HbA1c) though !
I've been allergic to butter fat all my life couldn't have butter, milk, or creams. Starting keto and fasting little over a year and a half ago, a few months ago I did my first 72 hour fast a few months ago at almost 60, today I am no longer allergic to butter fat and I was also a hay fever sufferer all my life and didn't even realize till a few weeks ago I had absolutely no issues with hay fever this fall, Thanks you Dr Berry for your guidance through this journey 🙏 and lastly I am down 50 lbs.
I love it! I got kicked out of my Drs office cause I would not take statins and do a sleep apnea test , even though my cholesterol had gone down even though they hadn't been that high and I didn't have a sleeping problem ! Im on keto and happy and healthy!!
I am one of those people whose cholesterol skyrocketed after beginning to eat a proper human diet. This is great news and can't wait to see the documentary. I went from 198 lbs. to a lean and muscular 158 lbs. over an 8 month period. All my labs improved (except LDL) extraordinarily and I was able to stop several medications. With all my improvements, the only thing my doctor could fixate on was my high LDL.
I started PHD with you 3 years ago. Quickly went carnivore and vitals improved dramatically. I slipped off the diet around the first of this year and my A1c went up. Doc. wanted to redo the test and it confirmed what I knew. Slapped meself and back to the diet with no exceptiions. All good now but Doc. want to put me on statins again. I told him I wouldn't take drugs to chase a 'number''. I told him that the 'number' was indication of inflammation else where. He didn't like that. But I ain't takin' stuff I know (now) isn't going to solve the root problem. I'm 77 6-4 and 220 lbs. Also a mechanical engineering guy. Please show the film here when you can as I will never get to Las Vegas. Great work guys!!
I've higher cholesterol for 35 yrs. I'm statin free and I refuse to ever go on it and various drs have said I'll end up with a heart attack. My cardiologist told me to keep on my low carb WOE. My arteries are that of a child and my calcium score is always zero, and my heart is functioning excellently. 😀
Just signed up. I hope the science is true because my cholesterol went from 150 before carnivore to over 300 one year later. Now my last lab work it was over 500. Feel great tho. Triglycerides were 51,HDL 80. I’m not freaking out…yet.
My MD is my brother-in-law. He did have me on a statin but I quit taking it. My total chol. is 353. He said, ok, let's do a CAC score. The score was 3. My fasting insulin is 2 and A1C is 5.1. I'm loving the carnivore(ish) diet, and won't take a statin ever again. Can wait to see the documentary. Thanks Dr. Berry and Dave Feldman!!
My ldl is over 700 since beginning of this year. Carnivore for 17 months, still alive and doing well. Thank you dr Berry and Mr Feldman for all you do.
I think it's important to emphasize that the _system_ physicians are trapped in is the key problem. Not, usually, the physicians themselves. These are typically compassionate people who set out to help others, and then are systematically transformed (by the education and health institutions) into rapid-diagnosis drug-pushers with heavy bureaucracy burdens who have no time to think or do research for themselves. These physicians often end up as sick and drugged as their patients, because they truly don't know the truth about what's good for them; and physicians commit suicide at high rates. It's an incredibly stressful (and often depressing) job. What I'm hoping is that RFK and other reformers will help to change the institutional landscape so that these well-meaning people can be less pressured by the harmful forces, and have more access to the most up-to-date truly evidence-based research. It would be so freeing for so many physicians who feel confused and trapped and harried by a system that isn't giving them time or resources to think or breathe.
Perfect timing for me and my Dr. I had to get a new primary MD...I'm 71 in excellent health...he admitted to me that he's 67, and I'm much healthier than he is. HOWEVER...all my blood-work, urine etc great...but my cholesterol 'very high,' and he wants to give me statins. He added, that i'it's up to me, but he highly recommends it. My next visit is weeks away, and I want to give him some impressive info. Hope to shake his tree and get him healthy! Thanks Dr Ken, and all who have shared the good news...Perfect Human Diet!
Ruth, I wrote this to my Nurse Practitioner: Why I will not take a Statin to lower LDL Many or most of the people who have gone Carnivore were in dire straights. If they did not do something, they were going to die. Things were not looking good for them. They were desperate to find relief from chronic disease suffered for decades. They go Carnivore. All markers of health improve… except LDL. The so-called bad cholesterol goes up. The doctors say you need statins. You need to stop this Carnivore nonsense. Or maybe, their understanding of LDL is wrong. That is the correct answer. Their understanding is wrong. They are not understanding. They are not even attempting to understand. The doctors are parroting what big Pharma is telling them. LDL is not the “bad” cholesterol. Every cell of your body needs cholesterol. Hormones need cholesterol. LDL delivers cholesterol from the liver to the body. Ancel Keys was paid to shift the blame for heart disease from sugar to cholesterol. He conducted the 7 Country Study and the Minnesota Coronary Experiment and lied about the results of each. He downplayed the role of smoking in relation to heart disease. He developed the K-Ration (K for Keys) which included 4 cigarettes per ration. This is the person we trusted. He promoted the use of highly processed seed oils to replace natural fats from animals. Ancel Keys convinced the world that President Dwight D. Eisenhower had a heart attack because he consumed too much fatty red meat. Never mind that he was a heavy smoker. He was placed on the cover of Time magazine and made a national hero. With the world now focused on cholesterol, the pharmaceutical companies began developing drugs to lower cholesterol and cash in on this new interest. Studies have shown that 75% of heart attacks occur in people with normal cholesterol. It could be inferred from this, that the problem is not cholesterol. But instead, it is decided that what they call normal cholesterol needs to be shifted much lower. This contradicts the unintended results of the Minnesota Coronary Experiment and the Sydney Diet Heart Study. In both studies it was found upon recovering the original data, that those with higher cholesterol lived longer. RELATIVE VERSUS ABSOLUTE STATISTIC RESULTS: Statistical trick to promote statins: Take for example 100 people not on statins. In 5 years, 2 of them have a heart attack. Take 100 people on statins. In 5 years, only 1 has a heart attack. Without statins 2 people had a heart attack. With statins only 1 person had a heart attack. This result can be reported 2 ways: The reduction from 2 heart attacks to 1 heart attack is an improvement of 50%. There were half as many heart attacks. Sounds great. But in reality the reduction was 1 less heart attack out of 100 people. That is a reduction of 1%. That is the trick that was used. The first example is called “relative risk”. The second example is called “absolute risk”. Relative risk versus absolute risk. If statins are so effective, then why resort to statistical tricks. (Google: “Benefits of statins may have been overstated.”) Watch UA-cam: KenDBerry “Statin Deception”. LITIGATION AGAINST STATIN: Why is there no ambitious lawyer or firm trying to cash in on statin money considering the fact that instead of giving patients honest information to make an informed decision, they were given intentionally misleading data, alternately manipulated by relative risk and absolute risk. Relative risk enhanced an appearance of benefit. Absolute risk minimized the concern of harmful effects. It does not stop there. It does not even start there. It starts with hiding the fact that cholesterol was never the problem. But they had a drug to sell. They had the cure for high cholesterol so they needed to convince people that high cholesterol was bad. Not just bad but real bad. If you did not take their pill, you would have a heart attack or a stroke. The re-evaluation of the Minnesota Coronary Experiment showed high cholesterol is a marker for longevity. Cholesterol is not harmful, it is protective. A better marker for heart disease and heart attack risk is HDL. If HDL is high, risk is low. The Triglyceride / HDL ratio is also used. My Triglycerides are low at 67. My HDL is high at 64. 67 / 64 = 1.04. Less than 2 is good. I am at low risk for heart disease. My triglyceride / HDL ratio also indicates that I do not have metabolic syndrome. I trust that my low triglycerides and high HDL are markers for good health. Since I am in good health, my LDL is good even if it does not fit the guidelines which I do not trust. Now you can counter that I trust the triglyceride and HDL guidelines but choose not to trust the LDL guidelines. Yes, that is correct. Dr. Nick Norwitz: (From his website) He graduated Valedictorian from Dartmouth College in 2018, majoring in Cell Biology and Biochemistry. He then completed his PhD in Metabolism at the University of Oxford in 2021, before attending Harvard Medical School to complete his MD. XXX He has a UA-cam channel. Among his videos, he has one where he ate 24 eggs a day for 30 days. His cholesterol did not go up. His point was; dietary cholesterol does not affect your serum cholesterol. In another video, he used Oreo cookies to lower his cholesterol. The Oreo cookie experiment demonstrates that the dietary change to lower my cholesterol would be to add carbohydrates. It seems to me, like so many other things, the context must be considered. If your fuel is carbohydrates; then the liver does not need to deliver as many fatty acid packages (LDL goes down). If your fuel is fatty acids; then the liver needs to deliver more fatty acid packages (LDL goes up). If they are going to assign a normal range for LDL it must be in the context of carb diet or keto / carnivore diet. There is too much controversy surrounding statins and cholesterol. I tried to convince a friend to stop taking statins. I sent him information of how the harms of cholesterol is exaggerated; the benefits of statins are overstated; and the side effects of statins are downplayed. His doctor convinced him to continue taking them. She cited the “little known benefits” of statins. Are you kidding me. If there were little known benefits of statins, the statin manufacturers would make certain that they were well known. He believes he was let in on a little known secret and is so lucky to have a well informed doctor who is one of the few privileged to be in the know of such information. Google: What High Cholesterol Does To You Podcast (Dr. Diamond) British Medical Journal (June 2016): People with higher LDL live longer! Google: BMJ Open: “Lack of an association or an inverse association between low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol and mortality in the elderly: a systematic review.” Conclusion: High LDL is inversely associated with mortality in most people over 60 years. The Minnesota Coronary Experiment (1968-1973). One group included saturated fat in their diet. The other group replaced saturated fat with vegetable oil (seed oil). The seed oil group had the lower cholesterol. The saturated fat group had higher cholesterol and lived longer! Same for the Sydney Diet Heart Study.
@@douglashenson4793wow what a great response, all that great info ( which I have seen before) in one place! Thank you I going to copy your response and save it !
I know several people who have stopped taking statins. Since stopping they have ALL experienced huge improvements in their health. Muscular aches and pains and one with severe gut issues. They are now far healthier than they have been following years of taking bad advice from their doctors.
I can’t wait til it goes out. I am so tired of being told about cholesterol and carnivore. When everyone I know who is carnivore or ketovore is doing extremely well.
I'm another LMHR; 73 going on 22. Trying to stay real healthy as I get old. I went on carnivore, all blood markers good, Cholesterol ldl and hdl all very high, but my ratio is right in the middle of the scale. Blood pressure normal, I work on gardening, landscaping, firewood every day.
My new Nurse Practitioner offi e finally called after 9 days with my blood work results. I am a 54 yr old white woman who is currently overweight but no diabetes, or high cholesterol. Her nurse stated NP was worried about bad cholesterol being high. I asked what it was and was told 109. I was like all my adult life my bad cholesterol runs from 122 to 135 max. Good cholesterol was in the 70s. I asked what the base line was, and she stated 100 and that shocked me because I was always told anything over 200 bad cholesterol was time to start thinking of statins. I am looking for a new, honest, PCP that truly cares about my health not big pharma kick backs.
I am a 64 years old woman I am a carnivore for almost 1,5 years and in november 2024 my total cholesterol was 388 and my LDL was 327. My HDL was 73 and my trygs were 82. So I am verry interested in this documentary. I am from Romania, so I will see it when it will be avalable on line . Good luck with your research Dave !
I want to see this!! I had a discussion with my cardiologist about my cholesterol being over 300mg/dl. My cardiac ultrasound and calcium score were both completely negative, so she stopped talking about it. I attempted to tell her about this study. Thanks again for doing this!!
So happy WE can take matters into our own hands by crowd funding research and not have to rely on the NHO or any other government health organization to do it. It’s obvious they don’t have our best interest at heart but how they can line their pockets. Thanks for all you guys do in this space. You are truly saving lives!
Thank you for conducting this research. I finally have something concrete to take to my doctor that might change his mind about my cholesterol and stop offering me statins and focus on my auto immune disorder.
My MD is old school even though he isn’t old. He kept telling me to stop eating eggs and seafood. After years of telling him I wasn’t going to take a statin, I finally gave up. I constantly exercise and am not overweight (5’2”, 110). After 6 months, muscle weakness. He stopped the statin. I finally just decided to change my diet and go low carb. Cholesterol went from 260->216, ldl 160->94, triglycerides 185->52. Thanks to Dr. Berry and Lustig for UA-cam and explaining how cholesterol is really produced. Last blood test showed a bit lower levels again. It wasn’t easy but anything worthwhile usually takes hard work 🙂
Thanks, Dave Feldman, for all that your doing for all of us ... Keep up all your great work and Bless you all throughout your Journey . I just Subscribed to your UA-cam channel to learn lots more ! , Dave from Alaska .
I do appreciate all you are doing. I fall into that category of changing my health status showing improved markers with the exception of 400+ LDL and made to feel I am a time bomb
Can't wait to see this movie. I'll celebrate my 5 year Carniversary next month. I had a high CAC at 368 . 9 months later my Angiogram was great and the dr said my arteries in my heart looked like those of a 20 year old!
Can't wait! LMHR here. Carnivore 9 months. LDL 646, LDLp 3500, HDL C126,Triglycerides 46. Dr ordered a lipid size test. Came back great with large particles. LDL size 23 Low risk CVD she says. Insulin resistance
There is a light shining with a cluster of doctors coming back to why they became doctors, to help and listen to patients ❤❤❤❤❤and the oath of do no harm
Mine went way up to 300+. My Dr. Freaked. I didn't. I told her....Yeah, but my HDL is up, and my Triglycerides are WAAAAY down so I'm not worried about my high LDL. She was not impressed with my glib response to her concerns...
I just saw my doc today to have the high cholesterol chat and EVERYTHING else in my labs was perfect. She tried to advise me about healthy plant protein. I really like my doc so I nodded and smiled. I won’t be adjusting anything. I will ask about the particle test.
My cholesterol is sky high but I feel fab. Doctor told me ten years ago not to leave her office without script because she was worried I was going to have a heart attack. 😮
People on statins getting strokes, infarcts, open heart surgeries 🤦 I started paying attention to correlation between cholesterol levels and what they're admitted for.
I'm so grateful for all the work everyone involved as done and continue to diligently pursue. As everyone knows already, this is the number one subject that causes those who know frustration with mainstream medical.
Carnivore 10 months, I eat a diet of BBBE, 2500+ calories/day, I've lost 80lbs... I convinced my doctor with an NMR Lipid profile with graph... Cholesterol is 250, Triglycerides 87, HDL 94, Calculated LDL 139... NMR Lipid Profile my cardiac risk so low it's almost off the graph... Big fat fluffy LDL... Statin, no way...
My sister‘s cardiac calcium score is 242. She lives on carbs and sweets and is on an insulin pump and a continuous glucose monitor. I pray she gets an aha moment. I sent her several videos from Doctor Berry
🎉There are no words to express the gratitude for this amazing documentary! Without all of you I would be dead today.! You are angels!❤❤❤❤I will be sharing this far and wide!!
I am so excited after seeing the clip and hearing the date. I was actually wondering if this would be in movie theaters but IDK if my parents would pay to see a documentary at Theater prices. I can't afford the time or money to go to Vegas but I can definitely afford a $20/mo subscription on any platform to see this as much as I want for the while month. Thanks for doing the work and bringing quality and objectivity to a space we all believe needs that, documentaries.
I wish I could come to premier but I'll just catch it when it becomes available to the public! Amazing that so much is getting our their in all kinds of different says for showing that we are not crazy! This is a great way to get healthy!
Thank you Dr. Berry. Thank you Dave Feldman. I have mostly a pessimistic outlook on the future. This film has me excited and a little more hopeful. Hopeful that people, especially doctors, pharmacists, and dietitians will watch the film and come to realize they were duped and to make a change. At the same time that I am hopeful about this film and the changes it may promote, I fear that the people watching will be the people who are on board with this information already. I have no doubt that it will be an excellent scientific presentation but may be too gentle to incite a demand for change. Essentially, I fear that without an angry mob, the powers that be will just wait this out, diffuse the science as fraud, delay delay and let it fade away. I think I am justified to be pessimistic but I am grateful that the Carnivore community as a whole are not. How will I know if the film has impact... an immediate change in statin promotion, prescription, and description. The doctors who threatened their patients saying they will have a heart attack or a stroke if they do not take a statin should rightfully be sued.
I completely agree! Fact that chosen few will be able to enjoy the fruits of uncompromized scientific efforts is not enough to revolutionase human nutrition and fight metabolic diseases at their roots !!!! Authorities smart enough...influential enough..and human friendly enough should broadly participate in changing the national health policies. This will not happen without proper introduction and scientific explantation as well as thorough analysis of current corrupted corporate medicine and farmaceutical conglomerates.
YES, it will be great to see a documentary that clearly states - "we still don't know what we don't know", but getting closer. And to say we are not yet able to assess "risk" ( cause and effect statement), in everyone. Still different groups and different categories of people. Of course, so far so good and in 30 yrs or so we will have some clear answers. Yes, funding is an issue. And getting a few thousand people to agree to be locked in a metabolic ward from birth till death for a true RCT would be impossible 😢. The really exciting detail is to get people to understand, they must get blood work, they must get proper analysis of where they are at and which category they fit based on a set of criteria. Awesome
I am really excited about the conference in February, and hope I will be able to attend. I am thinking I could extend my trip and do some interesting hiking in the area.
I am one of those people who are so grateful for Dave Feldman's work. I am a strict carnivore because of health issues not for weight loss. If there wasn't for Dave and his fb group and data available on his site the cholesterol code, I would be lost and probably i would have gone back to being omnivore. I am a lean mass hyper responder and my cholesterol is through the roof
Great clip!! I have a semi-annual struggle with my Cardiologist who is frustrated that I won't take a statin for my high LDL (385). The first time I ever saw him he told me I had 'familial hypercholesterolemia' because my LDL was so high. I told him that I didn't and he was surprised I even knew what it was. I told him that until I began eating low carb, my LDL moved between 150 and 190, and I did take statins at that time. I told him I had severe muscle pain and brain fog while taking them, and would never take them again. At my visit last week, he even dictated into his computer that I 'refused' to take any oral or injectable medication for the LDL, at which point I piped up and said "I sure do"! He doesn't even consider my other excellent metabolic markers; Trig/HDL ratio less than 1, A1C of 5.3, Insulin of 7, CAC of 7 (at age 71)and having held onto a 95 lb weight loss since 2017!
Perhaps it’s time to look for another cardiologist, although you may be challenged to find one that believes in truth 🤨
I had the same conversation with my GP yesterday, and she was insistent. And I thought later, you know it is my body. And unless they physically hold me down every day and force me to take their LDL meds, I am not doing it. I live in Canada, and you never know what they will legislate to allow medical to do. Our medical system does not care if the medication causes you to lose your job or become a vegetable; they have a solution for that, and it is assisted suicide. The entire free medical system in Canada is focused on you never being better, and when you become better through your own management of food, they are hell-bent on getting you enslaved. I am sure what they will say is that because I refused to take a drug to lower my LDL, they will cut me off of my Testosterone for the condition of Klinefelter's syndrome, which, by doing that, will leach calcium from my bones and muscles and result in death. This just seems to be the Canadian system.
The other thing I find stupid about LDL is in Canada, it is not a measured value but calculated, and I know from experience if I fast over 48 hours before the blood work, the level of LDL will be average; in fact, I tried a fast for 84 hours, and the LDL was within the best range. So it is like Dr. Adam Nally says, unless you sample LDL daily for months you can not based medication on one sample once a year, it is a building block of the body and changes.
Wow! You are winning!!!!
My father and countless others died from a statin called Baycol. We joined a class action suit and won 1.3 million from Bayer Corp. and the statin was taken off the market. But statins are still dangerous. I’m carnivore for 1 year, much healthier, 68, reversed type 2, no meds at all. Praise God for this knowledge coming to light!
They take them off the market, relabel them, then put them back on the market! Demons!
Incredibly enlightening. Thank you SO much for sharing this with the public.
I was at the Cardiologist today and he recommended a statin to me based on an LDL of 185. Everything else is outstanding (Triglycerides, HDL, hsCRP, glucose, insulin, etc). A CT Angiogram showed no soft plague...so everything looks good except for the LDL. I said "no" to the prescription based on what I've learned from a multitude of sources like you, Dr. Berry, and Dave. Can't wait for the documentary!
@howard6798 I had the exact same experience, at 52 y.o., except LDL 320. I have immense gratitude for Dr Berry, Dave, Nick, and so many others working to reveal the truth.
I’m in the LMHR group. I’m 5’2” and weigh 120 lbs. My cholesterol is quite high, about 350. My doctor nearly scared me to death and insisted I take medication’s. So I decided to have the CAC test done and I scored a zero so she backed off. All my other markers were excellent. I’m 67 years old have been carnivore for over a year. I feel amazing and take zero prescriptions. I eat, strictly beef, bacon and eggs.
Just eat a sleeve of Oreos each day for a few weeks and then get your bloods!😂
What’s a CAC test?
@ cardiac arterial calcification
5’3”/125lbs and when I am low carb (which I am again since June) my LDL jumps up but my HDL is around 95 and trigs hang around 55.
If I add carbs, the LDL plummets within 48 hours.
Oh! And my CAC is 0. I am 41 years old
Cholesterol discussions have changed forever since Dave Feldman came on the scene. I’ve been following him since 2018. Thanks Dr Berry for having him on.
Ditto.
My last physical in September 2024 my doctor said, your HDL is 90, your triglycerides are 45. I asked what my LDL was and the doctor said, I'm not concerned with that. Say it ain't so... 70 y.o. male in excellent health. Low carb for 6 years.
Woo hoo! First of all congrats! secondly congrats on a good doctor.
If I may ask, what carbs do you eat?
What about increased triglycerides?
@@JudyEdwards-kr7nl what are the supposed to be?
@@JudyEdwards-kr7nl, 45 is pretty low for triglycerides
I have Large Boyant LDL and my doctor is very happy. Keto/Carnivore 5 years. I'm off all my 12 meds from endocrinologists, cardiologists, and cancer doctors. I feel great. All my friends thought I was going to die.
Thank you, Dr. Berry. You taught me this. I have your book, too. ❤❤❤
Doesn't matter what size your LDL is, it's not causal of disease
@sherrie6007 what meds did your endocrinologist have you on, if you don't me asking?
@@porkpie2884 It is, however, a good indicator as to how damaged / glycated your LDL is/was and therefore how high your blood-glucose is or has been for approx 3 months (as with HbA1c) though !
I've been allergic to butter fat all my life couldn't have butter, milk, or creams. Starting keto and fasting little over a year and a half ago, a few months ago I did my first 72 hour fast a few months ago at almost 60, today I am no longer allergic to butter fat and I was also a hay fever sufferer all my life and didn't even realize till a few weeks ago I had absolutely no issues with hay fever this fall, Thanks you Dr Berry for your guidance through this journey 🙏 and lastly I am down 50 lbs.
Oh, heck yeah! This going to piss off so many medical and big pharma organizations. You guys are flipping tables!
I love it! I got kicked out of my Drs office cause I would not take statins and do a sleep apnea test , even though my cholesterol had gone down even though they hadn't been that high and I didn't have a sleeping problem ! Im on keto and happy and healthy!!
I am one of those people whose cholesterol skyrocketed after beginning to eat a proper human diet. This is great news and can't wait to see the documentary. I went from 198 lbs. to a lean and muscular 158 lbs. over an 8 month period. All my labs improved (except LDL) extraordinarily and I was able to stop several medications. With all my improvements, the only thing my doctor could fixate on was my high LDL.
Me too! Went from 209 to 307.
Actually your LDL probably improved. Your oxidated small LDL decreased, and large LDL increased.
@jimrutherford2773 yes I believe you're right
Me too. I think there are more of us than anyone realises
I started PHD with you 3 years ago. Quickly went carnivore and vitals improved dramatically. I slipped off the diet around the first of this year and my A1c went up. Doc. wanted to redo the test and it confirmed what I knew. Slapped meself and back to the diet with no exceptiions. All good now but Doc. want to put me on statins again. I told him I wouldn't take drugs to chase a 'number''. I told him that the 'number' was indication of inflammation else where. He didn't like that. But I ain't takin' stuff I know (now) isn't going to solve the root problem. I'm 77 6-4 and 220 lbs. Also a mechanical engineering guy.
Please show the film here when you can as I will never get to Las Vegas. Great work guys!!
Send the clip to RFK Jr.
I love that he’s part of the Trump administration!! MAHA!!!
Yes!!!!
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Definitely!!!!
I've higher cholesterol for 35 yrs. I'm statin free and I refuse to ever go on it and various drs have said I'll end up with a heart attack. My cardiologist told me to keep on my low carb WOE. My arteries are that of a child and my calcium score is always zero, and my heart is functioning excellently. 😀
Dr. Berry, please post the streaming platform once implemented for those of us who want to watch. Thank you!
Yes!!!!
Just signed up. I hope the science is true because my cholesterol went from 150 before carnivore to over 300 one year later. Now my last lab work it was over 500. Feel great tho. Triglycerides were 51,HDL 80. I’m not freaking out…yet.
My MD is my brother-in-law. He did have me on a statin but I quit taking it. My total chol. is 353. He said, ok, let's do a CAC score. The score was 3. My fasting insulin is 2 and A1C is 5.1. I'm loving the carnivore(ish) diet, and won't take a statin ever again. Can wait to see the documentary. Thanks Dr. Berry and Dave Feldman!!
It needs to be brought to the attention of those in charge of MAHA. They need to make sure they are well informed.
My ldl is over 700 since beginning of this year. Carnivore for 17 months, still alive and doing well. Thank you dr Berry and Mr Feldman for all you do.
High is one thing that’s quite another.
Mass Responder …
I think that's the highest I've ever heard. Are you sure it's 700? Might want to get the lipid size test done.
That’s out of the stratosphere into outer space. That’s higher than I’ve ever heard. My doctors eyes would pop out of his head 😮
This should be a big eye opener to people. Realize that practicing physicians are truly not about health.
They are business makers
drug pushers
I think it's important to emphasize that the _system_ physicians are trapped in is the key problem. Not, usually, the physicians themselves. These are typically compassionate people who set out to help others, and then are systematically transformed (by the education and health institutions) into rapid-diagnosis drug-pushers with heavy bureaucracy burdens who have no time to think or do research for themselves. These physicians often end up as sick and drugged as their patients, because they truly don't know the truth about what's good for them; and physicians commit suicide at high rates. It's an incredibly stressful (and often depressing) job.
What I'm hoping is that RFK and other reformers will help to change the institutional landscape so that these well-meaning people can be less pressured by the harmful forces, and have more access to the most up-to-date truly evidence-based research. It would be so freeing for so many physicians who feel confused and trapped and harried by a system that isn't giving them time or resources to think or breathe.
Perfect timing for me and my Dr. I had to get a new primary MD...I'm 71 in excellent health...he admitted to me that he's 67, and I'm much healthier than he is. HOWEVER...all my blood-work, urine etc great...but my cholesterol 'very high,' and he wants to give me statins. He added, that i'it's up to me, but he highly recommends it. My next visit is weeks away, and I want to give him some impressive info. Hope to shake his tree and get him healthy! Thanks Dr Ken, and all who have shared the good news...Perfect Human Diet!
Ruth, I wrote this to my Nurse Practitioner: Why I will not take a Statin to lower LDL
Many or most of the people who have gone Carnivore were in dire straights. If they did not do something, they were going to die. Things were not looking good for them. They were desperate to find relief from chronic disease suffered for decades. They go Carnivore. All markers of health improve… except LDL. The so-called bad cholesterol goes up. The doctors say you need statins. You need to stop this Carnivore nonsense. Or maybe, their understanding of LDL is wrong. That is the correct answer. Their understanding is wrong. They are not understanding. They are not even attempting to understand. The doctors are parroting what big Pharma is telling them. LDL is not the “bad” cholesterol. Every cell of your body needs cholesterol. Hormones need cholesterol. LDL delivers cholesterol from the liver to the body.
Ancel Keys was paid to shift the blame for heart disease from sugar to cholesterol. He conducted the 7 Country Study and the Minnesota Coronary Experiment and lied about the results of each. He downplayed the role of smoking in relation to heart disease. He developed the K-Ration (K for Keys) which included 4 cigarettes per ration. This is the person we trusted. He promoted the use of highly processed seed oils to replace natural fats from animals. Ancel Keys convinced the world that President Dwight D. Eisenhower had a heart attack because he consumed too much fatty red meat. Never mind that he was a heavy smoker. He was placed on the cover of Time magazine and made a national hero. With the world now focused on cholesterol, the pharmaceutical companies began developing drugs to lower cholesterol and cash in on this new interest.
Studies have shown that 75% of heart attacks occur in people with normal cholesterol. It could be inferred from this, that the problem is not cholesterol. But instead, it is decided that what they call normal cholesterol needs to be shifted much lower. This contradicts the unintended results of the Minnesota Coronary Experiment and the Sydney Diet Heart Study. In both studies it was found upon recovering the original data, that those with higher cholesterol lived longer.
RELATIVE VERSUS ABSOLUTE STATISTIC RESULTS: Statistical trick to promote statins: Take for example 100 people not on statins. In 5 years, 2 of them have a heart attack. Take 100 people on statins. In 5 years, only 1 has a heart attack. Without statins 2 people had a heart attack. With statins only 1 person had a heart attack. This result can be reported 2 ways: The reduction from 2 heart attacks to 1 heart attack is an improvement of 50%. There were half as many heart attacks. Sounds great. But in reality the reduction was 1 less heart attack out of 100 people. That is a reduction of 1%. That is the trick that was used. The first example is called “relative risk”. The second example is called “absolute risk”. Relative risk versus absolute risk. If statins are so effective, then why resort to statistical tricks. (Google: “Benefits of statins may have been overstated.”) Watch UA-cam: KenDBerry “Statin Deception”.
LITIGATION AGAINST STATIN: Why is there no ambitious lawyer or firm trying to cash in on statin money considering the fact that instead of giving patients honest information to make an informed decision, they were given intentionally misleading data, alternately manipulated by relative risk and absolute risk. Relative risk enhanced an appearance of benefit. Absolute risk minimized the concern of harmful effects. It does not stop there. It does not even start there. It starts with hiding the fact that cholesterol was never the problem. But they had a drug to sell. They had the cure for high cholesterol so they needed to convince people that high cholesterol was bad. Not just bad but real bad. If you did not take their pill, you would have a heart attack or a stroke. The re-evaluation of the Minnesota Coronary Experiment showed high cholesterol is a marker for longevity. Cholesterol is not harmful, it is protective.
A better marker for heart disease and heart attack risk is HDL. If HDL is high, risk is low. The Triglyceride / HDL ratio is also used. My Triglycerides are low at 67. My HDL is high at 64. 67 / 64 = 1.04. Less than 2 is good. I am at low risk for heart disease. My triglyceride / HDL ratio also indicates that I do not have metabolic syndrome.
I trust that my low triglycerides and high HDL are markers for good health. Since I am in good health, my LDL is good even if it does not fit the guidelines which I do not trust. Now you can counter that I trust the triglyceride and HDL guidelines but choose not to trust the LDL guidelines. Yes, that is correct.
Dr. Nick Norwitz: (From his website) He graduated Valedictorian from Dartmouth College in 2018, majoring in Cell Biology and Biochemistry. He then completed his PhD in Metabolism at the University of Oxford in 2021, before attending Harvard Medical School to complete his MD. XXX He has a UA-cam channel. Among his videos, he has one where he ate 24 eggs a day for 30 days. His cholesterol did not go up. His point was; dietary cholesterol does not affect your serum cholesterol. In another video, he used Oreo cookies to lower his cholesterol. The Oreo cookie experiment demonstrates that the dietary change to lower my cholesterol would be to add carbohydrates. It seems to me, like so many other things, the context must be considered. If your fuel is carbohydrates; then the liver does not need to deliver as many fatty acid packages (LDL goes down). If your fuel is fatty acids; then the liver needs to deliver more fatty acid packages (LDL goes up). If they are going to assign a normal range for LDL it must be in the context of carb diet or keto / carnivore diet.
There is too much controversy surrounding statins and cholesterol. I tried to convince a friend to stop taking statins. I sent him information of how the harms of cholesterol is exaggerated; the benefits of statins are overstated; and the side effects of statins are downplayed. His doctor convinced him to continue taking them. She cited the “little known benefits” of statins. Are you kidding me. If there were little known benefits of statins, the statin manufacturers would make certain that they were well known. He believes he was let in on a little known secret and is so lucky to have a well informed doctor who is one of the few privileged to be in the know of such information.
Google: What High Cholesterol Does To You Podcast (Dr. Diamond)
British Medical Journal (June 2016): People with higher LDL live longer!
Google: BMJ Open: “Lack of an association or an inverse association between low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol and mortality in the elderly: a systematic review.” Conclusion: High LDL is inversely associated with mortality in most people over 60 years.
The Minnesota Coronary Experiment (1968-1973). One group included saturated fat in their diet. The other group replaced saturated fat with vegetable oil (seed oil). The seed oil group had the lower cholesterol. The saturated fat group had higher cholesterol and lived longer! Same for the Sydney Diet Heart Study.
@@douglashenson4793 Thanks for sharing!
@@douglashenson4793wow what a great response, all that great info ( which I have seen before) in one place! Thank you
I going to copy your response and save it !
@@ruthcrawford3015 ask about low dose Colchicine as a secondary prevention.
“Modern medicine believes…” You hit the nail on the head. It’s a theology. 🙌🏾
It's a corporation interested only in profits
I know several people who have stopped taking statins. Since stopping they have ALL experienced huge improvements in their health. Muscular aches and pains and one with severe gut issues. They are now far healthier than they have been following years of taking bad advice from their doctors.
I can’t wait til it goes out. I am so tired of being told about cholesterol and carnivore. When everyone I know who is carnivore or ketovore is doing extremely well.
Can't wait to see THE CHOLESTEROL CODE in Feb. or soon thereafter! Please make it available to watch online for a fee.
Thanks, Ken, for sharing Dave Feldman with us .
I'm another LMHR; 73 going on 22. Trying to stay real healthy as I get old. I went on carnivore, all blood markers good, Cholesterol ldl and hdl all very high, but my ratio is right in the middle of the scale. Blood pressure normal, I work on gardening, landscaping, firewood every day.
Finally! A cholesterol exposé! I want Amazon Prime to pick it up. Then It would reach thousands.
My new Nurse Practitioner offi e finally called after 9 days with my blood work results. I am a 54 yr old white woman who is currently overweight but no diabetes, or high cholesterol. Her nurse stated NP was worried about bad cholesterol being high. I asked what it was and was told 109. I was like all my adult life my bad cholesterol runs from 122 to 135 max. Good cholesterol was in the 70s. I asked what the base line was, and she stated 100 and that shocked me because I was always told anything over 200 bad cholesterol was time to start thinking of statins. I am looking for a new, honest, PCP that truly cares about my health not big pharma kick backs.
Not only will they not fund you because there is no Money in it, but, you will show how Corrupt they are as well.
I am a 64 years old woman I am a carnivore for almost 1,5 years and in november 2024 my total cholesterol was 388 and my LDL was 327. My HDL was 73 and my trygs were 82. So I am verry interested in this documentary. I am from Romania, so I will see it when it will be avalable on line . Good luck with your research Dave !
Don't eat borsch
@@deltanine2468 what do you mean??
I want to see this!! I had a discussion with my cardiologist about my cholesterol being over 300mg/dl. My cardiac ultrasound and calcium score were both completely negative, so she stopped talking about it. I attempted to tell her about this study. Thanks again for doing this!!
I am this person! Total cholesterol 357! HDL 103, TRIG 104, CAC 0!
But your trig is higher than your HDL.... 😮
@@sarahb.6475Their ratio is well under 1.5, which is the criteria, and their CAC shows no heart disease. Congratulations, Denise!
HDL is through the roof. That’s really impressive!
So happy WE can take matters into our own hands by crowd funding research and not have to rely on the NHO or any other government health organization to do it. It’s obvious they don’t have our best interest at heart but how they can line their pockets. Thanks for all you guys do in this space. You are truly saving lives!
5 years on ketovore. LMHR. Living my best life as a skinny gal. So happy for this movie!! 🍿 🎥 🎉
When will everyone else, who can't make it to Vegas, be able to see the documentary?
Thank you for conducting this research. I finally have something concrete to take to my doctor that might change his mind about my cholesterol and stop offering me statins and focus on my auto immune disorder.
Excellent clip!! I am a LMHR. My cardiologist is trying to get me to take statin. All my other biomarkers are healthy. Love Dave!!
This is FANTASTIC!!!! I’m SO excited for this regular guy to take this subject and challenge the medical field on it!!! WOW!!!! Kudos to Dave!!!!!
My MD is old school even though he isn’t old. He kept telling me to stop eating eggs and seafood. After years of telling him I wasn’t going to take a statin, I finally gave up. I constantly exercise and am not overweight (5’2”, 110). After 6 months, muscle weakness. He stopped the statin. I finally just decided to change my diet and go low carb. Cholesterol went from 260->216, ldl 160->94, triglycerides 185->52. Thanks to Dr. Berry and Lustig for UA-cam and explaining how cholesterol is really produced. Last blood test showed a bit lower levels again. It wasn’t easy but anything worthwhile usually takes hard work 🙂
Thanks, Dave Feldman, for all that your doing for all of us ... Keep up all your great work and Bless you all throughout your Journey .
I just Subscribed to your UA-cam channel to learn lots more ! ,
Dave from Alaska .
Thanks Dr Berry and Dave Feldman. I'm a lmhr and really appreciate this and all the work that goes into this.
I do appreciate all you are doing. I fall into that category of changing my health status showing improved markers with the exception of 400+ LDL and made to feel I am a time bomb
Can't wait! The clip left us wanting more!
can't wait to see the full video
Can't wait to see this movie. I'll celebrate my 5 year Carniversary next month. I had a high CAC at 368 . 9 months later my Angiogram was great and the dr said my arteries in my heart looked like those of a 20 year old!
So you got better? I'm a non cac. I just want that longevity study.
Can't wait! LMHR here. Carnivore 9 months. LDL 646, LDLp 3500, HDL C126,Triglycerides 46. Dr ordered a lipid size test. Came back great with large particles. LDL size 23 Low risk CVD she says. Insulin resistance
I was the same way. My numbers level off at times then spike again. I think when our bodies are healing, our cholesterol is higher.
@kbetjoh My Testosterone went from 740 to 1040. Free T 15 to 16.9 so I saw a large improvement there too.
Can’t wait to watch
Can't wait to see the whole movie.
There is a light shining with a cluster of doctors coming back to why they became doctors, to help and listen to patients ❤❤❤❤❤and the oath of do no harm
Can't wait to see this!
Mine went way up to 300+. My Dr. Freaked. I didn't. I told her....Yeah, but my HDL is up, and my Triglycerides are WAAAAY down so I'm not worried about my high LDL. She was not impressed with my glib response to her concerns...
Lmhr. Mine is 646. Ask your doctor for a lipid size particle test. This will shut them up. My dr freaked out too.
@@blackhillsed4936 dr e ric be rg has done a breakdown about a yr ago. I'll have to go look at his site to re-read what his tes t says
I just saw my doc today to have the high cholesterol chat and EVERYTHING else in my labs was perfect. She tried to advise me about healthy plant protein. I really like my doc so I nodded and smiled. I won’t be adjusting anything. I will ask about the particle test.
@@mctrustsnoone3781 Mine was using the NMR test. Good luck! I hope they don't fight you on this as you are on the right road.
@@blackhillsed4936 thank you for your encouragement!
Can’t wait to see it.
You guys are a blessing! Thank you so much! This will be saving lives !
My cholesterol is sky high but I feel fab. Doctor told me ten years ago not to leave her office without script because she was worried I was going to have a heart attack. 😮
People on statins getting strokes, infarcts, open heart surgeries 🤦
I started paying attention to correlation between cholesterol levels and what they're admitted for.
I'm so grateful for all the work everyone involved as done and continue to diligently pursue. As everyone knows already, this is the number one subject that causes those who know frustration with mainstream medical.
Can't wait to see this. Whenever Dave isn't talking he looks like a portrait :)
I think that is exactly what we need to wake people up and lose their fear.
Anxious to see the premier!
Carnivore 10 months, I eat a diet of BBBE, 2500+ calories/day, I've lost 80lbs... I convinced my doctor with an NMR Lipid profile with graph... Cholesterol is 250, Triglycerides 87, HDL 94, Calculated LDL 139... NMR Lipid Profile my cardiac risk so low it's almost off the graph... Big fat fluffy LDL... Statin, no way...
Your numbers look great , lost 80 pounds that’s awesome !
Awesome news, thank you Dr. Berry and Mr. Feldman.
Cant wait for this docu!
My sister‘s cardiac calcium score is 242. She lives on carbs and sweets and is on an insulin pump and a continuous glucose monitor. I pray she gets an aha moment. I sent her several videos from Doctor Berry
🎉There are no words to express the gratitude for this amazing documentary! Without all of you I would be dead today.! You are angels!❤❤❤❤I will be sharing this far and wide!!
I am so excited after seeing the clip and hearing the date. I was actually wondering if this would be in movie theaters but IDK if my parents would pay to see a documentary at Theater prices. I can't afford the time or money to go to Vegas but I can definitely afford a $20/mo subscription on any platform to see this as much as I want for the while month.
Thanks for doing the work and bringing quality and objectivity to a space we all believe needs that, documentaries.
A real eye opener .can't wait to see the doctor...thanks for all you do!
Can’t wait to see this documentary
Excited for this documentary! Can’t wait to share 🎉
I'm looking forward to watching it!
I wish I could come to premier but I'll just catch it when it becomes available to the public! Amazing that so much is getting our their in all kinds of different says for showing that we are not crazy! This is a great way to get healthy!
Thank you Dr. Berry ; you have saved my life
The clip was awesome
WOW so excited to watch that!!!
Looks great! I hope it changes lives when it is viewed in entirety.
Its going to be awesome i cant wait to watch it
Cracking the Cholesterol Code looks great! 🎉
Thanks Dave!
Hum, how about share this some of the BIG Medical Centers!!! Teach them! Thank you
Excellent!!!
This is wonderful news ❤❤
Can’t wait for the rest of it
This is encouraging! LMHR since 2018!
Thank you Dr. Berry. Thank you Dave Feldman. I have mostly a pessimistic outlook on the future. This film has me excited and a little more hopeful. Hopeful that people, especially doctors, pharmacists, and dietitians will watch the film and come to realize they were duped and to make a change. At the same time that I am hopeful about this film and the changes it may promote, I fear that the people watching will be the people who are on board with this information already. I have no doubt that it will be an excellent scientific presentation but may be too gentle to incite a demand for change. Essentially, I fear that without an angry mob, the powers that be will just wait this out, diffuse the science as fraud, delay delay and let it fade away. I think I am justified to be pessimistic but I am grateful that the Carnivore community as a whole are not. How will I know if the film has impact... an immediate change in statin promotion, prescription, and description. The doctors who threatened their patients saying they will have a heart attack or a stroke if they do not take a statin should rightfully be sued.
When will statins be banned?!!
We will be there 🎉
Fantastic, can't wait to see the film.
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Great clip! I’m excited to see it!
This is awesome. When can the general public see this documentary?
*Blessings to all here! 🙏 May you feel God’s love guiding you through every challenge and celebrating every victory. 🌟*
Ken, Please share with Bobby Kennedy…. MAHA!
I completely agree!
Fact that chosen few will be able to enjoy the fruits of uncompromized scientific efforts is not enough to revolutionase human nutrition and fight metabolic diseases at their roots !!!!
Authorities smart enough...influential enough..and human friendly enough should broadly participate in changing the national health policies.
This will not happen without proper introduction and scientific explantation as well as thorough analysis of current corrupted corporate medicine and farmaceutical conglomerates.
Engineers have genuinely special brains and abilities.
I've been doing carnivore for a little over 2 years. Had my cholesterol checked this past June and it was 500 and LDL was 399.
Awesome! Can’t wait! Congrats!
LOVED THIS!!! When will the rest of us get to see this?
When will this be available worldwide? We're from the Philippines. I wish it can be shown on Netflix
Netflix is social engineering by deep state criminals!
YES, it will be great to see a documentary that clearly states - "we still don't know what we don't know", but getting closer. And to say we are not yet able to assess "risk" ( cause and effect statement), in everyone. Still different groups and different categories of people. Of course, so far so good and in 30 yrs or so we will have some clear answers. Yes, funding is an issue. And getting a few thousand people to agree to be locked in a metabolic ward from birth till death for a true RCT would be impossible 😢. The really exciting detail is to get people to understand, they must get blood work, they must get proper analysis of where they are at and which category they fit based on a set of criteria. Awesome
Exciting movement! I can't be in Las Vegas but hope to have an opportunity to watch this one day.
Great clip, excited to see all of it. We need this information.
I am really excited about the conference in February, and hope I will be able to attend.
I am thinking I could extend my trip and do some interesting hiking in the area.
Well done ...❤👏🇺🇲🥩🧈🥓❤️😋
I am one of those people who are so grateful for Dave Feldman's work. I am a strict carnivore because of health issues not for weight loss. If there wasn't for Dave and his fb group and data available on his site the cholesterol code, I would be lost and probably i would have gone back to being omnivore. I am a lean mass hyper responder and my cholesterol is through the roof