What Your Doctor Won't tell you about Saturated Fat ?
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- Опубліковано 20 вер 2024
- We’ve been warned that eating saturated fat, the type found in meat, cheese, and other dairy foods, can lead to heart disease. Instead, we've been told to choose healthy fats from nuts, seeds, fish, and vegetable oils.Saturated fats, while not as harmful as trans fats, by comparison with unsaturated fats negatively impact health and are best consumed in moderation. Foods containing large amounts of saturated fat include red meat, butter, cheese, and ice cream.
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40 years of lowering fat while the population gets fatter and sicker by the day. Low fat guidelines are a crime against humanity imo.
My mother drank milk full whole milk extensively and butter all our life. She also ate hamburger all her life. She lived to 95 years old and outlived most of her doctors who told her her diet was bad. When she got cut open for her second hip replacement in her early 90s the doctor looked inside her body and said she had the body of a 30 year old inside including bones. My father followed all the low fat advice. He had multiple heart attacks. He died in his eighties which is still a good old age but his low-fat diet didn't help him. In fact what we now know is is no egg yolk diet and his low-fat diet actually hurt him in many ways not to mention they stacked those horrible statin drugs on top of him which we also know have terrible effects in which cause muscle wasting in his case which prevented him from getting some exercise involving his legs cuz they became painful. So I think I'll choose my mother's way. We're all going to die sometime and doctors don't know what the hell they're talking about and so we might as well take our chances with what our body most likely evolved with which is natural dairy and meat fats. After all it works for the eskimos.
Called statistics. Saying doctors or scientist don’t know what they are talking about is ignorant if they base it off clinical data (even more important in double blind clinical trials like statins had done). Don’t be ignorant and be better and stop using a small data set (your parents) to guide your medical decisions.
Remember you are the son of both, do your mom could have give you the genetics to resist high cholesterol diet but your father are in equal possibility to give you his genetics. Maybe the doctors don’t know anything but at least they will ask you to go get blood tests and if you are resistant like your mom, go ahead and eat whatever you want but if you are susceptible like your dad was, you better be careful.
@R C Thank you, hero. Yeah, because statistics have never ever been twisted or manipulated in order to support the agendas of the political, powerful, or greedy. But don’t let that stop you from lecturing folks who are doing just fine.
@@beuller7 because knives were never used to harm anyone, right ? Should we use our minds and be critical thinkers ? Hell no! let's get rid of them! And if you believe in stats, but think that several studies were frauded, in science we have something called peer review. Finally, if you still don't believe them, make your study yourself, it's not that hard. I would be happy to read it. Have a good day ✌️
@@wesley-m Uh, you sorta just made my point. Just as you make distinctions between between how knives can be used for good or for ill, the same can be done - and often is done - with statistics. Besides, I never said we should do away with all statistics. Still though, thank you for the snark. I guess.
I find this topic very interesting concerning saturated fats. I come from German / Russian heritage where saturated fat is a part of their diet. Both of my Grandparents would save the fat / grease after cooking meat and use it on their bread. Their diet consists red meat, pork, butter and lard. Heart disease does not run in my family despite many of them having high LDL levels confirmed by blood work and not being on statins. My father has 11 siblings and my mother has 10 siblings and no heart disease.
Some may tolerate it a little better, genetic mutations, some n3 can prevent plaque ruptures, but they still have arteries narrowed and weak cardio function at higher age. Onset of erectile dysfunction is a good early indicator. Switch to clean plant diet and the dysfunction reverses soon...
Healthy coconut saturated fat is also a myth. There are videos out representing the balance of scientific evidence correctly.
Only a low fat plant-based diet has been shown to significantly reverse heart disease.
I would suggest it's their diet. Basically if modern medicine tells you one thing you can be pretty sure to believe the opposite. I'd stick with the diet of your ancestors.
Very similar to my family. Everyone lived to late 90’s to low 100’s back in the day. Ate no processed foods with trans-fats because there weren’t any. Ate full fat dairy and lots of eggs and good quality meats. Cooked with butter, lard, and bacon grease. No heart disease.
Exactly. Saturated fat is actually the savior here, it's the least prone to oxidation. Basically, if heart disease is thought of as the big bad wolf, you want to build your body of mainly bricks, a little straw, and some sticks (mainly saturated, a little poly, and some mono fats).
@@JasonActualization THIS! Im sp frustrated because I have heard this before and the logic makes sense, our fat chains are made mostly of saturated. So wouldnt it makes sense to have plenty of natural wholefood sources of saturated fats?
Yet this Doc over here doesnt really address this in his video.
Mike, another very informative video but I really found the background music made it hard for me concentrate on your message. For all us non-doctors the amount of information you present requires complete focus, for me at least. Many times I need to pause, digest and replay specific parts. And when I do that, the background music actually becomes irritating. Hope you forgo it in future videos. Thanks for all your work at keeping us healthy and informed.
Yes. There is a lot of information given very quickly and it is difficult to absorb it all, so like you, I need to play stuff over. It would be good not to have the background noise. This is a lot of great information.
Me too ... I had to:
(1) Turn on CC.
(2) Set play speed to 0.75
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I don’t go to doctors for health information. I’m 69 YO and in good health. I’m already doing most of the things you mentioned. I’m 6ft 1 end 210 lbs, I want to get down to 180. We’ll see. Most people I know don’t live a healthy life style. Information to live healthy is available more so now than ever before. It’s not easy living healthy, but it’s not hard either. I’m in good health only by the grace of God. I thank you and those like you who are giving healthy information to us. May God bless you and your family.
I agree. I only go to a doctor to get lab tests done which I know how to read myself anyway. I don't need to sit there and have them go over them with me. I'm a nutritionist, and know that doctors don't know anything about how to stay healthy. All they know how to do is diagnose diseases (maybe - they're wrong often) and prescribe drugs.
Amen
if you like bread you can substitute with Ezekiel 3:16 flourless bread...toast it and and put avocado on it with any veggie and it is delicious.... does not spike your sugar. You weight by cutting out bread and sugar alone.
Thank you Dr. Mike for this video! I love cheese and yogurt from whole milk! I cut those out of my diet decades ago and have had 5 heart attacks. Now on Keto, eating FAT, protein and 20 g of carbs per day. I have never had this much energy or stamina in my 67 years! My cardiologist is old school, and is having a fit over what I am eating, and keeps wanting me to go back to STD Amer. Diet. NO WAY! I am schooling him now on fats and health benefits of them, and this video is now going to be my next appointment agenda. Thank you thank you.
How does one survive 5 HEART ATTACKS!? Wow, you're an inspiration. And yes, my doc insists I go on STATINS even though I lost 25 pounds and my cholesterol fell from 7 to 3 via KETO DIET.
5 HEART ATTACKS!? Wow, you're an inspiration. How long have you been doing this diet? What do you eat? Do you avoid fruit?
@@stuckinthepast2462he had 5 heart attacks after he cut cheese and yogurt from his diet. It's to be taken as an example.
@@marting.9613 hard to convince anyone over the internet 🤷♂️
If u had 5 heart attacks i suggest you vitamin k asap to get rid of possible artery calcification
I lost 150lbs on eating Ketovore. I went from 321lbs to 170lbs. Took me 2 years with 2 years maintaining now. I do not eat any breads, pasta, rice, or white potatoes - an occasional Sweet Potato. I only use Coconut Oil, Olive Oil, or Avocado. I do not eat out. My lipids drastically changed for the better and are currently:
Total Cholesterol = 169
Triglycerides = 42
HDL = 64
VLDL = 9
LDL = 96
Exactly! I improved my health by eating saturated fats! Love fatty meats
Keto will bounce sooner or later. There are always sugar cravings lurking. Its an odd hunger metabolism, with lack of real energy and punch (Make a cycling spinning test). Though there may be superficial hopeful mood for a while (to support survival from famine). BTDT. Low carb has 4x higher severe COVID risk vs normal (starch based) plant-based diet according recent study. And similarly many other health risks on the long run. Its bad for the arteries.
Look up the weight loss champion Chuck Caroll at (UA-cam PCRM) for transition to a better diet.
Start focusing on stearic acid found in grassfed butter and ghee and tallow. Avacado and olive oil have higher peroxide values. Coconut is okay if organic unrefined unfiltered coldpressed.
Cooking with fats that are liquid and room temperature is a mistake.
Very Good
American diet-based health problems (heart disease, in particular) started in the 1920's, with the invention and heavily marketed spread of industrial "vegetable oil," compounded by the appearance of cheap sugar and the flood of high-fructose syrup, in the 1960's and 1980's, respectively. One should return to the organic, vegetable-rich, fruit-rich, whole-grain, whole-dairy and animal-based farm diets of the 19th Century. All highly processed, industrial "vegetable" oils (corn, safflower, canola, palm, etc.) are high in omega-6 (aka, linoleic acid: the mitochondria killer) and should be avoided.
Seed oils are heart healthy
@@titanattackbee1985 just the opposite. Seed oils are highly inflammatory, easily oxidized (rancid) and processed at high heat and with chemicals like hexane, resulting in an oil that is very toxic to us and damaging to our mitochondria. Probably play a big part in hyperinsulinemia, too.
@@Ge1Ri4 unhydronated seed oils have the best long term outcomes
seed oils even outpreform olive oil sometimes
@@titanattackbee1985 You might need some extraordinary evidence if you want to convince people that these unnatural seed oils could be healthy.
My Family never had heart attacks or any CVD… my cholesterols have always been not so good though I’ve been pretty active all my life, swimming, jogging few marathons even, martial arts bmi 24-26, non smoking… yeah they always told me to take statins. As a native Nordic my diet has always been basic Nordic more or less
And 6 months ago I was diagnosed t2d… but and guess what, he told me to start medicines. Instead of medicines I started to decrease my carbs, an apple a day and some berries, veggies, full fat dairy and meat. No vegetable oils but avocado or olive oil
HgA1c 6 weeks ago 5.5% and I expect it goes a bit lower next time. Triglycerides from 250 to 111. All this just with a small shift in diet and in 5 months. Weight lost 7 kg and waist line loss by 9 cm
Fantastic? Great job
KEEP DOING EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE DOING--LIVE LONG/BE HAPPY
Congrats 👏
The fatty acids are about 90% saturated. But coconut oil is perhaps most unique for its high content of the saturated fat lauric acid, which makes up around 40% of its total fat content ( 1 ). This makes coconut oil highly resistant to oxidation at high heat.
Stop demonizing coconut oil
@@bobcocampo Stop weaponizing it!
@@billboyle1588
It is based on research. Don't demonize it
@@bobcocampo dont demonize coconut oil 🤓
Seed oil free for over 4 years now. I eat meat (mainly beef), fish, dairy and egg and some vegetables and fruit. I eat a lot of butter. My body composition has improved, less inflamation and feel so much better
Cold pressed, I hope.
@@dennisgarber I don't eat processed veg oils, only coconut oil. A lot of extra virgin olive oil is cut with cheaper oils to make more money, so I generally avoid it
@@picking4profit How do you know that the olive oil is not pure? (I am looking for evidence, not an arguement🙂)
@@catherinewilson1079 you taste it. Buy from Italian stores ...Made in Italy ... or Greece.
@@catherinewilson1079 people have tested various bottles and found them not to be pure after analysis. I think the analysis was on olive oils sold in america
It seems increasingly clear that the effects of saturated fat consumption may be highly contextual, especially with in conjunction with the intake of foods that cause insulin resistance. There seems to be at least some evidence that even high levels of saturated fat intake in the context of low simple carb diets can actually lead to weight loss and improved metabolic health. That saturated fats can be so satiating also helps people adhere to diets that are high in saturated animal fats.
I don t ask doctors on nutrition matters,they know nothing about it,30 + years on medication because of Crohns disease,and all it took was 10 days on carnivore diet to throw pills away ( in doctors mailbox) and even if I ate the fat version of minched beef meat (14-18 % fat) I started loosing weight anyways,since then I avoid artificial oils and now use butter,oliveoil,coconut oil,have a spread of turmeric on most meals + the pepper that makes it easier for the body to take up,have a 72 hours fasting now and then and intermittent fasting on the dayly basis,needles to say I don t eat bread,potatoes, rice or other sugar plants.I learnt most of what I know now from Ekberg,Berg,Berry and also educate myself on topics like cancer,how it s possible to stop with fasting,which you are not supposed to get in the first place if you are a carnivore.
Every doctor needs to watch this. Most recieve little nutrion training in medical school.
Sadly, USA authority thinks more crimes and more unhealthy bodies the better economy.
Retired general internist with metabolic syndrome here. This is fascinating, and so much more than I learned in med school. (Graduated 1980). Bottom line again- no processed foods, and I will continue to use whole dairy.
Why is the medical community ignoring the ACC guidelines but sticking to the AHA 100%
You're a doctor? Is it good to cook and fry with pork fat? Many doctors recommend it but it scares me. Someone said that fats that become solid at room temperature also become solid in our arteries and can clog them.
@@untalfelipin5202 what's typical room temperature and what's your internal temperature. If you can answer that you will be able to judge the information "soneone" gave you. Re pork fat - better than seed / vegetable oils but because of what pork is fed it probably has quite high levels of polyunsaturated fats which will become oxidised which is not good for you. I would use beef fat personally or for a vegetarian option coconut oil.
@@untalfelipin5202try sesame seed oil instead. Yes, it's a seed oil, but unlike others, it is universes better. It can even be better than olive oil for cooking since it doesn't breakdown like it.
If you eat saturated fats with leafy greens, fruits, nuts, olive oil, high antioxidant teas, and eat high fiber carbs, you will most likely be fine.
Tons of good info here, but I'd like to share a few *gut* specific things:
1. All saturated fat (including coconut oil and dairy) is capable of causing leaky gut syndrome if consumed in excess
2. Dairy (if eaten in excess) can increase Bilophila levels in the gut, which is not good. Bilophila is a Hydrogen Sulfide producer and can cause unwanted inflammation.
Thank you. This "Butter is Back!" mentality has got to stop. I drastically limited all saturated fat some time ago to address mild arteriosclerosis, but have recently gone 100 percent whole food plant based since learning about the microbiome. "Fiber Fueled" for the win.
@@sectionalsofa I'm a big fan of "everything in moderation." I personally don't think we have to swear anything off 100%, but over-consuming almost anything is asking for trouble. Including butter and coconut oil 😂
@@sectionalsofa Good for me, as there is more butter left. What he has forgotten is, that butter isn´t butter. There is a huge difference if cows eat gras or if they have to eat soy beans and corn. Also they should have enough time under the sky and in the sun, as we humans also should....
@@gutmicrobiomequeen I dont smoke in moderation, no bad things in moderation, in fact no moderation, as i know what is good and bad.
@@gutmicrobiomequeen Check out the American College of Cardiology guideline, you can eat as much saturated fat as you wish, there is no longer any upper defined limit.
You needed to add pastured meats, dairy and eggs to your analysis, especially when it's done on a diverse, 'weedy' pasture. The change in fat profiles and added nutrition makes a huge difference in the desirability of these products overall.
Animals grazed on pastures using holistic methods also are good for the environment, which is the opposite of animals raised in CAFOs, so it is win-win...
Very true.... we need real fat. Or, one starves themselves in many ways.
Using animals as food is NOT “good for the environment”. In fact, it’s the worst thing for the environment out there. It’s terrible for the animals, the human body AND the environment. It’s a lose/lose/lose.
@@Julia-b9x
You're very wrong. Holistic methods have been shown to actually restore vegetation; build topsoil; reduce erosive soil loss; reduce aerosolized carbon; replace the need for biocides as well as synthetic fertilizers; increase overall biomass; restore soil biota; reduce the costs of producing food; utilize land poorly adapted to other types of food production; increase overall food production; reduce the need for irrigation and reduce electrical grid strain; reduce air and water pollution; etc.
This is much better than the destructive methods of conventional ranching and farming, including CAFOs, or organic methods alone. The science shows that organic can be very destructive when done in a conventional manner.
Suggest you look into the likes of Joel Salatin, Mark Shepard, Alan Savory, and others who use ethical, permacultural means to produce food.
@@b_uppy We can agree to disagree, thanks.
@@Julia-b9x
I can agree that you're wrong, because science is on my side.
I eat three eggs every morning. And my LDL is SKY HIGH. HOWEVER, my triglycerides are low and HDL is very high. My doctor isn't worried about the LDL because he measured my Good Size LDL(looks fluffy under microscope) and small size LDL(this is what causes clots). LDL is an essential part of many processes in the formation of necessary hormones and cell walls. Ask your doctor about this specific test on your LDL.
Good luck. The balance of scientific evidence doesnt support such hopes for bad habit confirmation. There is not really a major difference of "good" LDL particles sizes. Dr Greger has a detailed video on that.
You are a cholesterol hyperabsorber if LDL and HDL are both very high. See a real lipidologist.
@@xcast1 There is a major difference betweel healthy cholesterol and oxidized cholesterol.
@@letsdrive899 greger is a charlatan.
Sounds like your Doctor is a cholesterol denier(aka conspiracy theorist). I would 100% find a new one. LDL particle size IS NOT a relevant factor, it's a distraction that gets pushed a TON on social media and is going to cost you your health. HDL being high is also not gonna do anything to counteract LDL. Get your ApoB checked if you want a useful metric. If not, LDL by itself still has an incredibly strong correlation with atherosclerotic risk. Particle size tests are just free money for them and mean nothing.
Please include your references in the notes if you are going to be advising people that certain saturated fats are fine.
You can put out your own video explaining your expertise on saturated fats, dont forget the references in the notes on how you arrived at your conclusions.
References: humans have been eating saturated, mono unsaturated, and some polyunsaturated fats since the dawn of existence. Stop making nutrition so overcomplicated.
@@Zeus_1025 correct. We have got to learn the word moderation again. Every food in moderation with exercise the body should do well, save a genetic aberration.
Turns out the references were hidden by the cardiologist until his son found them and published the data. This has to be some sort of out of season April fools joke.
@@Zeus_1025 and those same people had a lifespan of 25-30 years too. You paleo people seem to always forget that part.
Vegetarian for almost 40 years. 107 lbs ( not skinny tho) my cholesterol went to 200 over the pandemic, yet as always, triglycerides were low andHDL was high. Great ratio. I do eat grass fed dairy, olive oil, avocado oil and coconut milk in curries occasionally. I’m considered very healthy. Rarely eat out.
107 pounds not skinny? How tall are you?
@@sev7463 - And not sarcopenia?
I have a question, did u lose weight also with eating dairy avocado oil coconut milk.. most vegetarians doc say not to eat fat.
Maybe not skinny but lacking some essential nutriens
Eating out is the worst. Pay five times what it would cost at home and don’t know what you’re actually getting.
My GP has nothing to say...Over the past 4-5 years she has witnessed me losing 15 kg in weight, dumping statins, stabilizing my BP, and generally being in a far better space today, on a 10/25/65 diet, than I ever was. She does not seem to be interested in dietary issues. So I have taken on the "slack"', and have done the research myself over the time period. Of the 65% fat I take, around 25% is saturated, thus around 16% of my daily cal intake is from saturated fats.
It would be easier to understand if more examples were given of foods associated with each kind of fat. Very informative in one way, but not very clear.
Its all over u tube if you care about yourself
A topic you didn't hit on is LDL in itself isn't bad if its alpha profile. That is it hasn't been glycated (oxidized) by sugar. Once LDL is oxidized it becomes beta profile and the body has no receptors for oxidized LDL. It is consumed by macrophages which settle in the bloodvessels and become plaque. So while some consume sugar and are fine and others consume fat and are fine (like keto) consuming both is a recipe for disaster.
"Low Carb Down Under" has a great vid on this called lab results on keto. Atleast something like that.
Are you referring to APO B and APO A1? I'm so confused about that number and what it represents.
It goes to show that many of these fats and cholesterol are actually good nutrients when they're undamaged from oxidation.
So eating antioxidant-rich food is I assume a good idea and helps to keep the LDL from oxidizing?
Not sure what you mean by disaster. Mediterranean diet includes fats and carbs but everything is whole and unprocessed and it’s a healthy diet in my opinion. I think whole and unprocessed are the two words that count the most. I am confused about whether dietary saturated fats from dairy and meat are harmful though.
@@Lulu-kt6gr it oxidizes in the presence of glucose. Antioxident foods will help but if you have excessive fat and glucose it's kinda like using a garden hose on a house fire. Eating better fats (non vegetable oils) would be more like having a block house instead of wood.
i'm guessing the disaster comment was to a comment that was deleted. The mediteranian diet is one of the best ones out there, if done properly. Olive oil it tremendously good for you. I drink it straight and cook with avacado oil.
My forward thinking doc said to lower saturated fat. I ignore her. I consume EVOO and extra virgin coconut oil in moderation and beef in moderation. That along with no processed foods, low carb and intermittant fasting. I've been able to very slowly lower my weight and not feel insanely hungry all the time. Walking and biking also help overall.
Never blame yourself for the wrong information that was promoted(and is still promoted). Make the change now and be patient. Results will come.
It’s dam confusing
This is a landmark video in Fat types analysis. many thanks , though we loose track of point summary in various places due to details, but at the end some clarity sets in! 👍
I would appreciate a more detailed definition of what constitutes “processed food.” There are different types of processing that food undergoes. At the extreme, I think I know what you mean by highly processed foods. However, not all processing is equal. It would help to eliminate some confusion if you would be more rigorous in using the term.
Pretty much everything what you buy in Cans, Bags, boxes, bottles ... or the fast food takeout counter.
Very little that you buy on the perimeter of your supermarket.
Look how the food is produced. Processed foods are anything in a package. Take seed oils. They would not be possible to make without a chemical refinery and are far from what natural seed oils are like.
@@gregkenning9238 canned foods can be processed or unprocessed. It’s not the canning of food that makes it processed. If you’re buying a can of organic whole kidney beans you’re fine. A can of Hormel chili however, is a different thing. Reading labels is crucial.
A simple. short reply: eat what your great grand parents ate...
Another one: stay away from anything with an ingredients list longer than 5 items...
Or: stay away from anything that contains MSG, items ending on -ose, -ide, -ame, that doesn't contain words like modified, hardened, hydrogenated, etc.
From literature:
A practical way to identify an ultra-processed product is to check to see if its list of ingredients contains at least one item characteristic of the NOVA ultra-processed food group, which is to say, either food substances never or rarely used in kitchens (such as high-fructose corn syrup, hydrogenated or interesterified oils, and hydrolysed proteins), or classes of additives designed to make the final product palatable or more appealing (such as flavours, flavour enhancers, colours, emulsifiers, emulsifying salts, sweeteners, thickeners, and anti-foaming, bulking, carbonating, foaming, gelling and glazing agents).
Mike, this video put out so much information that it's hard to digest it all for us common folks. Could you list in a paragraph what foods we should and should not be eating? Obviously not refined carbs (sugar) but what about the rest..
Pleased you said that cos I have no idea after watching that video either 🤔 it's all really confusing , I literally have no idea what I should and shouldn't be eating really. Is wholegrain pasta / brown rice ok in moderation. I take it butter is ok, not sure about full fat milk, is semi skimmed milk better? Got the impression red meat is bad generally so best avoiding that. It's a real minefield isn't it though...
@@andrewguy8599 full fat milk is fine as is red meat, try and avoid processed meats like salami
hasn't stearic acid been associated with better heart health and fat loss? grassfed beef is also high in omega3. The fat in bacon is also the same as the fat in olive oil. surprised no mention of this.
"They couldn't publish their findings because they couldn't explain them."
That's just bad science and a very scary thought.
Best lecture , You are extremely fast in doing research. You must be a very good doctor.
I am 6' and 240lbs, so definitely overweight, but when my doctors do blood tests they always comment on how great my numbers are. They ask what I eat, to which I reply, cheeseburgers, butter, sour cream and chicken and no vegetables. So why are my LDL numbers always so low???
I noted that it was mentioned that saturated fat from meat was not associated with positive health benefits. Was it associated with negative health impacts though ? Would be great to see you debate this with a Carnivore eg Dr Ken Berry about this . I am not a Carnivore myself - but currently on a low carb - high adequate diet ( combined with IF/TRE) with great results .
Humans have been eating red meat for hundreds of thousands of years.... Logic dictates that we are evolved to consume it.
Check out the American College of Cardiology guideline, you can eat as much saturated fat as you wish, there is no longer any upper defined limit.
@@wilsont1010 Yes I agree . After years of avoiding it the doctors I respect on UA-cam have cured my sat fat phobia . I think the Cardiology people slipped that into their guidelines without any fanfare in order to avoid embarrassment.
@@michaeldillon3113 Not for AHA, they are phenomenally shameless.
@@wilsont1010 What I mean to say is that organizations like the AHA have brow beaten the general public via the MSM to avoid sat fats . I have seen no public Mea Culpa - just a quite change to their guidelines .
Great information. What would be helpful is a summary of the key points and lists of foods that are beneficial and unbeneficial.
That’s right Dr., not all saturated fat are equal even for a piece of meat from the same cut. A 100% grass fed beef vs grain fed beef is also different. Same goes for chicken that’s pasture raised vs factory farm raised. Most meat we can easily get from grocery shops are not good.
Curious as to how the sat. fat differs between, say, grass-fed and grain-fed beef. This video seems to make clear that each type of sat. fat is a specific chemical indicated by its chemical structure. Do grass- and grain-fed beef have different types of sat. fat in this sense?
Maybe the antioxidants from the grass create a healthier meat. Surely eating grain laden with pesticides can’t be a good thing.
No worse than the glysophate veg s
Products labelled Low Fat usually have added sugars in them like fructose and high fructose corn syrup which puts one at a greater risk for insulin resistance and dyslipidemia. I do not agree on the Low Fat recommendation. We'd rather choose the healthy saturated fats.
Great content! I wonder if you could make a whole episode on triglicerids? Since you mentioned its important role, yet there is very little info about it. (Mine is also high without high bad colesterol…)
high triglycerides is an indication you are eating a lot of sugar and processed foods. Eat vegetables, omega 3 from fish, cut out sugar, exercise, drink water, take vitamin D3, magnesium.
The Masai people in Kenya consume almost exclusively blood, meat and milk from pastured cows. No heart disease at all.. what explains this?
And 60% carbs from roots
@@alexandarpetrov lol no.
"Studies indicate that the average lifespan of the Maasai tribe ranges from 55 to 60 years (Mwaniki et al., 2017). This relatively lower lifespan compared to other ethnic groups in the region can be attributed to various factors inherent to their lifestyle and environment."
So there's that...
@@ItsBoyRed Without detailed death information this means absolutely zero.
My doctor never discusses fast with me. He doesn't discuss anything.
Haha. Use the Internet doctors. I do!
I have the same doctor!
I'm totally confused by this topic since half the doctors and researchers I've watched say one thing and the other half say the opposite. You'd think harvard medical would know what's true and they aren't keen on saturated fat.
@@marting.9613 I find it remarkable that this hasn't been resolved. My guess is that most studies are done with the aim of proving one thing or the other for reasons that have nothing to do with truth. Sometimes a company will commission a study (like Coca-cola) and if the results go the other way, they just bury them. I still don't know how much to trust the current analysis. What I will say is I've tried both Keto and Carnivore and never felt better.
You've made this Dr in Biochemistry very happy! Thank you. I learned a lot of this when I studied ketogenic diets. The omega 6/3 is so important. Also, can you do a video on NMR differentiation between neutral and bad LDL? I had to educate my Dr on that when CHL, HDL, and LDL all went up with simple CHL panel. Turns out it was increase in neutral, not bad LDL
You're very welcome!
omega 6/3 ratio doesnt matter
@@titanattackbee1985 are you ok? Ok but just slow.
@@titanattackbee1985
not breathing doesn't matter either!
see how easy it is to make a claim without substantiating evidence?
@@andyman8630 high omega 6 foods like seed oils have the best health comes. high omega 6 animal products outpreform low omega 6 animal products
Was with you all the way til you said animal fat is unhealthy, it's only bad when the animals are factory raised and fed grains, when they are raised on a natural diet, like grass fed beef for example, they are the best fats you can consume
Some of the worst fats are unsaturated. Trans fats and high omega 6 fats from seed oils. They're also prone to oxidation.
If anything, I see saturated fat as safer. Sure you need some level of Omega 3 and 6 unsaturated fats, natural whole foods are best.
Trans fats are actually saturated fats. Saturated fats are solid at room temperature. They start as unsaturated fats, and are turned into saturated fats by hydrogenating them. They are the worst kind of fats, and have the worst health outcomes.
I used to believe omega 6 fats were inflammatory. There's been dozens of randomized controlled trials testing that, and every one has shown that inflammation actually goes down or stays neutral.
Saturated fats, if they exceed 10% of calories, result in a sharp increase in cardiovascular disease. When replaced with unsaturated fats, all kinds, or whole plants, CVD goes down sharply. When replaced with refined carbs, it stays about the same.
@@jeffreyjohnson7359 Transfats are monounsaturated fats with the carbon-carbon double bond in the trans configuration. Saturated fats have only single bonds along the main carbon chain and do not have a trans variant. Watch some videos on organic chemistry so you get a better understanding.
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You are correct! Thanks for the correction.
@Jeffrey Johnson All good. There's a lot of misinfo about nutrition out there, definitely helps to dive into the science behind it.
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It doesn't change the evidence about sat fats though. CVD risk jumps up at around 8-10% of total calories, then levels off at about 12%, and stays higher. Below that threshold, it's fine. Trans fats are worse, I think the threshold for risk is about 1% of calories. And refined carbs are about the same. I would call refined carbs a much bigger problem, because they make up about 45-50% of the American diet, sat fats about 10%.
There was a lot of facts in there. It would be nice if you culd summarize it with a checklist of foods that are okay or not okay.
I'm not totally convinced of things when headlines are flashed before my eyes as they were in this video. On the other hand, I'm not inclined to spend my time reading these studies in detail and picking them apart. Some people, like Zoe Harcombe, seem to enjoy doing this and then discovering the fallacies in many of these studies. Doctor Mike Hansen seems to be convinced that some saturated fats are OK but not the ones that come from meat. Maybe the papers that suggest that meat-based saturated fat is bad have a hidden agenda and an anti-meat bias from how they were funded, or from the bias of the author. I think Dr. Mike Hansen is mostly "anti-meat" himself, so his videos will typically have that sort of slant. My suspicion is that with time we will learn that saturated fat from meat is perfectly fine. [Some of the comments below certainly support that].
I'm in detox program and told to stay away from dairy, but if I have it to be sure it's whole organic grassfed. In fact, it's been years since I've had skim, non-fat, or 2% as it's been known to stay away from anything that's been modified. And all the yogurts are a mess. Again organic pastured-raised whole milk based.
I am 55 and eat whatever I want, I can down a pint of Ben & Jerrys without blinking and put butter on everything, consume sausages like M & Ms..get the idea. My total cholesterol is below 140 with my HDL higher than LDL. Have been the same weight since high school. I believe we are all different and just need to pay attention to our numbers...
You, sir, are very lucky👍👍
I, on the other hand- not so much.
This stuff is very individualistic.
You're only 55. All of that could change within the space of 2 years. Being totally blunt, if that's your profile pic you look about 65 and you have always been fat since high school if you're the same weight.
@@ukmark9211 Hey Mark, I Am 6 feet tall and hover around 200lbs, when people see me in person, they dont believe I am over 50.
I am 61, l try to stick to animal and dairy, my weakness is also ice cream, l am much healthier, no more arthritis and vision has improved
@@aaronhume5335 Thats my issue...arthritis, it is my belief that I consumed too much sugar in my past.
Too much chemistry. Seems to be in conflict with the American College of Cardiology that saturated fats are not linked to cardiovascular disease
Excellent information. I’m sending this to my family (good luck 😳) and other fat free diet fans. I’m a very healthy and active 72 year old female with lipid readings always over 300. (302 currently) Don’t drink or take any drugs. I love foamed goat milk in my decaf coffee, so satisfying. I’m 5’4” and weigh 128 lbs. My CAC score (recently) is 0. I eat full fat homemade meals. I listen to your videos because you give current and detailed information I can work with. Thank you.💙🌷😬
Since I started an all meat, beef, pork chicken and seafood, most dairy and butter diet, all my inflammation markers have dropped precipitously. I no longer use blood pressure medication, ie..125/72 avg. Joint pain has all but subsided and I eat until I am comfortably stuffed at every meal. Oh by the way, use grass fed and finished beef when you can to get all that nature wants you to have.
My doc only instructed me to eat a Mediterranean diet, but my RD really broke it all down for me and really taught me what to eat and what to stay away from
Could you elaborate please? What's good and what's bad?
Thanks for calling out vegetable oil. It's one of the worst things out there that a person can eat.
If your doctor is like the millions of those out there trying to pester you to change your fat intake to vegetable oil, then you should throw him out immediately. In fact you should use this to determine whether he is up to date or not, before paying for the first consultation.
I love your channel. I would graciously like to ask that you do a video on statins. What is your opinion of them? I see expert opinions that say they are not good for you. The brain needs cholesterol to function properly. In addition the Mevalonate Pathway is blocked by statins just before cholesterol production which also blocks the production of enzyme CoQ10. Sounds like a formula for mitochondrial dysfunction.
They are also related to the development of dementia .
Why is the medical community ignoring the ACC guidelines but sticking to the AHA 100%
Because of the almighty $$$
@@daveisnothere But they are mass murdering people, how many have to die every year due to their deliberate attempt at disinformation? Shouldn't they be sued by a class action?
This video should have started at 8:45, as far actionable health advice goes.
It was already evident more than twenty years ago, to those like myself who were paying attention, that high-fat dairy, for those who are not lactose-intolerant, is heart healthy while low-fat dairy led to higher rates of CHD. Most people still today opt for low-fat dairy products because neither the media nor their doctors tell them the truth.
The structure at 7:49 is a random ester lmao
The idea that fat from our ancestral diet - ie meat - is harmful is ridiculous.
Ive been keto with Intermittent Fasting for 3 years and my HDL and LDL cholesterol levels were spot on. I also lost 103 pounds in the first 10 months and ive kept it off since.
Human beings have been eating saturated fat from ruminant animals for 2.6 million years. Calling that fat unhealthy is ludicrous.
I'm even more confused after watching this video 😂
Me too
Ok Dr. Mike, this video is a bit more confusing than most. ????? IS COCONUT OIL an odd chain or not !? !? Why are you making this so difficult to understand???
Stop using oils, butter is health for your system.
Hi Dr.Hansen good see you again great video as always Dr.Hansen is awesome have a good day pal peace out 👊👍
Thank you Dr. Hansen. I appreciate that you share insightful, applicable, evidenced- based advice!
Could you advise if there is any benefits to grass fed over grain fed animals (eg grass feed beef over grain fed beef.)
I think it has a lot to do with too much omega 6. Check out Dr. Sten Ekberg
LDL isn't bad. Look at the minnesota coronary study. Unsaturated fats did decrease cholesterol, but increased overall mortality.
Saturated fat lowers long-term LDL but raises short-term LDL.
Thankyou for the detailed explanation Dr.
Keep up the good work 🙌
Thank you, I will
Still don't understand why saturated fat from beef and pork are bad. Is it because these fat increase LDL? But you said high LDL had no corelation with heart desease and mortality.
Dr. Mike, can you please cover the new research that came out this past week about organs in the body (brain, heart, etc.) aging more rapidly in people after having COVID?
Yikes. I hadn’t heard.
Watching someone happily eat a donut is not helping my self-control.
Vegan here for 21 years. I’d be dead if not, so my extremely varied diet of 30 + types of plants, nuts, seeds, mushrooms and whole grains have literally kept me healthy and alive for 58 years. Needless to say, bloodwork always amazes the docs. Variation, exercise, stress reduction and sleep are so important. I wonder how keto diets do in the long run? The level of inflammation must be sky high, especially for those who eat red meats and bacon…
Beef and bacon or what I eat the most. I have no evidence of any inflammation whatsoever. In fact, going keto saved my life because I was able to reverse metabolic syndrome and lose 45 pounds.
Meat doesn't cause inflammation. Sugar causes inflammation along with carbs which turn into sugar when digested.
Take some time and do a little research.
Inflamation is caused by sugar and carbs, not meat and saturated fat. LOL
After 3 months of strict carnivore diet, and keto before that, my (hs)C-reactive protein, a measure of inflammation, was 0.19 mg/L, very low. Eating meat and animal fat does not cause inflammation, unless maybe you have some odd allergy to them.
You actually can’t accidentally create trans fats when heating cooking oils. It’s not just the heat but high pressure is also needed.
That low smoking point stated for olive oil is for extra virgin oil. The light varieties of olive oil have much higher smoking points.
Do you mean the refined olive oil?
I use ghee (which I make myself) 😀. It’s got a very high smoke point
be careful, cheap olive oil with high smoking point is already unhealthy before you heat it up! They have done the heating for you in the process...
@@sircharles7323 I don't even bother with it. I don't use it at all.
Is there any evidence that saturated fats (the good ones you mentioned such as butter) increase LDL-c, but not LDL-p, but making LDL particles fluffy?
Can you explain why polyunsaturated fats are good for us? Five years ago I remedied a skin disease called folliculitis. It started on my legs in the mid 80s around the time when most restaurants were converting over to canola oil for frying. For some reason I made this correlation and, 5 years ago, decided to avoid all polyunsaturated fats (seed oil‘s). My skin condition went away at about 5 months of no seed oils. I subsequently increased my diet of animal fats, primarily red meat, cheese and dairy, as well as high quality olive oils. My skin has never appeared healthier. I am 61, and yes, my LDL has gone through the roof. But my triglyceride and HDL levels have never been better. I had a CT cardiac scan four years ago resulting in a zero score. For each of my past five physicals the doctor has advised that I go on a statin. Go figure.
I have another doubt about Polyunsaturated fats. I have read that they oxidize very easily and cause artery plaques and cancer. Aren't they dangerous in that sense?
@@kvinayagamoorthy Polyunsaturated fats are atrocious for your health and should be limited. I eat 8-10x as much saturated as I do polyunsaturated fat.
Consuming more polyunsaturated fat than that found in nature will slowly oxidize your body and cause chronic disease. The average American consumes 80g of PUFA oil per day, which would require 12,000 calories worth (98 ears) of corn. Ideally you would eat an order of magnitude more saturated, than polyunsaturated fat. That's certainly what I do, and my health is impeccable.
@@JasonActualization Thank you. That really helps
My PCP tells me NOTHING about SFA. I found out for myself. I stay away from all saturated fat now. My apoB went from 158 to 83.
Since our bodies can't break down trans-fats because of a lack of appropriate enzymes, is it possible to develop an enzyme pill or something that people can take to allow our bodies to break down trans-fats? I'm assuming this has already been studied and had/has complications with other things going on in our bodies.
I eat plant based but supplement with fish oil from Nordic Naturals to get Omega-3s in order to make sure that I can have a health ratio of 3’s and 6’s. We already get too many 9’s as it is.
My doctor told me that my very high HDL was genetic. It was actually due to eating a high level of saturated fat. It's about 75, with triglycerides around 35.
that's enviable.
i trust evolution more than some doctor doing nonsensical test about cholesterol. saturated fats is the fat of life.. it doesnt make any evolutionary sense that saturated fats would be bad for us, a food we have evolved with for millions of years..
Your doctor was right, you are not.
@@hn5460 so how do you explain that my HDL was much lower and my triglycerides much higher just five years earlier? Do you deny the evidence of the Cholesterol Code protocol to manipulate the tests with a mere three days of dietary intervention?
If you are correct, then someone altered my genome 😂
My HDL was at 126 while carnivore while LDL was 112. I have been tested for good HDL to LDL genes. My VLDL was 10. And my trigs were 47.
Feel it necessary to say that my HDL is now 94 and LDL is 83 on a meat heavy omnivorous diet. I feel this is optimal for me. Trigs are now literally 23. Idk. I think omnivore with half meat is perfect. No seed oils ever, rich in animal protein, gluten free, includes sugary treats as well. Lots of fiber too.
Good job, but I'd ask you not to blur the details of the studies (Journal, date, author) and keep them on the screen a bit longer so your viewers could search for them.
Thank you Dr. Hansen for this video. I try to avoid the animals fats! As I think I can get it from the vegetables too. 😋
Perfect!
Where, oh where is the evidence showing coconut oil is detrimental to health. My great grandmother lived in poverty in the Caribbean until she was 100 years old. She would routinely "bathe" her 5 children in coconut oil. She used it lavishly in her cooking because it was readily available and cheap. And so did her 3 daughters who lived to 94, 97, and 98 and her 2 sons who although living a rough and tumble life lived to 87 and 88 years of age.
Show me populations of people who suffered on account of consuming coconut oil. I have never seen it.
Personally, I use coconut oil daily and I am almost 82 years old and my only medical issues are iatrogenic.
Saturated fats from meat isn’t bad for you. There’s a ton of doctors and other health professionals who can attest to this, as well as tons of people who eat plenty of them and are healthy as an ox
Yes, myself included. The utter irony if it all is that saturated fat is precisely what protects LDL from oxidation and by extensions, atherogenesis.
I'm a doctor and I eat saturated fats from meat every single day. I'm perfectly healthy at age 50+.
@@LisaCulton Awesome, we need to spread the word. I'm a pharmacist and completely reversed a rare allergic disease called eosinophilic esophagitis, by eliminating all seed oils and emphasizing saturated fat. I eat 8x more saturated than polyunsaturated fat, haven't been sick in over 4 years, can do 30 chin ups in a row, a two minute dead hang, 40 bodyweight dips, my allergic rhinitis cleared, and I've never slept, felt or performed better at age 29.
@@JasonActualization Hey, that's great to hear. I'm a Pathologist and I diagnose eosinophilic esophagitis all the time, and it seems to be on the increase. I feel like I hardly ever saw it about 20 years ago, but now it's basically commonplace. Congratulations on your good health!
I am a child of the 50-60's. Mother a very good cook used Crisco for all her cooking, white sugar too. Pies, cakes, tons of sweets, fried chicken, liver everyone survived and thrived today. Father passed at 90 and mother this year at 98 all her sibling lived long lives. All my siblings still healthy today..... so it really comes down to genes. I am 72 healthy follow a plant based diet.
I had a Greek / Italian upbringing and we had no holding back on saturated fat when I was growing up; with meat, cheese and eggs always in our meals. Of course now at 60+ years old, and with today's processed food, I've cut down on Saturated fat. But I thank my genes for No heart attack, Yet. And no smoking, moderate exercise, and An aspirin 3 times a week keeps the doctor's office away.
I am trying to get over to ketones. Therefore, my fat intake is climbing. I make my kifer with raw whole milk. I very rarely drank with in my 60+ years until now. Always had total cholesterol. I am waiting for my next blood test.
Saturated fat....Even Dr Sten Ekberg (He is a physiology doctor on UA-cam) says saturated fat is good to some extent...I started eating a few eggs a week..both of you doctors should have a panel discussion together!
What, exactly, is "inflammation in the body"? Where is it? how do you know you have it? What does it do? I keep seeing this, but it just seems like such a generic statement. What is inflamed and how?
Ok Dr H you just confirmed your NOT an expert on good nutrition. Yes confuse the viewer
So, what about Fat Free Dairy milk or Yogurt? And no added sugar----Is eating Fat Free Milk and Yogurt causing: a Neutral Effect , Improved Effect, or Negative Effect?
3. Also NMR lipid panel has been shown to be not just better indicator of heart disease, but also as metric Lipoprotein Insulin Resistance Index, and renal disease monitoring. Another better metric is Triglyceride/HDL ratio 🤓
It's bad that researchers haven't been honest with us. They refuse to publish studies which cast doubt on widely accepted but not necessarily correct beliefs.
I think he just read one Nina Tichholz or Gary Taubes instead of following the overwhelming evidence that saturated fat increases insulin resistence and LDL cholesterol
Looks like it.
saturated fat does not increase insulin resistance, quite the opposite. I was pre-diabetic until I switched to a carnivore diet full of saturated fat, and now I have excellent metabolic health. I avoid processed vegetable oils like the plague as they made me sick in the first place!. Seed oil free for over 4 years now
@@picking4profit Then explain hot shot why over 60 million Americans are pre-diabetic or have diabetes since most of not all eat what you just said? Foods full of saturated fat. I was one of them. What were you eating before you got diabetes…crackers ? Maybe a heart attack will get instead. All these carnivore clowns push it this s&@t.
@@_josephbogdan_ those with diabetes are eating processed foods with meat such, not meat alone. Explain how there was no type 2 diabetes before processed foods were introduced into our diets in such vast amounts or how there were no heart attacks. Look at the photos of people in the early 20th century barely anyone obese when people ate real food! Use you brain please. I dont eat carnivore now as My body is metabolically healthy and my body can tolerate carbs again. I dont eat processed foods though at all and no ultra processed veg oils
@@picking4profit Have you done an oral glucose tolerance test. I suspect that if you do you'll find that your blood sugar may be low in absences of carbs but your insulin resistance will be much much worse if challenged with carbohydrates.
I’m 2 years clean from being an IV drug user and I was hoping for some clearer answers as to what I can do to prevent my heart from further deteriorating. I’m only 30 and I’m 145lbs. My resting heart rate skyrockets with moderate activity, I feel out of breath and my blood pressure is pre hypertension after a low intensity walk to the pharmacy.
Why isn’t anyone putting research dollars into helping former addicts regain their health? Why can’t doctors give me a good answer? What was the point in overcoming injecting drugs If I’m just going to be sick and die a painful death anyways.
Because most don’t recover and there is no money in it
as a former drinking to much person, not even falling down drunk in the ditch but functioning, it takes a long long time to recover. Be patient is what worked for me. Its been 43 years and I wouldn't be typing this if I kept that life style going. It just takes time. You wont regret your decision to stop beating up your body.
Hi, I'm not a doctor, but I have invested a lot of time and learned a few things.
Do not believe in pills, but in healthy food. I hope that you have the money for good for plus good supplements and that you can cook, or are willing to learn.
Some general remarks first.
1) If possible, eat like your great grand parents did, so NOT take packaged food (that is as bad as junk food or fast food). Eggs are a great source of nutrients, cooked soft is the best option.
2. Reduce over time your intake of sugar refined carbs. (No more sodas, fruit juices, says, cookies, ice cream, pasta, even bread is not the healthy thing that I learned it was.)
3) Know that vegetable oils, AKA seed oils, AKA poly unsaturated fats and margerines are NOT healthy, they are your enemy.
4) Smoking and drinking alcohol are NOT healthy, but that's nothing new.
5) Good sleep! Melatonin is very good for your mitochondria..
Good vitamins are:
* vitamin C, say a gram per day (you can buy the cheapest ascorbic acid, flavonoids etc are nice, but can be missed)
* Vitamin D3, AT LEAST 4000 IU per day If you take more (I do 10.000 IU per day), combine it with Vitamin K2!!! (Find out yourself why)
* Vitamin E: best from seeds like sunflower, pumpkin, hemp. AVOID cheap vitamin E. There are, I think, 6 forms that are important, and NOT ONLY alpha tocopherol
* Vitamin A you can get from liver sausage..
The mitochondria need many different
* B vitamins. If you eat meat you probably have enough vit B12.
The other B vitamins are in Nutritional Yeast.
Important minerals; magnesium magnesium MAGNESIUM! No oxide, hydroxide, carbonate.. Better not citrate, but bisglycinate or the more expensive forms.
Iron like in red meat. Copper is important, best taken as Zink/Copper 20 mg / 2 mg.
If you are on statins: discuss necessity. If you take them, use good amounts of CoQ10!!!
Omega 3, best from fatty fish salmon (caught, not cultivated), herring, mackerel. Or codliveroil..
You'll have to do your own research..
It takes time, but you learn who to trust and make searches on subjects, you can do that on Google and you can do it here.
Learn the key words related to the subjects that are important to you. And try to think logical..
Example: What is important for energy? All the small energy plants that every cell has. If your search for "cell energy", you find ATP that is made from ADP in the "MITOCHONDRIA".
What do they need?
Etc etc
Okay, if you reply, have questions, perhaps we can go further..
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The Lord Jesus Christ Yeshua help us and teach us with how best to look after these His temples - our bodies. Amen. Thanks for this upload.
Just mention which food are rich in high fat foods, will greatly helps. Im driving towards all fruit and vegie in an environment of low fat diet. Thanks
My doctors seldom have any opinions about what I eat. That's because I'm not sick (I guess). Either that, or they suspect I know more about the subject than they do.
Polyunsaturated fats are healthier than saturated fat? That is very wrong sir
My doctor doesn't tell me anything about saturated fats because I stopped talking to him. I tried my doctor's way towards getting healthy and ended up on 6 pharmaceuticals and 245 pounds. My way? 190 lbs and no pharmaceuticals.
Jeepers. My doctor sure looks at things differently. My LDL cholesterol is calculated as 169-high, but my Triglycerides are 60 and my HDL is 105, with a ratio of .57. VLDL is calculated as 9. I’m 75 years old with a CAC of zero. She wants me to take a steroid. I’m confused. The NIH stuff I read indicates that high LDL in the elderly corresponds to longevity. Does my doctor read something else? Am I missing something? My BMI is 19-20, I exercise a lot, and I try to mostly eat unprocessed foods, although I like an occasional treat. I’m not sure if I’m doing something wrong. My Catholic upbringing tells me I must be!
Honestly if you don't have any specific issues that require a steroid I wouldn't take them. They're extremely useful and important IF you have a definite reason you need to take them, but they tend to have unpleasant side effects that are gonna be more problematic than any benefit from arbitrarily lowering your blood test values. If you feel good and have no other biomarkers or symptoms that indicate a steroid for treatment I would refuse them and carry on the way you have been. Especially since purely looking at the number values doesn't tell the whole picture with cholesterol 🤷🏼♀️
He won’t tell you anything about it because he has two weeks of training on nutrition in medical school, and he’s listening to the lobbyist and associations that are telling him what to say about nutrition, low fat, high carbohydrate, ridiculous diet!