Episode 169: Dave Feldman talks about cholesterol and the ketogenic diet

Dave Feldman is the founder of the Citizen Science Foundation and is known for his research into the ketogenic diet. Dave is a software engineer by training who embraced a ketogenic diet to avoid his progression toward type 2 diabetes. he joins us on this episode of STEM-Talk to share that journey.
After undertaking the high-fat/low-carbohydrate diet, Dave’ LDL cholesterol spiked. Dave used his training as an engineer to start learning everything he could about cholesterol and lipids. What he learned led him to create the website Cholesterol Code, a research hub for information and emerging data on cholesterol, particularly in the context of a low-carbohydrate lifestyle.
Dave’s Citizen Science Foundation is designed to support projects and research that promote collaborative efforts across multiple disciplines, both in and outside formal scientific institutions.
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[@nafisaaptekar3601]

Thank you look forward to seeing your documentary

[@jobrown8146]

Thank you. I enjoyed listening to this. As a metabolically healthy non-lean mass hyper-responder with a recent CTAC of zero, low carb for 2y 8m, I am very interested in the results of these studies.

[@robyn3349]

Thank you, Dave Feldman! Thank you, STEM-talks!

[@marthabeach5318]

I have had off-the-charts levels of cholesterol all my life, now 73 yrs old. I would never have been called lean, but have always been mesomorphic. Doctors have insisted that I take cholesterol lowering medications but have refused. They were sure I must have heart disease. I made a deal with my doctor: I would take a CAC test and if the results came back poor then I'd consider it. My CAC result was zero. My endochrinologist said "How do you do that?" As I've adopted Keto to combat the inflammatory effects of carbs, my cholesterols have risen, but I don't worry about it. The question I have is regarding the role of thyroid in all this. I have finally been diagnosed with Hashimoto's disease and I suspect that I am a poor convertor of T4 to T3. Other readings I have done recount that in the 1940s they would note that high blood cholesterol was linked to thyroid disease. The medical system makes it very difficult to have a conversation with doctors about any of this, let alone get thorough testing. Just take these drugs. I'd love to see someone like yourself include investigation into the role of thyroid hormones in the lipid system.

[@kenadams5504]

Thyroid hormone production often decreases on a Carnivore ketogenic diet because (its believed) hormone sensitivety improves so much that less is required for the same effect. Therefore ,if you try a Carnivore diet, it may help your Hashimotos symtoms .I know its great for a variety of auto-immune conditions .I've been carnivore for about 18 months .

[@kathya1956]

T2 diabetic here. Act like a hyperresponder even though I’m not metabolically healthy. My BMI is 22.7 (normal). I want to ask if Dave constantly registers ketones with low glucose?

[@gstlynx]

Video ?😊

[@Roberto-cg2gr]

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