I am 80 years old and for the last 15 years I normally have eaten from 30 to 60 eggs per week. Since I am allergic to doctors, hospitals and clinics I have no idea what my cholesterol numbers are. Up until 5 years ago I was operating a WoodMizer sawmill out in the weather of Panama until I had an accident and destroyed my knee. But this sedentary lifestyle will probably kill me before I need to worry about my cholesterol.
I'm almost considered weird because I'm the only person at work who isn't medicated or who has some kind of fashionable 'condition' or disease. I'm also the only one with 100% attendance with no sick days in ten years.
Hello Dr. Ekberg! Your videos are adding a lot of value to my life and I wanted to show some support. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with the world, Doc! I would deeply appreciate if I could earn some time of your day to learn your thoughts on a few topics. 1. Any insights on "eTRF" (early time-restricted feeding) and the increasing evidence that eating early in the day and skipping dinner is more beneficial than skipping breakfast, due to its alignment with our circadian rhythm? 2. Do you recomment intermittent fasting every day? If my pattern is 20:4 and my goals are autophagy and longevity, rather than insulin sensitivity or weight loss, do you still recommend it as long as I am eating enough food? 3. What is your opinion on nutritional yeast? Do you consume it, and if so, how do you personally incorporate it? I recently found out about its incredible nutrient profile, yet I haven't ever heard you talk about it, so I'm curious.
Thank You Just another John so much for showing your appreciation and supporting the channel and and helping me get the message of health out to the world. 🙏 🏆 😄
@@drekberg No problem! Would you consider sharing some insight on the topics I mentioned? I understand if you can't, but if you could, I would appreciate it!
Hey John. Eating earlier is actually better because of the "normal body shift". Intermittent fasting is a great way of living so you can do it daily. Nutritional yeast is a great source of BVitamins that are removed in most foods due to processing or alterations during the processing. Incorporating it into your routine has tremendous health benefits but let's wait on Dr. Ekberg's opinion on it.
@@muminawellnesssolutions4559 Thank you for sharing, Mumina! I've been reading evidence on the circadian benefits of eating early, and I recently switched to skipping dinner. It's also way more convenient for my schedule, so I will probably stick to it. I was curious on int. fasting daily since I watched some videos from Thomas deLauer where he recommends doing it only twice or three times a week, and I don't see how there would be downsides to doing it daily as long as I eat enough calories and nutrients. And I will definitely add nutritional yeast to my diet!
Can't tell you how much I respect and admire how you take the time to actually investigate and explain this type of reporting. So many times, lab results that are not well understood, taken in their entirety, and have led to a mis-diagnosis. I now do my own lab tests with a local lab and get the whole picture, and then do the research *before* discussing with a doctor. Thank you once again for your videos, Dr Ekberg!!
Glad that you're allowed to even get your lab results directly. Here in Arizona, Labs refuse to give test results to patients or say anything about them. Arizona allows most patient records to be withheld from patients to avoid lawsuits, I'm sure, but these days, can only get lab results from the ordering doctor, or actually, only his opinion of the results after reviewing them, not the results (mostly all but diagnosis and treatment prescribed, nothing else, especially notes because they never take accurate notes of what patient says and even falsify documents regularly, as well as misdiagnosis and misprescribe constantly. I had to go abroad to get properly diagnosed after suffering for decades as a lab rat being unnecessarily poisoned which gave me liver disease.)
@@MsElke11 they do, they're just too busy to take the time for the 1000 patients they see in a day. In a rush to collect copays and fill prescriptions.
There was a woman in the town where I grew up who ate 20 eggs a day for a long time. She only cut back to 3 eggs a days when she moved into a senior citizen's home, because her appetite in general went down. She died in Dezember of 2022. Not from high cholesterol, but from old age. She was 105 years old.
My 73 year old mom was put on statin and I told her absolutely don’t take it. I changed her diet. She stopped drinking Pepsi and switched to green tea with honey. I switched her from cereal for breakfast to uncured bacon, eggs, home fries and avocados and her blood work came back perfect. Her doctor told her to keep doing what she’s doing.
The pharmaceutical industry has gotten doctors to continually lower cholesterol levels over the years so they can push more of the drugs. The levels for our great and grand parents was much higher and there was less heart disease. Once again we are being manipulated. Thank you so much for your channel. So glad I tripped over it. I'm here to stay. I learn so much.
I'm in England, so far during my lifetime I've seen 'health advice' on stop salt, stop butter, stop eggs and stop meat.....really does make you wonder doesn't it.
@@drekberg I'm also in the UK, our national health service (free at the point of contact/use) is STILL advising type over-fat two diabetics to eat a portion of carbohydrates with every meal.
Take the food pyramid and turn it upside down if you want to stay healthy. Most of these so called government health advice does come ultimately from big pharma in order to sell their products and create customers 🙄
@@Herzankerkreuz67 If I were a conspiracy theorist I would say it in the medical industry leaning on the pharmaceutical industry who in turn leans on the industrial production of food in a self-supporting circle that needs a global population to be in need of medication to maintain sales of their products, unhealthy people provide customers for LIFE.
I eat 4 eggs a day. My problem has always been triglycerides. They're in the 200 to 400 range. I was concerned because my dad had diabetes and heart problems at 89 when he passed. I did a CAC scan which came back zero. Lipoprotein (a) was 14. Homocysteine test showed a 6. HSCRP 1.0. PAD scan and coronary scan zero. DR wanted me on a statins but changed his mind after these tests; which I PAID FOR OUT OF MY POCKET BECAUSE KAISER JUST WANTS TO PUSH DRUGS. Im 59yrs and been lifting weights 4 times a week for the last 20 years. Cutting down on carbs a little and watching my sugar. My insulin was 7.1 and A1c 5.4. Oh and jab free lol. God is good. 11-22-22. Just did my APO B test. Results were 111. The high/max range us 135. From what I've been reading this is considered high. Idk. Im just sticking to my routine and keep doing what in doing.
@@p0tah7 not at all. I've been able to avoid most " normal" injuries thankfully. I certainly don't lift crazy weight anymore but still heavy to be beneficial. I see too many lifting incorrectly and too much. I stay in my lane. Concentrate on volume and not so much the weight. Keeps injuries away. Take supplements ; fish oil, creatine, multi, glutathione, extra vitamin D with K2, and my pre workout drink that has all the ingredients i need.
@@p0tah7 look into training backwards for knee health. dr berg youtube interviewed a guy recently about it. i have knee problems and plan to start this type of training right away. dr eckberg and dr berg are both incredible and seem to be on the same sentence on the same paragraph of the same page.
Thank you Michael Oskroba. I really appreciate your feedback and so glad that you liked it. The purpose of my channel is to explain things better than other channels and help people understand the principles. I spend so much time on it because when we get "the why" and the mechanism we become empowered for life . Comments like yours makes it all worthwhile. 😄
Im very happy to see how u exposed how fake these “studies” are! They are more of a advertising tool than an actual study. Also they only have to be 1% higher than placebo to be considered effective!
Eggs increaes the cancer risk proven by studies! In 2012, the authors looked specifically at choline content and found that men in the highest quintile of choline intake (471 mg/day) had a 70% increased risk of lethal prostate cancer (38). Although choline is found in all animal foods it is more highly concentrated in eggs at 250 mg per egg. A meta-analysis published in 2015 showed a modestly elevated risk for not only prostate cancer but also breast and ovarian cancers for those with the highest intake of eggs, more than 5 per week, as compared to those with no egg consumption at all
He is a chiropractic doctor. He is not a medical doctor, nor a nutritionist. - He make nice videos, his videos might be right or wrong. Just like yoga teacher.
Thanks for posting this video and making that test on yourself. Years ago I took a look at what medicine my late father was on, what they were for and what their side effects are. The short version is that I took the decision to stay off medical drugs there and then. So the long version is that when I found out that my blood pressure was getting ever higher and my blood sugar was heading the diabetes way, I decided to go on the keto diet. It worked really well, I have had my bloodwork done several times and my blood pressure tested and everything is as it should be, plus I lost weight. I am still not taking any medicine at 60 even though I am often on a dirty version of the keto diet. I often have OMAD and do intermittent fasting. I actually feel better now than in my thirties and forties.
You should do a follow-up video on this about your small LDL-P in like another week or two. It'd be interesting to see you compare your results after resuming normal eating and a balanced healthy diet. Thank you for your work. Very educational.
I've gone to the second doctor who tried again to put me on a statin since my total cholesterol is 294. Doesn't seem to matter that all other numbers from the blood test are exceptional, or I've lost 85 lbs through carnivore, sometimes ketovore, in the past year. If I did not have the knowledge you have previously given about cholesterol and the negatives of a statin, I'd probably be following the doctor's advice. Your explanations are so understandable, and you are invaluable to my health. Thank you so much!
My father died at age 93 and always had cholesterol around 200-220. My mother died at age 94.9 in 2013 and her doctor always harped on her about her cholesterol at 220-245. She provided my dad and herself a lot of good home cooked meals with a lot of vegetables, and they took supplements my entire life(55 years) that I know about. My doctor hollers about my cholesterol, but my triglycerides are very low, and I have no other risk factors in my blood work. No diabetes or pre-diabetes. No smoking. BP says about 130/85. I continue to ignore the cholesterol game. Most of my family on both sides have lived past 85. I live a happy life and will die like everyone else. I am more focused on eternity than trying to worry about a few years here.
Focused on eternity matters most! Many functional doctors believe high cholesterol is more a concern if is high when younger but for longevity and for cognitive health it needs to be > 200 when older.
Honestly I'd bet "fixing your cholesterol" would reduce your life by a few years. Doctors aren't taught to find the root of the problem, and people may have different thresholds for what is "normal" for them. Maybe your high cholesterol is perfectly normal for your unique physiology. Just eat protein, get your vitamins and minerals in, drink lots of water and exercise! Your body will do the rest to keep you in a perfect homeostasis as long as you give it all what it needs.
But the studies do not show that that is a indicator of healthy populations, your good genes grandma just happened to be good genes, Among centenarian blue zone populations, the people who had high cholesterol did not live as long, it is not to be replicated
Years ago I read a small booklet written by a German heart surgeon who made exactly this case. The man had performed thousands of heart operations in his life and saw the standard cholesterol treatment as a dangerous lie. He had tried to convince the German health care authorities to listen to reason but in vain. The material he presented was logic and well founded. This is the first time I hear somebody stand up and say the same thing. My mother was perfectly healthy with high cholesterol and became tired and demented with the ‘medication’. I was never able to persuade her to leave the pills, though, because “the doctors know what they’re doing”. Thank you for this video!
Great video, much appreciated information! My doc suggested I start statins with my total cholesterol (241, HDL 65, LDL 166) and my triglycerides of 50, with BP normally 100/60. I was put in a high risk cardiovascular disease category. My docs office doesn’t offer NMR testing. I went with triglycerides/HDL ratio calculation, which shows my numbers in a low risk range. I refused the meds and started to dig and learn about cholesterol. This is one of the best videos I found so far. Thank you! Will certainly share.
The Korean study you cited was very interesting! I have also seen results from the study done on Loma Linda Adventists, and it turned out that those who ate one egg a week had a lower level of Alzheimers and dementia than those who had no eggs, yet eating more eggs held no greater advantage than the one egg. I find it interesting to see the similarities and differences in studies, rather than picking a side that I just prefer to believe in. Diet is almost like a religion, or a tribal totem, to many people.
My grandmother is 92. She lives at a nursing home with my 94 year old grandfather. They’ve been married over 70 years. She has “high cholesterol “ They don’t seem to have any significant health issues but remain bored together.
I agree that going from no eggs to 15 eggs a day would upset anyone's system. I have been eating eggs every day for at least 30+ years. When I was heavily working out, I was consuming a dozen eggs every day. Since then, I have slowed down and have consistently been consuming four eggs every morning (fully cooked white and raw yolk) for the past 10+ years. My four-egg breakfast is enough to sustain me for the whole day, and I only eat dinner in the evening.
@@Neophema Four eggs, sunny side up, yolks as raw as possible, whites cooked very well, salt, pepper, whole wheat bread, couple of espressos. Every morning. Never gets old.
Until recently I would eat 4 eggs/day but I've started doing alternate day fasting so that's down to about a dozen/week. My LDL is high but my dr. is not concerned because after 6 months on keto, my TG dropped & my HDL went up higher than TG, making the TG/HDL ratio less than 1 which is good & the best marker for cardiovascular health. At 70 I weigh 160 lbs, the same as when I was 18.
I got to get my HDL up since my ratio is 2.2. More mackerel, herring, and sardines for me. Still on my weight loss journey but down 127 pounds in 11 months doing Keto, intermittent fasting, and lots of exercise. Have another 70 pounds or so to go.
Wow good for u. My HDL is higher a hit but my internal meds doc told me not to worry about it. It’s good for the immune protection her words. I don’t worry anymore. Good for u stay fit 😊
I am 70 years old. My cholesterol is now 174. The Doctors had me on Statins until my Cholesterol was 112. And they thought that was great. I was on Statins for over 20+ years. I quit the Statins over 10 years ago. It has taken 10 years to go from 112 to 174 on my cholesterol. I have suffered with many side effects. One of the worst has been Migraine headaches along with memory issues with a few mental challenges as well. My energy levels are pathetic. Enough said, these Statins are a horrible drug being handled out like candy. Buyer beware you may not realize for many years all the damage that has been done to your body. I hope this helps people to make a better choice than I did.
Lowering cholesterol is an easy and cheap way, you don't have to dig deep into your pockets to buy 100 eggs every week. Just do sunnah fasting on Mondays and Thursdays... then your cholesterol levels, sugar levels and blood pressure will be stable.
I have my own free-range chickens and eat about 10 eggs per day, depending on how many eggs they lay. I'm 67 YO and I've been doing this for most of my life. The last time I went for a total blood workup was about a month ago and I was told everything was perfect.
@@equatorialjourney4478 I think this person is lying about the amount of eggs they actually eat. It's insane to eat that many eggs, 7 days a week. Too much of a good thing is overkill.
@@Dynamo001 The fact that he has his own egg laying chickens, 10 eggs a day doesn't seem unreasonable especially if he's on a budget, I imagine he spreads them out through out the day
@@Dynamo001 I eat 6 eggs a day comfortably and I'm a small guy. 10 is not out of question especially if you have chickens and have to keep up with the eggs.
My LDL was 180 last time I had a check 8 months ago, and they wanted me on medication. My HDL and Triglycerides were good, so I refused and I'm glad I did. Thanks for the perspective
A proficient doctor is someone who conducts the experiment themselves and then shares that knowledge with everyone on the channel. I appreciate your clear explanation and simplification of what cholesterol is and what aspects to be attentive to. Thank you for your articulation.
I'm 74 and never had my Cholesterol level checked. I figured what ever it is that is what it and I feel fine. I went on a egg diet for 30 days a few years ago to improve my health.. Eggs are a very healthy food.
@@irmakalember9403 that can't be true! Unless you eat them together with bread or potatoes. Eggs alone have no sugar so they have a very low glycemic index unlike fruits, grains, beans and veggies! The latter as they digest the sugars cause the bowls to have gas as the sugars in the food ferment in the gut. So, Im interested in how they cause gas for you? Are you allergic?
High respect for people like you who publishes results even though it's not the result they were aiming for. A lot of researchers don't publish results because their funder won't like it 😉
Always do your own research (DYOR) and think and do what’s best for you incl reading all independently funded (not by drug makers or powerful food industries) research. Humans share ~98.5-99% DNA but w/unique body chemistry due to lifestyle and certain genes that may make us more tolerant or immune to neg effects of certain foods or drinks that for others may feed cancer, CVD etc. We have trillions of bugs and far less cells and our microbiomes are diff. What works for me may not work for others.
I'm 44 y.o. Male, 179cm 79kg, slim muscular For the last 2 years did callisthenics have been like gym, I did 10 months 18-6, and now doing 16-8 IF. In last July, my blood results were like the following, and the doctor warned me as clothing risk increased over 200 TC.. 247 TC 179 LDL 109.8 TG Insulin 4.80 Glukoz(hungry) 96 All the others are in the expected interval, except cholesterols
Lowering cholesterol is an easy and cheap way, you don't have to dig deep into your pockets to buy 100 eggs every week. Just do sunnah fasting on Mondays and Thursdays... then your cholesterol levels, sugar levels and blood pressure will be stable.
Thank you for REALLY explaining what standard cholesterol bloodwork numbers mean and don't mean. It's great to know the whole picture to present to an MD wanting to push an ineffective and harmful statin for "high cholesterol".
I greatly appreciate this video. I got off the statin my doctor had me on. I felt terrible on it and my joints ached. I had also limited eggs, shrimp and other high cholesterol foods. Now I’m back eating those items and focusing on what I eat and how much. I pay attention to where my food comes from and I’ll see how my health and blood work respond. Thank you for your videos!
🗣Good day Sir Ekberg! How are you? Looking well as usual! Always well explained and super informative! Two weeks ago, I also did a challenge of my own. Having eaten 35 eggs in a week (5 per day). Although I've gone keto about 7months ago and balanced my sugar levels and health, getting rid of my type 2 diabetes and medication, my cholesterol was being a little stubborn at my last blood test 3 months ago (a little higher than usual by my Dr's liking). I personally only trimmed up a little on the saturated fats wherever I could and my Dr rang me praising the adjustments made even though eating 35 eggs and having had my current blood test at the end of that week, making eggs the cause of increased cholesterol a myth of the past in my circumstances. As always, thanks to you and for your insight! The world is a much better place with you in it! 🙏Prayers and 😇Blessings coming your way from Downunder🇦🇺Australia🇦🇺✌🤝 👋CIAO4NOW👋
Thank you doc, for being a Guinea pig for the benefit of general population , for the purpose of good science based research and going through all the bad stomach upsets for the benefit of general population to prove how high cholesterol is not too much to worry about! Appreciate all your hard work thank you ! ❤🙏🙏👍
*_I am ALSO glad that he mentioned that AFTER a few days, his stomach started to REBEL. Actually, until he said that, I was thinking about going through the same process-experiment._* [BTW, I know of more than a few people who eat a lot of eggs --- not as many as in this test --- but, it is more than a few/day]. Out of this video, aside from understanding the important background info that the Dr presented, I will be INCREASING my personal consumption of eggs.
As a layman, I have no concepts of cholesterols but as I watched your presentation, you explained it so well I know see those reports on cholesterols differently. As you said it, it very much depended on whom providing the financial supports for those studies would have published results that were aligned with their financial goals. So what we read or heard may not be neutral publications as we want to believe in and they may not be fully trusted. Thank you Dr Ekberg for shining a light on this very confusing issue.
Great to see another person debunking this nonsense :) I've been eating eggs for 45 years now, pasture raised around 15 per week with more in recent decades and (that's me and my wife in the profile pic) you can see if I look my age or not. Blood work always comes back excellent and my body composition always stays healthy, even on weeks I didn't hit the gym. Im moderate carb and most calories come from high quality sea foods, grassfed land animals, eggs, raw cheese, veges, sweet potato etc.
Lowering cholesterol is an easy and cheap way, you don't have to dig deep into your pockets to buy 100 eggs every week. Just do sunnah fasting on Mondays and Thursdays... then your cholesterol levels, sugar levels and blood pressure will be stable.
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I did somethimg similar to this. I switched out my breakfast with 7 eggs for 3 weeks. And for Dinner rice with tomatos. No, this was not a diet, i just wanted to do so. As long as you only boil the eggs, its no problem. At the moment you fry them or do anything else with them, the problem starts. I do this arround easter, simply to clean the body from fat and sugar and force my body to switch to more protein food. I do this since decades now, cause our body usually needs a lot of protein. This creates an overload.
I always like your video's that dig into cholesterol. One of the "New" markers my doctor is trying to get me spooked about is Alpo B marker being high even though all other markers like CAC is 0, VLDL is 2, Triglycerides are 55, LDL size is 22.3. Would like to hear a video about ALPO B and ALPO A be discussed at some point. Great video as always!!
I ate anywhere from 3 to 5 eggs almost every day when I was a child. My mom made eggs everyday for dinner because it was cheap and nutritious and I really like eggs. I was very healthy and athletic growing up. Never had a problem with cholesterol.
Hi Doc, always a great appreciation for your work. I especially appreciate how much effort you put into the details and the simplicity of the presentation.
Hello Dr Ekberg! What a fantastic video! Thank you! I have been eating at least 10 whole eggs for several years. My cholesterol is over 300 as far as I recall and my LDL is over 200. Triglicerides are low and HDL is also OK, however I don't have the numbers. I also lift weights most days and do a fair amount of cardio. I do not eat carbs. As a result, I lost about 40 lbs and I am feeling mostly great. Still learning how to eat correctly. Your videos certainly help a lot!!!! Thank you Sir!!!!
@@marielouisechamberlin6412ele falou justamente isso. Que não é indicado essa quantidade, porque acabamos deixando outros nutriente de fora ,pela saciedade que o ovo proporciona. Ele disse que teve que colocar saladas para não ficar sem ingerir outros alimentos. Resumo: não faz mal, mas não e indicado. Foi o que eu entendi
I'm here because my doctor is very adamant on prescribing me statins. I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes 5months ago with a1c of 6.8. But I managed to lower it down now to 5.2, with just diet and exercise. And lost 10kg in the process as well. However, my LDL is still high, at 183, with a total cholesterol of 253. All others markers are ealthy, except for the high LDL. I did take statins before but I hate how I felt very very weak when I was taking it so I stopped. And I felt better again. I refuse to take statins. Thanks Dr. Ekberg for this video.
"What cholesterol drug is linked to dementia? In other words, according to the University of California at Los Angeles authors, taking lipophilic statins-which include atorvastatin, simvastatin, lovastatin, fluvastatin, cerivastatin, and pitavastatin-appears to more than double those patients' risk of developing dementia compared with those who do not take statins ...Jun 16, 2021".
I’ve got a three year old. He eats an egg everyday along with his ham and steak and chicken. He’s 110% on the percentile growth chart, speaks two languages fluently, can read basic english and he can throw a pretty good right hook! I’ll keep feeding him this way.
I can see Cholesterol is a complex issue. I like how you present the difference. I do know how companies do the studies and pay for that, so I have heard the controversy before. Thanks this helps.
I spent 18 years eating 12 eggs a day when I was bodybuilding, and I have never ever had issues with cholesterol. I believe that this has to do with the individual and their genes as well.
@VisionaryMedia24 I did it to get protein in. If I remember correctly, 100% of egg protein can be absorbed. The absorption rate and quality of protein are different based on the type of food. All of this is also dependent on your body, everyone is different. It worked great for me, but I was also eating chicken every day and red meat one a week too. You have to find what works best for you. Don't forget your complex carbs too. I would eat 40 to 50 grams of brown rice and a lot of broccoli.
I can't believe you ate that many eggs Dr. Ekberg! I think it would be rough trying to choke them down after egg #4! Would love to see the face of the checker who checked you out... especially since it's not Easter time! Thanks for the info!
Thank You angelfriend. I actually did not get as tired of eggs as I thought. They still tasted great all the way through, but as I mentioned, my gut wasn't entirely happy about the whole eggperience.😄
Thank you Dr. Ekberg. Did you happen to do another test a week after to see if the numbers bounced right back? One great thing about being healthy is the ability to handle a few bad choices and get right back on track.
Dr Ekberg, I hope you continue to do this thing regardless of circumstances. I learned a lot from you and we appreciate your hard work for providing valuable information. Cheers to 5M more subscribers!
My grandfather used to drink gulps of codliver oil straight from the bottle in the morning on an empty stomach and being a farmer ate "tons" of butter. Lived to old age without any problems. Cholesterol is necessary. The problem is not cholesterol but a sedentary lifestile. If you don't move, life will move you - to the cementary.
Thanks so much for this video Dr. As a result of reading, studying and questioning everything thanks pushed on us (including the medical system) and being labelled a conspiracy theorist, it’s so refreshing to hear your words. After approximately 10 years of taking statin drugs, I convinced my father to stop taking them about 4 years ago by explaining to him that statins effect the brain and mind as it eats away cholesterol which the body needs as each cell has a protective coating (membrane) which is cholesterol. Statins eat away cholesterol which result in damaging cells. Also that the brain actually needs cholesterol to keep it healthy otherwise there’s a risk of dementia/Alzheimers. He’s 83 years old and has eaten very healthy for most of his life. His typical breakfast is 3-4 eggs (usually boiled) one cucumber and one tomatoes, fresh parsley, fresh mint, fresh dill, cheese and olives. He has dinner between 3-4pm and only has fruit after that. Nothing else until the next morning. He has eaten this way most of his life. He has been fasting since the age of 12 - one month every year, no food or water from sun up to sun down. He grows his own vegetables, fruit and herbs. He eats one handful of raw almonds, one handful of raw peanuts and one handful of walnuts each day. He makes tea with what he grows and does stretching exercises each morning. He does not smoke or drink alcohol and a has a small square of 70% coca chocolate as a “sweet’ treat. He looks around 65, fit, healthy, independent and has a sharp mind.
@@docmartin4989 actually his memory is sharper than it was when he was on stains. Had he been on them longer and had bad eating habits I’m sure the effects of statins would’ve been much worse.
@@000aysh - no one disputes that certain individuals suffer side effects from statins. The point is that it is scientifically proven beyond any doubt that the vast majority of patients suffer no ill effects from statins. It is also a proven fact that statins reduce the incidence of heart attacks and prolong life of patients where the use is indicated. Obviously if someone suffers serious side effects they may have good reason to discontinue use and consider alternative treatment. However, using the statin side effects in a small percentage of patients to make the case against the use of statins by the vast majority of patients who tolerate them well is not only potentially harmful but also contradicted by a vast body of scientific evidence. The fact that bashing of mainstream science makes you more money on RUclips doesn’t change the fact that in the vast majority of cases you a better off following the mainstream when it comes to medical advice. While the financial incentives on RUclips may make it look like there is significant opposition among experts in the medical field against statins, the reality looks quite different. They are among the most researched drugs in the world. I challenge you to find a class of drugs that enjoys the same overwhelming acceptance in the medical community around the globe as statins. This includes all countries with government health care where there is no financial incentive for doctors to prescribe these drugs.
Vital Farm where the 100 eggs showed to come from has been one of my and my family's top 3 favorites from the grocery stores. Your blood test results, Dr. Ekberg, along with your explanation of when the numbers mean, are eye-opening and we thank you for sharing all of this with us!
You explained this really well and it's a complex subject. I was interested in this because I remember hearing that most people who had fatal heart attacks, their cholesterol was in the normal range. So cholesterol in and of itself isn't the most important marker, but the inflammation
Very interesting! I train 5 days a week with high intensity weights and resistance training, i average 12-14 eggs every day. I'm on a carnivore diet and honestly, have never felt healthier, stronger, fitter and better built in my entire life. Love the channel!
Same I have 12 per day and have done for a good while now. I also feel great I’m not sure after watching this vid weather I should cut down or not what do you think?
Thank you for doing this Dr Ekberg! This has been incredibly helpful!! The one important thing I’ve learned in the past two yrs is that you really have to be your own health advocate. I appreciate doctors, especially doctors like you Dr E, but I’ve also realized that doctors either know info like this but can’t share it because they are bound by the hospitals they’re affiliated with or the pharmaceutical companies ( most likely both) or they just don’t know this kind of valuable information. It’s quite something when you can get life saving advice from videos on YT and not from your own doctor. Again, thank you so very much for enduring eating 100 eggs for our benefit!! 🙏❤️
You are welcome Practically Independant. I appreciate the feedback and I am really excited for you. Nothing makes me happier than when I can help inspire a better lifestyle. Thank you for watching. 😄
@@drekberg I have a question. Why you didn't go with week 2 to see if it was a change. Also good job..I've always said eggs are super safe. Eat organic eggs and you can eat a 100 a day. It's these chemicals man made foods that's causing these problems. ITS THE CHEMICALS. Try it with Organic Eggs. It's these chemicals in foods and non SEED GRAPES and WATERMELONS and MAN MADE FOODS. Our Government says Yes to all we eat. Then folks pack the Hospitals. Money Makers
Som 62 ročný a konzumujem na týždeň po dobu 50 rokov od 300 - 500 vajcia.... Nikdy som nemal chorestelor nad 190.....ani triglykeridia..... Celkovo žiadne problémy.... Vajcia the Best of the Best!!!!
يا إلهي هذا كثير جدا.... انا لا أصدق انك تاكل 500 بيضة بالأسبوع مما يعني أنك تاكل 75 بيضة كل يوم.... ايعقل هذا😮... مستحيل وكيف تتمكن من أكل بقية المواد الغذائية مثل الخضروات والفاكهة وغيرها... لا لا هذا غير مفيد... انا لا أصدق ذلك
Thank you Scifart. I really appreciate your feedback and so glad that you liked it. The purpose of my channel is to explain things better than other channels and help people understand the principles. I spend so much time on it because when we get "the why" and the mechanism we become empowered for life . Comments like yours makes it all worthwhile. 😄
@@drekberg man, there are no other channes of this quality. You're a monopoly, so keep on applying these instructions to yourself also, so you live longer, so we live longer. Hard hard fan here taking your teachings and are my lifestyle anymore. much,much love
interesting experiment and findings! my questions are how did you cook/consume the eggs and would physical activity vs laziness have an impact on the outcome?
I am 80 years old and for the last 15 years I normally have eaten from 30 to 60 eggs per week. Since I am allergic to doctors, hospitals and clinics I have no idea what my cholesterol numbers are. Up until 5 years ago I was operating a WoodMizer sawmill out in the weather of Panama until I had an accident and destroyed my knee. But this sedentary lifestyle will probably kill me before I need to worry about my cholesterol.
I have the same allergy.
haha.. allergic to doctors, hospitals and clinics 😂
I rhe same way, I'm 74 and haven't been to a doctor since I was 13. I'm scared to death of them.
i hope you have a good story before you go
I'm almost considered weird because I'm the only person at work who isn't medicated or who has some kind of fashionable 'condition' or disease. I'm also the only one with 100% attendance with no sick days in ten years.
Hello Dr. Ekberg!
Your videos are adding a lot of value to my life and I wanted to show some support. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with the world, Doc! I would deeply appreciate if I could earn some time of your day to learn your thoughts on a few topics.
1. Any insights on "eTRF" (early time-restricted feeding) and the increasing evidence that eating early in the day and skipping dinner is more beneficial than skipping breakfast, due to its alignment with our circadian rhythm?
2. Do you recomment intermittent fasting every day? If my pattern is 20:4 and my goals are autophagy and longevity, rather than insulin sensitivity or weight loss, do you still recommend it as long as I am eating enough food?
3. What is your opinion on nutritional yeast? Do you consume it, and if so, how do you personally incorporate it? I recently found out about its incredible nutrient profile, yet I haven't ever heard you talk about it, so I'm curious.
Thank You Just another John so much for showing your appreciation and supporting the channel and and helping me get the message of health out to the world. 🙏 🏆 😄
@@drekberg No problem! Would you consider sharing some insight on the topics I mentioned? I understand if you can't, but if you could, I would appreciate it!
Hey John. Eating earlier is actually better because of the "normal body shift". Intermittent fasting is a great way of living so you can do it daily. Nutritional yeast is a great source of BVitamins that are removed in most foods due to processing or alterations during the processing. Incorporating it into your routine has tremendous health benefits but let's wait on Dr. Ekberg's opinion on it.
@@justanotherjohn5905 also eating earlier maintains the normal "flow" of hormones, keeping things in check.
@@muminawellnesssolutions4559 Thank you for sharing, Mumina!
I've been reading evidence on the circadian benefits of eating early, and I recently switched to skipping dinner. It's also way more convenient for my schedule, so I will probably stick to it.
I was curious on int. fasting daily since I watched some videos from Thomas deLauer where he recommends doing it only twice or three times a week, and I don't see how there would be downsides to doing it daily as long as I eat enough calories and nutrients.
And I will definitely add nutritional yeast to my diet!
Can't tell you how much I respect and admire how you take the time to actually investigate and explain this type of reporting. So many times, lab results that are not well understood, taken in their entirety, and have led to a mis-diagnosis. I now do my own lab tests with a local lab and get the whole picture, and then do the research *before* discussing with a doctor. Thank you once again for your videos, Dr Ekberg!!
the doctors trying to ANALYSE the lab results don't even know what they're saying.
nip it in the bud, our liver must process all meds, nothing better than natural food
Glad that you're allowed to even get your lab results directly. Here in Arizona, Labs refuse to give test results to patients or say anything about them. Arizona allows most patient records to be withheld from patients to avoid lawsuits, I'm sure, but these days, can only get lab results from the ordering doctor, or actually, only his opinion of the results after reviewing them, not the results (mostly all but diagnosis and treatment prescribed, nothing else, especially notes because they never take accurate notes of what patient says and even falsify documents regularly, as well as misdiagnosis and misprescribe constantly. I had to go abroad to get properly diagnosed after suffering for decades as a lab rat being unnecessarily poisoned which gave me liver disease.)
@@MsElke11 they do, they're just too busy to take the time for the 1000 patients they see in a day. In a rush to collect copays and fill prescriptions.
@@SindeePalomino look how they handle elections, sure ill trust them with my health
There was a woman in the town where I grew up who ate 20 eggs a day for a long time. She only cut back to 3 eggs a days when she moved into a senior citizen's home, because her appetite in general went down. She died in Dezember of 2022. Not from high cholesterol, but from old age. She was 105 years old.
Congratz, she was lucky.
2 eggs a day is enough.
@@rrrose1000
But more than that is ok, and may even be beneficial.
I feel sick just thinking of eating more than two eggs in one day😂
@@U4Eye Put some bacon, onions and smoked sausage into that scrambled eggs, and you'll be happy yo eat more than just 2!;))
My 73 year old mom was put on statin and I told her absolutely don’t take it. I changed her diet. She stopped drinking Pepsi and switched to green tea with honey. I switched her from cereal for breakfast to uncured bacon, eggs, home fries and avocados and her blood work came back perfect. Her doctor told her to keep doing what she’s doing.
My oldest sister resorted to better nutrition, later on? the dr said the same. no more meds!
@@rolphwartieda2707 meds are mainly for those who can't change their lifestyle
This shows you that there is something you can do about it.
wow!!! well done!!
Thanks for the information too.
The pharmaceutical industry has gotten doctors to continually lower cholesterol levels over the years so they can push more of the drugs. The levels for our great and grand parents was much higher and there was less heart disease. Once again we are being manipulated.
Thank you so much for your channel. So glad I tripped over it. I'm here to stay. I learn so much.
HIs head looks like an egg so that might be one of the side effects.
Wow, did not know that. Thanks for commenting. Do you happen to know what they used to be?
Egg Industry Response to Choline and TMAO
@@amoxzi we’ve been able to test for it for at least 30 years that I know of, that’s certainly long enough to see trends
Very conspiratorial of you.
I'm in England, so far during my lifetime I've seen 'health advice' on stop salt, stop butter, stop eggs and stop meat.....really does make you wonder doesn't it.
Thank You phubblewubb phubblewubb. They are very confused and misguided. They don't ask the right questions about humans and health. 😄
@@drekberg I'm also in the UK, our national health service (free at the point of contact/use) is STILL advising type over-fat two diabetics to eat a portion of carbohydrates with every meal.
Take the food pyramid and turn it upside down if you want to stay healthy.
Most of these so called government health advice does come ultimately from big pharma in order to sell their products and create customers 🙄
And yet salt, butter, eggs and meat are the most important foods we can eat. I consume about 2 pounds/1kg of butter a week.
@@Herzankerkreuz67 If I were a conspiracy theorist I would say it in the medical industry leaning on the pharmaceutical industry who in turn leans on the industrial production of food in a self-supporting circle that needs a global population to be in need of medication to maintain sales of their products, unhealthy people provide customers for LIFE.
Grazie tante per il suo lavoro Dottore!
I eat 4 eggs a day. My problem has always been triglycerides. They're in the 200 to 400 range. I was concerned because my dad had diabetes and heart problems at 89 when he passed. I did a CAC scan which came back zero. Lipoprotein (a) was 14. Homocysteine test showed a 6. HSCRP 1.0. PAD scan and coronary scan zero. DR wanted me on a statins but changed his mind after these tests; which I PAID FOR OUT OF MY POCKET BECAUSE KAISER JUST WANTS TO PUSH DRUGS. Im 59yrs and been lifting weights 4 times a week for the last 20 years. Cutting down on carbs a little and watching my sugar. My insulin was 7.1 and A1c 5.4. Oh and jab free lol. God is good. 11-22-22. Just did my APO B test. Results were 111. The high/max range us 135. From what I've been reading this is considered high. Idk. Im just sticking to my routine and keep doing what in doing.
Hi sir. I workout quite intensely and i am worried about my knee health, do you have knee problems that could be related by wear and tear in the gym??
AMEN!! Well done!!!
@@p0tah7 not at all. I've been able to avoid most " normal" injuries thankfully. I certainly don't lift crazy weight anymore but still heavy to be beneficial. I see too many lifting incorrectly and too much. I stay in my lane. Concentrate on volume and not so much the weight. Keeps injuries away. Take supplements ; fish oil, creatine, multi, glutathione, extra vitamin D with K2, and my pre workout drink that has all the ingredients i need.
@@p0tah7 look into training backwards for knee health. dr berg youtube interviewed a guy recently about it. i have knee problems and plan to start this type of training right away. dr eckberg and dr berg are both incredible and seem to be on the same sentence on the same paragraph of the same page.
Great info! Paying for our own test it’s the best way to go….Cheers💐
Great graphs and good to know . . . didn't really think about studies done vs published.
Crazy respect to you for having the confidence and doing this experiment yourself, Doctor! Your channel has been unexhaustible well of knowledge.
Thank you Michael Oskroba. I really appreciate your feedback and so glad that you liked it. The purpose of my channel is to explain things better than other channels and help people understand the principles. I spend so much time on it because when we get "the why" and the mechanism we become empowered for life . Comments like yours makes it all worthwhile. 😄
Yes, much respect for the wonderful Dr Ekberg. How lucky are we to have access to a real doctor who cares for humanity.
Amen!
Im very happy to see how u exposed how fake these “studies” are! They are more of a advertising tool than an actual study. Also they only have to be 1% higher than placebo to be considered effective!
🤠 When I was young I ate dozen eggs 🥚🧂 in one day. Don't know what my cholesterol numbers were afterward but I sure enjoyed it. ☺
Gostei muito das informações. Gratidão por compartilhar ❤❤
Sten, we desperately need caring,intelligent, professionals like you that explain and tell it like it is. You are awesome!
Thank you @jimpowers9553 for letting me know. I really appreciate the feedback. Thanks for watching.😄
Eggs increaes the cancer risk proven by studies! In 2012, the authors looked specifically at choline content and found that men in the highest quintile of choline intake (471 mg/day) had a 70% increased risk of lethal prostate cancer (38). Although choline is found in all animal foods it is more highly concentrated in eggs at 250 mg per egg.
A meta-analysis published in 2015 showed a modestly elevated risk for not only prostate cancer but also breast and ovarian cancers for those with the highest intake of eggs, more than 5 per week, as compared to those with no egg consumption at all
but that s not for common people
Top quality information thanks from Portugal, very clear
He is a chiropractic doctor. He is not a medical doctor, nor a nutritionist. - He make nice videos, his videos might be right or wrong. Just like yoga teacher.
Thanks for posting this video and making that test on yourself.
Years ago I took a look at what medicine my late father was on, what they were for and what their side effects are. The short version is that I took the decision to stay off medical drugs there and then.
So the long version is that when I found out that my blood pressure was getting ever higher and my blood sugar was heading the diabetes way, I decided to go on the keto diet. It worked really well, I have had my bloodwork done several times and my blood pressure tested and everything is as it should be, plus I lost weight. I am still not taking any medicine at 60 even though I am often on a dirty version of the keto diet. I often have OMAD and do intermittent fasting. I actually feel better now than in my thirties and forties.
You should do a follow-up video on this about your small LDL-P in like another week or two. It'd be interesting to see you compare your results after resuming normal eating and a balanced healthy diet. Thank you for your work. Very educational.
Yes please.
Awesome video doc🎉
I've gone to the second doctor who tried again to put me on a statin since my total cholesterol is 294. Doesn't seem to matter that all other numbers from the blood test are exceptional, or I've lost 85 lbs through carnivore, sometimes ketovore, in the past year. If I did not have the knowledge you have previously given about cholesterol and the negatives of a statin, I'd probably be following the doctor's advice. Your explanations are so understandable, and you are invaluable to my health. Thank you so much!
My father died at age 93 and always had cholesterol around 200-220. My mother died at age 94.9 in 2013 and her doctor always harped on her about her cholesterol at 220-245. She provided my dad and herself a lot of good home cooked meals with a lot of vegetables, and they took supplements my entire life(55 years) that I know about. My doctor hollers about my cholesterol, but my triglycerides are very low, and I have no other risk factors in my blood work. No diabetes or pre-diabetes. No smoking. BP says about 130/85. I continue to ignore the cholesterol game. Most of my family on both sides have lived past 85. I live a happy life and will die like everyone else. I am more focused on eternity than trying to worry about a few years here.
Beautifully said at the end
Last line is beautiful!!
Hebrews 13:14 (see)
Focused on eternity matters most! Many functional doctors believe high cholesterol is more a concern if is high when younger but for longevity and for cognitive health it needs to be > 200 when older.
Honestly I'd bet "fixing your cholesterol" would reduce your life by a few years. Doctors aren't taught to find the root of the problem, and people may have different thresholds for what is "normal" for them. Maybe your high cholesterol is perfectly normal for your unique physiology. Just eat protein, get your vitamins and minerals in, drink lots of water and exercise! Your body will do the rest to keep you in a perfect homeostasis as long as you give it all what it needs.
My grandmother is 96 and has had high cholesterol around 280-290 and lives alone and healthy.
Mine did too..up to 300 dipped white bread in bacon grease.. died at 103.
@@bonniekirkwood4676 😂😮hope u’v got her genes!!!
But the studies do not show that that is a indicator of healthy populations, your good genes grandma just happened to be good genes,
Among centenarian blue zone populations, the people who had high cholesterol did not live as long, it is not to be replicated
@@ejRecording If it's all about the genes then doesn't matter what "Studies" of over all populations show.
@@CG-sw9mu drink more please
Thank you doctor for your research!
Years ago I read a small booklet written by a German heart surgeon who made exactly this case. The man had performed thousands of heart operations in his life and saw the standard cholesterol treatment as a dangerous lie. He had tried to convince the German health care authorities to listen to reason but in vain. The material he presented was logic and well founded. This is the first time I hear somebody stand up and say the same thing. My mother was perfectly healthy with high cholesterol and became tired and demented with the ‘medication’. I was never able to persuade her to leave the pills, though, because “the doctors know what they’re doing”. Thank you for this video!
Do you remember that surgeon's name? I'd like to read his work!
Do you remember his name by any chance?
Sadly, most doctors only know what the pharmaceutical companies want them to “know”.
Question everyone and everything. Look what the last 2 years did to the "experts" guidance.
Or maybe the pills slowed her deterioration how do you know they didn’t
Great video, much appreciated information! My doc suggested I start statins with my total cholesterol (241, HDL 65, LDL 166) and my triglycerides of 50, with BP normally 100/60. I was put in a high risk cardiovascular disease category. My docs office doesn’t offer NMR testing. I went with triglycerides/HDL ratio calculation, which shows my numbers in a low risk range. I refused the meds and started to dig and learn about cholesterol. This is one of the best videos I found so far. Thank you! Will certainly share.
You have a great tri/HDL ratio! Keep up what you're doing and ignore the $cience.
@@Geraki01 thank you!
I would LOVE to have those stats! There's NOTHING wrong with your numbers. Get a new doctor lol.
You need a new doctor, not a man-made medication.
I wish my hdl was 65
The Korean study you cited was very interesting! I have also seen results from the study done on Loma Linda Adventists, and it turned out that those who ate one egg a week had a lower level of Alzheimers and dementia than those who had no eggs, yet eating more eggs held no greater advantage than the one egg. I find it interesting to see the similarities and differences in studies, rather than picking a side that I just prefer to believe in. Diet is almost like a religion, or a tribal totem, to many people.
So important information! Thank you so much!
Thank you doc, very helpful as always, Greece is watching 👍🇬🇷
Thank You nikos s. Good morning Hellas😄
Outstanding piece. So many myths that my family, friends and I have believed for years. 🤯 You are both AWESOME!!
My grandmother is 92. She lives at a nursing home with my 94 year old grandfather. They’ve been married over 70 years. She has “high cholesterol “ They don’t seem to have any significant health issues but remain bored together.
Great laugh here
God love them both
Keep your blue eyes herritage alive
It cracks me up! my heart goes to them! God bless their souls!!
Amazing your looking where are you from dear
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Dc. Es un placer escucharte tanta sabiduría ❤❤❤❤❤
I agree that going from no eggs to 15 eggs a day would upset anyone's system. I have been eating eggs every day for at least 30+ years. When I was heavily working out, I was consuming a dozen eggs every day. Since then, I have slowed down and have consistently been consuming four eggs every morning (fully cooked white and raw yolk) for the past 10+ years. My four-egg breakfast is enough to sustain me for the whole day, and I only eat dinner in the evening.
So only four eggs and nothing else?
How can you eat the same thing every day, I tried and I can't
you can add bitter gourd also
@@Neophema Four eggs, sunny side up, yolks as raw as possible, whites cooked very well, salt, pepper, whole wheat bread, couple of espressos. Every morning. Never gets old.
@@ValLusis Sounds delicious!
Until recently I would eat 4 eggs/day but I've started doing alternate day fasting so that's down to about a dozen/week. My LDL is high but my dr. is not concerned because after 6 months on keto, my TG dropped & my HDL went up higher than TG, making the TG/HDL ratio less than 1 which is good & the best marker for cardiovascular health. At 70 I weigh 160 lbs, the same as when I was 18.
I got to get my HDL up since my ratio is 2.2. More mackerel, herring, and sardines for me. Still on my weight loss journey but down 127 pounds in 11 months doing Keto, intermittent fasting, and lots of exercise. Have another 70 pounds or so to go.
@@exhaustguy that’s awesome!
Wow good for u. My HDL is higher a hit but my internal meds doc told me not to worry about it. It’s good for the immune protection her words. I don’t worry anymore. Good for u stay fit 😊
What is TG? Is that triglycerides? Thanks in advance
@@tortoro6565 Yes, TG would be triglycerides :)
Thank you dr Ekberg..for all you do and the calmness by which you educate us...🙌🙏🌼
I am 70 years old. My cholesterol is now 174. The Doctors had me on Statins until my Cholesterol was 112. And they thought that was great. I was on Statins for over 20+ years. I quit the Statins over 10 years ago. It has taken 10 years to go from 112 to 174 on my cholesterol. I have suffered with many side effects. One of the worst has been Migraine headaches along with memory issues with a few mental challenges as well. My energy levels are pathetic. Enough said, these Statins are a horrible drug being handled out like candy. Buyer beware you may not realize for many years all the damage that has been done to your body. I hope this helps people to make a better choice than I did.
مساء الخير يعني اترك ادويه مخفضة الدهون الستاتين يعني فيها آثار سلبيه
한국인 표에서는 총 콜레스테롤이 200~250사이가 사망율이 제일 낮습니다.
Und man bekommt Muskelschmerzen und fängt an zu zittern,hab die Statine gleich in der Reha in den Müll geworfen.Das ist jetzt 10 Jahre her.
Lowering cholesterol is an easy and cheap way, you don't have to dig deep into your pockets to buy 100 eggs every week. Just do sunnah fasting on Mondays and Thursdays... then your cholesterol levels, sugar levels and blood pressure will be stable.
👍👍👍@@JadeParker-r6q
I have my own free-range chickens and eat about 10 eggs per day, depending on how many eggs they lay. I'm 67 YO and I've been doing this for most of my life. The last time I went for a total blood workup was about a month ago and I was told everything was perfect.
How do you eat them and what else do you eat as part of your 67 yo diet ? Do you have good genetic inheritance .
@@equatorialjourney4478 I think this person is lying about the amount of eggs they actually eat. It's insane to eat that many eggs, 7 days a week. Too much of a good thing is overkill.
@@Dynamo001 The fact that he has his own egg laying chickens, 10 eggs a day doesn't seem unreasonable especially if he's on a budget, I imagine he spreads them out through out the day
@@pinayladyoz8044 exactly
@@Dynamo001 I eat 6 eggs a day comfortably and I'm a small guy. 10 is not out of question especially if you have chickens and have to keep up with the eggs.
My LDL was 180 last time I had a check 8 months ago, and they wanted me on medication. My HDL and Triglycerides were good, so I refused and I'm glad I did.
Thanks for the perspective
You mean you didn't take medicine
Thank you so much for educating us!
A proficient doctor is someone who conducts the experiment themselves and then shares that knowledge with everyone on the channel. I appreciate your clear explanation and simplification of what cholesterol is and what aspects to be attentive to. Thank you for your articulation.
I'm 74 and never had my Cholesterol level checked. I figured what ever it is that is what it and I feel fine. I went on a egg diet for 30 days a few years ago to improve my health.. Eggs are a very healthy food.
Do you suffer from any lifestyle diseases like high blood pressure or blood sugar?
@@michaell3711 I checked my own blood pressure and sometimes it's high never had blood sugar levels checked.
I don’t eat eggs they give me gas.
@@irmakalember9403 that can't be true! Unless you eat them together with bread or potatoes.
Eggs alone have no sugar so they have a very low glycemic index unlike fruits, grains, beans and veggies!
The latter as they digest the sugars cause the bowls to have gas as the sugars in the food ferment in the gut.
So, Im interested in how they cause gas for you?
Are you allergic?
Depends on the eggs. The best ones are pasture raised
High respect for people like you who publishes results even though it's not the result they were aiming for. A lot of researchers don't publish results because their funder won't like it 😉
What's "wrong" with his results?
@@GlossaME It wont sell more unneeded farmaceuticals...
@@Vixxing21 That's right. As in, the "right" section. The girl still didn't answer.
97% of scientists agree with whoever is funding them.
Always do your own research (DYOR) and think and do what’s best for you incl reading all independently funded (not by drug makers or powerful food industries) research. Humans share ~98.5-99% DNA but w/unique body chemistry due to lifestyle and certain genes that may make us more tolerant or immune to neg effects of certain foods or drinks that for others may feed cancer, CVD etc. We have trillions of bugs and far less cells and our microbiomes are diff. What works for me may not work for others.
Excellent work and overview, thanks!
I'm 44 y.o. Male,
179cm 79kg, slim muscular
For the last 2 years did callisthenics have been like gym, I did 10 months 18-6, and now doing 16-8 IF.
In last July, my blood results were like the following, and the doctor warned me as clothing risk increased over 200 TC..
247 TC
179 LDL
109.8 TG
Insulin 4.80
Glukoz(hungry) 96
All the others are in the expected interval, except cholesterols
Thank you
for letting us know .
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Lowering cholesterol is an easy and cheap way, you don't have to dig deep into your pockets to buy 100 eggs every week. Just do sunnah fasting on Mondays and Thursdays... then your cholesterol levels, sugar levels and blood pressure will be stable.
Thank you for REALLY explaining what standard cholesterol bloodwork numbers mean and don't mean. It's great to know the whole picture to present to an MD wanting to push an ineffective and harmful statin for "high cholesterol".
Dr. Ekberg, You are amazing Sir! I wish all doctors talked like this.
''Debunking Egg Industry Myths''' ....ON YOU TUBE
I greatly appreciate this video. I got off the statin my doctor had me on. I felt terrible on it and my joints ached. I had also limited eggs, shrimp and other high cholesterol foods. Now I’m back eating those items and focusing on what I eat and how much. I pay attention to where my food comes from and I’ll see how my health and blood work respond. Thank you for your videos!
شكرا على المعلومات القيمه والمفيدة
Scrambled eggs are health food, and I'll personally fight anybody who says otherwise!
You're doing a fantastic job on RUclips, lecturing people with truth and facts only! 👏
Dr. Ekberg, thank you for for going through this eggperience to prove your point 🥚 🥚 🤗 This video was very unexpected and much appreciated 😊
unEGGspected!!!!
@@HeartFeltGesture Absolutely 🤣 Much respect to him though 👏 😊
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Eggsactly 😆
Genial... gracias gracias gracias ❤❤❤
I love watching your videos, thank you for your work 💗
Wow!! It definitely got me thinking about what all this means. Lesson learned!!😉
🗣Good day Sir Ekberg! How are you? Looking well as usual! Always well explained and super informative! Two weeks ago, I also did a challenge of my own. Having eaten 35 eggs in a week (5 per day). Although I've gone keto about 7months ago and balanced my sugar levels and health, getting rid of my type 2 diabetes and medication, my cholesterol was being a little stubborn at my last blood test 3 months ago (a little higher than usual by my Dr's liking). I personally only trimmed up a little on the saturated fats wherever I could and my Dr rang me praising the adjustments made even though eating 35 eggs and having had my current blood test at the end of that week, making eggs the cause of increased cholesterol a myth of the past in my circumstances. As always, thanks to you and for your insight! The world is a much better place with you in it! 🙏Prayers and 😇Blessings coming your way from Downunder🇦🇺Australia🇦🇺✌🤝
👋CIAO4NOW👋
I just want to say THANK YOU !!
Thank you doc, for being a Guinea pig for the benefit of general population , for the purpose of good science based research and going through all the bad stomach upsets for the benefit of general population to prove how high cholesterol is not too much to worry about! Appreciate all your hard work thank you ! ❤🙏🙏👍
*_I am ALSO glad that he mentioned that AFTER a few days, his stomach started to REBEL. Actually, until he said that, I was thinking about going through the same process-experiment._* [BTW, I know of more than a few people who eat a lot of eggs --- not as many as in this test --- but, it is more than a few/day]. Out of this video, aside from understanding the important background info that the Dr presented, I will be INCREASING my personal consumption of eggs.
As a layman, I have no concepts of cholesterols but as I watched your presentation, you explained it so well I know see those reports on cholesterols differently. As you said it, it very much depended on whom providing the financial supports for those studies would have published results that were aligned with their financial goals. So what we read or heard may not be neutral publications as we want to believe in and they may not be fully trusted. Thank you Dr Ekberg for shining a light on this very confusing issue.
Great to see another person debunking this nonsense :) I've been eating eggs for 45 years now, pasture raised around 15 per week with more in recent decades and (that's me and my wife in the profile pic) you can see if I look my age or not. Blood work always comes back excellent and my body composition always stays healthy, even on weeks I didn't hit the gym. Im moderate carb and most calories come from high quality sea foods, grassfed land animals, eggs, raw cheese, veges, sweet potato etc.
Yes hunny you looks great even older than me hehe 😍
I guess you couldn't find a white woman to desire you?
Lowering cholesterol is an easy and cheap way, you don't have to dig deep into your pockets to buy 100 eggs every week. Just do sunnah fasting on Mondays and Thursdays... then your cholesterol levels, sugar levels and blood pressure will be stable.
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I did somethimg similar to this. I switched out my breakfast with 7 eggs for 3 weeks. And for Dinner rice with tomatos.
No, this was not a diet, i just wanted to do so. As long as you only boil the eggs, its no problem. At the moment you fry them or do anything else with them, the problem starts.
I do this arround easter, simply to clean the body from fat and sugar and force my body to switch to more protein food. I do this since decades now, cause our body usually needs a lot of protein. This creates an overload.
I always like your video's that dig into cholesterol. One of the "New" markers my doctor is trying to get me spooked about is Alpo B marker being high even though all other markers like CAC is 0, VLDL is 2, Triglycerides are 55, LDL size is 22.3. Would like to hear a video about ALPO B and ALPO A be discussed at some point. Great video as always!!
My grandmother lived to be 90 years old and ate two eggs every day and never got sick.
I ate anywhere from 3 to 5 eggs almost every day when I was a child. My mom made eggs everyday for dinner because it was cheap and nutritious and I really like eggs. I was very healthy and athletic growing up. Never had a problem with cholesterol.
How was the farts? Were they smelly??🤔😍
@@DMTEntity88 the farts smelled good. Even now, some days I’ll say to myself, “today my farts smell good”.
@@DMTEntity88 I do not get gas from eggs
@@DMTEntity88 what is wrong with you
Gracias, gracias muy buena información
Hi Doc, always a great appreciation for your work. I especially appreciate how much effort you put into the details and the simplicity of the presentation.
Awesome, a true teacher. Level headed and clear 👌
Great respect to you Dr. Ekberg!
Thanks a million for your efforts. Channel number ONE on Health Awareness!
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Thanks Doc. Good information
Hello Dr Ekberg! What a fantastic video! Thank you! I have been eating at least 10 whole eggs for several years. My cholesterol is over 300 as far as I recall and my LDL is over 200. Triglicerides are low and HDL is also OK, however I don't have the numbers. I also lift weights most days and do a fair amount of cardio. I do not eat carbs. As a result, I lost about 40 lbs and I am feeling mostly great. Still learning how to eat correctly. Your videos certainly help a lot!!!! Thank you Sir!!!!
Keep your blue eyes heritage alive
I wish more doctors pursued the science like you and didn't just practice on patients. Keep up the great work.
I did this for 4 months and grew feathers.
If a prescription isn’t involved there’s no money in it for the physician. Unfortunately our health system is monetized
This finally explains the current egg shortage. Dr. Ekberg's millions of fans are all eating 100 eggs in 7 days.
lol
Is it not Dr Eggberg?
Hallucinant...14 œufs par jour.....moi avec 2 je n'ai plus faim...et que mange-t-il d'autres ?????😮
@@marielouisechamberlin6412ele falou justamente isso. Que não é indicado essa quantidade, porque acabamos deixando outros nutriente de fora ,pela saciedade que o ovo proporciona. Ele disse que teve que colocar saladas para não ficar sem ingerir outros alimentos. Resumo: não faz mal, mas não e indicado. Foi o que eu entendi
wow....never knew this! Thank you Doc!
I'm here because my doctor is very adamant on prescribing me statins.
I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes 5months ago with a1c of 6.8. But I managed to lower it down now to 5.2, with just diet and exercise. And lost 10kg in the process as well.
However, my LDL is still high, at 183, with a total cholesterol of 253.
All others markers are ealthy, except for the high LDL.
I did take statins before but I hate how I felt very very weak when I was taking it so I stopped. And I felt better again.
I refuse to take statins. Thanks Dr. Ekberg for this video.
"What cholesterol drug is linked to dementia?
In other words, according to the University of California at Los Angeles authors, taking lipophilic statins-which include atorvastatin, simvastatin, lovastatin, fluvastatin, cerivastatin, and pitavastatin-appears to more than double those patients' risk of developing dementia compared with those who do not take statins ...Jun 16, 2021".
I’ve got a three year old. He eats an egg everyday along with his ham and steak and chicken. He’s 110% on the percentile growth chart, speaks two languages fluently, can read basic english and he can throw a pretty good right hook! I’ll keep feeding him this way.
Ha ha, throw a pretty good right hook!!! 😂😂😂
Happy for you and your son.
Yes. But poach or boil the egg. Dont fry it.
Just out of curiosity, why is that? Perhaps AGEs or further protein denaturation?
Yeah, but can your son out drink me? I don’t think so.
Loved watching your eggsperiment
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Thank You Fitness Plate. LOL. I wish I had thought of all of these before. 😄
Well he is the eggspert!
@@janereynolds7555 An Eggsstreme Eggspert.
Very interesting study..👌
I can see Cholesterol is a complex issue. I like how you present the difference. I do know how companies do the studies and pay for that, so I have heard the controversy before. Thanks this helps.
I spent 18 years eating 12 eggs a day when I was bodybuilding, and I have never ever had issues with cholesterol. I believe that this has to do with the individual and their genes as well.
Does it work for bodybuilding?
@VisionaryMedia24 I did it to get protein in. If I remember correctly, 100% of egg protein can be absorbed. The absorption rate and quality of protein are different based on the type of food. All of this is also dependent on your body, everyone is different. It worked great for me, but I was also eating chicken every day and red meat one a week too. You have to find what works best for you. Don't forget your complex carbs too. I would eat 40 to 50 grams of brown rice and a lot of broccoli.
I eat 450-600 eggs a month same , bodybuilding for 4 yrs 21yrs old
@@mehdishirazi3 solid advice. Thanks. 🙏
Whole eggs?
Hope you are feeling better from the yellow jacket attack. Been there done that. Thanks for doing this!
I just want to say thank you for posting this video and making that test on yourself..... !!!!
He ate so many eggs that his head started to look like one.
Thank You material. LOL. 😄
This comment broke the internet 🛜
@@drekbergthis reply is the best ever 😂😂😂😂
I can't believe you ate that many eggs Dr. Ekberg! I think it would be rough trying to choke them down after egg #4! Would love to see the face of the checker who checked you out... especially since it's not Easter time! Thanks for the info!
Thank You angelfriend. I actually did not get as tired of eggs as I thought. They still tasted great all the way through, but as I mentioned, my gut wasn't entirely happy about the whole eggperience.😄
I get gas from eating eggs.
Thank you Dr. Ekberg. Did you happen to do another test a week after to see if the numbers bounced right back? One great thing about being healthy is the ability to handle a few bad choices and get right back on track.
Good question.
Another outstanding and very informative video. Thank you so much.
Dr Ekberg, I hope you continue to do this thing regardless of circumstances. I learned a lot from you and we appreciate your hard work for providing valuable information. Cheers to 5M more subscribers!
This may be the very best video on cholesterol on the internet. Thank you for bring science to the layman. 🙏
My grandfather used to drink gulps of codliver oil straight from the bottle in the morning on an empty stomach and being a farmer ate "tons" of butter. Lived to old age without any problems.
Cholesterol is necessary. The problem is not cholesterol but a sedentary lifestile. If you don't move, life will move you - to the cementary.
Thank you thank you for your explanation
Thanks so much for this video Dr. As a result of reading, studying and questioning everything thanks pushed on us (including the medical system) and being labelled a conspiracy theorist, it’s so refreshing to hear your words. After approximately 10 years of taking statin drugs, I convinced my father to stop taking them about 4 years ago by explaining to him that statins effect the brain and mind as it eats away cholesterol which the body needs as each cell has a protective coating (membrane) which is cholesterol. Statins eat away cholesterol which result in damaging cells. Also that the brain actually needs cholesterol to keep it healthy otherwise there’s a risk of dementia/Alzheimers. He’s 83 years old and has eaten very healthy for most of his life. His typical breakfast is 3-4 eggs (usually boiled) one cucumber and one tomatoes, fresh parsley, fresh mint, fresh dill, cheese and olives. He has dinner between 3-4pm and only has fruit after that. Nothing else until the next morning. He has eaten this way most of his life. He has been fasting since the age of 12 - one month every year, no food or water from sun up to sun down. He grows his own vegetables, fruit and herbs. He eats one handful of raw almonds, one handful of raw peanuts and one handful of walnuts each day. He makes tea with what he grows and does stretching exercises each morning. He does not smoke or drink alcohol and a has a small square of 70% coca chocolate as a “sweet’ treat. He looks around 65, fit, healthy, independent and has a sharp mind.
Sounds like the statins didn’t hurt him…
@@docmartin4989 actually his memory is sharper than it was when he was on stains. Had he been on them longer and had bad eating habits I’m sure the effects of statins would’ve been much worse.
@@000aysh - no one disputes that certain individuals suffer side effects from statins. The point is that it is scientifically proven beyond any doubt that the vast majority of patients suffer no ill effects from statins. It is also a proven fact that statins reduce the incidence of heart attacks and prolong life of patients where the use is indicated. Obviously if someone suffers serious side effects they may have good reason to discontinue use and consider alternative treatment. However, using the statin side effects in a small percentage of patients to make the case against the use of statins by the vast majority of patients who tolerate them well is not only potentially harmful but also contradicted by a vast body of scientific evidence. The fact that bashing of mainstream science makes you more money on RUclips doesn’t change the fact that in the vast majority of cases you a better off following the mainstream when it comes to medical advice. While the financial incentives on RUclips may make it look like there is significant opposition among experts in the medical field against statins, the reality looks quite different. They are among the most researched drugs in the world. I challenge you to find a class of drugs that enjoys the same overwhelming acceptance in the medical community around the globe as statins. This includes all countries with government health care where there is no financial incentive for doctors to prescribe these drugs.
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Vital Farm where the 100 eggs showed to come from has been one of my and my family's top 3 favorites from the grocery stores. Your blood test results, Dr. Ekberg, along with your explanation of when the numbers mean, are eye-opening and we thank you for sharing all of this with us!
Dr.Sten Eggberg- we appreciate your work and information. Get crackin’ 🙏
Speak for yourself
@@897aa33 Shut up Paul. More people appreciate the good Doc than will ever appreciate those who make stupid remarks.
Thank You Ian Sane. LOL 😄
@@drekberg they are cats
Thank you for your valorous work video... Thank Dr Ekberg!!
You explained this really well and it's a complex subject. I was interested in this because I remember hearing that most people who had fatal heart attacks, their cholesterol was in the normal range. So cholesterol in and of itself isn't the most important marker, but the inflammation
Triglycerides are a giant indicator as well.
some say that sugar that sticks to cholesterol in the veins is the problem..
Statins were the biggest money maker until the quackzines came along.
@@jglee6721 Statins are the modern Thalidomide
Very interesting!
I train 5 days a week with high intensity weights and resistance training, i average 12-14 eggs every day. I'm on a carnivore diet and honestly, have never felt healthier, stronger, fitter and better built in my entire life.
Love the channel!
Same I have 12 per day and have done for a good while now. I also feel great I’m not sure after watching this vid weather I should cut down or not what do you think?
I am going to increase my daily egg intake. I eat 3-4 a day. I'm going to get to 6. 👍🏾
@@robinsnestradio Upping my egg intake from 8 to 12
@@scribbledribble6226 I use 3-4 in a big salad each day. Wow, how do you eat 8? As long as you feel well, I find eggs to be my fav go to.
Love it, bro! Keep it up!
As part of my KETO OMAD I eat a dozen eggs a day. Best health of my life.
Do you eat 12 eggs in one meal or you eat your meal one time a day and then eggs throughout the day?
How do you manage to eat twelve eggs in one meal?
@@Amitsirmanwar he said OMAD mate, One Meal A Day
I also eat 12 eggs per day on Keto OMAD.
Thank You Nathan Waldron. Good for you. My stomach prefers slightly fewer apparently 😄
excellent video.
Thank you for doing this Dr Ekberg! This has been incredibly helpful!! The one important thing I’ve learned in the past two yrs is that you really have to be your own health advocate. I appreciate doctors, especially doctors like you Dr E, but I’ve also realized that doctors either know info like this but can’t share it because they are bound by the hospitals they’re affiliated with or the pharmaceutical companies ( most likely both) or they just don’t know this kind of valuable information. It’s quite something when you can get life saving advice from videos on YT and not from your own doctor. Again, thank you so very much for enduring eating 100 eggs for our benefit!! 🙏❤️
DR EGGBERG! Your videos have been life-changing for me. Greetings from Finland.
I truly appreciate the detail of the information you provide. I am excited to get back into shape and your content is so helpful. Thank you my friend.
You are welcome Practically Independant. I appreciate the feedback and I am really excited for you. Nothing makes me happier than when I can help inspire a better lifestyle. Thank you for watching. 😄
@@drekberg I have a question. Why you didn't go with week 2 to see if it was a change. Also good job..I've always said eggs are super safe. Eat organic eggs and you can eat a 100 a day. It's these chemicals man made foods that's causing these problems. ITS THE CHEMICALS. Try it with Organic Eggs. It's these chemicals in foods and non SEED GRAPES and WATERMELONS and MAN MADE FOODS. Our Government says Yes to all we eat. Then folks pack the Hospitals. Money Makers
Som 62 ročný a konzumujem na týždeň po dobu 50 rokov od 300 - 500 vajcia.... Nikdy som nemal chorestelor nad 190.....ani triglykeridia..... Celkovo žiadne problémy.... Vajcia the Best of the Best!!!!
يا إلهي هذا كثير جدا.... انا لا أصدق انك تاكل 500 بيضة بالأسبوع مما يعني أنك تاكل 75 بيضة كل يوم.... ايعقل هذا😮... مستحيل وكيف تتمكن من أكل بقية المواد الغذائية مثل الخضروات والفاكهة وغيرها... لا لا هذا غير مفيد... انا لا أصدق ذلك
man, I just want to say a deep thank you, appreciate you, thanks for educating us
Thank you Scifart. I really appreciate your feedback and so glad that you liked it. The purpose of my channel is to explain things better than other channels and help people understand the principles. I spend so much time on it because when we get "the why" and the mechanism we become empowered for life . Comments like yours makes it all worthwhile. 😄
@@drekberg man, there are no other channes of this quality. You're a monopoly, so keep on applying these instructions to yourself also, so you live longer, so we live longer. Hard hard fan here taking your teachings and are my lifestyle anymore. much,much love
interesting experiment and findings! my questions are how did you cook/consume the eggs and would physical activity vs laziness have an impact on the outcome?
Our very own “Cool Hand Luke”❣️ 😁 Thanks for doing this to keep us informed. You rock, Doc❤️👏👏 …gotta get back to my eggs😋👋🏼👋🏼
LOL. I was thinking of that scene too!
Thank you LeeLee5 for letting me know. I really appreciate the feedback. Thanks for watching.😄
Wow...what an education. Thank you doctor!