"Eating Cholesterol Doesn't Raise Cholesterol" Debunked
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- A look at the research tricks used to promote cholesterol as well as the actual effects of cholesterol on the body.
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"Serum [blood] cholesterol concentration is clearly increased by added dietary cholesterol."
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After Meal Cholesterol Study:
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No Tolerable Intake of Cholesterol:
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"fasting LDL cholesterol levels are determined mainly by cholesterol production in the liver overnight, and have little to do with what the patient consumed the previous day..."
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An unusually heavy meal may increase the risk of heart attack by about four times within two hours after eating"
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Saturated fat and Cholesterol Team Up:
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Hyperresponders study:
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Sick Population Paper:
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Egg and Smoking Study:
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My boyfriend was diagnosed with extremely high cholesterol about 3 years ago. The doctor wanted to put him on med's right away but he asked if he could have time to improve his cholesterol with diet. He started eating whole food plant based with me. He was your typical guy eating meat with every meal but he did eat veggies and fruit too. He thought he was eating very healthy. 6 months after eating WFPB he went back for a blood test it came back perfect! The doctor was really surprised and impressed. She told him to keep doing what he was doing and if he did want meat to only have it as a treat once a week. After 3 years he no longer craves meat! I'm very happy with how well he is doing.
I went on a whole food plant based diet specifically because my cholesterol was high and I didn't want to take meds. Total cholesterol was 240 and in 6 weeks it dropped to 132. LDL was 170 and it dropped to 78. My doctor told me that I need to get retested because nobody has that kind of a drop in 6 weeks!
Amazing!!!!! You are one of many people who shatter their doctors paradigm. Hopefully he doesn't look at it as an outlier and realizes the truth. Keep it up!
+Mic. the Vegan Thanks!! I absolutely LOVE your work!!! Do you speak at any plant based nutrition conferences? If so, where can I find your schedule? I would love to see you live.
That's awesome! That puts you under the 150 safety line. My total cholesterol went from 270 to 185 without drugs when I went vegan and it's still sinking. Looking to get where you are.
Vince Rountree Stick it to the man Vince haha.
My total cholesterol was 195, and my doctor told me I my cholesterol is fine, and nothing to worry about. My LDL was 122. I think these are not good numbers at all, and have been plant based for a few weeks now. But now I'm concerned my doctor won't allow me to get retested, because she doesn't consider me to be in the unhealthy zone for cholesterol. I live in Canada.
Thank you! I sometimes get comments about this from people who eat high fat diets saying that cholesterol is not raised by eating it. We know that it's best to not eat it at all.
+Li-San Loves Yeah it's basically their mantra. A mantra that can kill them sadly.
+Li-San Loves I'm proof that's a load of crap :p
Keto Calisthenics What's a load of crap?
+Li-San Loves Also if they are saying that from personal experience, please add salt to their injury and ask them to check their body for cancer because cancer feed on cholesterol and that may be the reason why they are having normal cholesterol even when eating high fat diet bwahahhaha
+Li-San Loves I was just saying that cholesterol in the diet definitely increases cholesterol in the blood. Anyone who believes otherwise is believing in "a load of crap". Sorry I wasn't clear :)
I was on a ketogenic diet for two months (eating eggs, bacon and cheese everyday) and my LDL cholesterol went from 85 to 146. I stopped that stupid diet immediately. I switched to a low fat vegetarian diet (all plants except skim milk and nonfat Greek yogurt) and my LDL cholesterol dropped back to 80 three months later. I was stupidly trying to fix my type 2 diabetes with the ketogenic diet. My blood sugar did get lower on keto but I could have done the same thing with a low fat high carbohydrate diet plus exercise and lowered my chances of developing heart disease at the same time. After switching to the low fat vegetarian diet my blood sugar dropped even further.
Most people would prefer to have their chest sawed open, the veins ripped out of their legs and sewn onto their hearts. Because eating fruits and veggies while not brutally torturing animals is so extreme.
ikr!!
Honestly, I think most people really think their heart disease, obesity, etc. are "genetic" and that there is nothing they can do about it besides taking a pill or going through a procedure. Their doctors literally tell them this. I know this is the case with members of my family, several of them have had heart problems for most of their lives, and if you ask about it they will say it "runs in their family". It's really unfortunate!! People just put too much trust in their doctors for their health. Doctors are good at moving veins from their legs to their heart, but they don't know shit about nutrition.
I ate whole foods growing up, like chicken, milk, potatoes,fresh vegetables, and the list goes on, but I did not eat much processed foods, and I was healthy. I lived on a farm so we could eat good.
Tragically that was what happened with my dad at age of 72, but he started to eat meat at age 43. When I went vegan he began preaching to me about "how I should be eating chicken", and of course I was angry and thought he had no right to preached to me since he had a quad bypass. It took me 3 years to figured out my dad was WORRY THAT I WAS NOT EATING MEAT, since he was BRAINWASHED to believed you cannot be healthy without eating meat!!!!. So, was I later from my Henry, my Immunology professor.....not enough protein.....no good for strong immune system.
+Owen Chase science channel, you don't seem to understand the length it takes for many diseases to actually develop. You're digging your own grave and you don't even know it. Health issues come earlier than the death, also.
Yes, I am now a sold out vegan and I have never felt this good, even as a teen. I nearly killed myself with animal protein but, thank God, I'm getting better stronger and with much more stamina than ever! Do not neglect the power of plants... they will save your life if you let them into it.
Keep it up! Plant power!
Please keep doing what you do and thanks! I will remain vegan for life, God willing.
Brenda David becoming vegan comprehensive edition
Iodine 150 mcg if you do not eat seaweed or iodine foods
Elbert Hardy That's great. :)
About a year ago, I had a blood test done and found out my cholesterol was 215. I went on a plant based diet and three months later I had another blood test done, and I found out that I dropped it to 167. Needless to say, I'm still eating a plant based diet.
I put my dad on vegan diet for 18 days (not an ideal whole foods plant based, just "regular" vegan) and his total cholesterol went down by 64 points.
Dominika Rokosz can you put my dad on it too...he won't listen to me.
4 years ago before going vegan my cholesterol was 246 with an ldl of 151. I had it checked 6 months ago and it was 99, (that's total) with an ldl of 46. I also lost 220 pounds, dropped my blood pressure to normal, and no more sleep apnea. life is great!😂
Holy shit man, welcome to your new body!
yeah i'm pretty sure that's because you lost 220 fucking pounds bro lmao
Thank you for this! I have been telling my patients for a while now that a post-prandial increase in cholesterol is much more important marker than their fasting cholesterol. Why? Because most of my patients are only fasting while sleeping, and only for the last couple of hours of that sleep. Many of my patients no longer even experience hunger on a regular basis, and live their day topping off the tank constantly. They LIVE in a post-prandial state, and THAT is what we need to be addressing. Partly due to your channel, I am making a switch to vegan. I eat only 4 non-vegan meals a month now (those are almost always slip-ups as I learn the ropes), and hope to be fully vegan by the end of 2016.
If dietary cholesterol doesn’t raise cholesterol, then why does it go down when you stop eating it?
mabey because you eat so little protein that your liver can't produce much cholesterol
Deus Ex cholesterol isn't produced from protein. it's produced from fat by the liver. if a vegan consumes a lot of oil he to will have high cholesterol
"Cholesterol is so important that your liver and intestines make it day and night from fats, sugars, and proteins." www.health.harvard.edu/blog/panel-suggests-stop-warning-about-cholesterol-in-food-201502127713
@Shabba Ranks your body makes cholesterol from the fat and protein that you eat, so you get 100% of your cholesterol from diet
@@mizutofu And you can get all you protein from plants.
I'm browsing the comment section, and I see no trolls... I find it a surprising. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that you have references to a bunch of peer-review scientific studies?
If I were to make videos, they would probably sound like yours! But I won't bother, you are already doing it better than I would. Thank you so much!
Guillaume Bourgault, it's probably because they're too busy laughing at all the nonsense on here.
lol these vegans think LDL is a cholesterol
@@WynterLantyrn Where exactly is this "nonsense" you speak of?
Mr. Crazy Old Vegan here. Although I was vegetarian for many years, I discovered a few years ago my cholesterol numbers were not good - 175 total and 125 LDL. That was one of the factors that pushed me to go vegan. Now my total is under 130 and LDL is around 75. It didn't take long either. I dropped my levels within a few months of starting on a vegan diet. BTW I'm 57 so it's never too late.
+Crazy Old Vegan Awesome!!! Yeah that's a huge LDL/bad cholesterol improvement.
Vegetarian diets can be not so great for cholesterol if you eat cheese in significant quantities. Cheese is mostly all fat and cholesterol. Eggs are also really bad for cholesterol. Honestly, eggs and cheese are probably the worst foods for your health in terms of animal products, which is ironic because so many people find being vegetarian "easier". Maybe it is, in a western culture, but it's only healthier in proportion to how much you don't eat cheese and eggs.
I was eating a keto diet for 6 months and had FASTING cholesterol levels of 440. Now since going plant based they are around 150, I think that's more acceptable to doctors lol?
+Keto Calisthenics Man you still blow my mind. What was like a standard day of what you ate when you were keto?
It's extra awesome cuz 150 is ideal:
www.drcarney.com/topics/item/200-desirable-cholesterol-numbers#.Vj5rfrerTIU
+Mic. the Vegan Thanks dude, I actually have the medical reports in case anyone ever doubts my honesty :)
Typically I ate this... (two meals for IF)
Late Breakfast of 5 whole eggs fried in Coconut oil as an omelette. On top I added spinach, tomato and 25g cheese which I then grilled. Sometimes I'd also add sardines or butter for calories if necessary.
Midday coffee with "grass fed" butter and cream.
Dinner was usually 300g of meat (with fat) fried or boiled with 25-50g of cheese and a big serving of low carb vegetables or fruit (like avocados or olives).
I can't believe the GRASS FED BUTTER/CHEESE/CREAM DIDN'T SAVE ME!!! SCREW YOU DAVE ASPREY ;)
Holy shit man! I'm happy you are still alive. I hope you are feeling a lot better now. Thanks for taking time to share that.
+Mic. the Vegan I'm happy I'm alive too!
Eoin O'Chionnáigh I came from a similar diet. My time eating like that aged my joints quickly. After 4 months vegan I am feeling better but have a ways to go still.
I (Ana) supposedly had "genetically high cholesterol", with levels of over 200 as a 12 year-old! YIKES! Whether that's a thing or not, since going vegan, my LDL cholesterol levels have dropped massively! After watching your video on oil, too, I've decided to cut back on that as well to see how low I can really get!
So for many years you had high cholesterol and you didn't die, therefore cholesterol is what causes death by CHD. That explains everything! lol
"So for many years you had high cholesterol and you didn't die, therefore cholesterol is what causes death by CHD. That explains everything! lol"
When nothing is particularly funny, the incongruence of an "lol" is often a sign of defensiveness. Note that Diaz, Mainous, Williamson, Johnson, and Knoll (2012) found men were >50% more likely to underestimate their risks of diabetes, over 8xs more likely to underestimate their risks of coronary heart disease, etc. (Table 3). Ana admitted 200 was a high cholesterol level as a 12 yr old. Kavanagh, Shephard, Hamm, Mertens, and Thacker (2000) confirm 200 mg/dl is a substantial cardiac risk factor. So, she did something about it. Serum cholesterol tends to increase with age but she apparently reversed that trend through diet. Neat, huh? She indicated an additional diet change experiment may further reduce cholesterol levels. So, she recognized diet changes do alter serum cholesterol and that she is capable of making such changes. These are the two main factors in establishing motivation and making behavioral changes that lead to improved health according to Marteau and Lerman (2001). This is also significant since Imes and Lewis (2014) documented patients who claimed that merely "11% were advised on a low-fat diet and 18% were recommended to increase their physical activity" (Results, para. 10). Even among participants who were at high-risk for coronary heart disease, merely 26% improved their diets to reduce their risks of coronary heart disease (Diaz, et al., 2012, Table 3).
References:
Diaz, V. A., Mainous, A. G., Williamson, D., Johnson, S. P., & Knoll, M. E. (2012). Cardiovascular and diabetes risk perception in a Hispanic community sample. Ethnicity & disease, 22(1), 5. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4498575/
Imes, C. C., & Lewis, F. M. (2014). Family history of cardiovascular disease (CVD), perceived CVD risk, and health-related behavior: A review of the literature. The Journal of cardiovascular nursing, 29(2), 108. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3633646/#R34
Kavanagh, T., Shephard, R. J., Hamm, L. F., Mertens, D. J., & Thacker, L. (2000). Risk profile and health awareness in male offspring of parents with premature coronary heart disease. Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention, 20(3), 172-179. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10860199
Marteau, T. M., & Lerman, C. (2001). Genetic risk and behavioural change. BMJ: British Medical Journal, 322(7293), 1056. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1120191/
cholesterol is not bad, it's necessary
formigalformigal you're right. That's why your body naturally produces all the cholesterol you need.
@atila
it takes some time for the high cholestrol to kill, but eventually it will. Don't be an idiot "lol"ing up stupdity.
I have been vegan for close to 10 years. I just had a fasting lipid profile. My LDL (bad) cholesterol was 52!!! Total cholesterol was 164!
YAY!!!
+audiovisuality Good job! Ideal LDL!
My question is, does the body produce enough cholesterol if we don't consume any?
Absolutely. Even 75% of the cholesterol in someone in the US's system is made by them, only 25% from diet yet that is enough to throw the system out of whack.
If you are depressed and inactive or eat unhealthily it may impact your livers ability to produce cholesterol. But consuming it doesn't necessarily a deficiency in production.
@@MictheVegan Nathan Pritikin talked about this in one of his lectures. If you eat too much cholesterol , it accumulates in your liver and in your bile ducts and causes gallstones. Optimum fuction for the human body is to be losing cholesterol out of the body in significant quantities, not packing it in beyond our ability to excrete it. That's why he limited people on his diet plan to no more than 2 ounces of lean meat a day, and absolutely no egg yolks or feedlot beef. He based that off the amount of cholesterol the human body could lose in a day from normal digestion.
@@MictheVegan the relationship between dietry cholesterol and serum cholesterol is completely regulated by the liver. You're suggesting the liver is defective and triggering a mechanism that causes heart disease in complete absence of any scientific evidence.
You appeal to authority when it comes to meat and cancer, but when the same authorities are no longer concerned about dietry cholesterol it's all BS 😅
Oh my god I wish I found this video sooner. My dad is on the atkins diet and he was trying to convince me that eating 6 eggs a day won't raise his cholesterol.
Kara Camille Delonas
That's because it doesn't. This Vegan guy is bullshit.
Look up Dr. Joel Wallach.
On Critical Health News . Com
That will set you straight.
Very comprehensive. I can see your channel growing massively when people find these great videos. keep it up :)
Bro your looking small. Need to eat some red mea, get some iron and b12
It kills me when my dad goes on a "diet" and will eat 6 boiled eggs in one meal "for protein." He genuinely doesn't know better but has a very contrary nature and would probably just fight with me about it if I said anything about it :/
Many people say: 'but cholesterol is good for you as your body needs it! They also say: 'but salt is good for you as your body needs it therefore have as much as you like'. They fail to understand that it is the quantity of it that makes the difference
I've had high cholesterol for forever. Been taking statins for 20 years. This year, even with statins, my total was 223. I went on a full-on vegan diet (no "transition" period. I just did it.) Seven weeks later--no other changes-- I had my bloodwork done again.
Just got the official numbers:
Total cholesterol was 229, now 158.
HDL was 54, now 48.
LDL was 130, now 91
Triglycerides went from 223 to 97.
Ratio was 4.2, now 3.3.
Anyone who says diet has no effect on serum cholesterol doesn't know what they are talking about.
What's wrong with a moderate amount, Jesus people I'm a vegetarian and eat 3 eggs a day with coconut oil as my only amount of cholesterol per day, I feel fucking great and if you're not eating a shitton you should be absolutely fine if not better, people can and have eaten animals and animal products since we became what we are, feeling bad for animals being factory farmed and raging about cholesterol, that's what you're mad about right? The animals?Well go help change the way they regulate shit like that, don't deny the health benefits of eggs, meat, and dairy
I think you need to read more about this, animal products are really not good for you and eggs certainly are not.
+bracken10011 I sure will, you should too dude, I'm healthier than ever
johnjohnstrick Cool. One thing I would say is that when I reduced the amount of smoking I did, I felt much better, but after I stopped completely (after the withdrawal of course) I felt fantastic! If you give up the eggs you might feel even better than healthier :-)
+bracken10011 I have before and felt significantly weaker than I do now, I'm sorry, but it is ignorant to deny the health benefits of eggs, plants are of course fantastic for you along with a little bit of animal products, but plants alone aren't enough, have a good one
+johnjohnstrick Your diet wasn't enough if you felt weak, but you have good one Too
When i started no meat no dairy and no eggs unprocessed plant whole foods i had 330 overall cholesterol and it drop to 190 within three months. After three years of consistent healthy eating it s now at 150. My HDL didn t drop much from 95 at its peak it s now 75. I m eating plant fats and do cardio exercise Every doctor asks me if I m on medication and I tell them yeah...I take B12 supplements!
Awesome! SO CRAZY! You mean your LDL went from 95 to 75? 50-70 is ideal so you are so close! 150 total cholesterol is considered the threshold at which heart attacks are super rare so congrats!
Thanks! HDL was 75 I think this is more thanks to the cardio, my blood test was in a half marathon prep period. I was running twice per day. I ve read that it boost HDL
Aris Psaltis
Woaw.😮 when and why did you decided to become awesome? 🙂
Ummm... Aris Psaltis, how would you survive if you lived in a time before B12 supplements existed?
@@WynterLantyrn Plot twist, he doesn't live in a time before B12 supplements and B12 used to be available in untreated water and other sources since it's produced by bacteria, go look it up
I was having a conversation the other day with a friend about media deception in advertising (in a non-food context) and I mentioned that the egg industry was fantastic at that since everyone thinks they are a health food when they legally they cant make any such claims due to the cholesterol levels. My friend was like "but dont eggs have good cholesterol?"....... Further proof that their advertisement works, sadly.
You make some of the best videos on RUclips. Seriously. I watch a lot of RUclips, especially health related vloggers. You, sir, are someone I keep tabs on. Your content is engaging, fact driven, and concise. You organize your thoughts well.
Your videos are so good, Mic! Really well made and thought out. I'm glad I stumbled across your channel. Keep up the good work!
+Ilea Learn Eco thanks! Glad you you found it and glad you like it!
Dude, you f***ing rock this shit! Straight to the science and to the point. Repeatedly, emphatically, and convincingly. I've had people mention this "Cholesterol is not bad for you, recent studies show" stuff, and I've not had an effective response. Intuitively, I felt it was probably bunk, having seen industry sponsored "research" in other areas, and I certainly continued to avoid cholesterol (and all animal products) in my eating. But it's very valuable to have information such as that which you provide. Love your stuff, you're doing a great service!!!!!
+T's Picks Thanks for the kind words. Glad you found it useful!
Was about to be put on blood statins. Told doctor to give me a few weeks to try a diet change. He said diet can’t change cholesterol. Went vegan, never looked back, cholesterol dropped solidly into the normal range. Found a new doctor.
Another great video. Well done!
There are people with extremely high cholesterol that has 0 cardiovascular diseases. Talk to any cardiologist about the subject and you would be surprised at how many times this has happened. Diets high in sugars and refined processed products are more likely to be found as the cause of cardiovascular disease along with other factors. Cholesterol is a building block that your body needs for soooooooooo many things not just hormones as people think. Virtually every cell in your body needs it especially your brain. AND no, eggs won't kill you. If anything that is going to kill you is the refined sugar, the processed crap, fast food, etc. I laughed when people tell me oh no I am not touching that egg because it has a lot of cholesterol and then they go out and eat at some fast food place or they get some donuts or they simply go for a big snack or some sweets. For the viewers, just make sure that you have a balanced diet when comes to fats. This means that you are keeping in check your unsaturated fats so your HDL is also high and able to clear any cholesterol from the bloodstream that hasn't been used. Also, increase your fiber intake so, by the time the HDL takes the LDL back to the liver to be excreted through the bile, the LDL binds to that fiber in your intestine and doesn't get reabsorbed.
We have facts to support this and people still don't believe it. And I can talk by my own experience. My parents both have cholesterol >300, my brother had it >250 and started taking meds. Mine is 120. "Guys, maybe you should consider it? Come on... see the results. Just try it for 1 month, being Vegan is fun and good for you." But noooo... *sigh*
+OptimusVeganPrime By the way, thanks for the great video and articles. Nice work.
+OptimusVeganPrime I talked to my mom today about it and put her on the spot to why meat is tasteless to us unless theres plants or spices on it, and she couldnt say anything else than ''its just what im used to eating''. I think im just gonna give up and do my best to lead as a example.
+BlackOreoCookie With family things sometimes can get hard. Just go with example and offer to prepare some meals. Not always, just sometimes... until that moment she realizes that "hey... this isn't that bad..." And again, lead by examples, it is and always have been the best way =)
+OptimusVeganPrime Thank you! :D
+OptimusVeganPrime my cholesterol is quite high, and my Idl as well. I haven't been in a good environment so I've realized I've been eating tons of fatty foods and processed mess. I'm determined to be vegan,what would you recommend to help me lower my cholesterol because I refuse to be on pills when I know its what I eat. I can do all this without the medicines. I just don't know what to buy 😕 where to start. went to chipotle and literally got Brown rice,black beans and lettuce and corn
Excellent as always! Thank you for all that very hard work!
Great vid. Nobody reads or understands the studies, we just compare blog posts. We are irrational creatures.
+Potato Strong true dat.
+Potato Strong The website www.plantpositive.com remains to this day one of the few places where someone appears to have actually scrutinized the fine details of all these studies, as well as understood them. He was ahead of his time in some ways, and doesn't post videos anymore, probably because he didn't get even 1/10 the attention that he hoped he would get (and deserved to get, too, IMO).
+Richard Wilson In fact, I think there are a few technical points that are now taken for granted in the vegan community which are the result of PP's work. One example being the work of Ancel Keys on heart disease (specifically his 6-country study) who was slandered by the Low-Carb community after his death. I think PP was the first to point out facts which vindicated Keys.
You have absolutely no idea what cholesterol is and its imperative function in the human body. Even the measure is wrong. The 'serum cholesterol' level is a measure of lipoproteins in the blood. HDL and LDL are lipoproteins. Cholesterol, an organic molecule, can't be classed into good or bad if the measure that has been done is to measure a protein!! Cholesterol doesn't cause artherosclerosis! It is caused by damage to the blood vessel walls. Cholesterol is part of the 'scab' which is artherosclerorsis.
Well he is 100% correct and there is so much to back it up if you would just allow yourself to come out of your vegan shell!
@Dean Clark
Why don’t you do at tad more research… In now way whatsoever does elevated HDL cholesterol cause inflammation.. Why do you think that 99.9% of people refer to HDL cholesterol as good cholesterol?
In a platform where all we too often see are counter arguments, it is vital and informative to breakdown the way data is manipulated, and its MUCH appreciated. Hope to see more of this, as it is the "bottom line" in making constructive debates on the topic. Well Done!
I used to have a cholesterol level that consistently ranged from the 190s to the low 200s. I am now 71 eating vegan and mostly whole foods and my current cholesterol is 142. My BP read 117/72 an hour after having a big mug of coffee. Thanks plants!
Sledgehammer to so many people's previous ideas/beliefs! Knowledge ninja!
Alexandre Gareau
no idea what you are getting at.
Showing graphs from studies that confirm your beliefes proves nothing. Do you think there aren't countless videos on youtube with people preaching the opposite of this guy? Do what works for your body. There are plenty of variables this guy left out. Like, how much refined sugar where these people eating who have hart attacks? What are these peoples cortisol levels? Did they get proper sleep?
He's a ninja, because he hides the knowledge of human physiology and shows you some graphs instead.
Very informative Mic. I am really glad that you want to pump this info. out there. I look forward to watching your videos. Keep it up :) I don't know why it took me so long but I finally committed to being fully Vegan this year - So glad I did!
Vegan 3 years, my cholesterol has now fallen to the bottom of the normal scale as has my blood pressure
I'm glad your blood pressure has normalized but having low cholesterol is not a good thing..
University of Harvard reported no actual increase in heart attacks from eating eggs, funny how you forgot to mention that part. Yes cholesterol does in fact raise cholesterol but it is the ratio of LDL to HDL that really matters and eggs have been shown to maintain a good ratio. My family has eaten eggs regularly for MANY years, my great grandmother lived to 97, grandmother lived to 95, grandfather lived to 88 and none of them died due to heart attacks oh and my other grandmother is still alive at 81. I know my family history does not carry as much weight as say a Harvard University study but that history does agree with their findings. Granted genetics have just as much to do with it as diet, and who knows maybe they all would have lived to 110 had they not eaten eggs, but eating eggs for breakfast every day sure did not do them any noticeable harm so I am inclined to believe the Harvard study.
Oldest woman to have ever lived smoked cigarettes every day as well but that doesnt mean cigarettes are healthy does it?
Sebbo der Boss She did not inhale.
I've heard both sides...
Sebbo der Boss She said that she did not inhale, but then again so did Bill Clinton :)
haha loool at least ganja doesn't increase cholesterol ;)
My mom had been vegetarian about 15 years. At about age 80 she decided to also give up eggs & dairy. She was able to cut blood pressure meds in half & her total cholesterol dropped from 226 to 162 in less than a year. She's now a very healthy 82 year old vegan! It's NEVER too late!
Thanks for sharing--that's a great story.
My cholesterol was tested about a year ago and the doctor was so amazed at my cholesterol levels he went vegan.
I read that your body can turn excess carbohydrates into cholesterol. And it said that cholesterol won't hurt anyone unless it becomes oxidized. It said oxidized cholesterol becomes sticky and is more of a problem. It said cholesterol made from excess carbs is the kind to more easier to become oxidized.
Its true that cholesterol can only hurt you if it oxidizes but all 3 types of cholesterol oxidize at such a simmalar rate that they are indistinguishable so dont worry and eat what tastes good and not what society wants and yes that includes these retards that are in the cult of vegetarians and vegans and futarists
@@chasemcdingleberg4164 why tf should i trust you over peer-reviewed research? Genuine question
This video is classic. Perspective is everything. 👍🌱🍎
Is higher cholesterol unhealthy? I believe that high trglicerides and a high A1c are much more important. Is that incorrect?
Great journalism, this really helps clarify the issue beyond industry misinformation.
I'm not sure what to do. My boyfriend's parents are both diabetic, and my boyfriend's mother found out her heart is virtually clogged with cholesterol. They've been eating 3 fried eggs, bacon, and buttered toast each morning for breakfast. When I asked her why she's still eating this stuff, she told me, and I quote "eggs are high in good cholesterol, which lowers your bad cholesterol. bacon is high in saturated fat which is the good kind of fat that helps you lose weight, and that's why we butter our toast, too." These misconceptions the industry has fed her are literally killing her. I don't know what to tell her anymore because she holds so fast and is so defensive of her "wheat belly" and "ketogenic" diets.
I've been vegan for four and a half months now. My cholesterol and weight have dropped significantly. My latest blood numbers show that it went up a little, but I am assuming that's from all the horrible food I used to eat, that is still cleansing from my body and getting into my blood. I think those numbers will get better and better as time goes on. Very happy with this way of life and love your channel. Extremely informative.
Thank you for clearing up this common misconception.
Wish I had these studies last week! Someone was trying to argue with me that eggs were healthy and I was like naaaawww.
If they didn't have a heart attack already you could send this to them now
hahahahah omg best comment ever
Same thing happened to me yesterday! They were all 'cholesterol is good for you' and I'm like 'I don't think that's how it works...' Next time I see them I'll hit them with the facts!
cholesterol is good for you, this guy does not know what he is talking about, science contradicts everything he says...
Highlander What science? Do you have reliable studies to back up your claim? Did you even watch his video? Mic backs his claims up with specific scientific studies. Also, science is not this single entity that is completely conclusive and unanimous. There is debate and disagreement in the scientific community about a wide variety of topics. Saying 'science contradicts' something is unfounded and as ridiculous as saying 'scientists believe that...' The truth is that some scientific studies can be seriously flawed, depending on the methodology used. When evaluating a scientific source one must evaluate the methodology of the study itself. An example of flawed methodology is the use of p-hacking. Confirmation bias is a massive issue and the scientific community and you need to be careful what you believe. Always evaluate your sources and go vegan 😄
I'm so lucky, my Primary Care Physician reccommended Dr. Neal Ornish' books. I read them and immediately went vegan. Within three months my LDL dropped from 112 to 41! I followed a whole foods plant based vegan diet. No added oil. I lost 40 lbs and have never felt better. I'm done with eating anything animal derived for life. Just do it! You'll be amazed.
Good video mike.
Eggs are perfectly healthy for you if you do not over cook them. Cholesterol isn’t the culprit of heart disease and clogged arteries. It’s the high sugar diets that cause inflammation of the arteries which cause the cholesterol to build up around the damaged areas.
Amazing videos! I love how factual they are, more people need to watch these.
Absolutely fantastic videos
Went plant based after a cardiac event after eating SAD for decades and dropped LDL from 191 to 142 in 7 weeks. I'm working on dropping the oil consumption to drive this down.
my cholesterol improved so much after going on a plant based diet. I was on a one way ticket to heart attack city. Thank god i found out about plant based diet. i have so much energy now after a few years and still improving physically!
thanks for making so easy to understand. wonderful :D
Hi Mic, I thought I'd comment on one of your videos that is relevant to the question I have for you, hence why I am commenting on a 4 year old video! First off, I am a big fan of your videos and have been watching them for a few years, please keep up the good work! Also, I am jealous of your tiny house! 😭
Now on to the question: I have been vegan for 2.5 years (I'd say about 80% healthy whole foods, but I sometimes have vegan junk food and I use olive oil and rapeseed oil in my cooking), yet my cholesterol is still too high. I have had high cholesterol at least since I was 21 (I am now 29) and I know this because my cholesterol results back then were the reason I went on a health kick and lost a bunch of weight. My cholesterol levels went down a bit, but my total cholesterol is still over 5, which is the cut-off point for 'normal' in the UK. I requested further testing from my doctor and they tested my blood for something called lipoprotein A and my numbers were much higher than normal (up to 500 was normal and my levels were 1288, sorry, I can't remember the units in which this was measured). The doctor told me that levels of lipoprotein A are genetically determined and don't respond to lifestyle changes, and that they are a marker for increased danger of heart disease.
I have seen your videos on oil and was wondering if there had been any studies on the effects of a 100% whole food plant based diet on people with genetic high levels of lipoprotein A? Could a very strict no-oil diet help me lower my cholesterol or will this still have no effect at all? It would be great if you could make a video on this, as I'm sure I'm not the only vegan who can't seem to lower their cholesterol! 😣
Half the Internet telling me eggs are fine. Other half telling me they will kill me. Both while yelling at me that I'm fucking stupid.
fuze59 look at scientific research and come to your own conclusion. :)
Cholesterol and saturated fat are not the culprit of clogged arteries. It is the vegetable oil, especially from the soybeans oil, where it consist of high level of phospholipids, especially the two called phosphatidylinositol (PI) and phosphatidylcholine (PC). These two molecules are the true heart killers, and unfortunately they are 40% or more in the foods within our supermaket. they are in a ingredient called soy lecithin, sometimes called soy or lecithin on its own.
Mic, I translated the subtitles to Spanish so that the Spanish speaker community can have access to your amazing videos. Hope I can contribute a little bit more by translating more of your them.
Keep it up! :D
I am actually recovering from acute liver poisoning which came from a variety of environmental factors as well as having been exposed to very yucky meat which has cost me years of healthy functioning, being a marathoner and undergoing over a dozen ercps (bile duct from thr liver to small intestine clean outs). When I first had some symptoms I was running over 9 miles a day was eating only lean meats and little cheese and was at ideal bmi and weight (which is very thin by American standards). Mt blood work showed a nad cholesterol leve of 214 meaning i was at risk for a heart attack. At thw time my doctors brilliant advise is that I was anemic and vitimen deficiencint so I needed to drink more milk and periodically have red meat. This not only made everything worse but set me on a path of having other problems at 30 that most dont see into their 70s. I went vegan after my ladt ercp in June and not only have most my symptoms and illness been greatly diminished but for the first time in 3 years my bad cholesterol numbers are down to almost zero. I wish you could sue for having doctors tell you not to fo vegan because it would kill you when it actually is the best way to help cure you
Hey Mic. New sub here - love your channel. How does exercise play into all this? And how are people who exercise regularly affected by eating heavy cholesterol foods. Do you have a video about this?
Thanks. Keep making great videos!
great work in this video. keep them coming !
Lol first off, i fucking love your memes xD Never have I encountered someone under the illusion that dietary cholesterol doesn't raise cholesterol levels, but thanks to you I'm now prepared.
Glad you like the memes! I know some people think they are dumb but I just can't help it.
I had wondered why all the pro cholesterol studies were pushing the "eggs are healthy agenda". And the "eggs are necessary nutrition for children".
Excellent video
I will take your advise and seek another test. Thanks Mic!
I get where this information comes from but no where does anyone mention why cholesterol showed up in the first place? Does the public know the real function of cholesterol in your body? Your body is capable to produce cholesterol as needed, it is there to heal oxidation that appears in our blood vessels, so the next wuestion should be why is there so much oxidation damage in our blood vessels? Due to the body being overloaded with carbs. I am not for or against any dietary choice, but to really get the most benifits out of your dietary choices we need to understand how the body is designed to function, and we are not designed to consume so much carbohydrates in our diet, it overloads our systems, spikes our insulin sending the body into fight-or-flight mode and disrupts the functioning of our digestive system. This leads to so many other chronic illnessess that we face as humanity today. Eating to much of anything is bad for you, no matter how good science shows it to be.
Your videos should be mandatory to watch!
Thanks for spreading the knowledege :)
Yes, they should be mandatory viewing for unhappy people. They will have them rolling with laughter in no time.
I've tried the plant based diet and there is nothing like this to reduce your cholesterol. Mine went from 173 to 142 total cholesterol in just 1 month. I'm going to take a full test on hdl and ldl soon. Great job with the videos, you inspired me to choose a plant based diet and veganism.
Hi Mic, very well researched, how do you respond to the idea that the plaque forming in arteries is the bodies own response to damage caused by high blood sugar levels? Thanks
Slightly pointed, the way you make sure to describe the researchers as non-vegans. What could you possibly be getting at?[taps chin contemplatively] Thanks for posting; hope lots of meaters accidentally wander over to this : )
My LDL cholesterol went from 99 to 67 going from a mostly plant based diet to a total plants only diet. It made a difference for me.
Going vegan dropped my cholesterol from 303 to 220 in 12 weeks.
The only problem I have with the whole cholesterol thing, is that cholesterol is just what repairs damage to the arteries. That's all it is. Cholesterol is not what is damaging the arteries, yes meat products are doing damage but it's not the cholesterol.
It's analogous to going to a house that is on fire and saying, "Hmmm everytime I see a house on fire there is always firefighters there, they must have caused the fire!"
11 months later, I was an idiot...
No. No, you weren't.
Your Yoda Memes crack me up. XD
Another good video
I dropped my total cholesterol 49 points and my LDL 47 points in 5 weeks cutting out meat. I am a 65 year old female. I will cut out eggs and see if I can get my total below 150 and my LDL below 80.
Wow go figure, eating cholesterol raises cholesterol. Never saw that coming... lol.
gotta keep your mind open though
The actual TRUTH is a low carb diet (high cholesterol foods with high fat and low carbs) raises GOOD cholesterol while lowering bad. My cholesterol rating was 3 points from being off the bottom of the risk chart a year AFTER being on a low carb diet for 5 months in which I lost over 50 pounds. My doctor said he never saw anyone with cholesterol levels like that in his life and he couldn't tell me not to eat anything as I seemed to be a genetic freak. I only learned later that it was quite possibly the low carb diet that raised my good cholesterol so much and thus reduced the overall risk. I was eating over 3 dozen eggs a week on that diet (big no no according to some dietitians and absolute nonsense on a low carb diet as that proved) and had the BEST cholesterol numbers he had seen in his entire life.
Don't believe half truths/lies. It's CARBS that absorb the bad cholesterol through fat, not the fat alone (i.e. the WORST thing you can do is eat a big fatty steak with a baked potato as that potato causes your body to absorb the cholesterol and fat from the steak; otherwise it just passes right through and raises good cholesterol along the way). You can do low carb on a vegetarian diet easy enough (vegan would be a lot harder). There's also a genetic factor. Some people have lower or higher cholesterol than others eating the exact same foods.
"The actual TRUTH is a low carb diet (high cholesterol foods with high fat and low carbs) raises GOOD cholesterol while lowering bad. " Are you saying you got your LDL into the healthy range (under 70)?
I train for strength and conditioning 6 days a week. My diet consists of 40% fats, the majority of which are saturated fats from meat and raw whole milk dairy products, 35% protein, and only 25% of carbs, which are primarily from fruits and vegetables and virtually no grains, and yet I have a net cholesterol of 165. Care to explain that?
Good job. Thanks.
Some people are very sensitive to dietary cholesterol but some like myself can eat 2 eggs and one portion of meat a day without having high cholesterol. I eat oatmeal unpolished rice and 3 fruits and 2 servings of veggies.
You mean you're still able to keep your LDL in the healthy range (under 70, or better yet, 67)?
Very well done.
I had believed that high cholesterol was not important.
I have to be more aware of the tricks that people use.
I am slowly learning.
Thank you
More research for me Keto diet is in order.
Subbed after the first video I saw and thanks to you I can work on my Alzheimers thesis again. ^^
my boyfriend's uncle is on hospice for his heart, and we went to lunch today and he literally said "cholesterol is essential". Came here for some clarity.
Went vegan to lower cholesterol. LDL went from 112 to 72. Total from 212 to 169. Test was taken after 6 months and an actual bag of chips.
Glen M not being a big junk eater to begin with that part stayed the same. I go out to eat 1-2 times per week and that's usually a high fat meal. Usually eat chips once per week. Definitely indulge in cookies candy cake during holiday times. Otherwise it's the hclf plant based diet.
It was a removal of meat and eggs - I ate eggs every day. Also removing oil from every day cooking.
Great information...Thx..!
you didn't debunk it, the studies you cited look at meals with both saturated fats, trans fats from margarine and dietary cholesterol, so the changes can easily be attributed to trans and saturated fats rather than dietary cholesterol, that being said, while there might be an initial increase from dietary cholesterol in blood cholesterol, the body will usually lower its production of cholesterol instead.
nice misrepresentation though!!
I love your videos so much I'm glad I found you.
That was a nice breakdown SUBSCRIBED!
I always see you move your hand to do something with the camera or something at the end of shots. I'm new to your channel so I don't know if you've addressed this already, but just pause a little bit before you'd cut?
I'm vegan, but this is very misleading. You don't fully explain the x and y axis. You talk as if the y axis is the relative increase, but it's just the absolute difference. So the relative increase could be negligible and the graph would still look the same, it would only change the scale of the y axis. Also, the higher end of dietary cholesterol intake there is an insane amount, equivalent to about 15 eggs a day, but it only raises the blood cholesterol by about 25% (or much less if it's already high).
I have a couple doubts:
1. If you debunk the statement “eating cholesterol won’t raise your cholesterol level”, how do you advocate “eating carbs like starch won’t raise your blood sugar level”? They both stand on the point that cholesterol and sugar in your blood decreases with time and it decreases faster when you take higher doses. How would you argue carbs are safe while cholesterol is not? What’s the main different between the tends of dropping of the two?
2. According to your graph, cholesterol level drops with time but before it reduces to a safe level, a meat-eater would take lunch or dinner and make it bad once again. Ok, does that mean one can make his/her cholesterol level normal if the one cuts animal products in one day? If so, then a meat-eater would say, okay, assuming you’re right, I’m healthy now, and I’ll just continue eating meat and egg till I’m old and my cholesterol reaches a dangerous level then I’ll have vegan diets and I’ll be healthy in one day.
I like this video, especially the part debunking their “cholesterol ceiling”. Man, these people have been thinking their brains out to create such arguments.
The body is adapted to eating very high levels of carbs--assuming you are also eating very low levels of fat and don't have excess fat built up in your muscle cells. If you eat too much fat and have too much fat in your muscle cells, then yes, your body struggles to process carbs, but if fat levels are very low, it does fine.
See the research summarized in the 5-minute video below, to explain this:
nutritionfacts.org/video/what-causes-insulin-resistance/
Is the problem really having high cholesterol?
Awesome video!
Well put.
This is not correct. The greatest factor to serum cholesterol levels is the mix of carbohydrates and fats you consume. The reason why eggs are brought up so often is they contain a lot of dietary cholesterol but very little fat and thus do not contribute to an increase in serum cholesterol. This "egg lobby" red hearing is ignoring the majority of literature on the subject. It is ok to be a vegan but you are misinforming your audience due to you ignorance. Biologists and nutritional scientist at all the worlds top universities disagree with your conclusions.
I like your videos but I do think you pick evidence to prove your case.