Individuals on ketogenic or carnivore diets, who intentionally avoid processed sugars, grains, and excess polyunsaturated fats, may not be harmed by elevated LDL levels.

“the idea that if you are burning fat which you are doing in ketosis or a carnivore diet you are going to see more fat in the blood you are going to see more LDL which is carrying fat”

“the research does not suggest an association between elevated total cholesterol or elevated LDL cholesterol and increased cardiovascular risk”

“if you are burning fat which you are doing in ketosis or a carnivore diet you are going to see more fat in the blood you are going to see more LDL which is carrying fat you will not see more free fatty acids that's a completely different thing you will see more LDL in the blood so that is normal”

“it is normal human physiology to have your LDL rise when you are on a ketogenic or a carnivore diet that is not something to be concerned about”

“LDL cholesterol will go up because the liver is making so much cholesterol at that point that it needs to package it and get it out into the circulation”

“what we know about a carnivore diet very clearly is that it's probably gonna raise LDL”

“does someone that's doing a ketogenic diet or someone that's doing a carnivore diet or a nose-to-tail carnivore diet that is eating a little bit more or a whole lot more intentionally than the general population avoiding processed sugar and weed and grains and avoiding excess polyunsaturated fats and certainly avoiding oxidized vegetable oils is elevated ldl really killing them too that's the question we're asking”

“uh potent stimulus for increasing LDL so people don't want to believe that there's a downside to the thing they're doing”