Paul Saladino· MD
and when we're saying LDL that's low-density lipoprotein but as you were suggesting we can regulate the formation of cholesterol with lip with fasting with low carbohydrate diets and our body can get rid of it with bile acids so isn't that cool that we can just not get extra LDL happening now I think that people worry about high LDL because we've been told that LDL is bad for us so maybe we should talk about that because I think that is really the battleground or that is that that is the point at which many people differ in opinions because I think there's lots of evidence now to understand why LDL goes up in these type of situations but and of course I think we both agree on the answer to this question but I'll ask it and you can give me your in your your input should we be worried so now we know when we're in ketosis when we're fasting our LDL goes way up mine is like 250 grams per deciliter we're talking about an LDL C and then I've done NMR and my LDL particle number is anywhere between 2000 and 2500 and animal per liter do we need to be worried about all that LDL you said earlier you were sort of a skeptic about LDL so tell me about your perspective so you've got all this LDL running around your body now because you're making ketones you're making asset ilka way what does this mean for us so let's get into that and let's give a comprehensive answer so that people understand where we are coming from so the first thing you want to find out is that does LDL have any functions if you talk to a cardiologist he'll say the LDL is so bad that I want to knock it off from the face of earth I want to reduce it to a slower level as possible so I want to ask them hey do you know why the body is making it does it have any functions and I put that out in many of my YouTube videos but I want to get into that here so one of the first functions of LDL is host defense it is protecting your body from bacteria and viruses so like for example I this is a beautiful term which is called quorum sensing that I have talked about in my papers so when a bacteria comes in and infects a certain organ in our