Paul Saladino· MD
we know that saturated fat from animals raises ldl in a lot of people not in everyone but in a lot of people
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we know that saturated fat from animals raises ldl in a lot of people not in everyone but in a lot of people
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because what we find is that if you eat more saturated fat from animals and less polyunsaturated fat from seed oils or whatever your LDL often Rises 20 15 20 percent
and if you eat more of the polyunsaturated fats your LDL goes down
When you're having more saturated fat and less seed oils, your LDL might go up. Is that bad?
and so but physicians at least the ones that I've come across peripherally are so myopically focused on LDL it drives me nuts.
And a lot of these people are going to see their LDL go up. Sometimes it's 10 to 20% like it is in me. Sometimes it's 200% if they're doing more keto or low carb if that's what works for them.
And saturated fats from animals raise LDL in probably 70% of the population and they may raise it 10 to 20%.