Cholesterol: Friend or Foe? Everything You Wanted to Know | Ep 136

The Funk'tional Nutrition Podcast

Erin Holt

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health, Nutrition

4.9 • 759 Ratings

🗓️ 28 December 2020

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Unpacking all your cholesterol questions in this episode, and as always, answering this is not as straightforward as “cholesterol is bad/good.” Erin discusses whether cholesterol is a problem, what it does in the body, problems with low cholesterol, underlying reasons for high cholesterol, how your hormones are related and how to support healthy cholesterol levels. Share this episode with the people you care about, because the goal is to help clear confusion surrounding cholesterol and to give you more confidence in choosing the appropriate foods for you and your body. Originally aired October 2019. In this episode: -12 Days of Funk’mas giveaway details, featuring Coyote River Hemp Co. [2:00] -Listener questions on cholesterol [3:23] -A brief history on how we came to demonize cholesterol [8:01] -Current dietary guidelines on cholesterol [10:49] -What is cholesterol? [12:23] -The difference between dietary cholesterol and serum cholesterol [19:31] -Is eating cholesterol a problem? [22:10] -What cholesterol does in the body [24:20] -Problems with low cholesterol [34:49] -Reasons your cholesterol might be low [38:48] -Underlying reasons for high cholesterol [39:30] -Hormones + Cholesterol [42:37] -How to support healthy cholesterol levels [52:50] -Intervention for high LDL and total cholesterol [1:01:47] -Other markers for heart disease risk factors [1:04:46] -Root cause of cardiovascular disease [1:07:32] -Is sugar the real problem? [1:09:20] -Gut health + heart disease [1:10:05] -Statins: the good, the bad, the ugly [1:11:54] Resources mentioned: Coyote River Hemp Co https://coyoteriverhempco.com/ BioKult Boosted probiotic supplement (save 20% off one box with FUNK20) https://www.bio-kult.com/bio-kult-boosted/p9 FREE Digestive Guide https://mailchi.mp/erinholthealth/digestiveguide Carb Compatibility Project™ (next round starts Jan 4th) https://www.erinholthealth.com/carb-compatibility-project Your Hormone Revival™ (registration opens Jan 11th) https://www.erinholthealth.com/hormones Eat to Achieve™ (formerly called Fueled & Fit; start any time!) https://www.erinholthealth.com/eat-to-achieve Why this nutritionist would never buy Isagenix Super Smoothie for my kid: https://www.erinholthealth.com/erin-holt-health-1/2019/10/15/why-i-would-never-buy-isagenix-isakids-super-smoothie-for-my-kid For links to studies referenced in this episode and other related episodes, head to the website here! -> https://www.erinholthealth.com/funktional-nutrition-podcast/2020/12/28/episode-136-cholesterol-friend-or-foe-everything-you-wanted-to-know Has this resource helped you in any way over the past 3 years? Spread the love and share this free resource! Let’s show people why the Funk’tional Nutrition Podcast is 1 million downloads strong - and counting. **FOR MORE DETAILS & TO ENTER THE GIVEAWAY, HEAD TO OUR INSTAGRAM PAGE** https://www.instagram.com/the.funktional.nutritionist/

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Functional Nutrition Podcast. I'm your host, Erin Holt. I'm a functional
0:07.4	medicine nutritionist with a feisty attitude in over a decade of clinical experience. I work with
0:13.3	women all over the world through my online programs, and I'm also the founder of the Functional
0:18.9	Nutrition Academy, a 12-month practitioner mentorship where I help other nutrition pros level up
0:25.3	with functional medicine methodologies.
0:27.9	I've got a bone to pick with diet culture and the conventional healthcare model
0:31.6	that are both systematically failing so many of us.
0:35.3	Creating a new model is my life's work, and this is what the show's all about.
0:40.4	Please keep in mind this podcast is created for educational purposes only and should never be
0:45.7	used as a replacement for medical diagnosis or treatment. If you like what you hear today,
0:50.9	I'd love for you to subscribe, leave a review in iTunes, share with a friend,
0:55.4	and keep coming back for more. Thanks for joining me. Now let's dive deep.
1:02.4	Welcome back to the 12 days of Funk Miss. We are celebrating a big milestone in podcasting.
1:08.5	We hit a million downloads earlier this month. Hooray. So what I'm doing
1:12.5	is re-releasing all the fan favorites, the most downloaded episodes because we've got new folks
1:18.1	coming to this show all of the time. And I want you guys to sink your teeth into the big,
1:23.7	meaty topics that are going to move the needle most for you. Today we're talking about
1:27.5	cholesterol, big topic. We're going to talk about whether eating cholesterol is a problem,
1:34.5	what cholesterol does in the body, problems with low cholesterol, underlying reasons for
1:40.2	high cholesterol, how it relates to your hormones, and how to support healthy cholesterol
1:46.6	levels, among a great many other things. So great episode to listen to and to share. This is a
1:53.9	big one that you're going to want to share. I am not surprised that it is one of the most popular
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