Cholesterol, metabolic health and heart disease | Dr Alan Flanagan and Danny Lennon

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Simon Hill

Nutrition, Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 27 October 2022

⏱️ 141 minutes

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Summary

In Episode #231, I sit down with Dr Alan Flanagan and Danny Lennon to examine cholesterol, statins, the ketogenic diet, and longevity. Dr Alan Flanagan and Danny Lennon address whether cholesterol matters if you’re metabolically healthy, why our veins don’t get atherosclerosis, and why our body makes cholesterol if it’s “bad for us”. They also offer advice on dietary adjustments you can make regardless of your dietary pattern, claims by social media “health gurus”, and much more. LDL cholesterol has been making waves on social media in recent years. With some diet camps making bold claims about its relevance and the apparently open-ended nature of the evidence, many folks are no doubt left unsure of how important cholesterol levels really are. In this episode, I’m joined by Danny Lennon and Dr Alan Flanagan to consider the role and importance of LDL cholesterol as we recap what the literature says. Specifically, we discuss: Intro (0:00) Basics of Cardiovascular Health (4:29) ApoB for Predicting Disease (12:18) Heart Disease: Where things go wrong (23:23) What Causes Artery Damage? (38:47) Paul Saladino Claims (50:36) Is low cholesterol a problem? (1:04:07) Future of Gene Editing (1:27:12) Veins vs Arteries (1:32:28) Diet Claims (1:41:08) Healthy Keto Diet (1:54:08) MCT Oil (2:00:02) Healthy Fats (2:03:28) Final Thoughts (2:09:54) Outro (2:19:05) You can find Dr Alan Flanagan on Instagram, and learn more about Alinea Nutrition at https://www.alineanutrition.com/. Listen to his previous appearances on the show in Episode #159, Episode #225, and Episode #227. To connect with Danny Lennon, head to his on Instagram and Twitter. Make sure to check out the Sigma Nutrition website and podcast. Danny previously appeared on The Proof in Episode #173. Discover additional resources, supporting studies, and more insights in the full show notes. Enjoy, friends. Simon Want to support the show? The best way to support the show is to use the products and services offered by our sponsors. To check them out, and enjoy great savings, visit theproof.com/friends. Simon Hill, Msc, Bsc (Hons) Creator of TheProof.com and host of The Proof with Simon Hill Author of The Proof is in the Plants Watch the episodes on YouTube, or Listen on Apple/Spotify Connect with me on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook Download my complimentary two week meal plan and high protein plant performance recipe book

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0:06.5	Let's keep this under 30 seconds, shall we?
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0:45.1	What they're framing as their scientific kind of approach to this is really just storytelling
0:51.3	and creating narratives that they tend to use information that they call science in
0:56.1	order to like uphold their narrative.
0:57.9	So I just don't think this is about science anymore.
1:00.4	I don't think this is about interpretations of evidence.
1:02.6	I think it's about narcissistic indifference.
1:04.7	I think it's about ego.
1:09.0	Welcome to theproof podcast, a space for science-based conversation exploring the health and longevity
1:14.5	benefits that come with mastering nutrition, physical exercise, mindfulness, recovery,
1:21.0	sleep and alignment.
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