Debunking Myths about Cardiovascular Disease | Cardiologist Dr Mohammed Alo

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Simon Hill

Nutrition, Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 27 January 2023

⏱️ 128 minutes

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In Episode #244, cardiologist Dr Mohammed Alo joins me to talk about cardiovascular disease myths, many of which he has been brilliantly covering on Tik Tok over the past year. Is it perfectly ok to eat a lot of saturated fat and red meat if your triglycerides and HDL are normal? Does a coronary artery scan of zero mean we won’t have a heart attack? What’s better - a coronary artery scan or a CT angiogram for measuring plaque in our coronary arteries. Are statins beneficial? Is too low cholesterol a problem? Does this affect brain health and hormone production? Eggs, fish and fish oil, cooking oils - the list goes on. Specifically, we discuss: Intro (00:00) Fighting Misinformation on Cardiovascular Disease and Nutrition (03:49) TikTok and Cardiology: Reaching Diverse Audiences and Navigating Challenges (18:30) The Risks of the Carnivore Diet and False Claims on LDL Cholesterol (26:50) Atherosclerosis, Familial Hypercholesterolemia, and Treatment Options (36:30) The Importance of Non-HDL Cholesterol as a Predictor of CVD (43:41) Optimizing LDL Cholesterol Levels and Avoiding Unnecessary Medications (49:39) Assessing Cardiovascular Risk in Prediabetes (55:21) Cardiac Imaging and Detecting Heart Attack and Stroke Risk (57:24) Artery Calcification in Endurance Athletes: Understanding Imaging Tests (1:08:48) Debunking Myths on Coconut Oil and Fish Oil (1:20:02) Oils of choice and Dr. Alo's stand on canola oil (1:30:00) Eggs and Cholesterol: How much is too much? (1:32:40) Can Unprocessed Red Meat Raise Your Risk of Cardiovascular Disease? (1:36:39) Grass-Fed vs. Grain-Fed Beef: Examining the Debate (1:46:39) Salt, Salt Substitutes, and Hypertension (1:57:25) Outro (2:00:04) We covered a lot. To explore more of Dr Mohammed Alo’s work, check out his website or connect with him on YouTube and TikTok. Discover more insights and supporting studies in the full show notes. 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. 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. You can also show your support by leaving a review on the Apple Podcast app and/or sharing your favourite episodes with your friends and family. 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 Nourish your gut with my Plant-Based Ferments Guide Download my complimentary two-week meal plan and high protein Plant Performance recipe book

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0:46.4	One book will tell you never to eat carbs.
0:50.9	One book will tell you never to eat protein.
0:52.8	One book will tell you never to eat fat.
0:54.8	You read everything and you end up throwing your hands up saying, oh, there's really nothing
0:58.9	humans are allowed to eat other than air.
1:01.4	That's not healthy.
1:02.6	It's developing a horrible relationship with food and it's just scaring people into these
1:07.6	positions that are just unsustainable and untenable and are not necessary.
1:11.7	We don't need to eat like that.
1:13.6	I'm just trying to dispel as many of these myths and things as possible with real science,
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