Part 205 - Dave Feldman on The Amazing Study of Fit People w/ High LDL Cholesterol
Peak Human - Unbiased Nutrition Info for Optimum Health, Fitness & Living
Brian Sanders
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🗓️ 4 October 2023
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Dave Feldman is an independent researcher and software engineer who has gained notoriety for his work on cholesterol and lipid metabolism, particularly in the context of low-carbohydrate and ketogenic diets. Coming from a background in software engineering, Feldman took a systems engineering approach to understanding cholesterol, creating what he calls the "lipid energy model." He has presented his findings at various medical conferences and is a frequent guest on health and wellness podcasts. Although not a credentialed medical professional, Feldman's citizen science has challenged traditional views on cholesterol, encouraging more nuanced discussions around its role in health. His work has captivated a large following of both laypeople and experts interested in the complexities of lipidology.
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(4:18) A study on the Lipid Energy Model (LEM) (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35629964/) may explain why cholesterol increases in those who decide to consume fat for energy over carbs.
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(12:46) The status of your metabolic health influences how a particular diet affects your health, no matter the diet.
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(20:42) HDL at 50 or higher and triglycerides at 100 or lower are good benchmarks to strive for.
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(36:19) Multiple studies demonstrate that, if you take 100 random people in the same demographic with 0 risk factors, 60 male and 40 female, a little more than half of them would have 0 CAC.
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(44:07) Dave's ongoing companion study (follow updates at https://citizensciencefoundation.org/) running parallel to the main study features a control group with more relaxed criteria.
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(52:03) If we had more data on healthy populations, a clearer path towards a healthy way of life will be achieved
- (59:40) Visit (https://ownyourlabs.com/) which is both a blood testing service and a hub to participate in citizen science.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone welcome back to Hey, everyone. |
| 0:13.0 | everyone welcome back to Peak Human Podcast. |
| 0:16.3 | I'm Brian Sanders. |
| 0:18.0 | I'm the creator of the Food Lies documentary series, founder of Nose Detail.org, where you get Regenerative Meat and Body Care |
| 0:25.0 | Products made from Beef Tallow. |
| 0:27.4 | And I talked to Dave Feldman today in person. |
| 0:31.0 | I swung through Vegas, caught him for a live interview, and we got to discuss his great new scientific trial he's been working on for years, amazing results. |
| 0:42.0 | You're going to want to hear this one, especially if you're going to want to hear this one. for years, amazing results. |
| 0:42.7 | You're going to want to hear this one, |
| 0:44.1 | especially if your LDL has gone up |
| 0:46.6 | due to eating meat and fat and animal products |
| 0:50.4 | like it has for me and so many others. But I'm not worried because now we have some good science to show why this may not be what the mainstream thinks it is |
| 0:59.3 | So huge episode with Dave gets a little nerdy, it's really cool though. |
| 1:04.8 | You can watch his presentations online as well. |
| 1:07.5 | We'll link to that in the show notes. |
| 1:09.6 | Quick update on Food Lives, we are trying to finish episode one soon so we can pitch to this amazing studio in LA that has three documentaries currently on Netflix, big time people doing great documentaries and they're very interested in Food Lives. So this is great news. great |
| 1:23.3 | news and they're very interested in food lies. So this is great news. |
| 1:24.1 | Also, I'm getting back into some health coaching. |
| 1:27.0 | I'm looking for three people to work with over three months. |
| 1:30.0 | Serious people who need to lose a significant amount of weight and change their life. |
| 1:34.4 | This is a paid program with me and my team, nutritionist. |
| 1:38.6 | We have a biocam engineer. |
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