The Truth About Cholesterol and Heart Health
Dr. Jockers Functional Nutrition
Dr. Jockers
4.8 • 688 Ratings
🗓️ 13 February 2025
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Dr. Jockers’ Functional Nutrition Podcast, you’ll learn why cholesterol is vital for hormones, vitamin D, and cell repair. Dr. Jockers explains how high LDL can protect against inflammation, infections, or toxins, not just signal heart disease risk. Discover why statins might do more harm than good.
Explore the difference between “good” (large, fluffy) and “bad” (small, dense) LDL particles. Dr. Jockers highlights the importance of your triglyceride-to-HDL ratio and why aiming for under 2 is key. This episode challenges the myth that all high LDL is dangerous.
Dr. Jockers also uncovers root causes of high cholesterol, like insulin resistance, hypothyroidism, and toxins. Learn why lean mass hyper-responders—with high LDL, high HDL, and low triglycerides—are often metabolically healthy. Look beyond the numbers and address what’s really driving your cholesterol.
In This Episode:
00:00 Understanding the Terrible Triad
03:30 Cholesterol and Heart Health: An Overview
04:36 The Role of Cholesterol in the Body
16:15 Factors Affecting LDL Levels
23:06 Conclusion and Final Thoughts
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“The terrible triad: High LDL, low HDL, and high triglycerides. This combination is a red flag for insulin resistance and heart disease risk.”
~ Dr. Jockers
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| 0:00.0 | The terrible triad is when we have very high LDL, as well as low HDL, |
| 0:06.2 | HDL is considered the good cholesterol, and then high triglycerides. |
| 0:09.7 | So if your triglycerides are high, up over 100, your LDL is high, and your HDL is low, |
| 0:16.0 | like under 50, that's a sign that you have this terrible triad. |
| 0:19.6 | That's associated with something called insulin resistance, and that is a strong risk factor for developing metabolic syndrome, |
| 0:28.1 | developing atherosclerosis, and dying of heart disease. So we want to make sure that's not the |
| 0:31.9 | case. Also, when we look at the type of LDL particles, the size of the LDL particles makes a big difference. |
| 0:40.9 | And there are two main patterns we look at. |
| 0:44.5 | Hello and welcome to the Dr. Jockers functional nutrition podcast, the show designed to give you |
| 0:50.7 | science-based solutions to improve your health and life. I'm Dr. David Jockers, |
| 0:56.4 | doctor of natural medicine, and creator of Dr.jockers.com, and I'm the host of this podcast. |
| 1:03.0 | I'm here to tell you that your body was created to heal itself. And on this show, we focus on |
| 1:08.4 | strategies you can apply today to heal and function at your best. |
| 1:13.3 | Thanks for spending time with me. |
| 1:14.9 | And let's go into the show. |
| 1:19.9 | If you've been listening to this podcast for any length of time, you know, one of the things I'm most excited about is neuroplasticity, |
| 1:27.0 | which is one of the most groundbreaking |
| 1:28.4 | things in neuroscience today. It's the fact that your brain can rewire and heal itself. |
| 1:33.5 | All it needs is nerve growth factor or NGF. Now, NGF is a protein that forms new neurons in your |
| 1:39.8 | brain. It regenerates old ones and enhances brain cell communication. |
| 1:44.7 | And the best way to naturally boost NGF levels is to take Lyons main mushroom, one of the most nutrient-rich |
| 1:51.6 | mushrooms in existence, made famous for its brain boosting capabilities. |
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