Why Everyone Should Care About Cholesterol

Wellness: Fact vs. Fiction

Danielle Belardo

Nutrition, Alternative Health, Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

This week, Dr. Danielle is hopping on the mic solo to dive into one of your most requested topics (drum roll, please) — cholesterol. As a cardiologist, lipids and cholesterol are practically her second language, and she has heard every question under the sun from her patients. In part one of this multi-part series, she covers the foundations of cholesterol, common terminology, and myths and misconceptions. Welcome to Cholesterol 101! On today’s episode, Danielle addresses the following questions surrounding cholesterol: What is it and is it true your body needs it? How does LDL cholesterol cause heart disease? What does a lipid panel tell you? What is the difference between total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, triglycerides, and apo B, and how does each one relate to cardiovascular risk? What are some of the values we are looking to target to get an optimal lipid panel? Is it true that high HDL cholesterol is beneficial? What is the difference between small vs large LDL particles and how do they impact the risk of developing atherosclerosis? How useful are Triglyceride/HDL ratios in determining cardiovascular risk? Thank you so much for taking the time to contribute to a generation that values fact over fiction! Be sure to rate, review, and follow on your favorite podcast app and let us know which not-so-wellness trend you’d like to hear debunked. Follow your host on Instagram @daniellebelardomd and the podcast @wellnessfactvsfiction Thank you to our sponsors for making this episode possible. Check out these deals just for you: COZY EARTH - Go to cozyearth.com and enter WELLNESS at checkout to SAVE thirty-five Percent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This podcast is brought to you by PodcastNation.
0:08.8	LDL cholesterol levels denote the level of cholesterol floating around in your plasma,
0:13.9	not the level of cholesterol in your cells.
0:16.8	Don't forget, cholesterol beyond a certain threshold is a toxic molecule.
0:21.6	Every single cell in your body has all of the machinery and synthesis mechanisms
0:27.0	to make all of the cholesterol your body ever needs.
0:39.6	Welcome to Wellness Fact vs. Fiction.
0:42.4	I'm Dr. Danielle Bullardo, and I'm a cardiologist who loves evidence-based medicine
0:46.4	and nutrition science. But as a millennial, I've watched endless wellness
0:50.4	fads take over social media. It's my mission to get to the bottom of things by bringing
0:54.7	on the top expert physicians and scientists to help us determine what is fact versus fiction
1:00.1	when it comes to your health. It's time to leave the pseudoscience behind and become empowered
1:05.2	when it comes to our wellness.
1:16.8	Hi everyone, welcome back to Wellness Fact vs. Fiction.
1:22.1	So this week is actually going to be a solo episode,
1:25.7	and we're diving into one of your most requested topics. Drum roll please, cholesterol.
1:33.2	So if you're new to the podcast, my name is Danielle Bullardo, I am a cardiologist,
1:38.4	and as a cardiologist, lipids and cholesterol are a topic I discuss all day, every day with my
1:44.3	patients. And so since this is such a complex and nuanced topic, it's actually going to be
1:49.8	covered over multiple episodes. But in order to get to the nitty gritty of cholesterol,
1:55.4	we need to start off with an episode to build a foundation of determinology. So we're all on
2:00.9	the same page. So this episode is really your cholesterol 101. So what will you learn by the time
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