What you need to know about cholesterol —Total and LDL

This is an area in which I will be guilty of oversimplification. But even oversimplified, it will vastly outstrip your doctor’s focus on total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, and statin drugs. Unfortunately, most doctors have fallen for the marketing disguised as statin drug “research,” paid for by the drug industry. Statin drugs do indeed provide a very small benefit—but with substantial health (and financial) costs. The Undoctored Wild, Naked, and Unwashed strategies address these issues quite aggressively. For example, wheat/grain elimination reduces triglycerides dramatically, often by several hundred points (in mg/dL); raises HDL cholesterol over time; and reduces or eliminates one of the most powerful causes of heart disease—small LDL particles. Omega-3 fatty acids from fish oil reduce triglycerides, removing the distorting effect of excessive triglycerides on other lipoproteins and reducing heart disease risk. Cultivation of bowel flora likewise reduces triglycerides and improves insulin response, along with reducing cholesterol values (via increased growth of bacterial species that yield bile salt hydrolase enzymes that prevent intestinal cholesterol reabsorption). In other words, the basic Undoctored strategies improve the values on the standard cholesterol panel dramatically. Some people, however, are left with higher total and LDL cholesterol values, so it is important to understand several issues surrounding these two values. Total cholesterol is virtually...
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - Category: Cardiology Authors: Tags: Cholesterol Undoctored Wheat Belly Wheat Belly Lifestyle grain-free healthcare Wheat Belly Total Health Source Type: blogs