Here’s what most of us accept as fact:
– Eating saturated fat and cholesterol clogs up our arteries leading to heart disease.
– High LDL cholesterol is a risk factor for a heart attack.
But what if these aren’t true? What if steak and eggs is a healthy meal and your cholesterol blood work results aren’t telling the correct story?
Dr Malcolm Kendrick is a GP, international speaker and best selling author of a number of books including the 2007 juggernaut, The Great Cholesterol Con. He’s on a mission to debunk our current understanding of cholesterol and heart disease and give the TRUE risks of heart disease. Hint: you might be surprised at what they are.
Put your scientist-hat on for this episode because, self proclaimed sceptic, Dr Malcolm digs into the minute details and anatomy of how LDL cholesterol CANNOT be part of artery clogging. Once you listen to this episode, you’ll be able to describe the science to any nay sayer’s and make your own informed decisions on how to eat and live in a heart-healthy way.
We discuss:
- 6:00 - The birth of ‘The Great Cholesterol Con’: Malcolm’s story from GP to International best selling author
- 13:30 - The Science bit: the anatomy of a blood clot
- 18:00 - How it’s IMPOSSIBLE for LDL cholesterol to cause heart disease and the REAL cause
- 26:30 - What is an LDL and how it was first discovered
- 39:30 - How saturated fat is ACTUALLY digested and how it can’t have anything to do with increased cholesterol
- 44:30 - Saturated fat vs vegetable oils
- 50:00 - Malcolm debunks the LDL/cholesterol hypothesis
- 1:00:00 - The truth about the role of high LDL in Familial hyperchlolesterolemia
- 1:10:00 - The TRUE risk factors for heart disease
- 1:14:00 - How to boost Nitric Oxide - a natural heart healthy molecule
- 1:17:00 - Can we eat steak and eggs?! What is the ideal heart healthy diet?