Cholesterol and Heart Disease: Why Has There Been So Much Controversy?
Aug 18, 2023
Cholesterol and Heart Disease: Why Has There Been So Much Controversy?
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0.06 -> cholesterol and heart disease why has
2.159 -> there been so much controversy and the
3.959 -> scientific consensus is that lowering
6.12 -> LDL cholesterol reduces heart attacks so
8.88 -> why are we still debating whether
10.2 -> cholesterol containing foods affect
11.88 -> blood cholesterol and how do eggs fit in
14.519 -> we look at those questions in this video
16.98 -> and the next
22.81 -> [Music]
28.5 -> the cholesterol controversy is over in
32.64 -> fact you can argue it was over a century
35.28 -> ago it seemed obvious in 1920. that high
39.18 -> cholesterol levels in the blood
40.26 -> infiltrating your artery walls was the
42.719 -> cause of coronary heart disease the
45.18 -> number one killer of men and women
47.239 -> confirmed as unequivocally as the
49.92 -> Revelation that blood circulated
51.78 -> throughout the body or that the
53.28 -> tuberculosis bacteria causes
55.32 -> tuberculosis
57.059 -> I've reviewed some of that evidence
58.559 -> previously in videos like how do we know
61.32 -> that cholesterol causes heart disease
63.12 -> and optimal cholesterol level
65.7 -> the question is why did it take so long
69.72 -> what is so puzzling is that why we have
72.6 -> to work so hard to sell the message
74.159 -> given what seems to be an unbeatable
76.86 -> amount of Hard Evidence many rejected
79.5 -> the cholesterol heart disease link
81.36 -> because so many patients were dying of
83.759 -> coronary heart disease despite so-called
85.799 -> perfectly normal cholesterol levels
88.439 -> of course as I've detailed before having
91.259 -> normal cholesterol levels in a society
93.54 -> where it's normal to drop dead of a
96.18 -> heart attack isn't exactly saying much
98.36 -> ideally we want to get our total
100.56 -> cholesterol well under 150 since having
103.38 -> high cholesterol levels in your blood is
105.54 -> thought of as the only direct
107.6 -> atherosclerotic risk factor all the
109.92 -> other things smoking high blood pressure
111.659 -> diabetes inactivity obesity just
113.759 -> exacerbate the damage caused by the high
116.82 -> cholesterol
118.02 -> another Factor may be the preoccupation
120.479 -> of cardiologists with all the new fancy
122.28 -> gadgets and procedures out there it's
124.439 -> like we train them to be highly skilled
126.24 -> high-tech fighter pilots to fight a war
128.759 -> but then sent them on some boring
131.16 -> preventive diplomatic mission
133.92 -> but the reasons maybe even more personal
137.52 -> than that
139.02 -> as an editorial in the Journal of the
140.819 -> American Heart Association asked nearly
143.34 -> 50 years ago why do we pretend the cause
147.18 -> of heart disease is mysterious there is
150 -> no mystery as to why the incidence of
152.28 -> heart disease like that of lung disease
154.56 -> and of venereal disease sexually
156.599 -> transmitted disease continues to rise
158.819 -> for many decades after the cause is
161.28 -> established why because human beings
164.3 -> including Physicians are eager for
166.819 -> excuses not to face annoying facts and
170.7 -> so they continue to do things which are
172.739 -> agreeable but hazardous people tend to
175.86 -> reject new ideas even when they don't
178.019 -> impose any change in our way of life and
180.54 -> it's almost impossible for most men to
182.519 -> accept any suggestion and it might be
184.62 -> wise to give up agreeable habits such as
186.959 -> smoking unsafe sex or eating their
189.959 -> favorite foods this continuing challenge
192.78 -> is represented by a senior professor of
195.54 -> medicine who questioned whether an
196.98 -> alteration of diet would really affect
198.959 -> the course of heart disease these
201.06 -> professors know the facts the problem is
203.76 -> that they like so many patients will not
206.04 -> allow themselves to believe the message
207.959 -> eating rich food just means too much to
210.9 -> too many people even when it's our
213.3 -> gravest mortal threat
217.08 -> scientific consensus panels going back
219.36 -> decades established Beyond a reasonable
221.58 -> doubt that lowering LDL cholesterol
223.56 -> reduces the risk of heart attacks
225.739 -> consistent evidence unequivocally
228.54 -> establishes that LDL causes are number
231 -> one killer atherosclerotic
233.099 -> cardiovascular disease and what raises
235.92 -> LDL cholesterol saturated fat where is
239.04 -> cholesterol raising saturated fat found
241.2 -> the number one source is dairy number
243.72 -> two source is chicken then pastries pork
247.14 -> and burgers and it's not just saturated
249.599 -> fat dietary cholesterol has been known
252.18 -> as a dominant factor in the Genesis of
254.519 -> atherosclerosis since 1908 which is why
258.239 -> we should lower our intake of saturated
259.859 -> fats trans fats and dietary cholesterol
262.139 -> as much as possible this is consistent
265.38 -> with how our biology evolved extensive
268.32 -> evidence clearly indicates that a
270.479 -> plant-based diet was the traditional
272.28 -> eating pattern of our distant ancestors
274.62 -> and so dietary cholesterol intakes were
277.02 -> typically very low while at the same
279.18 -> time we were packing in whole plant
280.979 -> foods containing components like fiber
282.96 -> to help us eliminate cholesterol
285.479 -> where is dietary cholesterol coming from
288.72 -> now
290.06 -> overwhelmingly eggs with number two
292.44 -> Source chicken then beef Dairy and pork
295.699 -> so wait a second if the Institute of
298.56 -> medicine recommends that individuals
300.06 -> consume as little dietary cholesterol as
302.82 -> possible
303.919 -> presumably that would mean cutting out
306.12 -> foods like eggs entirely but does eating
309.84 -> cholesterol actually raise your blood
311.699 -> cholesterol
312.84 -> we'll find out
314.759 -> next
316.259 -> thank you
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhAO9MMuQrw
