The Dangers of Large Fluffy "Type a" LDL Cholesterol

Low Carbers take great comfort in their unnaturally high levels of Large Fluffy "Type a" Cholesterol.

Large Fluffy Type a Cholesterol is Atherogenic.

I will add to this as time permits.

In the following video, Plant Positive does an excellent job on the Dangers of Unnaturally High Levels of Large Fluffy "Type a" Cholesterol.

Here is the Transcript of The Video

http://www.plantpositive.com/25-cholesterol-confusion-8-a-l/

Here are some quotes from the link -

"The best known study to raise doubts about the importance of small, dense LDL as a predictor of the degree of atherosclerosis was this one. This study showed that both of the basic phenotypes of LDL are atherogenic and if anything, the large LDLs are worse."

"This study found that large LDLs predicted coronary events. Large LDLs are not benign."

"My earlier slide that said “Chapter 17” at the top referenced this study. This showed that VLDLs and their remnants do make their way under the surface of the artery. VLDLs are larger than the largest LDLs. If VLDLs are atherogenic, how can anyone say that large LDLs are not?"

"As Dr Dayspring has said, it is not valid to conclude that a distribution of LDL sizes favoring large LDLs indicates safety from heart disease. People with familial hypercholesterolemia tend to have just such a pattern and we know that FH is deadly."

"In animal models, there have been inconsistent findings regarding LDL size and atherosclerosis. This editorial makes reference to a study that showed small, dense LDLs to be less atherogenic."

"Fortunately, Oravec has put out a better paper since then. Here he clearly tells us that in young people, he and his colleagues found that large and intermediate LDLs were associated with premature heart attacks and small, dense LDLs were not. Yes, you heard me right, low carbers. Read it for yourselves. So much for non-atherogenic familial hyperbetalipoproteinemia 1,2. They said that small, dense LDLs are probably an age-related phenomenon."

"This study also looked at young people, in this case Finns, over a six-year period. These authors did not find any evidence that small LDL particle size was associated with increased LDL oxidation or metabolic syndrome." (Emphasis Added)

(25 Cholesterol Confusion & A Large & Fluffy Distraction, Plant Positive, Web 2013)