WATCHING DR. OZ MAY BE HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH

http://www.plantpositive.com/blog/2013/1/26/watching-dr-oz-may-be-hazardous-to-your-health.html

Here are some quotes from the link -

"Typical of the low-carb promoters, they confuse the 1970 Seven Countries Study of Ancel Keys with his 1953 lecture and paper and completely mischaracterize both. Predictably, they blame heart disease on sugar and reimagine John Yudkin as a hero of diet-heart. Watch the three segments Dr. Oz handed over to these two and you’ll see he gave a full endorsement of their reckless, poorly researched, and biased claims, including the false assertion that large LDLs cannot contribute to atherosclerosis. (Emphasis Added)

"I am only one person but I’ve done a lot. I have provided all the evidence anyone needs to understand the truth about cholesterol. One can no longer claim that the science is too contradictory or confusing. Those with the most influence like Mehmet Oz need to educate themselves, accept reality, and stop harming people." (Emphasis Added)

Source: http://www.plantpositive.com/blog/2013/1/26/watching-dr-oz-may-be-hazardous-to-your-health.html

Eliminating the #1 Cause of Death

Evidence for the Lipid Hypothesis: Review of Ignore the Awkward : Is Dr. Ravnskov als...

Evidence for the Lipid Hypothesis: Review of Ignore the Awkward : Is Dr. Ravnskov als...: OBSERVATIONAL EVIDENCE 1. Michael Brown and Joseph Goldstein discovered that the number of functional LDL receptors on the surface of cells...

Here's one of my favorite quotes from this excellent Blog -

"6. Atherosclerosis can be induced in a great variety of animal species including vegetarian and carnivore species (e.g. insects, birds, cats, dogs, non-human primates etc.) by raising serum cholesterol high enough and maintaining it long enough. Atherosclerosis can also be reversed by lowering TC enough and maintaining it long enough. The lipid deposits and foam cells disappeared but some fibrous tissue remained. Some species, such as the dog and rat, do not get elevated TC from a diet high in saturated fat and cholesterol. But when a way was found to elevate their TC they also developed atherosclerosis. This is so consistent no matter which species is tested that it appears to be a scientific law that elevated LDL can cause atherosclerosis.' (Emphasis Added)

Here's another quote from the Blog -

"12. In Chapter 3, Dr. Ravnskov was not thinking clearly when he tells us that people with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) live just as long as others. In the study he cites to make this claim
it clearly says that the FH patients were taking statins.  3)" (Emphasis Added)

Source: http://diet-health-dave.blogspot.com/2011/11/review-of-ignore-awkward-is-dr-ravnskov.html

Peter Rogers, MD Heals Self

Interventional Radiologist/Neuroradiologist Saved Himself with a High Starch Low fat Diet.

http://www.drmcdougall.com/stars/peter_rogers_md.html

Here's a quote from the link -

"My blood pressure is 100/60 mmHg, total cholesterol is 111 mg/dl and LDL cholesterol is 60 mg/dl—and I do not take any medicines. "

"The greatest life-saving medical discovery of the last 50 years is the verification that a plant based diet optimizes health and diminishes the risk of heart attack and stroke. This also lowers the risk of diabetes, multi-infarct dementia, impotence and some cancers. In other words, there is a way to be as healthy as possible. It took me 25 years to learn this the hard way."  (Emphasis Added)

IS THIS THE RIGHT WAY TO EAT?

http://www.plantpositive.com/ 

Great Research. All videos come with transcripts. One of my absolute favorite websites on Nutrition.

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)

Oxidized Polyunsaturated Fat vs Saturated Fat. Which One Really Causes Heart Disease?

 Omega 6 and Omega 3 from Polyunsaturated Fats are ESSENTIAL fatty acids. The body cannot make them and they have to come from food.

The dietary requirement for Saturated Fat is ZERO.

Oxidized Polyunsaturated Fat vs Saturated Fat. Which One Really Causes Heart Disease?

The answer  is in this video.