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

Big Fluffy "Type a" Cholesterol Is A Killer

 Here's an excellent link on Big Fluffy "Type a" Cholesterol.

http://www.atkinsexposed.org/atkins/189/Atkins_Argues_that_Size_Matters.htm

Here's a quote from the link - "Frank M. Sacks, M.D., Professor of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention at Harvard, with over a hundred publications to his name,[998] reviewed all of the evidence surrounding LDL size in 2003.[999] He found that some studies showed that larger LDL (the type that the Atkins Diet elevates) seemed more dangerous. "Thus," he wrote, "large and small LDL are atherogenic, and it is not possible to judge which if any is more harmful, overall."[1000] Cleveland Clinic Medical Director (and Vice President of the American College of Cardiology) Steven Nissen, M.D., agrees that LDL particle size simply isn't clinically useful.[1001]" (Emphasis Added)

Another quote from the link - ""In summary," Dr. Sacks wrote, "the picture is emerging... that small LDL does not have a special relationship to coronary heart disease beyond its contribution to LDL concentration." He concludes "all LDL types should be viewed as harmful."[1002] In other words, large or small, bad cholesterol is bad cholesterol." (Emphasis Added)

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)