🔥 Blaming Fires on Firefighters?

Hey friends,

Imagine you come across a house fire in your town. As you’re driving by, you see multiple firetrucks and dozens of firefighters surrounding the house and on the street out front.

Would you immediately assume the firefighters were the cause of the fire? Absolutely not. The thought is almost laughable, right?

It’s just as laughable as blaming cholesterol for atherosclerotic plaque. Sure, cholesterol is at the scene of the crime, but it’s not responsible for the crime.

Truth is, plaques form when the "good guys,” or macrophages, go after the real villain: oxidized cholesterol. They gobble up the "bad" oxidized low-density lipoproteins, turning into foam cells that pile up, clogging arteries and causing blockages.

Our bodies aren’t kitchen drains: eating dietary fat will not clog your arteries. Sugar-induced stress and injuries contribute to clogged arteries.

Anyways, if you’re here, thanks for showing up. Let me know if you get to enjoy any of the content below!

🫀 What They Don’t Tell You About Statins – Dr. Philip Ovadia

This video from Dr. Ovadia explores how focusing on lowering cholesterol might be missing the bigger picture with the dangers of insulin resistance. Even though we’ve had decades of statin use, heart disease keeps rising, and 93% of adults are metabolically unhealthy. Even crazier? Statins can increase the risk of type 2 diabetes and worsen the very issues they’re meant to treat.

Watch time: 7 minutes

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🤥 The Most Dangerous Cholesterol Lie – Dr. Sten Ekberg

D. Ekberg is great at making complex things super easy to understand. In this video, he breaks down the myth of cholesterol, the vital role it plays in our bodies, and the narrative we’ve been fed from Big Pharma the last few decades. The truth of the matter is that statins treat numbers, not root causes. Cholesterol is actually essential for brain, hormone, and heart health. And, as it turns out, insulin resistance and inflammation are the real culprits, not your LDL.

Watch time: 29 minutes

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😴 Sleep and Insulin Resistance – Dr. Benjamin Bikman

Turns out sleep is just as important as diet when it comes to insulin resistance. Bad sleep raises stress hormones, affects hormone rhythms, and makes insulin work overtime, especially if you’re going to bed after snacking all evening. A good reminder about how lifestyle affects blood sugar just as much as the carbs we eat.

Watch time: 10 minutes

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