tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550919611653842066.post1991875737512692652..comments2023-10-24T19:10:17.771-07:00Comments on The High-fat Hep C Diet: TG/HDL ratio trumps LDL in untreated patients in the lipid lowering drug trials.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550919611653842066.post-46762126776436984232019-08-28T19:54:26.103-07:002019-08-28T19:54:26.103-07:00The HDL cut off in the Gemfibrozil trial was 1.08 ...The HDL cut off in the Gemfibrozil trial was 1.08 mmol/l which is 41.8 mg/dl, so approx 40 mg/dl.Puddleghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00953398103675945541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550919611653842066.post-27362067819123850102019-08-23T06:04:45.921-07:002019-08-23T06:04:45.921-07:00Does anyone know what HDL levels were the cutoffs ...Does anyone know what HDL levels were the cutoffs for the various groups in the first study? mroush731https://www.blogger.com/profile/17694479113132904920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550919611653842066.post-37275359082265956162015-03-26T12:34:53.319-07:002015-03-26T12:34:53.319-07:00Thanks Zooko, I always appreciate the careful way ...Thanks Zooko, I always appreciate the careful way the evidence is laid out in those ketotic docs.<br />If the liver is insulin resistant, this means that insulin is not being degraded (a function of hepatic insulin receptors) so is building up in the peripheral and coronary circulation. With what results you see.<br />Lipid synthesis, lipid storage, and inflammation all upregulated by hyperinsulinaemia. Atherosclerosis.Puddleghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00953398103675945541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550919611653842066.post-4362156224189189622015-03-26T12:29:24.542-07:002015-03-26T12:29:24.542-07:00Which now makes perfect sense of this paper
http:/...Which now makes perfect sense of this paper<br />http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejm199604113341504<br /><br />Carb eaters - TG is not a risk factor if LDL:HDL is low.<br /><br />Fat eaters - LDL is not a risk factor if TG:HDL is low.<br /><br />If you have hyperinsulinaemia high TG and/or LDL indicates risk. <br />Cut the carbs, cut the insulin and the TG and get the HDL back.<br />Or, cut the fat and the LDL and hope for the best.<br /><br />http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejm199604113341504Puddleghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00953398103675945541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550919611653842066.post-91323262075066841422015-03-25T15:33:07.911-07:002015-03-25T15:33:07.911-07:00My brilliant ex-wife, Amber, summarized several su...My brilliant ex-wife, Amber, summarized several such experiments nicely on this post, and also tied it in to experiments on the effect of ketogenic diet on those blood lipid levels: http://www.ketotic.org/2013/09/the-ketogenic-diet-reverses-indicators.htmlAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17046522562803939443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550919611653842066.post-53009762049198852952015-03-24T19:31:36.870-07:002015-03-24T19:31:36.870-07:00Isn't the Mk 14 torpedo saga the perfect histo...Isn't the Mk 14 torpedo saga the perfect historical analogy for the US dietary guidelines?<br />Commanders like Atkins who got better results by ignoring orders and "flipping the pyramid" were threatened with court martial. Crews who got poor results were accused of "doing it wrong" (not following instructions properly) and having poor moral fibre.<br />And all because the damned thing was only tested just enough to satisfy assumptions, not tested to the end of the road.Puddleghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00953398103675945541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8550919611653842066.post-5785403464421140792015-03-24T19:24:47.711-07:002015-03-24T19:24:47.711-07:00Dang, wish I hadn't fired my doc, I could go s...Dang, wish I hadn't fired my doc, I could go shake this under his nose. LOL.Tucker Goodrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09455436946187786398noreply@blogger.com