They say it's too difficult. That you have to accept the blood sugar swings. What if they're wrong?
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Cholesterol
Understanding Blood Lipids and Heart Health
Cholesterol is an essential molecule your body needs for hormone production, cell membranes, and fighting infections—your liver produces most of it regardless of what you eat. The traditional view of 'good' (HDL) and 'bad' (LDL) cholesterol oversimplifies a complex picture. LDL and HDL aren't actually cholesterol—they're transport particles carrying cholesterol and other substances. Research increasingly shows that particle number and size matter more than total cholesterol levels, and that triglycerides, insulin levels, and inflammation may be better predictors of heart disease risk than LDL cholesterol alone.
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The standard approach treats high blood sugar with medications while ignoring what caused it: chronically high insulin. A different approach—addressing the root cause—achieves remission rates up to 46% in real-world settings. Here's the evidence most doctors never see.
The studies that blamed saturated fat? They actually showed vegetable oils increased death rates. Then the data disappeared for 40 years.
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35 eggs a day—and blood cholesterol stayed normal. This extreme case undercuts the myth that eating cholesterol automatically raises cholesterol in your blood.
You might wonder: Is weight loss without constant hunger even possible? Research on type 2 diabetes patients showed that a low-carb diet caused a spontaneous drop in daily calorie intake, while simultaneously boosting insulin sensitivity by 75%
Small, dense LDL exposes hidden heart risk your standard LDL misses — check triglycerides (≥150 mg/dL / ≥1.7 mmol/L) and HDL to catch it early.
Lower‑carb guidance in a UK GP practice led to 46% drug‑free type 2 diabetes remission and 93% normalization of prediabetes, with significant drops in HbA1c, weight, BP, and triglycerides.
Low-carb diets match or beat low-fat for Type 2 diabetes—often cutting meds and improving HbA1c—without evidence of increased cardiovascular risk.
Butter raised LDL; coconut oil didn’t—despite having more saturated fat (94% vs. 66%). In this 4‑week test, coconut oil matched olive oil for LDL and boosted HDL, and inflammation didn’t rise.
Small, dense LDL—not total LDL—best flagged future heart disease risk. Even with normal LDL, high sdLDL doubled risk.
Small, dense LDL exposes hidden heart risk: it predicts events even when LDL looks “normal.”