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Episode 22 Dr. Robert Lustig

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Is LDL a Bad Guy?

LZ Granderson: Can you shed a little bit of light on some of the myths that we've been drunk like we have to worry about cholesterol and just clarify that if you can in three sentences. LZ: LDL is a bad guy, but he's not nearly as bad as the other bad guy. The hazardous ratio of LDL for heart disease is 1.3; triglycerides are way worse than LDL. If you have a high LDL, you have a 30% increased risk of having a heart attack. And I'm not arguing, you know, we should let our LDLs go up to sky high.

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