The Role of LDL in Heart Disease | 19min snip from The Ultimate Health Podcast

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576: Your Doctor Is Wrong About Cholesterol & Heart Disease! | Dr. Malcolm Kendrick

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The Role of LDL in Heart Disease

This chapter of the podcast episode discusses the role of LDL in heart disease and explores the possibility that other factors may be involved. It questions why LDL is singled out as the problem and discusses the concept of oxidized LDL. The chapter also delves into the glyco-calix and its protective role in preventing damage and blood clotting.

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Watch the full video interview on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/wRjQCG4NU-Y

Dr. Malcolm Kendrick is a General Practitioner and bestselling author.

He is now well worn around the edges, from battling the cholesterol hypothesis. This hypotheses states that an elevated blood level of LDL cholesterol causes heart disease.

Malcolm’s most recent book is The Clot Thickens: The Enduring Mystery of Heart Disease.

In this episode, we discuss:

The cholesterol hypothesis is wrong
What is atherosclerosis?
Saturated fat doesn’t raise LDL cholesterol (why it’s impossible)
What makes an artery more prone to a blood clot? (vs a vein)
What is the glycocalyx?
The anatomy of plaque in arteries
LPa is different than LDL
The process of blood clotting
Why doctors are stuck focusing on LDL cholesterol
The thrombogenic hypothesis
The REAL causes of heart disease
Practical tips to repair the endothelium & protect the glycocalyx

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