Is LDL the Most Important Cause of Cardiovascular Disease?

LDL is not just one thing. There's actually different types of particles that make up that total LDL number. And some of the important ones we talk about are small density LDL and large density LDL with large density LDL being likely safer and less promoting of cardiovascular disease. So you want those fluffy big particles, basically. But what we know is that a low sugar diet and a low carbohydrate diet will bring that small density LDL down.