Low Carb Paleo, and LDL is Soaring – Help!
To Kindy, Zach’s parents, and the NBIA/PKAN kids: I’ve been reading papers on the disease and trying to figure out the best diet for the disease. But the biochemistry is a bit complex, more complex...
View ArticleAnswer Day: What Causes High LDL on Low-Carb Paleo?
First, thank you to everyone who commented on the quiz. I enjoyed reading your thoughts. Is High LDL Something to Worry About? Perhaps this ought to be the first question. Jack Kronk says “I don’t...
View ArticleHDL and Immunity
HDL – high-density lipoprotein – particles are good for you: High HDL levels are associated with lower mortality overall and lower mortality from many diseases – not only cardiovascular disease but...
View ArticleHDL: Higher is Good, But is Highest Best?
(I was going to give a how-to guide for raising HDL today, but I’ll do that Tuesday; today I want to address some interesting preliminary matters.) On Tuesday I raised the possibility that the primary...
View ArticleHow to Raise HDL
In the earlier two posts of this series (HDL and Immunity, April 12; HDL: Higher is Good, But is Highest Best?, April 14), we established that HDL is central to the immunity and toxin clearance, and...
View ArticleBlood Lipids and Infectious Disease, Part I
If there will be a general theme to our second year of blogging, it will be chronic infections – how they interact with the body to promote disease, and how we can use diet-related techniques to...
View ArticleDid Hunter-Gatherers Have Low Serum Cholesterol?
Emily raised a great question in response to last Tuesday’s post: [W]hat of the reports of hunter gatherers having low cholesterol. Is it the product of fringe environments, or low infectious burden,...
View ArticleSerum Cholesterol Among the Eskimos and Inuit
We’re investigating the surprising claim, set forth by S. Boyd Eaton, Melvin Konner, and Marjorie Shostak 1988 [1] and reiterated by Loren Cordain and collaborators in 2004 [2] and Boyd and Konner 2010...
View ArticleSerum Cholesterol Among African Hunter-Gatherers
We’re in the midst of a little diversion looking at the cholesterol levels of hunter-gatherers around the world. This investigation was precipitated by the surprising claim by some Paleo authorities...
View ArticleSerum Cholesterol Among Hunter-Gatherers: Conclusion
So far we’ve looked at serum cholesterol among Eskimos/Inuit (Serum Cholesterol Among the Eskimos and Inuit, July 1, 2011) and !Kung San bushmen (Serum Cholesterol Among African Hunter-Gatherers, July...
View ArticleBlood Lipids and Infectious Disease, Part II
OK, after a diversion into hunter-gatherer lipid profiles I’m back on the original goal of this series: trying to understand why serum cholesterol is protective against infections — and considering...
View ArticleLow Serum Cholesterol in Newborn Babies
Don Matesz, who has embraced low-fat and low-cholesterol dieting, recently stated that “I now consider anything over ~160 mg/dl [to be] excess serum cholesterol” and cited in his support the...
View ArticleHigh LDL on Paleo Revisited: Low Carb & the Thyroid
One of the more mysterious conditions afflicting low-carb Paleo dieters has been high serum cholesterol. Two of our most popular posts were about this problem: Low Carb Paleo, and LDL is Soaring –...
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