Dr. Gary McGowan drops in to share a masterclass on cardiovascular disease and its major risk factors, including:
- The relationship between cholesterol and cardiovascular disease
- Why LDL cholesterol is important
- What causes LDL cholesterol to rise
- The dietary factors that can increase LDL cholesterol
- Navigating misleading claims about LDL from the carnivore diet community
- Why elimination diets can appear to improve someone’s health
- The relationship between obesity and cardiovascular disease
- Why not all fat storage in the body is associated with the same level of disease risk
- Visceral fat, BMI, and the personal fat threshold
- Why cardiovascular risk accumulates over time
- The role of genetics in cholesterol and blood pressure
- What causes high blood pressure
- The role of dietary sodium in hypertension
- The most important lifestyle behaviours for lowering cardiovascular disease risk
- How to screen for atherosclerotic plaque buildup in your arteries
- Coronary artery calcium scans and CCTA imaging
- Whether caffeine and energy drinks increase the risk of heart problems
- And much more
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CHAPTERS
01:31 Cholesterol and Heart Risk
04:50 Why LDL Rises
06:23 Diet Drivers of LDL
09:31 Coffee and Cholesterol
10:32 Exercise and Lipids
12:19 Carnivore LDL Debate
18:32 Elimination Diet Reality
21:48 Obesity and Heart Disease
26:26 Visceral Fat and BMI
31:15 BMI Reality Check
32:24 Personal Fat Threshold
32:46 Obesity Over Time
33:58 Cumulative Risk Model
34:58 Blood Pressure Drivers
36:04 Salt and the Modern Diet
38:21 Lifestyle Risk Pillars
38:53 Heart Plaque Screening
41:32 Calcium Scans Explained
44:33 CCTA for Soft Plaque
48:17 Caffeine and Heart Risk
53:14 Energy Drink Extremes
55:21 Where to Find Gary
57:34 Final Wrap-Up
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