It's hard to believe due to the massive amounts of "experts" stating that high cholesterol is bad for you. I was brought up with that information since I was young. But when have we as individuals stepped back and actually verified this information?
Schools teach us that we evolved over billions of years. They teach us there is no God. They teach us that everything is relative. They teach us that the fulfillment to life is to live for yourself. They teach us we are the authority. They teach us that Jesus is a good man. They teach us marriage is between two people who love each other regardless of gender maybe even species down the line. They teach us that philosophy is the answer or was it science... Or was it your own heart. Whatever it is - you get the point.
I have always been a person who likes to verify my information. I didn't become strong by following the trends of the fitness world. I did it by reading my own research. Books written from the 1800's, 1900's. Books and peer review journals from men smarter than me. Bodybuilding, powerlifting, strongman and all other exercise related subjects. Books translated from other languages to orchestrate the kinestheitical (think i made this word up) knowledge that I know now. The results speak for itself.
This subject is not any different and its by God's grace that I ran into it. So what are the real factors for heart attacks? Let me give you two that are definitive - low hdl and high triglycerides.
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My results
My Cholesterol- 274mg/dL
Low - less than 125
Normal - 125-200
High - greater than 200
It makes sense that my cholesterol will be high because my new energy is coming from fat. Im not concerned about these levels. Its funny how the doctor was telling me he was concerned for my cholesterol levels because they were so high. I tell him why Im doing and explain my research and he then goes "...well because your... Well... Actually... Everything else is good." Which made me laugh inside haha.
My Triglycerides - - 66 mg/dL
Normal - less than 150 mg/dL
Borderline high - 150-199
High - 200-499
Very high- 590
Im not even close to the borderline. You would expect someone who eats so much fat to have this elevated. The reason is because my body doesn't store these in my body but is used frequently. When carbs are high my body would store them but since they are low -- it uses them for energy.
My HDL - 72 mg/dL
Low - 40 mg/dL
High - 60 mg/dL
Again, I'm above average for HDL. Low hdl is a strong indicator for heart attacks and physicians actually use that to measure the risk for post-menopausal women. When you eat lots of carbs it actually decreases you Hdl, therefore, Hdl is a indicator of carbohydrate intake.
My research states this:
"When you replace fat in your diet, even saturated fat, with carbohydrates, you lower your HDL, which means you make it more likely that you’ll have a heart attack, at least by this predictor of risk. Once again, if you give up scrambled eggs and bacon for breakfast and replace them with cornflakes, skim milk, and bananas, your HDL cholesterol, your “good” cholesterol, will go down, and your heart-attack risk will go up. If you’re currently eating cereal, skim milk, and bananas and switch instead to eggs and bacon, your HDL cholesterol will go up, and your heart-attack risk will go down. This has been known since the 1970s."
This is already getting long so I'll have to postpone my thoughts for part 3.
