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Worsening Lipoproteins on a Low-Carb Diet: The National Lipid Association
Dr. Dayspring tweeted a link to Lipid Spin journal highlighting this article, and when I saw the title I knew I had to read it forthwith. Lipid Spin is the official publication of the National Lipid...
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Dr. Hallberg LDL on LCHF Talk
I first came across Dr. Sarah Hallberg’s name when I read Dr. Pokrywka’s guest editorial in Lipid Spin discussing the “Worsening Lipoproteins on a Low-Carb Diet.” Dr. Pokrywka pointed out that Dr....
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Cholesterol Update September 2016
It’s been about 6 months since I last checked my cholesterol and I’ve had a few readers ask me how my numbers look. Before I jump into what the results are I thought it might be helpful, especially...
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Cholesterol Update with Berberine, January 2017
The last time I checked my cholesterol in September 2016 it showed a slight improvement in my LDL-P, LDL-C, and total cholesterol simply by following the Whole 30 diet for 2 weeks. Despite these...
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Cholesterol Update after Increasing the Dose of Berberine, February 2017
Remember how I said that I was planning to shorten the period between blood tests to around 2 weeks to make it easier to adhere to whatever experiment I was working on because whenever I aimed for a...
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Cholesterol Update with Bergamot, March 2017
Moving forward with my efforts to identify non-Statin ways to lower my cholesterol I experimented with using Bergamot 500 mg twice a day. This was a component of what I did when I finally got my...
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Cholesterol Update with Berberine AND Bergamot, April 2017
In the last episode of “Let’s Tinker With The BJJ Caveman’s Cholesterol,” I took Bergamot 500 mg 2x/day and saw that it brought my Small LDL-P to 407 which is the lowest it’s ever been and the fist...
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Cholesterol Case Study by Lipidologist, Dr. Tara Dall
I was poking around Dr. Tara Dall’s website one day and came across this case study that reminded me surprisingly of my own case (I’ve uploaded a copy here just in case her link breaks). Dr. Dall is...
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Cholesterol Update Late April 2017: Intermittent Fasting, Cut Out Red Meat...
After my most recent cholesterol blood test in the earlier weeks of April 2017, I learned that despite taking both Berberine AND Bergamot, my LDL-P and my Small LDL-P both bumped up after enjoying a...
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Dr. Cromwell’s Take on Low Carb and High Cholesterol from Robb Wolf’s Wired...
As a pre-order bonus to Robb Wolf’s latest book, Wired to Eat, he provided access to an interview with Dr. William Cromwell, a lipidologist who is the Director of Cardiovascular Disease at LabCorp...
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