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I believe the current view on LDL is that its level what the body needs it to be and generally doesn’t require intervention. However, the Tg/HDL ratio is a reasonably good indicator of your metabolic health. OTOH Tg should be below 100 mg/dL, and ideally it should be lower than the HDL reading. The ratio of Tg/HDL should be below 1.8, using mg/dL.

The downvotes don’t bother me. The day I stop getting downvotes is probably when I no longer need to bring this up :)

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Cholesterol doesn’t cause heart disease, and salt in the form of sodium is fine too as long as you don’t have chronically elevated levels of insulin in your blood.

Cholesterol has not been scientifically established to be the cause of heart disease in human beings. It was based on a study that was done on rabbits fed cholesterol and vegetable oil. The ensuing focus on low-fat diets has caused in my opinion an untold amount of suffering, including my own NAFLD.

Ancel Keys was a fish physiologist. He was highly charismatic, had a forceful personality, and dismissive of his peers that did not share his theory of heart disease.

Ancel Keys, the perpetuator of the diet heart hypothesis.

Avoiding all ultraprocessed foods and eating an appropriate diet.

The CNY is pegged to a basket of currencies.

The hubris of modern science and medicine is thinking that we know everything about our biology. I contend that we don’t. Can you tell me what’s in my gut microbiome?

I lived off Soylent for a while, and it was in part the cause of NAFLD for me. I really strongly recommend against it, it is highly processed and has questionable nutrient bioavailability.

What maths do our memories follow? What about consciousness?

Who decides what misinformation and propaganda is? For example, you think that Soylent is a decent meal replacement and that talking about it is a harmless debate to have, but I’m of the opinion that it is actually very harmful to your health in the long-term and really shouldn’t be advocated for in any way. (I’m serious, btw, this isn’t rhetorical)

Who decides on the internet which of us is correct?

Goddamit.

Google wishes it had Apple’s walled garden so badly

I am, why do you ask? I do drink occasionally for social reasons, to be polite.

High protein diets can cause de novo kidney disease

I’m not suggesting that you overdose on protein, if you’re referring to rabbit starvation. If you aren’t, would you care to provide more information?

The human brain can use ketones for its requirements, and your body is able to produce all the carbohydrates it needs via gluconeogenesis. Including the needs of all your erythrocytes.

You’re confidently incorrect. You don’t need to eat carbohydrates to break down fat and protein, and a diet consisting of healthy proteins and fat has not been proven to cause kidney failure.

Eating food with ingredients in it that we don’t recognize, sold and possibly heated in a plastic container.

It’s not that hard to make an account, is it?