Good (HDL) Cholesterol Is Not So Good After All

[haidut]

@haidut
Can you post a thread to this or explain the Ldl range? Thanks.

Peat has been asked multiple times about this and I think there are quite a few of his responses in the Peat Email Advisory thread. So, if you search there for LDL you will find what you need. You can also Google for "site:raypeatforum.com optimal LDL" (without the quotes).

 

[GeoX]

Is boiled, unfiltered coffee good now, since it supposedly raises LDL?

Filtered Vs Un-filtered Coffee And Cholesterol

 

[Astolfo]

Is boiled, unfiltered coffee good now, since it supposedly raises LDL?

Filtered Vs Un-filtered Coffee And Cholesterol

I will ask the same.

 

[aliml]

Mendelian randomization analysis revealed potential metabolic causal factors for breast cancer

Observational studies showed that metabolic phenotypes were associated with the risk of developing breast cancer (BC). However, those results are inconsistent regarding the magnitude of the association, particularly by subtypes of breast cancer. Furthermore, ...

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Our study found that high HDL-C levels may increase breast cancer risk. This result is somewhat surprising given that increasing HDL-C is thought to be healthier.

We did not find any significant causal relationship between LDL-C and breast cancer risk.

 

[RealNeat]

@haidut any updates on this subject? recently my HDL came back low and the doc is telling me to raise it. Wondering if you still hold the same positions or want to add to it. thanks