#83 Dr. Gil Carvalho - Blood Lipids Made Simple

In this episode of The Muscle Memoirs Podcast, I am joined by Dr. Gil Carvalho for a comprehensive discussion on blood lipids. We discuss the relationship between LDL-C and cardiovascular disease, the value of HDL-C in predicting CVD risk, and apoB, among other related topics.

Gil Carvalho, MD, Ph.D. is a physician, research scientist, science communicator, speaker, and writer. Dr. Carvalho trained as a medical doctor at the University of Lisbon, in his native Portugal, and later obtained a Ph.D. in Biology from Caltech (California Institute of Technology). He has published peer-reviewed medical research spanning the fields of genetics, molecular biology, nutrition, behavior, aging, and neuroscience.


References
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
- https://www.thelancet.com/journals/la...
- https://www.escardio.org/Journals/E-J...
-    • Atherosclerosis | Cholesterol, LDL, H...  


Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
03:50 Is LDL-C causal in CVD? Multiple lines of evidence
12:22 ApoB as the best metric to assess risk
21:10 Particle size and number
28:10 Triglycerides
31:45 Lp(a)
34:00 HDL-C
43:35 The importance of looking at the totality of the evidence
46:00 Lean on apoB
48:15 The relationship between eggs and risk of CVD

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