
Carbohydrate-LDL double whammy
July 9th, 2010 admin
Topics: change, glucose, ldl, lipase, lipoproteins, lysine, macrophages, oxidized, receptors, residues, result, triglycerides

Carbohydrates in the diet trigger formation of small LDL particles. Because carbohydrates, such as products made from wheat, increase triglycerides and triglyceride-containing lipoproteins (chylomicrons, chylomicron remnants, VLDL, and IDL), LDL particles (NOT LDL cholesterol) become triglyceride-enriched . Triglyceride-enriched LDL particles are “remodeled” by the enzyme, hepatic lipase, into triglyceride-depleted, small LDL particles. The list of reasons why small LDL particles are more atherogenic , i.e., …
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Just kidding: No novel here. However, there is indeed a story to tell that should scare the pants off you. If you haven’t yet gathered that carbohydrates are a macronutrient nightmare, let me recount the list: Carbohydrates increase small LDL particles Or, in the cholesterol-speak most people understand, “carbohydrates increase cholesterol.”...

There’s a curious and powerful relationship between carbohydrates and LDL particles. Understanding this relationship is crucial to gaining control over heart disease risk. (Note that I did not say “LDL cholesterol”–This is what confuses people, the notion that cholesterol is used as a surrogate marker to quantify various lipoproteins,...

Here’s an interesting example of what you might call “extreme carbohydrate intolerance.” May is a 44-year woman who has now had her 7th stent placed in her coronary arteries. She lives on a diet dominated by breads, breakfast cereals, muffins, rice, corn products, along with some real foods. Her conventional lipid panel and other...

Wheat starches are composed of polymers (repeating chains) of the sugar, glucose. 75% of wheat carbohydrate is the chain of branching glucose units, amylopectin , and 25% is the linear chain of glucose units, amylose . Both amylopectin and amylose are digested by the salivary and stomach enzyme, amylase, in the human gastrointestinal tract. Amylopectin...

We know that foods that trigger insulin lead to fat storage. Putting a stop to this process allows you to mobilize fat and lose weight. If you’re starting out from scratch, rapid and dramatic weight loss can be experienced, as much as one pound per day. So how can you stop triggering insulin? The easiest way is to eliminate, or at least minimize,...

When I tell patients how I advise a wheat-free, cornstarch-free, sugar-free diet on the background of a low-carbohydrate diet, some people ask: “But can I live on a no-carb diet?” Well, there’s no such thing as a “no-carb” diet. Low -carb, yes. No -carb, no. Here are the carbohydrate contents of various “low-carb”...

The ideal diet for heart and overall health restricts carbohydrate intake . I say this because carbohydrates: Make you fat –Carbohydrates increase visceral fat, in particular. Increase triglycerides Reduce HDL Increase small LDL particles Increase glycation of LDL Increase blood pressure Increase c-reactive protein Reducing carbohydrates reverses...

Take a look at these glycemic indexes (GI): White bread 69 Whole wheat bread 72 Sucrose 59 Mars bar 68 White rice 72 Brown rice 66 I’ve made issue in past of whole wheat’s high GI–higher than white bread. Roughly in the same glycemic league as bread are shredded wheat cereal, brown rice, and a Mars candy bar. With few exceptions,...

An enzyme linked to inflammation boosts the risk of heart disease as much as high blood pressure and high cholesterol, a new study suggests. Researchers think that by targeting the enzyme, which is known as lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2, they may have another weapon to fight heart disease.
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One of the most common reasons people come to my office is to correct high cholesterol values without Lipitor. (Substitute “Lipitor” with Crestor, simvastatin, Vytorin, or any of the other cholesterol drugs; it’s much the same.) In the world of conventional healthcare, in which you are instructed to follow a diet that increases risk...
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