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RHR: The Functional Medicine Approach to High Cholesterol
Category: Health
Duration: 00:22:15
Publish Date: 2017-02-02 12:15:54
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In this episode we cover:
  • The functional approach to high cholesterol
  • Six underlying causes of high cholesterol
  • Conventional markers are not accurate predictors of cardiovascular risk
  • Other important cardiovascular risk markers
  • How I approach familial hypercholesterolemia
Show notes: [smart_track_player url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/thehealthyskeptic/RHR_-_The_Functional_Medicine_Approach_to_High_Cholesterol.mp3" title="RHR: The Functional Medicine Approach to High Cholesterol" artist="Chris Kresser" ] Chris Kresser:  Hey, everybody. It’s Chris Kresser. Welcome to another episode of Revolution Health Radio. This week, we’ve got a question from Tyler. Tyler: Hey, Chris, really enjoy the podcast. I've been listening and interested in a Paleo diet ever since I heard you on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast last year. I'm somebody who takes statin medication for familial hypercholesterolemia. I'm wondering if you thought a Paleo diet would still work for somebody like me who's on that statin medication, and I just wanted to get your thoughts on that. Thank you. Chris Kresser: Thanks for sending in your question, Tyler. It’s a great one, but unfortunately, it’s difficult to answer in a short time. In a conventional paradigm, this is a really black and white, or binary, issue. You have total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol that are tested regularly, and if they are high, then the doctor will typically prescribe a statin and the patient is instructed to take it for the rest of his or her life and that’s the end of the story, but the reality is actually far more complex. We could do several podcasts on this topic. In fact, we could probably just dedicate a podcast to it and do it over and over again because there’s so much information to cover and there is so much new research that co...
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