Jimmy’s exclusive Cholesterol Clarity interview with board certified Family Physician Dr. Cate Shanahan is what you’ll hear today in Episode 714 of “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show.”
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We’ve got another behind-the-scenes look into the creation of the upcoming new Victory Belt Publishing book coming August 27, 2013 called Cholesterol Clarity: What The HDL Is Wrong With My Numbers? by Jimmy Moore and Dr. Eric Westman today sharing some of the raw audio interview footage that Jimmy conducted for use in the book. He spoke with 29 of the world’s top experts on the subject of cholesterol and heart health and used the quotes from those conversations to create the goldmine of “Moments Of Clarity” quotes you’ll see throughout the book. While Jimmy and Dr. Westman worked hard to bring crystal clear language to such a complex topic, the experts really brought a ton of credibility and science with them to solidify the information being shared.
Today’s expert interview guest is one of those physicians who works directly with patients and treats them as individuals rather than looking at numbers on a piece of paper that came out of someone’s head. Her name is Dr. Cate Shanahan (listen to Jimmy’s previous interviews with her in Episode 459 and Episode 7 of “Ask The Low-Carb Experts”) and she looks at this cholesterol issue through the eyes of a practitioner who sees patients on a daily basis on the front lines of healthcare. She knows what works, what doesn’t work and what matters the most and you’ll sense that throughout Jimmy’s chat with her for Cholesterol Clarity. Dr. Shanahan provided so many takeaway messages in this discussion that didn’t make it into the book that we decided to share it with you our listeners today. ENJOY!
UPCOMING CHOLESTEROL CLARITY INTERVIEWS:
EPISODE 715 on 8-21-13: Dr. Jeffry Gerber
EPISODE 716 on 8-26-13: Dr. John Briffa
EPISODE 717 on 8-27-13: Dr. Philip Blair
EPISODE 718 on 8-28-13: Dr. William Davis
EPISODE 719 on 9-2-13: Dietitian Cassie
EPISODE 720 on 9-3-13: Stephanie Seneff
EPISODE 721 on 9-4-13: Paul Jaminet
Visit CholesterolClarity.com for more information about the book.
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– RELATED PODCAST: Sean Croxton’s Underground Wellness Radio with Dr. Cate Shanahan: The Truth about Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs
– RELATED PODCAST: The LLVLC Show #459: Dr. Cate Shanahan Tells Us That Food Rules!
– RELATED PODCAST: ATLCX #7: The Long-Term Effects Of The High-Carb SAD Diet | Dr. Cate Shanahan
Great show!
Thanks so much to both Jimmy and Dr. Shanahan.
There’s one thing I didn’t understand. If the fat clogging arteries theory is not correct, then why does Dr. Shanahan say that men get fat in their arteries before we can see it and that’s what causes them to have heart disease? I would love to hear a more clear explanation, although it may not be easy to explain in a few words.
Congratulations Jimmy, your book looks really really good.
Monica.
I’ll ask Dr. Cate to respond. 🙂
Thanks Jimmy!
HI Blogdisidente
Great question. The answer has to do with the transport of lipoproteins. Men have more iron in their bloodstreams, which oxidizes the lipoproteins and makes them “splat” onto the inner lining of the arteries. Women have less iron, so their lipoproteins are more stable. For this reason (and a few others) a woman’s lipoproteins are able to deliver the payload of fats to adipose tissue much more efficiently.
Hi Dr. Cate,
Thanks so much for your answer, I really appreciate it. I guess I need to study biochemistry to really understand this issue.
If you don’t mind elaborating a bit more, I have a couple more questions:
1) From your explanation above, it seems that in a way the fat in the arteries is a contributing factor to heart disease, in the case of men. But the artery clogging metaphor is wrong. Would you agree?
2) If 1) is correct, then some people may think that lowering their dietary fat will help. As I understand it, the fat will be there (inside the lipoproteins) either we eat fat or not, because we make fat from carbohydrates as needed. Would this be accurate?
Just to be clear, I am not a fat phobic AT ALL 🙂
Thanks so much and keep up the good work (I really enjoyed Deep Nutrition).
Monica.
1. Yes
2. Yes
3. Glad you enjoyed our book! More in chapter 8, Good Fats and Bad, if you enjoyed it enough to reread 🙂
Thanks!!
I will definitely go through that chapter again 🙂
Take care,
Monica.