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> That being said, lipidology is extremely complex but in the case of low carbohydrate diets the issue of having high LDL and HDL may not be as bad as mainstream medicine would make it out to be.

I'd 100% agree with this. But "your cholesterol sky rocketing a good sign" is not something the evidence currently shows.

> that everyone complains that they feel terrible. Things like dizziness, nausea, low energy/libido, etc...

Statins definitely have side effects, just on balance it leads to better cognitive outcomes instead of worse ones.

It's true that it takes time for mainstream science to catch up. But new preliminary research is new and preliminary and when it goes wrong it goes wrong more catastrophically than solid mainstream science.

parent JamesBarney 6 years ago

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