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doctor doc t r Bob dot com. We're gonna begin this hour with the conversation about cholesterol. There you know, there's good, there's bad, there's indifferent, a lot of confusion, a lot of controversy, a lot of fraud involved in the selling of cholesterol lowering drugs and exactly what cholesterol really is. But you've probably heard it's better to have

lots of good cholesterol, and generally speaking, that's true. But if you have too much of anything HDL, the high density lipoprotein form of cholesterol, if you have too much of that, it could be a problem for you. The so called good cholesterol may not be so beneficial after all,

and could even leave you blind. That's what concerning research is now suggesting high density lipoprotein cholesterol HDL has long been considered good because it because of the swath I guess you should say, swath of evidence showing it protects your heart, your cardiovascular system, your blood vessels. In fact, HDL cholesterol removes cholesterol from your arteries and carries it to your liver to be broken down and removed from your body, reducing the risk of heart attacks and strokes.

But some research has since stated that there may be a problem, and what they're looking at is a challenge to the view that more is better. Now scientists who have tracked almost seven thousand people found that higher levels of HDL cholesterol actually raise the risk of interocular pressure, an incurable eye condition called glaucoma. Now they were ten percent more likely to develop the condition glaucoma people with

high HDL cholesterol. And I know a lot of people who jump up and say, oh yeah, my HDL is fantastic. It's higher than the doctors, it's higher than anybody's. I challenge anybody to have higher HDL than me. But unfortunately this can lead to vision loss compared to those with

the lowest levels of HDL. By contrast, participants in the study with the highest levels of low density lipoprotein LDL cholesterol, we also refer to that as the lousy form of cholesterol, as in L typically considered harmful, we're eight percent less likely to develop the eye disease glaucoma. That is the I think it's the second leading cause of blindness worldwide. Writing in the British Journal of Ophthalmology, they added HDL

cholesterol has been regarded as a good cholesterol for seven decades. However, this study demonstrates that high levels of HDL high density lipoprotein cholesterol are not consistently associated with favorable prognostic outcome, particularly when it comes to vision, and this could prompt a reevaluation of lipid management fat management strategies in patients at risk for glockoma. Further studies are course needed to

investigate the mechanisms behind this association. But cholesterol, folks, it's a fatty, waxy substance found in the blood that is vital for bodily functions including digestion, cell membrane. It's antioxidant protection, making vitamin D, making sex hormones, and of course cardiovascular health. However, too much of the wrong type of cholesterol, and that's where we get to the better news here, and you

should write this down. Make sure your doctor is checking your APO, your APPO lipoprotein B number B that's the bad one. And also they can check while they're at it, small particle cholesterol. Now, these two are very dangerous. Aphered to total cholesterol which has very little significance or LDL HDL not as significant as the measure of APO. That's

ApoB and small particle cholesterol. Now, they can build up in the blood due to eating unhealthy fats and exit not exercising enough and being overweight and smoking and eating too much sugar and drinking alcohol. That's how these numbers. Your cholesterol numbers get upside down, particularly if you're genetically

disposed to that. Having high LDL cholesterol doesn't appear, doesn't trigger any symptoms, but can lead to of course, blocked blood vessels and raise the risk of heart problems and strokes. Now in the study, the researchers quizzed. Another study quizzed over four hundred thousand people between the ages of forty and sixty nine on their health history. Also, these people had been tested, including the measure of their blood fats.

Over a follow up period of over fourteen years, thousands developed glockoma and eye conditions capable of causing blindness because they had high HDL levels. They're still looking at it though, and compared with the participants who didn't develop glackoma, the second leading cause of blindness on the planet, those who did were more likely to be X smokers, statin cholesterol lowering drug takers, and had diabetes, high blood pressure, or

some type of cardiovascular disease. But analysis of the blood tests showed that higher levels of good HDL cholesterol specifically were associated with a heightened level of this eye condition. This eye disease called glocoma, which you never ever want to have. Every increase in HDL levels was associated with a five percent higher risk of glaucoma. The findings build on previous research which has suggested there may be a link between high cholesterol level and an increased risk of glaucoma.

Glaucoma is usually caused by the fluid slowly building up in the front part of the eye, which increases pressure inside of the eye and as a result that all important optic nerve which connects the eye to the brain becomes damaged from the pressure. Glaucoma, which develops slowly over many years in most cases, can lead to loss of vision if not treated properly. And that's why you need to see eye doctors, both ophthalmologists and or a optometrist

on a regular basis to have your glockcoma checked. Interocular pressure it's that little puff of air in the eye. Everybody should get that checked on a regular basis. In my opinion, medical treatment aims to lower this pressure through of course, they use prescription eye drops, oral drugs, oral medications, laser treatment, sometimes are employed, surgery or a combination of these are in deployed. There are some of the options,

and there's also, of course lifestyle strategies that you can employ. Acupuncture, nutraceutical, vitamins and herbs all capable of helping glaucoma. So get off the sugar, the alcohol, the caffeine, those are all things that can exacerbate it. And well, look, especially if you have a history of problems, have your doctor the next time your bloods is tested, check this APO APO lipoprotein B. Also C reactive cardiosensitive C reactive protein should

be tested. It's more important, I think than the cholesterol numbers. Ferretin, fibrinogen TMAO. Make sure you're taking Omega three fatty acids. I'll have comments as well as another doctor's comments on this. Prominent medical doctor talks about the fraud in statin drugs and cholesterol. After this, I'm doctor Bob Martin.

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good for your eyes, especially when it's in excess. When it's in excess, the good cholesterol, the HDL high density lipoprotein. When it's in excess in certain people, it can increase your risk of a blinding eye disease we call glackoma. You don't want that, So what do you do? Well? You make sure that you do everything you can excuse me on your side, by living a healthy lifestyle and not increasing your risk of heart disease or glacoma or

any other health related problem for that matter. And you ask your doctor, can they please besides the typical lipid panels, the typical cholesterol panels, which tell very very little about your cardiovascular health. In fact, many people have completely totally normal cholesterol according to those minimal panels that insurance companies will pay for. But they won't pay for anything more

sophisticated than that. And perhaps that's why they give grief to doctors who try to run them, because they're going to charge the insurance company more. They are trying to mitigate their costs, so they do everything to paper the doctor so that they have to explain away their reasoning for running some of these more sophisticated tests which are

more valid for cardiovascular health. Now, if your doctor recognizes this and is willing to go to work for you and fight for adding to a normal cholesterol limid panel, adding especially the laboratory values checking for You should write these down and list them to your doctor the next time you go in or call the office and say and ask the nurse did the doctor the last time I was into the office, did they check my homo

cistine level? Homo cystine level. That is as important as any cholesterol number there is because it shows high degrees of risk, not just for cardiovascular disease, but also Alzheimer's disease. If your doctor the last time ran a cardio sensitive C reactive protein excellent, If not, get it done Apo B ApoB that's at apo lipoprotein B. That's the very dangerous form of cholesterol that is not typically run in

a medical cholesterol panel. Knowing that will give you a lot of information as to what you need to do on your side of the schedule to protect yourself from cardiovascular disease. Because people going to their doctor's office and have normal cholesterol all the time and fall over from a heart attack with one hundred and fifty total cholesterol or one hundred and seventy five total cholesterol. And the reason for that is that we don't know what kind

of cholesterol they have. They could have had the dangerous one. It was never even tested for. They weren't tested for homocysteine. They weren't tested for the real smoking gun of cardiovascular disease, which has to which happens to be inflammation. They're not measuring your inflammatory markers. How can they know your status

of cardiovascular disease. The answer is they can't by only looking at a standard minimal lipid panel, a cholesterol panel, and that's typically what is run in the vast majority of doctors' offices. You deserve more, You should have more. More information gives you better, a better forward site to how to stay healthy. So homocysteine, cardiosensitive C reactive protein

ApoB ApoB ferretin, fibrinagen, and TMAO. And if your doctor's a real creative, why don't they run an Omega three to omega six ratio blood test so you can see what good fats you have over the bad fats that you could be taking in in your diet, and then you can adjust your Omega three supplementation accordingly. That's a better And if you can't find a doctor who is willing or able to do this. Fire the doctor you have and get another one who is Remember the relationship.

You're the boss, they work for you. You're the employer, they're the employee. You don't have to cow down to the arrogance of a doctor who believes he's a god because they have a ceremonially draped stethoscope and a white coat on. You don't. You do not, And you can find a caring doctor out there who will work with you, who will partner with you to find out your true health status. Once your values are known, then you can,

of course you can. The same doctor who's willing to take these tests can and somebody who's trained in clinical nutrition can evaluate those values, can look at those and say, oh yeah, your TMAO is off the chart that leaves you at a high risk, according to Cleveland Clinic of having a heart attack. Your fibrinagen is real high. Your blood is very viscous, it's very thick, it's very problematic. You can have a clot immediately. Your ApoB is high.

We need to do this. Your ce reactive proteins you're on fire. You're inflamed. We need to get that down. You can't tell that in none of that information with a standard cholesterol panel, you can't. It's impossible. So find a doctor who's trained in clinical nutrition, and you can find those doctors in different healing arts. Could be a chiropractic physician trained in clinical nutrition. Could be a nature pathic physician trained in clinical nutrition. Could be a PhD

trained in clinical nutrition. Could be a functional medicine doctor md D zero that are trained in basically functional medicine. Here's what a doctor says, a prominent doctor about statins in cholesterol. This doctor is he knows exactly what he's talking about. I can tell you that his name is doctor Raymond Francis. Listen to what he has to say about cholesterol and statins go.

is needed is not a drug to lower cholesterol. But something to lower inflammation like vitamin C. The side effects of statin's are ho horrendous. I mean they include muscle inches, increase risk of cancer, yes, cancer and diabetes, and memory loss and artery calcification, vitamin deficiencies.

that is nothing for their patients with statin drugs. And then they've had their come to Jesus moment and they they they want to set the record straight before they die, you know, And I appreciate that, but that's his opinion. I mean, he's limiting with vitamin C is great, but it's certainly limited. But I think you get the idea. All right, We're gonna come back and go to your telephone calls and question. Stay tuned. You're tuned into the Doctor Bob Martin Show. Are you waiting for you write?

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