High LDL Cholesterol From a Keto Diet Isn't Dangerous? BOGUS Science | Dr. Roxie Becker

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🗓️ 24 April 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

The truth behind a controversial keto diet study that’s been making headlines is exposed. What was hailed as groundbreaking science is now unraveling under scrutiny.

Dr. Roxie Becker dives into the study’s deeply flawed data, misleading conclusions, and the dangerous falsehoods being spread about keto’s health effects when she joins “The Weight Loss Champion” Chuck Carroll on The Exam Room Podcast.

With decades of science and data on their side, Chuck and Dr. Becker separate fact from fiction to protect public health.

Don’t miss this eye-opening conversation that challenges what you thought you knew about keto.

Truth matters. And the truth is that having high LDL cholesterol increases your risk of heart attack, stroke, and cardiovascular disease despite what the study reported.

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0:00.0	Today on the exam room.
0:04.0	A lot of proponents in the keto community are saying that they're otherwise healthy.
0:08.0	It's just the LDL that's high, so they don't need to worry about heart disease.
0:12.0	It was not a bad study by design.
0:15.0	It's the way that the results were interpreted and presented where the issue comes in.
0:20.0	Welcome to the exam room podcast, brought were interpreted and presented where the issue comes in.
0:26.5	Welcome to the exam room podcast, brought to you by the Physicians Committee.
0:32.1	Hi, I'm the weight loss champion Chuck Carroll, raising health IQs coast to coast and around the world.
0:32.7	Hi to the exam room.
0:34.1	He's listening in Lexington, Kentucky, Surprise Arizona, and Tallinn, Estonia.
0:40.3	Wherever you are, we appreciate you helping to make the world a healthier place.
0:44.4	This is episode 35 of Season 8, number 634 overall.
0:51.0	You've seen the headlines.
0:52.8	The keto diet may not raise your risk of having heart disease.
0:56.0	It's a headline that seems too good to be true, even all the meat you want, no carbs, and no heart attack.
1:03.0	But hold the phone, because the study is about as real as the tooth fairy.
1:09.0	Sorry kids, it's just bogus. And our guest today is pointing out the
1:14.1	major flaws in this research. Flaws that are rife with bias and dangerous narratives. Indeed, we are
1:21.4	talking about a minor league effort that has taken a big league swing at getting media attention.
1:29.0	It's being taken as the gospel, but here's where we are going into today, my friends.
1:34.0	We are going to be talking about the authors and their twisted findings to suit their own
1:38.4	narrative.
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