How To Lower Cholesterol: Cardiologist's Tips | Dr. Steve Lome
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🗓️ 3 January 2025
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
A cardiologist reveals how to lower cholesterol naturally.
Dr. Steve Lome joins Chuck Carroll on The Exam Room Podcast.
Key points discussed include:
Prevalence of high cholesterol: Dr. Lome emphasizes that high cholesterol is a significant issue, often unnoticed by those affected. He notes that while genetics can play a role, lifestyle choices are the primary contributors to high cholesterol levels.
Dietary impact: The discussion highlights the importance of a whole food, plant-based, low-fat diet in managing cholesterol levels. Dr. Lome shares anecdotes of patients who have dramatically lowered their LDL cholesterol through dietary changes, often within a month.
Genetic component: Dr. Lome addresses the misconception that high cholesterol is purely genetic, stating that only a small percentage of the population (0.2%) has a genetic condition that prevents them from lowering cholesterol through diet.
Saturated and trans fats: The conversation covers the impact of saturated and trans fats on cholesterol levels, with a particular focus on dairy products as a major source of saturated fat in the American diet.
Statins: Dr. Lome discusses the limitations of statins in treating high cholesterol, arguing that dietary changes are more effective in addressing the root causes of heart disease, which include inflammation and arterial damage.
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| 0:00.0 | Today on the exam room. |
| 0:05.0 | Having a purely genetic, nothing you can do about it, high cholesterol is relatively uncommon, |
| 0:11.0 | but almost all the time. |
| 0:12.0 | It's a dietary lifestyle related issue, so here's what you do. |
| 0:16.0 | You don't eat the dietary cholesterol and saturated fats. |
| 0:19.0 | Welcome to the exam room podcast. to a cluster on the saturated beds. |
| 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. |
| 0:33.2 | Hi to the exam room. |
| 0:34.2 | He's listening in Santa Ana, California, Boko Raton, Florida, and the Hague Netherlands. |
| 0:40.6 | Wherever you are, we appreciate you helping to make the world a healthier place. |
| 0:44.8 | This is episode three of season eight, number 602 overall. |
| 0:50.0 | And on this one, the third in our new healthy you in the New Year series, we are diving into |
| 0:56.1 | the critical topic of high cholesterol with Dr. Steve Lome. Today we are going to be exploring |
| 1:01.9 | how prevalent high cholesterol is and really the surprising or not so surprising fact that |
| 1:08.6 | millions of people who have high cholesterol don't even realize |
| 1:12.8 | that they do. And what you're going to hear is Dr. Lome emphasized the significant role of diet |
| 1:18.7 | and lifestyle when it comes to managing your cholesterol levels. And we're going to be debunking that |
| 1:23.8 | myth, perhaps once and for all, that high cholesterol is solely a genetic issue. |
| 1:29.3 | In fact, when it comes to genetics, you'll hear him explain that it's just not the case |
| 1:34.3 | for many, many, many people who have it. |
| 1:37.3 | Surprisingly fractional number. |
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