What really causes heart disease with Dr. Malcolm Kendrick
Malcolm Kendrick is a General Practitioner who lives in the UK. He has written The Cholesterol Con and Doctoring Data and has an amazing accent. He is well known in the cholesterol/heart disease space and it was a pleasure to have him on the podcast.
Time Stamps
9:40 Start of the podcast
11:04 Malcolm’s story.
16:00 Malcolm’s experience with criticism.
22:15 Atherosclerosis and low carb diets.
32:00 “Lack of an association or an inverse association between low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol and mortality in the elderly: a systematic review” https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/6/6/e010401
41:35 Endothelial damage
44:40 What damages the endothelium?
48:28 Cholesterol transport system in the body.
53:30 Ace inhibitors.
54:45 Can you get atherosclerosis in veins?
1:01:10 The value of LDL in the human body.
1:10:30 Familial hypercholesterolemia.
1:11:20 NSAIDs and glycocalyx
1:18:20 Proton Pump Inhibitors.
1:19:00 The advantages of sunlight.
1:21:00 Plaque/clot formation and LPa.
1:33:17 Vitamin C and Atherosclerosis.
1:38:19 Statins
1:46:15 Negative effects of Statins
1:52:55 Dangers of inhibiting cholesterol production.
1:55:25 How do we prevent Atherosclerosis ?
1:59:30 Where to find Malcolm’s work.
2:00:35 What is the most radical thing Malcolm has done recently?