Neil Johnson

@jimiuorio @CaryKelly11 Seed oils and the so-called "whole grains" full of rancid grain oils. But don't just go by what I say, here you go! Oil Crop Science journal "Lipid oxidation in food science and nutritional health: A comprehensive review". sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

The higher my cholesterol goes better I feel. Four and a half years of trying to maximize pattern A native LDL. Virgin coconut oil , red palm oil , ribeye steaks , lots of butter cheese & whole fat Dairy. Zero cholesterol lowering seed oil. Seems like the best secondary prevention I could have ever hoped for after the cardiologist gave up was pumped full of morphine. Just finished 15 mile bike ride hill climbing. Zero pain or discomfort just pleasure . 66yo

Cardiologist Calls for Balanced View on LDL Cholesterol and Heart Risk Last updated Jul 21 Scher argues that lowering LDL and ApoB with statins reduces heart attacks in high-risk people, but poor metabolic health like insulin resistance often poses equal dangers. He urges checking for artery plaque with CAC scans and notes small, dense LDL particles are more harmful, especially alongside diabetes. The discussion draws agreement from low-carb experts like David Diamond, who cite trial data showing statins benefit those with unhealthy triglycerides and HDL more than metabolically healthy folks, while mainstream guidelines echo the need for personalized care beyond blanket LDL targets. This story is a summary of posts on X and may evolve over time. Grok can make mistakes, verify its outputs. @bschermd @ifixhearts @markkaplan20 @KenDBerryMD @lowcarbGP @DoctorTro @BrianLenzkes

@MaryBowdenMD It happened to me, overnight in the hospital for hyponatremia. Iv bags for salt while they fed me a low salt diet due to my cardiac history. They refused to give me a half gram packet of salt to season the bland chicken on my plate.

“Non-profit” Houston Methodist urgent care collects $4260 for treating dehydration. My friend owes $1278 for 2 bags of IV saline.

@deNutrients In my case I was hospitalized overnight for hyponatremia. The most ridiculous aspect was the low sodium diet due to my cardiac history. All while hooked up to 1 liter IV bags with 9g salt. Despite my pleadings, they refused to give me salt with my dinner.

Have Pedialyte early during hot weather or any salty potassium and magnesium snack plus water

@LDLSkeptic How does BHB help boost mental energy too? How does it make you feel? Would be interesting to seeing if your body can still produce ketones with fasting on no BHB day.

I've tried numerous exogenous (drinkable) ketone supplements over the years. My favorite is audaciousnutrition.com/pages/science There's impressive science behind its development and use, and it's the best tasting ketone drink I've ever had (no stevia, no alcohol sugars). I use the cocoa flavored one to make hot chocolate, and the tropical fruit one for my workout drink. I mix it with 10,800 FU of Nattokinase from tokuhealth.com A recent study shows an important aspect of D,L-BHB supplementation (racemic BHB), as L‐BHB concentrations increased extensively in the brain, heart, liver, and muscle tissues, whereas a less intense increase in D‐BHB was observed only in the heart and liver. L-BHB enantiomer has additional, beneficial effects, especially in signaling function L-BHB is a favored substrate for the synthesis of sterols and fatty acids for the brain, spinal cord, kidney L-BHB stays in the blood for longer than D-BHB, metabolized more slowly (~5x longer) more pronounced anti-inflammatory effects @DominicDAgosti2 @markkaplan20 @doaudacious @ImJustEaton @TokuHealth

Every major metabolic disease is getting worse. Not slightly worse. Significantly worse. Over the last two decades, rates of fatty liver, type 2 diabetes, obesity, and cognitive decline have all risen sharply in populations that have access to more medication, more medical appointments, and more dietary guidelines than any generation in history. The guidelines told people to eat less fat and more wholegrains. They did. The diseases kept rising. The guidelines told people to lower their cholesterol with statins. They did. The diseases kept rising. At some point the honest question has to be asked. What if the advice is part of the problem. Every one of these conditions shares the same metabolic fingerprint. High insulin. High blood sugar. High triglycerides. Chronic low grade inflammation. These are not separate diseases with separate causes. They are the same underlying dysfunction expressing itself in different organs. The liver gets fat. The pancreas struggles with insulin. The brain loses its fuel supply. The arteries become inflamed. Different diagnoses. Same root. What drives that root? Ultra processed food. Refined carbohydrate. Industrial seed oils. A dietary pattern that keeps insulin chronically elevated and never allows the body to burn its own fat for fuel. This is not a mystery. The data has been pointing in the same direction for decades. The only mystery is why the guidelines have not changed.

Happening now: "The Death Spiral Effect entails rising inequalities and rising authoritarianism, creating an elite that controls access to resources more tightly, and making decisions that may set humanity on a path to famine, war and disease". Also 👇

@oxidativestate That phosphoric acid is pretty hard on your body's bicarbonate levels though. So no thank you, I'll stick to my freshly brewed tea with a spoonful of raw honey and fresh milk. @drjamesdinic

A conversation I had today with a man who saw me drinking straight from a 1.5L Coke. Him: You know that sugar promotes inflammation right? Me: Could you explain to me what inflammation is? Him: it’s ahhhh, well it’s ahhhh… Me: right…can you explain the mechanism by which sugar would promote inflammation? Him: nope but I know it does… Me: did you hear it from an instagram reel? Him: looks down embarrassed. Me: Do you think you can name one inflammatory biomarker that sugar increases? Him: pulls up ChatGPT(not even the paid version), asks it ‘why sugar is inflammatory?’ and begins reading the answer. Me:

1937: New Zealand put a free half pint in front of every schoolchild, every morning. 1946: Britain put a free third of a pint in front of every schoolchild, every morning. 1946: America put milk on the school lunch tray, the same year, across the Atlantic. 1954: Japan put milk in every school lunch in the country, the war rubble still cooling. Every one of those countries then watched the same thing happen. The children got taller. The Japanese gained the better part of ten centimetres in a single generation, the fastest a nation has ever grown. Britain had already run the experiment to be sure. 1926, Corry Mann, boys given extra milk set against boys given sugar, extra protein, or margarine. The milk boys grew more in height and weight than every other group. Milk beat all of it. So they knew. They handed nation after nation its tallest, strongest generation out of a glass bottle, and they had the trial that proved why. New Zealand cancelled the milk in 1967. Britain snatched it back from the over-sevens in 1971. Now they would like a word with you about the dangers of whole milk.

@deNutrients That weed-free chemlawn is a little weird though 🤢 Hope those aren't edible pole beans growing on the net.

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Unless it's fresh homemilled flour, it's probably rancid. No thanks! Most people don't know that all commercial whole grain flour is a blend of ultra processed bran, ultra processed germ, oxidized endosperm white flour. Almost 100% of the vitamins are removed as a result of enzyme, inactivation and water activity control.

@SamaHoole Sama there are people making sourdough with three ingredients only. Organic flour water and salt. It's American bread is it not? So maybe specify what American loaf you are referencing.

Potassium bromate is banned across Europe. It is in the American loaf. Azodicarbonamide is banned across Europe. It is in the American bun. Titanium dioxide is banned across Europe. It is in the American sweets. Growth hormone in milk is banned across Europe. It is in the American glass. Ractopamine is banned across Europe. It is in the American bacon. Chlorine rinse is banned across Europe. It is on the American chicken. Same brand. Same packet. Two recipes, depending which side of the ocean opens it. One regulator restricts the chemical the moment the doubt appears. The other waits until harm is proven, on you. America is not a market. It is the control group nobody agreed to join.

@TuckerGoodrich @sam_soete Yep, I put 5 barefoot miles on my long board 🛹 yesterday. Sprinting up the hills and surfing carved turns on the way down. I was a bit sloppy, came off the board unexpected, ran it out on the hot tarmac. Zero injury, abrasion, or discomfort, 66yo.

@sam_soete Nobody tell her that some of us go barefoot ourselves in the city. 😂

This is actually a positive btw

@TuckerGoodrich @trikomes @garytaubes @tyleransom Yes, I see now, my misreading, my error.

@NeilXJohnson @trikomes @garytaubes @tyleransom It's 200 mg, milligrams. Not worth adding in.

The Origin of Obesity We know how to cause humans and animals to become obese. Where did this knowledge come from? open.substack.com/pub/tuckergood… #lcl6 @trikomes @garytaubes @tyleransom

Better if you post one inspirational message per day. Huge fan! The Salt/Mineral Fix + a seed oil free (+ all refined oils) life has turned my life around. The latest, wild health turn around has been a spontaneous full recovery from a huge hernia in my groin. I'm not surprised, oxidative tissue damage is driving the connective tissue damage. Yesterday I did five miles of barefoot skateboarding, sprinting (hit 165bpm) up hills and bombing down. I even came off, being sloppy, no issue, just ran it out, no fall, no issue with full throttle sprinting barefoot on hot tarmac. This was followed up a bit later with a hill climb bike ride! 66yo Oh, no hernia belt needed. Extreme leg extensions pushing the skateboard followed by a strenuous bike ride.

Excuses make today easier. Discipline makes tomorrow easier. Most people choose the easy path. Then wonder why nothing changes. Comfort costs more than discipline ever will. The life you want is hiding behind the work you’re avoiding.

I'm curious for the opinion from those who advocate that environmental / PUFA explain 100% of the FH susceptibility to heart disease. E.g. Seed oil, leaded gasoline, smoking, heavy metals, trans fatty PUFA (Enig Kummerow) etc.. Soy and canola are high in TFA PUFA. @trikomes @TuckerGoodrich

David — wouldn’t you surmise some of the contribution to these trends are a product of LLT given this registry was in the statin era? To be clear, I’m not making this claim but it seems plausible, no? Any feedback welcome. Curious how you weigh the long-term FH statin trials (e.g., the 20-year pediatric data) against the registry limitations? I don’t want to discount the catastrophic nature of smoking, HTN, IR in the context of FH but it seems LLT likely has some benefits and contribution to the trends your cited data, no? And unfortunately, despite my best efforts 🤣 , not everyone wants to change their lifestyle and in those circumstances or even with those who changed their lifestyle, LLT is reasonable if the patient is agreeable with close monitoring, no?

1/20 The film Cholesterol Code is going Global tomorrow. The most important aspect of the film is the documentation of the great benefit of the ketogenic diet (KD) for mental and physical health. What is unfortunate is that the film leaves the viewer with the impression that nothing is known as to whether people on a KD with high LDL are at increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD). While no one can say for certain whether high LDL in a metabolically healthy person increases the risk of CVD, what is so terribly disappointing is that the film lacks any scholarship regarding the LDL literature. I am therefore going to share what I think is missing from the film. @BenBikmanPhD @DrPaulMason @Alabdulgaderaa @ifixhearts @FatEmperor @zoeharcombe @ProfTimNoakes @MaryanneDemasi @SinatraMD @DwightLundell @DiljanMansoor @markkaplan20 @KenDBerryMD @PeterJAnderson_@ApoDudz @dramerling @ElieJarrougeMD @JeffryGerberMD @TuitNutrition @bigfatsurprise @GrassBased @shashiiyengar @drozcanyuce @SbakerMD @DominicDAgosti2 @ElieJarrougeMD @grahamsphillips @doctortro @bscherMD @BudoffMd @AdrianSotoMota @drjenunwin @drericwestman @lowcarbGP @_coach_al @nicknorwitz @lowcarbGP

The Quechan people, who call themselves Kwtsaan ("those who descended"), lived along the lower Colorado River in what is now western Arizona, southeastern California, and parts of northern Mexico. They are one of the Yuman-speaking peoples and have lived in the region for centuries. The Colorado River was the center of Quechan life. They farmed the fertile floodplains, growing crops such as corn, beans, squash, and melons, while also fishing, hunting, and gathering native plants. Their homeland controlled one of the most important natural crossings of the Colorado River, making the Quechan influential in trade and travel throughout the Southwest. In 1540, the Quechan encountered Spanish explorer Hernando de Alarcón, one of the earliest recorded European contacts in the region. During the late 1700s, growing tensions with Spanish colonists led to the Quechan Revolt of 1781, during which the Quechan destroyed the Spanish settlements of Mission Puerto de Purísima Concepción and Mission San Pedro y San Pablo de Bicuñer near present-day Yuma. The uprising effectively halted Spanish expansion across the lower Colorado River for many years. Following Mexican independence and later American control of the region, the Quechan faced continued pressure on their lands and way of life. Despite these hardships, they preserved their language, traditions, ceremonies, and cultural identity. Today, the Fort Yuma Quechan Tribe, whose reservation spans Arizona and California along the Colorado River, continues to protect its heritage while sharing its history with future generations. Photo by E. A. (Elias A.) Bonine, active in Yuma, Arizona, around 1880–1883. He operated a photography tent there and produced many studio portraits of local Native people, especially Yuma (Quechan), along with some Mohave, Cocopa, and others.

Nobody profits from telling you the body heals itself. So nobody tells you. Your taste buds are new every 10 to 14 days. The tongue reading this flavour is a fortnight old. Your stomach lining rebuilds every 3 to 5 days. Last week's gut is already gone. Your skin turns over every 4 weeks. You grew a whole new surface this month. Your white blood cells renew in days. Tonight's immune army was not on watch last week. Your red blood cells retire every 120 days. Four months, and the entire fleet is replaced. The fat built into your cell membranes turns over too. Years of stored seed oil can slowly be walked back out. Your liver just gets on with regenerating. It holds no grudge about the bad years. Your skeleton rebuilds over roughly ten years. The bones made in the worst years are not the ones you finish with. Every one of those rebuilds is made from what you feed it. Feed it meat, fat, sunlight and sleep, and it builds you strong. Feed it sugar, seed oil and the sofa, and it builds you soft. The body you will have next year is under construction right now. What you give it today is what it builds you into.

Also, check your dad's sodium levels, mine were dangerously low with the bad diet advice from the cardiologist. Landed me in the hospital with hyponatremia. Read "The Salt Fix Fix" by Dr James DiNicolantonio. It's pretty dark when the cardiologist says heart tissue is dying and there are no more medical interventions possible. Wish you & dad the best of luck🤞Me, I now go for 2 hour bike rides pushing to the max climbing hills. Pain free, pure joy. 170 BPM on the Fitbit.

@NeilXJohnson @LDLSkeptic @FatEmperor I'd like to know more.. My father is in the same situation