My Health Test Results from March 2015

Posted on June 22, 2015May 9, 2017 by BJJ Caveman

After a little over three months since I stopped working as a shift worker and fixed a lot of my sleep issues and settled into a fairly regular routine, I thought it would be a good idea to check some of my labs to see where I stood. I checked my NMR Lipoprofile, Apo B100, Lp-PLA2, Ferritin, fasting Insulin, CRP, Vitamin D, Thyroid Panel, and Testosterone. Before going into the health test results, here is a brief bit of background.

My last series of tests was in October 2014 when I was trying another round of strictly following the Carb Nite protocol.… Read More

Chris Kresser and Chris Masterjohn On Cholesterol: Part 3

Posted on March 30, 2015July 30, 2017 by BJJ Caveman

Chris Kresser, the author of Your Personal Paleo Code and Chris Masterjohn the author of Cholesterol-and-health.com had a series of interviews on the topic of cholesterol a few years ago, which I just recently stumbled on. I found these amazingly insightful and chock full of information that I had never come across before, so I decided to take some detailed notes on the interview.

If you want to listen to the entire Part 3 podcast, you can click here.

There is also a link to the entire transcript too.… Read More

Chris Kresser and Chris Masterjohn On Cholesterol: Part 2

Posted on March 26, 2015July 30, 2017 by BJJ Caveman

A reader pointed me in the direction of this podcast on Chris Kresser’s show where he interviews Chris Masterjohn about cholesterol, and I have to say, this is perhaps one of the most informative things I’ve read on the subject.

Chris Kresser is the author of Your Personal Paleo Code and Chris Masterjohn is the author of Cholesterol-and-health.com.

Here are my notes from Part 1.

If you want to listen to the whole podcast, you can listen here.

Here are my notes from Part 2 (there are three parts in total):

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What are ‘normal’ cholesterol levels?… Read More

Chris Kresser and Chris Masterjohn On Cholesterol: Part 1

Posted on March 23, 2015July 30, 2017 by BJJ Caveman

Chris Kresser is the author of Your Personal Paleo Code and Chris Masterjohn is the author of Cholesterol-and-health.com.

If you want to listen to the whole podcast, you can listen here.

These are my notes from Part 1 (there are three parts in total):

Saturated fat can actually protect against oxidative stress because they are not vulnerable to oxidative degeneration.… Read More

Ivor Cummins and the Cholesterol Conundrum

Posted on March 9, 2015July 30, 2017 by BJJ Caveman

In my quest to learn more about cholesterol especially given my history of developing paradoxically elevated LDL-C, LDL-P, Small LDL-P and Total cholesterol after eating low carb (here are my most recent blood lipids), I’ve scoured the net wide and far, even venturing deep into strange forums and comment threads… and still haven’t come across any clear answers.

Neither of Jimmy Moore’s books, Cholesterol Clarity nor Keto Clarity provided any clear answers.

I’ve explored the possibility of coffee being a potential source of increased LDL through the effect of diterpenes, and the effect of certain Apo-E genotypes causing this sort of paradoxical reaction (even looking into the Framingham Offspring source material itself).… Read More

Can Coffee Raise LDL?

Posted on December 15, 2014May 9, 2017 by BJJ Caveman

I was listening to the podcast of Ben Greenfield (author of Beyond Training) and was finding everything somewhat interesting until I came across a specific segment where he links coffee to high LDL! This was something I had never heard before.

You can listen to the podcast here.

And read the transcript here.

It all happens around the 38:10 mark. The theory goes something like this:

Coffee contains ‘cafestol’ and ‘kahweol’ which are compounds called diterpenes. These are found specifically in the oils of coffee beans.… Read More