START HERE: The Cholesterol Action Plan Series

0:03We need to talk about the number one killer in the world. You hear about cholesterol all the time, but the advice that most people get, and frankly, the advice that a lot of doctors are still giving, it's incomplete, it's misleading, or it's 20 years out of date. The reality? Cardiovascular disease is not just an old person problem. It's developing in half of all men before the age of 65, and a third of all women. I'm Dr. Jordan Feigenbaum, and at Barbell Medicine, we're done with the confusion. We have just released the Barbell Medicine Cholesterol Action Plan. This is the most comprehensive resource we have ever produced on heart health.

0:34It's a brand new six-part audio deep dive accompanied by a full written guide that creates a specific roadmap to lower your lifetime risk of heart disease. Dr. Austin Baraki recorded this series to strip away the noise and focus on the actual science of risk reduction. This series is live right now for Barbell Medicine Plus subscribers. And if you're listening to this, I want to tell you what's inside because this is the stuff that you're going to want to know. In part one, Austin confronts the quadrillion particle problem and why risk starts accruing in childhood. In part two, we overhaul testing.

1:04We explain why apolipoprotein B or ApoB is a far superior predictor of risk than LDL cholesterol alone and why fasting for the test is often a myth. In part three, we look at the CAC score and the difference between hard, stable plaques and the invisible soft plaques that usually cause heart attacks. In part four, we fix the diet. We explain how saturated fat suppresses your liver's LDL receptors and give you the P to S ratio, the single most powerful dietary lever you can pull. In part 5, we tackle the athlete's paradox, how high volume exercise stabilizes plaques, making them safer. And finally, in part 6, we talk about the holy grail, plaque regression.

1:41We discuss why maxing out a statin dose is often wrong and how early combination therapy can lower your ApoB to levels that actually shrink existing disease. If you're already a Barbell Medicine Plus a subscriber, check your feed. The entire six-part audio series and downloadable seven-step PDF guide are there waiting for you right now, along with the full article. Download the PDF and start with episode one. If you aren't a subscriber yet, you can get instant access to the full series, the PDF, and our entire library of ad-free podcasts right now by joining Barbell Medicine Plus. Head over to the website, sign up, and get the full picture.

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