Dr Sten Ekberg gets fact-checked by MD PhD Doctor

Dr. Sten Ekberg´s video "Your doctor is wrong about cholesterol" analyzed and commented. Dr. Ekberg´s claims compared to the available scientific evidence. Do Dr. Sten Ekberg´s ideas stand up to scrutiny? Connect with me: Facebook:   / drgilcarvalho   Twitter:   / nutritionmades3   original video:    • Your Doctor Is Wrong About Cholesterol   References: 1-https://www.acc.org/latest-in-cardiol... 2-https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.ja... 3-https://www.thelancet.com/journals/la... 4-https://europepmc.org/articles/pmc298... https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/ar... 5-https://www.sciencedirect.com/science... 6-https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056... 7-https://www.thelancet.com/action/show... 8-https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056... 9-https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056... 10-https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/ar... 11-https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/abs/1... 12-https://www.degruyter.com/document/do... https://www.bmj.com/content/306/6882/... 13-https://link.springer.com/article/10.... https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/1... https://europepmc.org/article/med/320... 15-https://www.bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m... 16-https://www.nature.com/articles/s4159... 17-https://www.thelancet.com/journals/la... 18-https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama... https://www.sciencedirect.com/science... https://academic.oup.com/ije/article/... 19-https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056... 20-https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/ar... 21-https://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/... 22-https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/ar... 23-https://www.sciencedirect.com/science... https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama... 24-https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056... 25-https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.... 26-https://journals.lww.com/co-lipidolog... https://www.sciencedirect.com/science... 27-https://www.sciencedirect.com/science... https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama... 28-https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056... 29-https://www.sciencedirect.com/science... 30-https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/... 31-https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25458... 32-https://www.sciencedirect.com/science... 33-https://www.sciencedirect.com/science... 34-https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... 35-https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16336... 36-https://physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.co... 37-https://journals.physiology.org/doi/f... 38-https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16949... 39-https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27472... 40-https://www.bmj.com/content/346/bmj.f10 41-https://www.jacc.org/doi/abs/10.1016/... 42-https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.ja... 43-https://www.jacc.org/doi/full/10.1016... 44-https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27472... 45-https://academic.oup.com/eurheartj/ar... 46-https://www.cardiology.theclinics.com... 47-https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.11... 48-https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti... 49-https://www.sciencedirect.com/science... 50-https://europepmc.org/article/med/103... (SEE REFERENCES 51-89 IN PINNED COMMENT) Disclaimer: Content for informational purposes only, not meant as medical advice. Never disregard medical advice. #NutritionMadeSimple #GilCarvalho 0:00 Intro 1:19 Cholesterol 4:03 COIs 4:25 Statins 5:02 Statins & heart disease 6:56 Cholesterol & mortality 10:35 Why are statins prescribed 12:38 Funding 15:24 Relative & Absolute risk 19:10 Correlation vs causation 24:08 The basics of Heart Disease 28:07 Inflammation 29:00 Insulin Resistance 30:25 Oxidative Stress 36:48 HDL-C 37:54 Ratios 40:19 Cholesterol in blood vs whole body 42:16 oxLDL clearance 46:17 Artery damage & retention 52:28 LDL number & size 59:44 Statins & LDL 1:03:53 Statin side effects 1:04:48 Cardiomegaly 1:08:05 Statins & muscle 1:11:29 Liver 1:11:52 Brain 1:15:11 Statins & diabetes 1:17:35 Sugar & diet 1:19:11 Final remarks