The Great Cholesterol Con and How To Really Avoid Heart Disease With Dr. Malcolm Kendrick

Summary: In today’s episode of Enduring Health, Dr Shan interviews medicial expert and author of ‘The Great Cholesterol Con’ and ‘A Statin Nation’, Dr Malcolm Kendrick. Dr Kendrick lives by the philosophy of enjoy life, enjoy friends and family, do a bit of exercise, and don't worry too much.  Hear about the main factors that can contribute to heart disease and cardiovascular disease and the changes you can make to avoid them. If you’re looking to understand more about heart and how it can affect you, tune in today. KEY TAKEAWAYS   Factors that cause death from heart disease or cardiovascular disease Smoking cigarettes is another factor that causes heart diseases. Age is also a factor that can cause death from heart diseases. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. This is also a factor that causes heart diseases. Use of steroids. This is another factor that causes heart diseases. Another factor that can cause heart diseases is sociopsychological factors. Stress is also another factor that causes heart diseases. Social upheaval. This is yet another factor that leads to heart diseases. If you consume more of A, the body produces less of A, or there's a feedback loop to reduce it back down to normal Endothelial layer. This is a protective layer found in the blood vessels which protect any harmful stuff from getting into the blood and damaging the whole body system and also it is slippery which means that no harmful stuff can stick itself there. The cholesterol from outside sources can't get into the brain because the brain manufactures its own cholesterol since it has glial cells, they manufacture cholesterol and that's one of their functions. If you lower the LDL level, it reduces the risk of stroke by a small amount. Primary prevention, you haven't already had a heart attack stroke and or something else like angina there is no increase in life expectancy for men or women and for women this has no impact on cardiovascular disease.   BEST MOMENTS “Don’t eat saturated fat as your cholesterol level is the most important factor behind heart diseases.” “1% fall in cholesterol level leads to a 2% drop in cardiovascular diseases.” “Cholesterol doesn't cause heart disease.” “The higher your LDL level was, the less likely you were to get cardiovascular disease and the longer you are likely to live.” “Saturated fat and cholesterol are unrelated chemicals.” “If you consume more of A, the body produces less of A, or there's a feedback loop to reduce it back down to normal.” “America was the first country to suffer the first, apparently the first epidemic of heart disease.” VALUABLE RESOURCES The Great Cholesterol Con A Statin Nation blog  ABOUT THE GUEST Dr Malcolm Kendrick graduated in medicine and now lives and works in sunny Cheshire as a General Practitioner. He has always tried to question received wisdom where it seems flawed which, to him, seems to be all over the place. He wrote The Great Cholesterol Con and more recently, A Statin Nation as it became clear that the accepted ideas on diet, cholesterol and heart disease were bunk. He has his own blog where he discusses a wide range of health issues. He tries to live according to his own philosophy on health which is simple. Enjoy life, enjoy friends and family, do a bit of exercise, and don't worry too much.  Learn more about The Great Cholesterol Con here Learn more about A Statin Nation here ABOUT THE HOST Dr Shan Hussain is an author, general practitioner, health coach, wellness advisor and ambassador to the World Health Innovation Summit. As Founder of The Health Studio and a medical doctor of 18 years, he has a special interest in health promotion and disease prevention. He works with individuals and organisations to help naturally improve health in a sustainable, holistic manner. Dr Hussain has developed several coaching and mentorship programmes designed to help reverse the symptoms of many stress-related health problems. His best-selling book, 'The Big Prescription' serves as a guide for readers to learn about evidence-based holistic health practices that create the foundation of his work. CONTACT METHOD Connect with Dr Shan Hussain through his website at http://www.thehealthstudio.net/ If you would like to support our Podcast, please visit our Patreon page at https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealth Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/enduringhealth See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.