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A new study finds poor metabolic health and low HDL is a greater predictor of coronary artery calcium than LDL cholesterol.  Support your Intermittent Fasting lifestyle with the Berberine Fasting Accelerator  by MYOXCIENCE: https://bit.ly/berberine-fasting-accelerator  Use code podcast to save 12% Video & Links to study: https://bit.ly/3Zj56fA Time Stamps:  0:00 Intro 0:30 LDL does not correlate with the degree of coronary artery plaque. 1:02 HDL is protective against coronary artery disease and plaquing. 2:10 Triglycerides correlate with diabetes, coronary artery disease and plaquing. 3:45 HDL size is highly predictive. 5:15 LDL, vLDL, and IDL had no strong association. 8:00 LDL may be lower with prediabetes and diabetes, reflecting imbalance. 12:10 HDL is increased by lifestyle. 13:00 Plaquing is more common in diabetics. 15:47 High triglycerides increase odds of metabolic disease by 100%. 18:00 The smaller HDL particles become, the less protective they are. 19:13 Coronary artery calcium is associated with HDL size, concentration and composition. 21:20 High HDL with low triglycerides is linked with better metabolic health. 23:10 Exercise increases the size and number of your protective HDL.  

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