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Dr. Ronald Krauss

Dr. Ronald Krauss, M.D. is the director of atherosclerosis research at Children\u2019s Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Adjunct Professor at UCSF and UC Berkeley. Dr. Krauss is really one of the pioneering scientists that changed the way we all think about cholesterol and saturated fat. He developed an assay that allows the quantification of low density lipoprotein particle size and concentration (known to the wider world as LDL cholesterol) based on a technique which determines the size of the particle based on physics...meaning the speed at which it flies through the air.

In this episode, we discuss...

• (00:00)\xa0Introduction
• (03:58)\xa0An overview of lipoproteins \u2013 HDL, LDL, and VLDL\xa0
• (09:32)\xa0Cholesterol is a \u201cpassenger\u201d on a train \xa0
• (12:09)\xa0LDL vs HDL - why one is dangerous and the other isn\u2019t
• (17:42)\xa0Raising HDL doesn\u2019t reduce heart disease risk the same way as lowering LDL\xa0
• (19:13)\xa0Leaky gut and inflammation increase VLDL production to protect the body
• (30:38)\xa0The misconception that dietary cholesterol significantly raises blood cholesterol
• (40:56)\xa0Saturated fats vs carbohydrates in raising cholesterol and CVD risk
• (53:08)\xa0Statins are a reliable, but imperfect, therapy for lowering CVD risk
• (01:08:20)\xa0Measuring cholesterol particle size refines risk assessment and informs medication use

If you\u2019re interested in learning more, you can read the full show notes here.

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