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Doctors fear it. Internet influencers embrace it. Consumers bet their lives on it. Is LDL cholesterol deadly or healthy?
VIDEOS:
End LDL-Cholesterol Fear Mongering: Life Insurance Companies Don't Even Care! (FACTS) By Mike Mutzel, High Intensity Health
youtu.be/cUkAjIl5JrE?si=X1J3kyzwGD3xLJbW
Lipids Series: HDL Can It Be Too High? Is Treatment Available? By Iftikhar Kullo, Mayo Clinic
youtu.be/Ri4EYymjQqk?si=1eh-g8OqEjs45M0X
Addressing Abnormal HDL Levels
youtu.be/KzqLbXSPQe0?si=aygPBwUGU6iICU1M
Unraveling the Controversy: Stanford Twin Study Explained
youtu.be/t24BCuXIlZI?si=u-iVOmmQ2t4-n4SW
LIFE INSURANCE DOCUMENTS
Life Insurance Field Underwriting Guide MAY 15, 2023
pinneyinsurance.com/underwriting-docs/AIG-UW-Guide.pdf
MetLife Condensed Underwriting Guide May 2013
cassaniinsurance.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Met-Life-condensed_uw_guide.pdf
PAPERS:
Framingham Heart Study Hard Coronary Heart Disease (10-year risk)
framinghamheartstudy.org/fhs-risk-functions/hard-coronary-heart-disease-10-year-risk
Plasma HDL cholesterol and risk of myocardial infarction: a mendelian randomisation study
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(12)60312-2/fulltext
Extreme high high-density lipoprotein cholesterol is paradoxically associated with high mortality in men and women: two prospective cohort studies
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28419274
Lack of an association or an inverse association between low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol and mortality in the elderly: a systematic review
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27292972
0:00 Life insurance companies and LDL
2:48 The research behind LDL
5:45 Is high HDL harmful?
7:08 The Internet and HDL
8:21 The LDL is good for you bandwagon
Doctors fear it. Internet influencers embrace it. Consumers bet their lives on it. Is LDL cholesterol deadly or healthy?
VIDEOS:
End LDL-Cholesterol Fear Mongering: Life Insurance Companies Don't Even Care! (FACTS) By Mike Mutzel, High Intensity Health
youtu.be/cUkAjIl5JrE?si=X1J3kyzwGD3xLJbW
Lipids Series: HDL Can It Be Too High? Is Treatment Available? By Iftikhar Kullo, Mayo Clinic
youtu.be/Ri4EYymjQqk?si=1eh-g8OqEjs45M0X
Addressing Abnormal HDL Levels
youtu.be/KzqLbXSPQe0?si=aygPBwUGU6iICU1M
Unraveling the Controversy: Stanford Twin Study Explained
youtu.be/t24BCuXIlZI?si=u-iVOmmQ2t4-n4SW
LIFE INSURANCE DOCUMENTS
Life Insurance Field Underwriting Guide MAY 15, 2023
pinneyinsurance.com/underwriting-docs/AIG-UW-Guide.pdf
MetLife Condensed Underwriting Guide May 2013
cassaniinsurance.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Met-Life-condensed_uw_guide.pdf
PAPERS:
Framingham Heart Study Hard Coronary Heart Disease (10-year risk)
framinghamheartstudy.org/fhs-risk-functions/hard-coronary-heart-disease-10-year-risk
Plasma HDL cholesterol and risk of myocardial infarction: a mendelian randomisation study
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(12)60312-2/fulltext
Extreme high high-density lipoprotein cholesterol is paradoxically associated with high mortality in men and women: two prospective cohort studies
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28419274
Lack of an association or an inverse association between low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol and mortality in the elderly: a systematic review
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27292972
0:00 Life insurance companies and LDL
2:48 The research behind LDL
5:45 Is high HDL harmful?
7:08 The Internet and HDL
8:21 The LDL is good for you bandwagon
