That’s pretty impressive from rosuvastatin eod. Is the drop from 73 to 48 primarily ftom the rosuva + ezetimibe? I.e. were you already high fibre, omega 3 and high exercise etc?
I feel great when recovered from rapa and/or workouts. The combination of stress from: work, exercise (5-7 hours cardio + 3 hours weights per week), and rapa is a bit too much when all 3 are together. I am moving to a 2 week rapa cycle. Once I get my sleep working consistently I can get more aggressive (again) with rapa.
My latest effort is in HRV biofeedback. It’s going very well with an amazingly fast rate of improvement. I’m optimistic.
I’m interviewing Marco Altini of hrv4training soon to take a deep dive into HRV as a tool for stress mgmt vs training mgmt. I’m now using eliteHRV and hrv4biofeedback apps on my phone.
Mostly heard about it from Peter Attia’s podcast guests and then asked my cardiologist about and felt that he shared the view. Basically you see the low PSCK9 people doing well in general and the high PSCK9 people do poorly
Here is some of the history:
The discovery of proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) inhibition is interesting. Nabil Seidah, a researcher in Montreal, Canada, identified PCSK9 encoded by a gene on chromosome 1.[1] Collaborating with a French group, they found out that a gain-of-function mutation in that gene was responsible for familial hypercholesterolemia in a French family. This was followed by similar findings from other researchers.[2]
In contrast, findings from the Dallas Heart Study showed that loss-of-function mutations in PCSK9 gene were associated with very low cholesterol levels and markedly reduced incidence of CVD.[3]
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You can probably find more info about people with genetically lower PCSK9 through doing a lit search.
Elite HRV is free but harder to figure out what to do. Hrv4biofeedback is $10 onetime fee on apple but is super easy to start using. It even helps you figure out your personal resonance breathing rate which I couldn’t do on my own. It’s a pick ‘em.
Do you know if you are more an overproducer or absorber? That helps guy part of my decision making.
Abnormalities in cholesterol metabolism have been associated with patient response to statin and ezetimibe therapy for LDL cholesterol (LDL-C) lowering.
I get angry at people saying false things that will get people killed. It’s ok to do so about flat earth, but not about this. Cardiovascular disease people have to be careful what they say IMO as it’s the only disease that can be prevented and treated well, and not think out loud. That is why this thread is my nemesis.
I think the original dispute was not about lowering apoB per se (disregarding the usual suspects of course) but about PCSK9i and their effect on all-cause mortality.
It’s also potentially dangerous to misrepresent the research on targeting extremely low cholesterol. Especially when you haven’t read some of the research you have such strong opinions on. Shouting people down with abuse is never really justified even when you’re right. But when you’ve not really read the research…
You’re still angry? You’ve now accused me of being a “tinfoil-hat-wearing conspiracy theorist artist with Autism/Asperger’s and reading comprehension issues”. All because I tried to give balance to the discussion of the Fourier trial by quoting from a BMJ paper reviewing it.
You’ve also accused the scientists who independently reviewed the Fourier trial of being “rogue doctors” who didn’t bother with blinding. Is this a big issue for you, or do you just like throwing around insults anonymously online? Why not take a longer break fro the board?
@A_User after having seen this whole tread unfold I have to say that I do think you have sometimes said things in non constructive way that does not fit with the community that @RapAdmin has built. Your comment above about autism/asbergers is one example.
Let’s please be more constructive - we are all on this journey together.
Except I’m not making anything up. You hadn’t “really read” the BMJ research paper you had such strong opinions about. That was pretty obvious from what you posted about it. Remember , there’s quite a big difference between “really reading” a paper and “I probably did look at it”.
If you don’t want to engage, maybe stop posting abuse? There’s an interesting debate to be had if you can manage to accept that people might try to contradict your views. This board just isn’t really the place for playground stuff.