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LDL-cholesterol and osteoporosis

Posted by WilWeten @wilweten, 6 days ago

I've started reading McCormick's book 'Great Bones'. He attributes his osteoporosis for the main part to too many MALPS, caused by a high LDL. He also says: "Couple this with a red blood cell count (RBC) below 4.0 million/mm3 and you probably have excessive MALP-production (see pages 46-47).

I searched and found e.g. this article from 2022: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8896571/ "High Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Levels are Associated with Osteoporosis Among Adults 20–59 Years of Age" .

That article links to this article from 2020: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32163637/ "The Effect of Plasma Lipids and Lipid-Lowering Interventions on Bone Mineral Density: A Mendelian Randomization Study."

By the way, despite McCormick's expectations, according to my google research, tocotrienols don't look effective in lowering LDL cholesterol.

For me, discovering that high levels of LDL cholesterol can form a significant contribution to osteoporosis, is an eye opener.

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boneoptimist | @boneoptimist | 57 minutes ago
In reply to @zhaner "It’s a dance—these high carb diets avoid animal protein and bones need high quality protein. Where..." + (show)
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It’s a dance—these high carb diets avoid animal protein and bones need high quality protein. Where is the diet study specific to bones? —not heart, liver, etc but actual focus on bone building.

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@zhaner , not a diet, but if you haven't read the Liftmor study for OP, it's really worth your time. I had to up my protein too. Very hard to do if you don't eat a lot....

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