Hey Karl, Dr Karl here.

I’m going to be upfront with you about something personal.

My total cholesterol is around 300. My LDL is roughly 190.
By every conventional guideline, I “should” be on a statin.
Any standard-practice doctor would insist on it.

But my HDL is over 100 — sometimes close to 110. My triglycerides are low.
My glucose-to-HDL ratio is excellent.
And my metabolic profile looks like the healthiest people in my entire data set.

Now here’s the question nobody in conventional medicine asks: ​
if someone who’s overweight, eating processed food,
has “good” total cholesterol and “good” LDL — but terrible HDL and sky-high triglycerides —

are they actually healthy? ​
Meanwhile, I’ve got “bad” cholesterol numbers but a metabolic picture that

matches the longest-lived people in my practice.

The standard “total cholesterol over 200 = statin” rule ignores everything that actually matters about your lipid profile.

In my data, both total cholesterol and LDL rise naturally with age in people who live longer — while what really separates the healthy from the unhealthy is HDL going up and triglycerides coming down.

Here’s what I tell my clients: focus on raising your HDL through whole food sources of animal protein. When you do that, triglycerides drop, the pattern shifts, and your metabolic picture transforms.

I’ve seen it work hundreds of times.

Below is a chart from my latest video that tells this story visually — notice how cholesterol and LDL rise with age,

but the real story is what’s happening with HDL at the bottom. And that skull-and-crossbones on the statin line? That’s how I feel about over-prescribing them.

FROM THE VIDEO:
The “Cholesterol Trends vs. Age” chart based on my collective client data shows total cholesterol and LDL rising naturally with age while HDL stays flat in this undifferentiated view ... and why

statins target the wrong number entirely.

▶ Watch this clip:

​https://youtu.be/AJnzQpXwqGQ?t=797​

Here’s the bottom line: ​
your labs tell a story that your doctor’s annual checkup misses. A single biomarker like HDL, read in the right context, reveals more about your metabolic trajectory than a stack of “normal” results ever will.

I wrote Unlocking Optimal Metabolic Health: A Data-Driven Approach to Thriving at Any Age

to show you exactly how to read your labs, see the patterns, and take action based on real data —

not generic reference ranges.

📗 Grab your copy of the book here: https://ketonaturopath.com/our-books/​

🩸 Get your labs done.

Your labs are your map.
The book is your guide.
Start with both.

Talk soon,

Dr. Karl Goldkamp