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Why I Won’t Take a Statin (And What I Focus On Instead)

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...

about 1 month ago • 1 min read

Hey Karl, Dr Karl here. I get asked all the time what the “one thing” is that separates the people who age well from those who don’t. After tracking biomarkers across 100+ clients over the past five years, the answer keeps coming back to the same place. Higher HDL. Every single time. When I plot fasting HDL against age in my data set, the pattern is unmistakable — and it has not changed once in over five years of tracking. People who survive longer consistently have higher HDL. And if they’re...

about 1 month ago • 1 min read

Hey Karl, Dr Karl here. I get asked all the time what the “one thing” is that separates the people who age well from those who don’t. After tracking biomarkers across 100+ clients over the past five years, the answer keeps coming back to the same place. Higher HDL. Every single time. When I plot fasting HDL against age in my data set, the pattern is unmistakable — and it has not changed once in over five years of tracking. People who survive longer consistently have higher HDL. And if they’re...

about 2 months ago • 1 min read