Host a Premier of Dave Feldman's Cholesterol Code Movie: Ep 128

About this episode

The episode features an interview with Dave Feldman discussing his documentary on cholesterol and metabolic health.

A new documentary exploring one of the most debated topics in metabolic health—the rise in LDL cholesterol sometimes seen in people following low-carbohydrate diets—is beginning its global rollout. In this episode of the LowCarbUSA® Podcast, I spoke with independent researcher Dave Feldman about his new documentary, The Cholesterol Code, which chronicles his research and the ongoing debate surrounding cholesterol and metabolic health. The movie is being premiered between March 15 and April 15 through multiple theatrical screenings around the world. "If you don't see one in your community, then sign up to host your own screening in your area . Dave, an engineer by training who became widely known in the low-carb community through his self-experiments and data-driven investigations, described how the project began with a personal question. "I'm the engineer who started obsessing about his cholesterol when it went sky high on a keto diet," he said. "Then came about a lot of my self-experiments, which ultimately led to forming the lipid energy model, which is now published." That model attempts to explain why some people—particularly those who are lean and metabolically…

People in this episode

Hosts: Doug Reynolds, Pam Devine

Guest: Dave Feldman

Topics covered

• cholesterol
• low-carbohydrate diets
• metabolic health
• documentary
• self-experimentation

Keywords

• LDL cholesterol
• keto diet
• lean mass hyper-responders
• lipid energy model
• metabolic pattern

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: LowCarbUSA

Books & works: The Cholesterol Code

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