tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410445500476013619.post5047575998159363566..comments2024-03-27T15:56:33.818-04:00Comments on Type 2 Nutrition: The Nutrition Debate #180: The AHA/ACC Cholesterol Guidelinesdanbrownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00119737446791634173noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410445500476013619.post-39003001024519973072014-02-03T08:33:05.860-05:002014-02-03T08:33:05.860-05:00Thanks, Brian. I really appreciate it. It's go...Thanks, Brian. I really appreciate it. It's good to know that I have informed readers like you, as well as readers who need and want to become better educated on their dietary choices and how it affects their health. And this applies (especially!) to doctors and RDs and CDEs, who generally frustrate the hell out of me.danbrownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00119737446791634173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7410445500476013619.post-57812928319846524152014-02-03T07:14:13.686-05:002014-02-03T07:14:13.686-05:00Thanks for writing on this subject, I always enjoy...Thanks for writing on this subject, I always enjoy your take on things. My biggest criticism of all these guidelines is that they fail to even consider blood sugar as being associated with CVD risk. In 2006, a study of the 10,000 men in the Whitehall study (http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/29/1/26.full) found that CVD risks essentially doubled for every increase in fasting blood sugar by 1 mmol/L (about 18 mg/dl), and that is independent of age, smoking, blood pressure and CHOLESTEROL. Jeez, if you really want to decrease you CVD risks, why not just do a little better with blood sugar control. After all, that is likely to be far more effective than anything you could possibly do altering your risks associated with cholesterol.<br /><br />I look forward to your next posts<br /><br />ps. For all those doctors out there who don't understand how to compare risk to relative risk, doubling the risk is an increased relative risk of 100%.Brian (bsc)http://www.tudiabetes.org/profile/bscnoreply@blogger.com