The cholesterol myth

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I cannot stand those mini lectures where they say they will explain everything as they go along finally getting to the buy this item at the end.
 

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Can you maybe share some highlights and the credentials of the speaker?

This is the video description on YT:

For the past 60 years there has been a concerted effort to demonize saturated fats, found in animal products and tropical oils, and cholesterol, in our food and blood. Despite the well-established health benefits of diets rich in cholesterol and saturated fat, flawed, deceptive and biased research has created the myth that a low fat, plant-based diet is ideal for good health. Poorly conducted epidemiological research, U.S. government intervention and misinformation conveyed by contemporary lifestyle researchers have contributed to the current state of confusion on dietary influences on health. The public must educate themselves on how to optimize their diet and cardiovascular health.

David M. Diamond is a professor in the Departments of Psychology and Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology at the University of South Florida and is a Research Career Scientist at theTampa Veterans Hospital, where he has directed his research program on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI). He has also served as the Director of the USF Neuroscience Collaborative program and is a Fellow at the American Institute of Stress and the International Stress and Behavior Society.

Dr. Diamond has served on federal government study sections and committees evaluating research on the neurobiology of stress and memory, and has over 100 publications, reviews and book chapters on the brain and memory. He has served on the editorial boards of numerous medical journals and has received over 25 years of federally funded support for his research.In the past decade, Dr. Diamond has expanded his research program to include cardiovascular disease and nutrition. His controversial research is an extension of an advanced seminar he directs at the University of South Florida entitled “Myths and Deception in Medical Research”, which emphasizes the critical evaluation of methods and conflicts of interest in health-related research. In recent years he added to his list of publications controversial papers on diet, cholesterol and statins, including one paper published in the peer-reviewed medical journal “Expert Review of Clinical Pharmacology”, which described the deceptive practices employed by researchers promoting statins for the treatment of cardiovascular disease. Dr. Diamond has been invited to present his myth-busting views on nutrition and cholesterol to lay people and physicians at nutrition, cardiology, obesity and diabetes conferences all over the world.

Dr. Diamond received his Ph.D. in Biology in 1985, with a specialization in Behavioral Neuroscience, from the Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory at the University of California, Irvine.
 

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I appreciate both the original post and the answer to my request. The speakers credentials appear solid and, of almost equal importance, he is not selling something.

Without spending multiple hours digging into the issue or viewing the video, I've already passively come around to accepting the idea that saturated fats are not evil and that cholesterol in moderation is not only ok but essential for normal health: I know it forms the insulating layer around nerve axons, needed for the propagation of electrical impulses in the axon.This last fact has been known for who-knows-how-long....I learned it as a college freshman in the 1970's.

In like fashion, I passively accept the validity of the recommendations of my doctor with respect to cholesterol levels in my blood.
Does Dr. Diamond disagree with currently accepted blood cholesterol recommendations (HDL, LDL, triglyerides etc.)?
 
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