Cholesterol

This is insane. And it's going to frustrate you.

Oct 75 min readJohn Brasefield
Chart from a Cleveland Clinic trial showing LDL and ApoB falling on a fiber drink versus placebo

People call this a scam. So here's the research, pulled straight from Cleveland Clinic's own study.

Please read this one to the end, it's crazy.

I get the comments. "You're just trying to make money." "It's a scam." "It's just a fibre drink." I understand the scepticism, because there's a lot of BS out there. But I don't share opinions. I share studies, clinical trials, and what I've seen in my own results. So let's break this chart down properly.

This is a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial run by the Preventive Cardiology team at Cleveland Clinic, one of the most respected heart institutes in the world. It was published in the journal Metabolism. 119 adults with raised cholesterol were split into two groups. One took the fiber drink twice a day before meals, the other took a placebo. Neither the researchers nor the participants knew who was getting what. Everyone followed the same diet.

The top chart is LDL

That's the cholesterol your doctor usually talks about. Look at the shaded section, the 8-week trial. Within 4 weeks, the fiber group's LDL had already started dropping. By week 8 it was down 7.9%, while the placebo group went up 2.4%. That's a 10.3% difference between the two groups, from a drink taken before meals. And 12% of the fiber group saw their LDL fall by more than 20%.

Now the bottom chart: ApoB

This is the one I want you to pay attention to.

Most people have never heard of it, but it's one of the most important heart markers there is. Every particle that carries cholesterol into your artery walls has exactly one ApoB molecule on it. So LDL tells you how much cholesterol is in your blood, while ApoB tells you how many of those particles are floating around. More particles means more chances of them getting stuck in your artery walls.

Here's why it matters so much in the metabolic world. People with insulin resistance often have "normal" looking LDL but a high particle count. Their ApoB tells the real story. In this trial, ApoB in the fiber group dropped by around 20% in just 8 weeks, while the placebo group barely moved. That's a big deal.

There were no negative effects on HDL, your protective cholesterol, or on triglycerides either.

You'll also notice the lines creep back up between weeks 14 and 22. That was the open phase, and the researchers linked it to people taking it less consistently. Which tells you everything. It works when you take it every day. That's why it's part of my routine before every meal, not something I dip in and out of.

The researchers themselves concluded that this kind of approach could reduce the need for cholesterol-lowering medication, or work alongside it.

And this is the part that makes my blood boil

This study was published in 2002. Over twenty years ago. So why has nobody told you about it?

You walk into your GP with a raised cholesterol result. Ten minutes later you walk out with a prescription. No conversation about what's driving it. No questions about your blood sugar, your insulin, your diet. No mention of fiber, of ApoB, of any of the natural options sitting right there in the research. Just a prescription, and see you in six months.

That's not care. That's managing a number. Nobody's looking at why the number went up in the first place. Nobody's educating you, and nobody's giving you a choice.

At 410 lbs, I was on 11 meds, and my A1c was still 10.3. And I had 2 doctors in front of me arguing that I couldn't possibly lose weight on 400 units of insulin a day. I found this protocol, lost 112 lbs in 9 months, dropped all of my meds as well, and took control of my health.

So call it a scam if you like. I'll keep showing up with studies, real data and my own results, because people deserve to know their options. That's why I do this.

My results are my own and are not typical. Individual results vary, and nothing here is medical advice. Talk to your doctor before changing any medication. Independent Unicity Distributor; income results vary and are not guaranteed. Statements have not been evaluated by the FDA and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

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