Welcome back to our podcast, in this episode we discuss how we are going to act upon our ApoB results that we shared previously. We aim to apply the current studies to our lifestyle and measure how effective our interventions have been in 3-4 months. There is a lot to discuss and we are aware that we cannot cover everything in this episode, also, please see our references below for any further reading.
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00:03 - Introduction
02:35 - How is the microbiome involved in cholesterol metabolism?
03:23- Coprostanol and its role in cholesterol homeostasis
04:27 - Cholesterol entrapment via gut bacteria
05:43 - Secondary bile acids produced by the gut microbiome
08:08 - The importance of a diverse gut microbiome
12:56 - How to increase your plant intake
14:14 - importance of probiotic for gut microbiome diversity
14:40 - prebiotics and the microbiome
15:09 - Can alcohol theoretically decrease the diversity of the gut microbiome?
16:14 - Is it easy for people with IBS to improve their gut microbiome?
18:18 - Fasting window and gut health
19:14 - antibiotic use and the impact on the gut microbiome
21:25 - does decreasing saturated fats in your diet have a direct effect on cholesterol/ APOB levels
24:18 - Impact of exercise on CVD risk, APOB and LDL-C
25:05 - how energy is used during different intensities of exercise - VO2max
31:03 - dietary carbohydrate consumption and its role in CVD risk
36:28 - Summary - what are we going to be doing going forward to improve our biomarkers?
41:05 - outro
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Here is a list of the sources that we used to make this podcast:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4242964/#:~:text=Recently%2C%20regular%20exercise%20has%20been,apoA1%20ratio%20demonstrated%20significant%20interactions - exercise in overweight women on ApoB
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/j.1365-2796.2007.01806.x - exercise on ApoB- predominantly males
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5972657/#sec4 - saturated fats on ApoB
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7468809/#sec1-nutrients-12-02204 - Glycaemic index & load on lipid kinetics
https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/ATVBAHA.120.315766#graphical-abstract - Saturated fats increasing atherogenicity of LDL-c
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7416843/ - gut microbiome & CVD
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7049528/ - high fibre diets on short chain fatty acids
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7230435/ - Gut microbiome & intestinal permeability
Guyton & Hall Medical Physiology 14th edition- general physiology overview
Rang & Dale’s Pharmacology 10th edition - general pharmacological overview
Links to cardiac screening - North West, UK
https://www.timcogleyfoundation.com
https://healthchecks.randoxhealth.com/tim-cogley-foundation