{"id":638,"date":"2018-01-20T07:01:04","date_gmt":"2018-01-20T15:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cholesterolcode.com\/?p=638"},"modified":"2022-07-23T23:06:18","modified_gmt":"2022-07-24T06:06:18","slug":"start-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cholesterolcode.com\/start-here\/","title":{"rendered":"START HERE (Pinned)"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse;\" border=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<colgroup>\n<col width=\"\"> <\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\" bgcolor=\"#000000\" width=\"\" height=\"\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Please consider supporting our newly launched <a href=\"https:\/\/citizensciencefoundation.org\/\"><span style=\"color: #fcb333;\">Citizen Science Foundation<\/span><\/a> and its central endeavor, the <a href=\"https:\/\/citizensciencefoundation.org\/campaigns\/lean-mass-hyper-responder-measurement-project\/\"><span style=\"color: #fcb333;\">LMHR Measurement Project<\/span><\/a>. Your contributions are making citizen science a reality \u2013 thank you!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"796\" height=\"448\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/osCt5xHq_CU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cholesterolcode.com\/presenting-the-lipid-energy-model-to-stanford-university\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cholesterolcode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/image-1024x530.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9225\" width=\"443\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cholesterolcode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/image-1024x530.png 1024w, https:\/\/cholesterolcode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/image-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/cholesterolcode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/image-768x397.png 768w, https:\/\/cholesterolcode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/image-1536x794.png 1536w, https:\/\/cholesterolcode.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/image.png 1916w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 443px) 100vw, 443px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Dave&#8217;s presentation to Stanford University<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>If you know little to nothing about cholesterol<\/strong>-&gt;<ul><li>You can check out my <a href=\"http:\/\/cholesterolcode.com\/a-simple-guide-to-cholesterol-on-low-carb\/\">Simple Guide to Cholesterol series<\/a>. It&#8217;s full of illustrations and is written for laypeople. Enjoy!<\/li><li>You can enter your cholesterol numbers into <a href=\"https:\/\/cholesterolcode.com\/report\/\">our popular Report tool<\/a> to check them against many risk calculations at the same time<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>If you&#8217;re wanting to learn more about <em>why<\/em> cholesterol could be higher, particularly on a low carb diet<\/strong>-&gt; <ul><li><strong>You can watch <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/cholesterolcode.com\/presenting-the-lipid-energy-model-to-stanford-university\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dave&#8217;s recent presentation for Stanford University<\/a> on the Lipid Energy Model.<\/strong><\/li><li>You can also check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/cholesterolcode.com\/model\/\">Lipid Energy Model poster<\/a> here<\/li><li>You can also check out or <a href=\"https:\/\/cholesterolcode.com\/faq\/\">Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) here<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>If you&#8217;re looking to better understand the risk associated with high cholesterol on a low carb diet-&gt;<\/strong><ul><li>Watch Dave&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UZv00mMiB9M\">Deep Dive on Cholesterol and Risk presentation<\/a> for a more optimistic outlook<\/li><li>Or you can read <a href=\"https:\/\/cholesterolcode.com\/guest-post-the-case-for-lower-ldl-on-low-carb\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"3546\">The Case for Lower LDL on Low Carb<\/a> by Spencer Nadolsky for the more pessimistic counterpoint<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>If you&#8217;d like to understand possible benefits of cholesterol and the immune system<\/strong>, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/cholesterolcode.com\/lipoprotein-power-ldl-and-the-immune-system\/\">read Siobhan&#8217;s overview article on the topic<\/a> here or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=c8my6dGwzG4\">watch her presentation here<\/a> <\/li><li><strong>If you&#8217;d like to learn more about lipoprotein(a)<\/strong>, you can watch Siobhan&#8217;s presentation on it <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/cholesterolcode.com\/lpa\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/li><li><strong><em>Lastly &#8212; you can always just ask us anything our <a href=\"https:\/\/cholesterolcode.com\/questions\/\">Questions Page<\/a><\/em><\/strong>. (Just be aware our site does not constitute medical advice and we always recommend consulting with your doctor.)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please consider supporting our newly launched Citizen Science Foundation and its central endeavor, the LMHR Measurement Project. Your contributions are making citizen science a reality \u2013 thank you! If you know little to nothing about cholesterol-&gt; You can check out my Simple Guide to Cholesterol series. It&#8217;s full of illustrations and is written for laypeople. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/cholesterolcode.com\/start-here\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8,7,9,10,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cholesterol","category-experiments","category-interview","category-presentation","category-video","item-wrap"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9EmAp-ai","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cholesterolcode.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cholesterolcode.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cholesterolcode.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cholesterolcode.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cholesterolcode.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=638"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/cholesterolcode.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10314,"href":"https:\/\/cholesterolcode.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638\/revisions\/10314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cholesterolcode.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cholesterolcode.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cholesterolcode.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}