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David Diamond

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David Diamond

@LDLSkeptic

Ph.D. in Biology/Neuroscience Professor, Univ So Florida My second career focuses on cardiovascular disease I'm skeptical of LDL cholesterol as a cause of CVD

Tampa, FL

usf.edu/arts-sciences/…

Joined December 2017

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David Diamond
@LDLSkeptic
Jul 28, 2023
I'm honored that my paper on statistical deception in cholesterol research will be the topic of a Grand Rounds Med School panel discussion today. bit.ly/3Lpo5gw @ProfTimNoakes @DoctorTro @DominicDAgosti2 @lowcarbGP @SBakerMD @ethanjweiss @davidludwigmd @DrAseemMalhotra
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David Diamond
@LDLSkeptic
Aug 23, 2023
I turned 66 last week. 🎂 🤗 I celebrated with 2 hours of racquetball. In 1999 my Trig/HDL ratio was 23!! 😫I was overweight, low on energy, had joint pain & my doc urged me to go on a statin. Instead, I learned my trigs were >700 because of my high carb diet. I learned from
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David Diamond
@LDLSkeptic
Sep 4, 2023
If you're on a low carb diet and you've developed high LDL or if you have high LDL for any reason and your doctor wants to put you on LDL lowering meds (e.g., statins, bempedoic acid, praluent, repatha) then I recommend you watch my talk at 2023 Low Carb Denver:
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David Diamond
@LDLSkeptic
Oct 23, 2025
Every day for the past 26 years I'm grateful I didn't listen to my doctor who wanted me to take a statin for my high LDL. At 68 I can work with my personal trainer and box for an hour. I wonder if I'd have the strength to do so if I had taken that statin and suffered the muscle
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David Diamond
@LDLSkeptic
Jan 30, 2022
22 years ago my doc insisted I was at high risk to have a heart attack & urged me to go on a statin. Instead of going to the pharmacy I went to the library. I learned about the meager benefits of statins & substantial harms. Glad I'm still around to share info on all I've learned
David Diamond
@LDLSkeptic
Jan 29, 2022
Quotes from cardiologist @DrAseemMalhotra "The cholesterol lowering industry is based on fraud" "Lowering cholesterol does not have a relationship between reduced heart attacks, strokes and death" @ethanjweiss @ProfTimNoakes @FructoseNo @DoctorTro youtube.com/watch?app=desk…
David Diamond
@LDLSkeptic
May 1, 2023
We reviewed 40 years of statistical deception in cholesterol research. Good paper to take to your doctor who states LDL lowering is of great benefit. @KenDBerryMD @ProfTimNoakes @DoctorTro @lowcarbGP @ifixhearts @mrc314 @DietScold @DrAseemMalhotra
cureus.com
Historical Review of the Use of Relative Risk Statistics in the Portrayal of the Purported Hazards...
The manner in which clinical trial investigators present their findings to healthcare providers and the public can have a substantial influence on their impact. For example, if a heart attack oc...
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David Diamond
@LDLSkeptic
Jun 3, 2025
"we found that a higher total cholesterol level was associated with a higher chance of becoming centenarian, which stands in contrast to clinical guidelines regarding cholesterol levels [29] but is in line with previous studies showing that high cholesterol is generally
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David Diamond
@LDLSkeptic
Mar 18, 2024
25 years ago, at the age of 42, my doc informed me I was at high risk of developing a heart attack. My TG/HDL ratio was 25 (trigs at 800/ HDL at 32)! I was overweight and low on energy. My doc urged me to go on a statin. Here I am now, 25 years later after playing 2 hours of
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David Diamond
@LDLSkeptic
Nov 7, 2023
In the past several years, editors have been sending manuscripts on diet and heart disease to me as a part of the peer-review process. I've been honored to be seen as an expert worthy of providing input to editors as to whether a manuscript deserves to be published. The below
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David Diamond
@LDLSkeptic
Oct 6, 2024
Over 1 Million views! Thanks to @KenDBerryMD for giving me the opportunity to explain why high cholesterol is healthy, how statin advocates have deceived people into believing statins are wonder drugs when they have minuscule benefits and substantial harms - and what really
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David Diamond
@LDLSkeptic
Jan 29, 2022
Quotes from cardiologist @DrAseemMalhotra "The cholesterol lowering industry is based on fraud" "Lowering cholesterol does not have a relationship between reduced heart attacks, strokes and death" @ethanjweiss @ProfTimNoakes @FructoseNo @DoctorTro youtube.com/watch?app=desk…
David Diamond
@LDLSkeptic
Jan 24, 2024
Wow! Almost 900K views of this discussion I had with @KenDBerryMD about diet and cholesterol myths. youtube.com/watch?v=XfJNUb… I delivered the same message at @lowcarbusa last weekend in Boca. High LDL cholesterol is healthy. 🤗 Older people with high LDL are healthier than the
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David Diamond
@LDLSkeptic
Nov 25, 2022
A family member at our Thanksgiving dinner tried to convince me of the great value of vegetables, such as vitamin K. My response that they only have K1, and that the real valuable one, K2, found in cheese, eggs and liver, was ignored 😩
David Diamond
@LDLSkeptic
Nov 10, 2020
As the world rejoices in response to the unconfirmed 90% effectiveness of the c-19 vaccine it seems that no one is paying attention to the paper reporting a 97% ⬇️of c-19 ICU admission w/ vit D administration. why? @FatEmperor @bschermd @KenDBerryMD
Finally Confirmed! Vitamin D Nearly Abolishes ICU Risk in COVID-19
From chrismasterjohnphd.substack.com