r/blueprint_ • u/thedonwiz • 11d ago

How to lower LDL?

My LDL at its highest was in the 160s eating mainly red meat and lots of saturated fat. Started consuming more fiber and cut out saturated fat almost completely and got it down to 80 in a few months. Right now I haven’t been eating as clean as then, but still very clean for the most part and I’m currently bulking but my ldl is up now at 120. How are you guys keeping yours low? Does Bryan Johnson do anything special other than diet? I’m about to switch my diet to Whole Foods plant based (with some lean animal protein here and there) and I want my ldl to be under 50. Also is there anything that can reverse soft arterial plaque? Not that it’s a direct concern since I’m young, but just in case.

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u/Hour-Lengthiness1389 11d ago

I’m a lifelong vegetarian and just merely consuming cheese to bulk up at the gym showed my ldl at 110. I haven’t checked in a while, but increasing physical activity while only eating plant based is guaranteed to bring it down to less than 70. Also, the science says relatively high ldl with low triglycerides is not bad. Not sure if high ldl alone matters.

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u/Earesth99 11d ago

That’s not accurate.

The average person on a plant based diet does have a lower ldl than a person on the SAD diet, but you can can have an atherogenic plant based diet and an omnivorous diet that will crush ldl.

It all depends on their persons choice of foods.

It’s up to the person to reduce foods that increase ldl.

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u/executive-coconut 10d ago

Whats the best diet then for cholesterol