How to improve LDL receptor activity. | Masterjohn Q&A Files #23
Mastering Nutrition · Chris Masterjohn, PhD
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Question: "If cholesterol, LDL-P, and oxidized LDL are high, the sterol panel is normal, and TGs are great, would you suspect clearance of the particles driven by LDL receptor in the liver is the issue, and what would you recommend to boost LDL-R?"
Yes, it sounds like you should target LDL-R.
The big regulators of LDL-R function are thyroid hormone, and the amount of cholesterol in the liver cell, and anything that brings bile acids into the feces, and that's generally a high-fiber diet; psyllium husk would be a fiber you could add.
Thyroid hormone is the other piece of that, and that you target with higher carbohydrate intake. Higher carbohydrate intake also acts on PCSK9 to boost LDL receptor activity.
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Chris Masterjohn, PhD, is the Founder and Scientific Director of the mitochondria test Mitome.