Brandon Gipe

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@HankDesmondPhD Riiiight "LET'S GO BRANDON" crowd was always respectful 🙄

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@ricktrolle63431 @HankDesmondPhD "LET'S GO BRANDON!" Riiiiiiight, zero disrespect ever 🙄

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@PaigeSpiranac Screw those people. You do what makes you happy.

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@AnonPrion @bourscheid You mean the pathetic attempt of Trump deflecting the poor work done blaming democrats for vandalism, yet magically there's no evidence of it? Weird.

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@sportstalkmatt Close, but no cigar!

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@sportstalkmatt I hope there's so much more to this story. This is wild!

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@elonmusk @CommunityNotes So your account will be very busy correcting misinformation, right? Right?

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@Lunatic__Fringe @ScottAppliedSci @theProf369 I'm not going to pretend that I'm an expert, I'm not going to pretend that I spent the last several decades with your dad, and I'm not going to pretend that his death isn't tragic.

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@Lunatic__Fringe @ScottAppliedSci @theProf369 Negative, you are reaching at best. LDL has a strong correlation to heart disease, and the unhealthy lifestyle i mentioned tends raise LDL.... once again, LDL is NOT the only factor, but it is certainly one of if not the most notable factors.

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@Lunatic__Fringe @ScottAppliedSci @theProf369 What are you talking about? There is a HUGE correlation between LDL and heart disease. So fixing LDL is a smart move almost always. That does not mean that fixing your LDL takes your risk of heart disease to 0....

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@Lunatic__Fringe @ScottAppliedSci @theProf369 Your dad's situation unfortunately doesn't expose what you think it does as there are possibly 50 other variables, likely many that you have not considered, that explain his heart attack. This is a prime example of why anecdotes are not reliable sources of information.

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@Lunatic__Fringe @ScottAppliedSci @theProf369 Did he have any other issues? Was he a smoker? How was his diet? How was his sleep? How was his stress?

It's also worth noting, it's also possible that your dad didn't fill the Dr in on everything he was feeling. They can only act on information they have.

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@Lunatic__Fringe @ScottAppliedSci @theProf369 I'm not trying to pry, I'm not trying to be insensitive, but what other factors did your dad have that could have contributed? You say "metabolic health" what do you mean by that? What was his weight? Was he diabetic? What was his age? What was his physical activity like?

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@Lunatic__Fringe @ScottAppliedSci @theProf369 ...taking any singular data point out of context means very little. Most overweight people with high LDL would absolutely benefit from fixing their LDL before anything else. That doesn't mean that they're saved from a heart attack immediately, but it greatly reduces the risk. 2/2

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@Lunatic__Fringe @ScottAppliedSci @theProf369 You can have low LDL and still be at risk of a heart attack....

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@Lunatic__Fringe @ScottAppliedSci @theProf369 I'm sorry for your loss. That is tragic.

Lowering LDL DOES help, there is PLENTY of data to support that. But it is NOT a cure all. It won't fix everything by itself, but it IS one of the most important factors to get under control. So, I'm sorry, but that is not poor advice.

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@Lunatic__Fringe @ScottAppliedSci @theProf369 Insulin resistance has minimal to do with it, and metabolically unhealthy feels like another buzzword here. People tend to overeat highly palatable, calorically dense foods. If I remember correctly, the average American consumes 3500 calories per day.

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@Lunatic__Fringe @ScottAppliedSci @theProf369 Also, what advice have they "been told to give" that isn't good advice?