Dr Paul Mason obtained his medical degree with honours from the University of Sydney, and also holds degrees in Physiotherapy and Occupational Health. He is a Specialist Sports Medicine and Exercise Physician.
Dr Mason developed an interest in low carbohydrate diets in 2011. Since then he has spent hundreds of hours reading and analysing the scientific literature.
For a number of years, Dr. Mason has been applying this knowledge in treating metabolic and arthritis patients who have achieved dramatic and sustained weight loss and reductions in joint pain. Dr. Mason has recently become the Chief Medical Officer of Defeat Diabetes.
Defeat Diabetes is Australia's first evidence-based and doctor-led program that focuses on the wide range of health benefits of a low carb lifestyle, particularly for those wanting to send into remission pre-diabetes, type 2 diabetes, and other metabolic illnesses.
Dr. Mason credits the work of Dr. Malcolm Kendrick as a basis for this presentation ( ) which has led to the publication of this paper;
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24 responses to “Dr. Paul Mason – ‘The heart of the matter – Chapter 1 – Busting the LDL myth’”
An absolute Genius of a Doctor–
Hilarious Ozzie humour …..although a very serious subject. Well done Paul, that was an excellent presentation !
This is so informative! Need to watch this over and over again. Thank you!!
Dr. Mason is a brilliant speaker, his lectures are spot-on and entertaining as he destroys the lies and myths around cholesterol. Thank you for sharing this valuable video!
Definitely my favourite Doctor to listen to 👨⚕️ you always give practical advice
How to get Vit D and when to be in the sun ☀️
What to look for with cholesterol levels
Cutting out plant oils
And finally the benefits of carnivore diet
Been listening to you since 2029 and you’ve literally pushed me to get healthy thanks to your videos 🙏
You Certainly have been listening a very Long While WATERCOLOUR
Did I time travel? 😳
Brilliant – well supported with data and studies and clearly articulated as always.
You keep doing it Paul. Thank you once again.
Excellent presentation, thank you!
Such an informative and compelling presentation, and I’d just bought in a load of my favourite strong cheeses. Do senna pods count as carbs?
Wow. Even I, a simple layman, can understand this lecture. It’s easy to talk in a complicated manner, but damn hard to talk in a simple manner. Thank you Dr Mason.
Dr. Mason lectures closely from science. There are not many of his kind on YouTube.
Or in the practice of medicine.
“Triglycerides are associated with cardiovascular risk in all age cohorts (100). A meta-analysis including cohorts from 29 Western countries and 262,525 participants showed that the top quintile of serum TG had a 72% higher cardiovascular risk compared to the lowest quintile”
Management of Dyslipidemia in the Elderly
Elani Streja, PhD and Dan A. Streja, MD, FRCPC, FACP, FACE.
it’s interesting reading – especially about disease following a drop in cholesterol. If you are on the other side of the hill to 50, read the article. Ankle-Brachial Index is predictive of CAD.
Love LCDU, thanks for your great input. I have just made a stock of fermented butter this weekend – I won’t be giving that up for anything.
Interesting .thanks
It simple that a layman like myself could easily understand. Thank you very much Dr Mason
Dr. Paul Mason is the absolute best at synthesizing and making such complex matters easy to understand to the average person, incredible contributions every single time he presents something and it is made available to the public. Thank you so much Dr and Low Carb Under!!
Give Dr Mason a very large grant for more research in this area!!!
Dr Mason, you might be interested in how my numbers have changed. Good news (and I am very surprised) is my CAC = 0, 65 years old female. I’ve been low carb for 1 year but about 6 months ago I started eating more eggs and dairy so 2 known variables. First number is the Oct 2022 test, bracketed number is Oct 2021 before starting low carb.
Total Chol 8.7 (7.9), Trig 1.0 (3.0), HDL 1.7 (1.1), LDL 6.5 (5.4), HbA1c 5.2 (7.0), ALT 19 (45), GGT 19 (38, was 61 in 2015).
Ultrasound (mention of fatty infiltration in 1999): liver fat was moderate in 2019 (probably got worse 2020/2021) and is now (just last month) mild.
Weight: 64kg (80kg) only stretches and strengthening exercises. Waist: 38″ (44″).
I will be seeing a low carb doctor tomorrow so I will be interested to hear his comments. I would really like to get the LDL particle size test done out of curiosity.
Doc Mason rocks!. A question: is there value in measuring apoB, or the number of LDL particles. besides using tg/hdl as an indicator?
Doctor Mason has a way of explaining and simplifying a complicated issue….if only my doctor would pay attention to the science 😢
Nailed it again Paul. Articulate and compelling as always
Good talk Paul. His points in closing are well taken! Currently I am looking at the effects of thyroid function on my lipid levels and however that plays out will be interesting…