Dr. Laureen Lawlor-Smith has been a doctor since 1982. She has owned and managed her own General Practices in Adelaide’s southern suburbs for much of her career. She is passionate about helping people change their lives and improve their health through lifestyle medicine.
Despite following and dispensing conventional medical advice around diet and exercise for 35 years as a general practitioner, Laureen found herself obese, with pre-diabetes, sleep apnoea, and filled with shame. After discovering the transformational benefits of a low carb lifestyle, she was able to reverse her health issues, lose weight and improve her overall health.
Discovering the low carb lifestyle has completely changed her life. Her experience led to Laureen leaving general practice and co-founding the Low Carb Keto Health Clinic where she helps patients lose weight and gain health. She has reconnected with why she became a doctor to start with and now absolutely loves her job again.
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25 responses to “Dr. Laureen Lawlor-Smith – ‘Cholesterol and the Low Carbohydrate/Ketogenic Lifestyle’”
Thank you ❤
I do understand the disclaimer right at the start of the presentation, but under NO circumstances will I consult with a “healthcare professional”… because there is no such thing. I know of no profession where there are so many incompetent, corrupt and arrogant individuals as there are in the health care industry.
When it comes to your health, especially diet and to avoid chronic illness… educate yourself… you are on your own… it is not very difficult.
I call it The Bad health Industry.
Sickcare professionals is what they should be known as.
yes the disclaimer is like I will give you the facts but don’t take them as facts.
A good portion of the initial effort of becoming responsible for your own health care is discovering and then discarding the bad information you’ve believed for your whole life.
“It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” ― Mark Twain
Thankyou has just confirmed what I have been through!
It’s a real relief to get information like this. I find these types of videos help me to make informed decisions and I am very thankful that they are available. After being low carb for 20 months my LDL has gone up to 8.1, but my trigs have gone down to 1.1 and my HDL gone up to 1.8. I’m 65 yo F with a CAC of zero and both the cardiologist and the GP want me on a statin. I’ve looked into this myself and have said no thank you.
Red Yeast Rice has the same affect as statins, so does red yeast rice cause diabetes or cause diabetes to be worse?
QUESTION: Regarding the graphs at 9m30s mark: Were the cholesterol tests done post heart attack or is the data from before the heart attack? I have heard that the results from cholesterol tests taken just after a heart attack can be different from what those results would have been pre-heart attack. Thank you.
I always thought Cholesterol was a hormone based element.
Fantastic presentation – I will be sharing this video far and wide!!
This is one of the best presentations among many I’ve seen on the topic. I think that the triglyceride-to-HDL ratio, as a CV risk indicator, would be a nice addition to such a presentation. That ratio is said to have five times (or more) the CV predictive value compared to LDL alone. Yet, that ratio does not even appear on my GP’s lipid panel printout. My ratio is 0.49 (fantastic), reflecting a healthy glucose metabolism via a low-carb diet (even with diabetes).
Very well presented and insightful! Thanks so much..
Excellent presentation. Thank you. And I liked that you provided a case study and explained it so well. I’m 65yo F, remitted my diabetes through low carb WOE, have a CAC of zero. After 20 month on low carb my LDL has increased to 8.1, trigs gone down to 1.1 and HDL gone up to 1.8. And the GP told me that I am at a high risk of heart disease and need to be on a statin. I did the Mesa calculation and my risk is 4.4%. Interestingly answering Yes to hypertension medication gives a result of 4.4% but no hypertension medication gives a 3.5% risk. This obviously does not take into account the dose that a person is taking. I am taking the lowest dose of perindopril; I think my slightly raised BP is due to low grade discomfort/sometime poor sleep from back and knee issues which is why I have decided to stay on a low dose. I think it’s important to take everything into consideration and videos like this help us to make informed decisions. I have decided not to take a statin.
Bravo!!!!
I wish people would stop calling low carb eating a “Lifestyle”, as in this vid’s title. My lifestyle hasn’t changed, what I eat has, that’s all. When it’s called a lifestyle it makes eating healthy sound like a big deal, a club you have to join, a major upheaval. It would have turned me off low carb eating if I thought I had to change my lifestyle.
Wonderful presentation. Many thanks.
Interesting studies
I developed an irregular heartbeat in 2019 and on consulting a cardiologist she found I had a bicuspid valve and an anurism in my aorta. I was already on blood pressure meds and now I was put on blood thinners, a Betta blocker and a statin. Last consult my Cholesterol was 3.9 and I said that was good and was told it’s still too high for what I’ve got and had my Statin dose increased. I had been complaining about a feeling in my chest, like a lump or a congested feeling, but everyone ignored it or shrugged it off. I just sat around feeling like my life had no purpose, until I tried going off different meds to see what happened, nothing changed until I stopped taking the statin, within a day I was back in the garden with a new lease on life. I then stopped eating processed carbs and started intermittent fasting, so far since March I’ve lost over 25 kgs and feel better than I have in years. I still suffer from Arthritis in a lot of joints from a life of hard work and my Cholesterol is 7.1 but my GP isn’t too concerned and just said we will see what it’s like in six months. I’m worried now what the Cardiologist will say but I will not take the Statin and feel that sick again.
What e great lecture!
I have conversations with people about health almost everyday, and part of those conversations deals with perception of things like cholesterol.
Superb presentation
How did they find cholesterol in a rock? Just curious 🤔.
I would love some of those slides to show my GP… but in all reality, I don’t think it would have the desired impact.
Unfortunately these sorts of statistics will never be taught in medical school, as it goes against the use
of statins.
Excellent Presentation. Thanks!