EP366: LDL is a Remnant or a Waste Product of Lipid Metabolism

Welcome to my podcast. I am Doctor Warrick Bishop, and I want to help you to live as well as possible for as long as possible. I’m a practising cardiologist, best-selling author, keynote speaker, and the creator of The Healthy Heart Network. I have over 20 years as a specialist cardiologist and a private practice of over 10,000 patients. In this podcast, Dr. Warrick Bishop discusses the movement of lipids and lipoprotein particles in the body, emphasizing their role in delivering energy sources. He explains that dietary fats absorbed in the gut form chylomicrons, which enter the bloodstream and release triglycerides to tissues via the enzyme lipoprotein lipase. As triglycerides are removed, these particles become denser and transform into intermediate and low-density lipoproteins (IDL and LDL), which are remnants of energy delivery. The liver produces very low-density lipoproteins (VLDL) to perform a similar function.

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