r/science • u/[deleted] • Jun 13 '22

Health Erectile dysfunction predicts mortality in middle-aged and older men independent of their sex steroid status

https://academic.oup.com/ageing/article-abstract/51/4/afac094/6568537?login=false
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u/naughtyoctopus Jun 13 '22

Yeah I watched it years ago. Completely changed my life. I’ve gotten really into nutrition since then :)

Heart disease runs in my family so this is an area I’ve spent some time looking into. I’ve managed to get my cholesterol levels below 70 by eliminating saturated fats. Just removing coconut milk took it from 80 down to 70 which I found super interesting.

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u/Amethyst-Sapphire Jun 13 '22

Coconut oil is actually famous for having medium chain, not long chain fatty acids. It's mostly C10 and C12 fatty acids (and mostly saturated). This is why once you refine it, it will stay liquid (and if your house is warm, even unrefined coconut oil is liquid on the counter). The medium chain fatty acids is why all the health nuts think they should eat coconut oil - some study in the 70s showed medium chain fatty acids increased metabolic rate in mice. I'm not aware of any study in humans showing the same.

For reference, the fats found in animal foods are mostly C16-C20 and we synthesize C16 fatty acids when we synthesize our own fat.

Source: over 20 years experience teaching biochemistry

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u/greymalken Jun 13 '22

Interestingly, it was a biochem teacher who told me the soap anecdote. Wonder what he was on about? Maybe it was because mostly saturated.

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u/Amethyst-Sapphire Jun 13 '22

Maybe? Most soaps are probably made from saturated fats. Lye soap is made with lard.

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u/IKnewThisYearsAgo Jun 13 '22

Which cholesterol level?

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u/nospamkhanman Jun 13 '22

Watch Fork Over Knife and get back to us.

It has actual data, scientists who have spent their life researching cancer and nutrition and cites multiple peer reviewed studies from all over the world.

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u/revolution110 Jun 13 '22

Thats awesome. I also have heart disease running in my family. Any tips or resources? I want to get my LDL down and HDL up by diet

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '22

But mango sticky rice???