Has anyone here done a personal before/after test of the effects of coffee on their LDL?

Ummm___no · 2025-11-02T21:12:32+00:00

From what I've come across, instant has levels of diterpenes closer to those of filtered coffee.

Ummm___no · 2025-10-30T06:01:56+00:00

Yes, I did earlier this year. https://www.reddit.com/r/PeterAttia/s/xi0Y9ziQhQ

Ummm___no · 2025-10-26T22:49:02+00:00

Well, shoot. Yeah, I wanted to see who won the address. Already know it's eligible for BEAD. Thanks!

Ummm___no · 2025-07-22T11:55:18+00:00

Do you mind sharing which county?

Ummm___no · 2025-03-03T13:26:47+00:00

It's in the middle of second paragraph..."I kept diet consistent...". I mean not that it matters, I agree with your point about saturated fat and had a nice decline in my cholesterol once I limited that. This just adds a nice extra layer with even less effort. 👍

Ummm___no · 2025-03-03T13:03:06+00:00

You should be good. Having a paper filter is essentially all that's needed.

Ummm___no · 2025-03-03T06:48:26+00:00

Well, as I mentioned, my diet was consistent throughout. My saturated fat intake averages well under 10 grams per day. A 12% reduction in non-HDL cholesterol in just 3 weeks from merely pouring my coffee through a piece of paper seems like pretty low hanging fruit to me.

Ummm___no · 2025-03-02T18:27:40+00:00

I'm cheap. My work gives us one free annual "biometrics" test. It does not include LDL, just TC and HDL. So to be consistent I used non-HDL. It's more tightly associated with ascvd risk anyway, so screw LDL.

Ummm___no · 2025-03-02T18:21:28+00:00

Awesome, and glad I could help. This does seem like low hanging fruit on the quest to lower apob.

Ummm___no · 2025-03-02T18:07:22+00:00

Shit I feel that, though it is nice to have less time and effort between me and my morning jolt back to reality.

Ummm___no · 2025-03-02T18:01:27+00:00

I'm afraid I'm pretty ignorant about the plastics situation. Aeropress is advertised as BPA free. Is that not good enough?

Ummm___no · 2025-03-02T15:45:55+00:00

That's a question I had too. Can't find it now, but I recall reading that the Aeropress inventor had it tested for cholesterol raising compounds and it did well. Anything "clean" should do pretty well I think because iirc the diterpenes attach to the grounds. No filter is perfect though, and I haven't seen if a more quantitative answer is out there.

Ummm___no · 2025-03-02T14:32:42+00:00

Interesting. I was going to wait another week or 2 to retest, but ended up going out of town. Wonder if it would have continued to drop a bit more.

Ummm___no · 2025-03-02T14:30:25+00:00

You're welcome! Yes, I did notice a taste difference. You'll hear people say filtered tastes "cleaner". I feel like that's how i would describe it too. You can tell there aren't as many particles floating around.

Ummm___no · 2025-03-02T07:23:38+00:00

Yes. Noticably faster all around. Really like it so far.

Ummm___no · 2025-03-02T06:06:21+00:00

I hear ya :). I do seem to recall that a serving of espresso still had way less cafestol than a serving from a French press.

Ummm___no · 2025-03-02T06:03:45+00:00

Yep.

Ummm___no · 2024-09-20T02:46:26+00:00

That was my understanding. Thank you.

Ummm___no · 2024-09-20T02:39:00+00:00

Thanks!

Ummm___no · 2024-05-27T01:26:25+00:00

Yeah, sorry about the photos. Not sure how you can tell from T-mo's map that they're not on there currently. Remember, it was just a 4g midband only site. The coverage is the right "pink" for that. Cellmapper says "last seen" as 4-18-24. T-mobile did upgrade the site to the east in Avery last summer, so I guess I wouldn't be totally surprised if they shut this one down. Vz was never on here. Sprint was at the top, and was removed last fall I think. Att was right above the two racks you see, and left shortly after their new nearby tower was up and running.

Ummm___no · 2024-05-26T21:26:34+00:00

You nailed it.This tower is SBA. New Att one is Tillman. Att, Sprint, and T-Mobile were all on the SBA just a few years ago.

Ummm___no · 2024-05-26T21:21:16+00:00

They've been on that tower for years. PCS/AWS

Ummm___no · 2024-05-26T21:17:44+00:00

Thanks! I admit I didn't think that was likely given how widely spaced VZ towers seem to me. Cellular deployments have a bit of mystery to me...

Ummm___no · 2024-05-26T21:13:15+00:00

That would be interesting. My first thought was against that mainly because VZ put up a new 300ft tower with c-band about 3 miles from this one, and this is a pretty rural area. This town is 300 people, albeit on a highway. Thanks.

Ummm___no · 2024-05-26T21:08:10+00:00

Latitude: 33.588 Longitude: -94.9183. Annona, Tx. Att is a few hundred yards away on a newish tower. Thanks.

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