Diet on Male Fertility, Non-HDL Cholesterol on Heart Disease

In this episode, we will go over three articles describing the affect genetics play on cardiovascular disease, as well as sleep's mitigating role. We will also discuss how non-HDL cholesterol affects heart disease risk. Finally, we briefly discuss a study on extreme sugar consumption and its impact on male fertility. (2:28) Genetics & Sleep: Mengyu Fan, Dianjianyi Sun, Tao Zhou, Yoriko Heianza, Jun Lv, Liming Li, Lu Qi. Sleep patterns, genetic susceptibility, and incident cardiovascular disease: a prospective study of 385 292 UK biobank participants. European Heart Journal, 2019; DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz849 (11:32) Non-HDL Cholesterol: Application of non-HDL cholesterol for population-based cardiovascular risk stratification: results from the Multinational Cardiovascular Risk Consortium. The Lancet, 2019; DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(19)32519-X (24:00) Sugar on Fertility: Daniel Nätt, Unn Kugelberg, Eduard Casas, Elizabeth Nedstrand, Stefan Zalavary, Pontus Henriksson, Carola Nijm, Julia Jäderquist, Johanna Sandborg, Eva Flinke, Rashmi Ramesh, Lovisa Örkenby, Filip Appelkvist, Thomas Lingg, Nicola Guzzi, Cristian Bellodi, Marie Löf, Tanya Vavouri, Anita Öst. Human sperm displays rapid responses to diet. PLOS Biology, 2019; 17 (12): e3000559 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000559 YouTube: bit.ly/2JUjXVt Facebook: bit.ly/2PlIOaB Instagram: bit.ly/2OBFe7i Email List: bit.ly/2AXIzK6 Patreon: bit.ly/2OBBna0