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“Keep your dietary cholesterol to less than 200 milligrams a day.“ [1] Cholesterol in one egg: 373 mg [google] Maybe, instead of taking a daily pill, a change

by baxtr 7y ago

“Keep your dietary cholesterol to less than 200 milligrams a day.“ [1] Cholesterol in one egg: 373 mg [google] Maybe, instead of taking a daily pill, a change in diet will do the trick? [1] https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/files/docs/public/heart/chol_tlc.pdf https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/files/docs/public/heart/chol_tlc.p... High blood cholesterol can affect anyone. It’s a serious condition that increases the risk for heart disease, the number one killer of Americans—women and men. The higher your blood cholesterol level, the greater your risk.

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bitexploder 7y ago
There still isn’t any good evidence that I have seen proving eggs increase blood cholesterol. I eat plenty and get my numbers checked every 6 months. Probably quit eating bad fats and excess carbs.
CydeWeys 7y ago
There hasn't been much if any correlation shown between dietary cholesterol and blood-level cholesterol for most people. Your digestive tract has no problems breaking cholesterol down and metabolizing it, and conversely, your liver has no problem making cholesterol. This makes sense, as cholesterol is vital for the proper functioning of your brain amongst other organs, so we can't rely on getting enough of it from our diet.
- baxtr 7y ago
  Why is the NIH then saying you shouldn’t get more than 200mg per day?
  - CydeWeys 7y ago
    The linked report is from 2005. They are no longer making this blanket recommendation. As another commenter points out, that's about the cholesterol contained in one egg, and less than the amount of cholesterol in a typical portion of meat. It just doesn't make sense that our body would have so many issues handling something that's been so prevalent in our diet for millions of years, and that we're well-adapted to consume. We're omnivores, not herbivores, and animal products contain cholesterol. We can handle eating it.
    - baxtr 7y ago
      Of course it might make sense. We’ve not been built for longevity but for high reproduction rates. Dying with 40 is not a big deal if you’ve got enough offspring. Also: have you tried to apply your logic to smoking? Many people I know enjoy smoking. How come evolution has optimized us for that? Just because we can handle something in the short run doesn’t mean it’s good for us in the long run.
      - CydeWeys 7y ago
        The smoking parallel isn't very illuminating. Eating food is necessary for survival; smoking tobacco isn't. And we've been eating cholesterol-containing animal products for many tens of millions of years, long before we became Homo sapiens, whereas the smoking of tobacco is a very recent phenomenon, way too recent to have any effect on evolutionary time scales. In what way has evolution optimized for smoking? It gives us cancer and kills us. We're clearly not optimized for it.
heymijo 7y ago
Dietary cholesterol has little impact on blood cholesterol. Yes, it's confusing as the names are the same. Yes, high blood cholesterol can lead to heart disease. But here's the thing, the body synthesizes its own cholesterol. Mainly in the liver. Dietary cholesterol doesn't have much if anything to do with this process. Statins work by reducing the liver's production of cholesterol leading to lower blood cholesterol levels and decreasing the risk of heart disease. Now, a change in diet can "do the trick" and lead to lower blood cholesterol levels but for different reasons than the amount of cholesterol in the food. The big caveat to all of this is for some people who are genetic outliers and people with diabetes. Here are a few sources you can check out: Dietary Cholesterol, Serum Lipids, and Heart Disease: Are Eggs Working for or Against You? https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29596318 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29596318 Cholesterol Overview https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/what-should-you-eat/fats-and-cholesterol/cholesterol/ https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/what-should-you... Cholesterol in Food https://health.clevelandclinic.org/why-you-should-no-longer-worry-about-cholesterol-in-food/ https://health.clevelandclinic.org/why-you-should-no-longer-...
- baxtr 7y ago
  If you open the first study you are citing, it’s says in the original PDF: Conflicts of Interest: M.L.F. and C.N.B. have received prior funding from the Egg Nutrition Center. The funding sponsors had no role in the interpretation of data or the writing of the manuscript.
  - heymijo 7y ago
    That's true. In this case, a broader search will show you that in spite of the potential conflict, the research seems solid.
  - theNewMicrosoft 7y ago
    https://examine.com/nutrition/will-eating-eggs-increase-my-cholesterol/ https://examine.com/nutrition/will-eating-eggs-increase-my-c...
- agumonkey 7y ago
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bitexploder 7y ago

There still isn’t any good evidence that I have seen proving eggs increase blood cholesterol. I eat plenty and get my numbers checked every 6 months. Probably quit eating bad fats and excess carbs.

CydeWeys 7y ago

There hasn't been much if any correlation shown between dietary cholesterol and blood-level cholesterol for most people. Your digestive tract has no problems breaking cholesterol down and metabolizing it, and conversely, your liver has no problem making cholesterol. This makes sense, as cholesterol is vital for the proper functioning of your brain amongst other organs, so we can't rely on getting enough of it from our diet.

baxtr 7y ago
Why is the NIH then saying you shouldn’t get more than 200mg per day?
- CydeWeys 7y ago
  The linked report is from 2005. They are no longer making this blanket recommendation. As another commenter points out, that's about the cholesterol contained in one egg, and less than the amount of cholesterol in a typical portion of meat. It just doesn't make sense that our body would have so many issues handling something that's been so prevalent in our diet for millions of years, and that we're well-adapted to consume. We're omnivores, not herbivores, and animal products contain cholesterol. We can handle eating it.
  - baxtr 7y ago
    Of course it might make sense. We’ve not been built for longevity but for high reproduction rates. Dying with 40 is not a big deal if you’ve got enough offspring. Also: have you tried to apply your logic to smoking? Many people I know enjoy smoking. How come evolution has optimized us for that? Just because we can handle something in the short run doesn’t mean it’s good for us in the long run.
    - CydeWeys 7y ago
      The smoking parallel isn't very illuminating. Eating food is necessary for survival; smoking tobacco isn't. And we've been eating cholesterol-containing animal products for many tens of millions of years, long before we became Homo sapiens, whereas the smoking of tobacco is a very recent phenomenon, way too recent to have any effect on evolutionary time scales. In what way has evolution optimized for smoking? It gives us cancer and kills us. We're clearly not optimized for it.

heymijo 7y ago

Dietary cholesterol has little impact on blood cholesterol. Yes, it's confusing as the names are the same. Yes, high blood cholesterol can lead to heart disease. But here's the thing, the body synthesizes its own cholesterol. Mainly in the liver. Dietary cholesterol doesn't have much if anything to do with this process. Statins work by reducing the liver's production of cholesterol leading to lower blood cholesterol levels and decreasing the risk of heart disease. Now, a change in diet can "do the trick" and lead to lower blood cholesterol levels but for different reasons than the amount of cholesterol in the food. The big caveat to all of this is for some people who are genetic outliers and people with diabetes. Here are a few sources you can check out: Dietary Cholesterol, Serum Lipids, and Heart Disease: Are Eggs Working for or Against You? https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29596318 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29596318 Cholesterol Overview https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/what-should-you-eat/fats-and-cholesterol/cholesterol/ https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/what-should-you... Cholesterol in Food https://health.clevelandclinic.org/why-you-should-no-longer-worry-about-cholesterol-in-food/ https://health.clevelandclinic.org/why-you-should-no-longer-...

baxtr 7y ago
If you open the first study you are citing, it’s says in the original PDF: Conflicts of Interest: M.L.F. and C.N.B. have received prior funding from the Egg Nutrition Center. The funding sponsors had no role in the interpretation of data or the writing of the manuscript.
- heymijo 7y ago
  That's true. In this case, a broader search will show you that in spite of the potential conflict, the research seems solid.
- theNewMicrosoft 7y ago
  https://examine.com/nutrition/will-eating-eggs-increase-my-cholesterol/ https://examine.com/nutrition/will-eating-eggs-increase-my-c...
agumonkey 7y ago

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