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There are many more dietary sources of saturated fats than just meat.
by nofnziti 6y ago
There are many more dietary sources of saturated fats than just meat.
- elhudy 6y agoEdited to say "animal products" rather than meat.
- nofnziti 6y agoI wasn't trying to nitpick your comment. Even excluding animal products it's still possible to eat a diet high in saturated fat.
- hn_throwaway_99 6y agoBut dietary cholesterol itself only comes from animal products, which is probably why the Dr. said to cut out all animal products.
- nofnziti 6y agoAnd saturated fats are linked to higher LDL. What are we disagreeing about?
- tharkun__ 6y agoWhat I have found and read recently-ish about as well is that dietery cholesterol will actually not have any bad effect on the cholesterol in your bloodstream. If I eat eggs and bacon my cholesterol basically stays the same as if I don't and my body just manufactures more of the bad stuff. https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/how-its-made-cholesterol-production-in-your-body https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/how-its-made-cho... > In fact, cholesterol production is so important that your liver and intestines make about 80% of the cholesterol you need to stay healthy. Only about 20% comes from the foods you eat
- vsef 6y agoThis is not true for all people, sensitivity to dietary cholesterol intake is individually variable. My cholesterol responds very strongly to dietary cholesterol intake, when I do not eat eggs yolk, shrimp etc, my cholesterol is close to ideal. When I do eat them my numbers go extremely high and I am recommended to take a statin. I am in my 40s and this has been very consistent since I was in my 20s. If you read more studies related to this you will find that there are absolutely populations of dietary cholesterol responders and non-responders.
- elhudy 6y agoNo worries, I should have just said she "eats healthy".
- nradov 6y agoSaying that someone "eats healthy" is so vague as to be meaningless.
- elhudy 6y agocan't please everybody :)
- tharkun__ 6y agoI think specifying meat vs other sources is more of an inaccuracy thing and can be corrected easily without involving interpretations. "eats healthy" on the other hand is an exercise in assigning values to one way of eating over another. If you talk to a keto guy and you tell him you "eat healthy too" he might assume you're doing keto too. Talk to a vegan they probably think you're vegan as well etc. :)