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Agreed. I'd bet money that 20 years from now, the anti-cholesterol fad will be viewed just like the anti-fat fad. Cholesterol is an essential building/repair b
by slacka 5y ago
Agreed. I'd bet money that 20 years from now, the anti-cholesterol fad will be viewed just like the anti-fat fad.
Cholesterol is an essential building/repair block that our body makes, with very little absorbed from diet.[1] Since cholesterol responsible for repairing damaged tissue in the body[2], how do we know know that inflamed, unhealthy individuals don't generate high cholesterol amounts for repair and not from an unhealthy diet? .... Time will tell.
[1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3257636/#:~:text=The%20solubilization%20of%20cholesterol%20is,on%20partitioning%20into%20bile%20micelles https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3257636/#:~:tex....
[2] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4630197/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4630197/