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How's your cholesterol?

• lambdaba 4y ago
  You're either going to get a long lecture or quick dismissal - I'm on the same kind of diet and second what parent said, aside from the fact my health issues were more serious. Anyway, for those so inclined, here's the ultimate lecture on dietary cholesterol not being detrimental, and on the contrary, very beneficial: https://youtu.be/r1mKC92tW0A https://youtu.be/r1mKC92tW0A Here's an example of how dietary cholesterol can be beneficial: [Dietary cholesterol promotes repair of demyelinated lesions in the adult brain](https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms14241 https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms14241)
  • ddlutz 4y ago
    From my understanding it's no the dietary cholesterol to worry about, but rather the saturated fat content.
    • cheald 4y ago
      There's a lot of recent research which suggests that saturated fats have gotten a bum rap. https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/5-studies-on-saturated-fat https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/5-studies-on-saturated-...
• cheald 4y ago
  Not the OP, but I eat a high fat keto diet (mostly meat/eggs/high-fat dairy, leafy veggies, and some high-fiber nuts like almonds), get regular bloodwork, and my cholesterol is fine. Per my latest labs: 3.9 chol/HDL ratio (<5.0 is "healthy"), triglycerides at 67 ml/dL range ("normal" is <150 ml/dG), and c-reactive protein levels at 0.2 mg/L (<1.0 is low CVD risk, 1.0-3.0 is medium risk, 3.0+ is high risk).
• jononomo 4y ago
  I just had my annual checkup earlier this week. Heart Rate: 56 Cholesterol: 190 HDL: 70 LDL: 110 Triglycerides: 51 Note that very low cholesterol is associated with increased all-cause mortality -- see Nina Teicholz's book The Big Fat Surprise to learn more about this.