Cholesterol means one thing: "blood cholesterol". The doubt is if something in your diet affects your cholesterol. Another point, still not proved, is if high

Cholesterol means one thing: "blood cholesterol". The doubt is if something in your diet affects your cholesterol. Another point, still not proved, is if high total cholesterol drives heart disease. As far as I know, there is evidence that it doesn't matter at all. As said in other comments, tryglicerids and HDL matters a lot more, according to this evidence. And I strongly disagree with you conclusion that low-fat, high-carb diets are a fallacy according to being "herat-healthy" My impression is that your tool is based on misinformation.