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<blockquote data-quote="caroline_92" data-source="post: 1589332" data-attributes="member: 126167"><p>Going to be rather controversial here and say I don't think you need to worry at all about cholesterol. Certainly not the total cholesterol metric which is actually pretty meaningless. What was your lipid breakdown?</p><p></p><p>You need cholesterol to function and it is not something to demonise. There is no increased risk of death with ‘raised’ cholesterol levels and actually no credible scientific basis for the belief that consuming saturated fat is bad for your health or your heart. The beliefs comes from historical poor evidence and the push for statins (and other ‘solutions’), which are worth billions to the pharmaceutical industry. </p><p></p><p>The level of triglycerides in your blood do matter and they need to be low (<1.7) as high levels of triglycerides interfere with insulin processes. High carbohydrate diets leads to higher levels of triglycerides, as the liver converts any unneeded starches (eg from too much fruit) and sugars into triglycerides.</p><p></p><p>After 6 years eating low carb and natural fats such as butter, getting my HbA1c down to normal levels, my HDL cholesterol levels actually went up and my triG went down. I am very happy about that and feel great!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="caroline_92, post: 1589332, member: 126167"] Going to be rather controversial here and say I don't think you need to worry at all about cholesterol. Certainly not the total cholesterol metric which is actually pretty meaningless. What was your lipid breakdown? You need cholesterol to function and it is not something to demonise. There is no increased risk of death with ‘raised’ cholesterol levels and actually no credible scientific basis for the belief that consuming saturated fat is bad for your health or your heart. The beliefs comes from historical poor evidence and the push for statins (and other ‘solutions’), which are worth billions to the pharmaceutical industry. The level of triglycerides in your blood do matter and they need to be low (<1.7) as high levels of triglycerides interfere with insulin processes. High carbohydrate diets leads to higher levels of triglycerides, as the liver converts any unneeded starches (eg from too much fruit) and sugars into triglycerides. After 6 years eating low carb and natural fats such as butter, getting my HbA1c down to normal levels, my HDL cholesterol levels actually went up and my triG went down. I am very happy about that and feel great! [/QUOTE]
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