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Originally Posted by hottoddy
85% of serum cholesterol is produced by your liver, primarily in response to carb consumption (white foods: wheat, rice, sugars). Over eating these foods, and being overweight, usually results in higher cholesterol levels. Although there is a genetic component which makes many pre-disposed to high cholesterol.
High cholesterol has never been conclusively linked to heart disease. Rather, it's likely other processes that accompany high carb consumption (insulin response, inflammation, high bp, oxidation of cholesterol - hardening, obesity).
More and more doctors are slowly realizing that low-carb, paleo, wheat-belly (all derivations of the same theme), is the way to go diet wise. It's only taken 40 years.
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i've been saying the same thing for years now, but nobody wants to hear it. people have been hard wired thinking fats are bad for you. I am on a high fat diet and my blood tests have only gotten better in that time.
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Originally Posted by MK Ultra
I'm currently on a statin for my cholesterol, does this news mean bacon?
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bacon doesn't raise cholesterol levels significantly at all, all the sugars that people eat with it does though. I wouldn't load up on store bought stuff though, that shit is full of nitrates which have plenty of links to cancer and other diseases. I just get mine from the butcher instead (which tastes better anyway)