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[–] Kalkaline@leminal.space 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It would be nice to see cholesterol counts on here as well. Good work though.

[–] EGG_CREAM@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Why? I thought dietary cholesterol had little to nothing to do with blood cholesterol levels? That’s what it seems to me like this source is saying, but I’m not an expert by any means.

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[–] case@infosec.pub 2 points 5 months ago

You’re correct. Saturated fat intake increases LDL (atherogenic kind, e.g. the “bad”) cholesterol, there’s even a nice formula for it: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25286466/