Previously I was told eating eggs lead to increased cholesterol, yet, news articles repeat that it’s not true. How can the conclusions be so contradicting given that it’s simply about measuring cholesterol before and after eating eggs?
I can’t help but feel suspicious knowing ‘bacons are good for the heart’ ‘doctors smoke’ were all propaganda campaigns.
In: Biology
It’s a complicated relationship with two main factors.
1. Genetics, for some people dietary cholesterol does have more of an impact on blood cholesterol.
2. Dietary cholesterol impact on blood cholesterol levels out. So for most westerners, and many studies, going from high to very high levels of cholesterol doesn’t impact blood cholesterol. But there may be a stronger relationship if you are talking about low levels of cholesterol.
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