Cholesterol, dang why is this so complicated?

[OKCPirate 5,323]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/02/10/feds-poised-to-withdraw-longstanding-warnings-about-dietary-cholesterol/

Yep, you wonder why we keep getting conflicting advice from our NUTs and Surgeons...Its because it's much more complicated than just calories in vs calories out. Some of us have problems with cholesterol and hardened arteries, some of us don't. I suspect they will figure out a link between those who thrive on high Protein and those who need carbs. It probably is an odd mix of hormones and genetics that some brilliant physicists who specializes in chaos theory will finally figure out...but because he's not a "doctor" it will take twenty years before they release/accept the results.

Bottom line, accept we don't know everything, eat quality food and enjoy. You all are going to die eventually.

[Healthy_life2 8,319]

@@OKCPirate

Life is like the titanic....There is no point in fighting over the window seat.

[swimbikerun 1,039]

I think one other item to know is that to make sure you get a full cholesterol panel. Knowing the HDL and LDL is important, and if you can get the VLDL or the ratio, even better.

Heredity is not always on the mark. My father had heart problems, died of them. One sister, after losing 35+ pounds in a couple of years & keeping it off, went from HDL's in the 40's to the 20's. When M.O. my HDL was in the 70's-90's. Normal weight, its well over 100.

[CowgirlJane 14,259]

Remember the blood type diet? I am "O" which is the type that is said to thrive on a paleo type diet. It didn't work for me back in the 1990s but it sure works now. Mostly it didn't work because I couldn't stick to it... carb addict that I am. Anyway I do think we are so individual that fine tuning ourselves needs to be an experiment.