Dietary fads: truth or fallacy?
Studies have shown that some widely held beliefs about certain foods may not be true after all
Add BT as a preferred sourceYOUR blood cholesterol is high and by lowering the intake of cholesterol in your diet, you will reduce your low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) or "bad" cholesterol - is this truth or a fallacy? While you may not be wrong to think that loading yourself with LDL-C in your diet may lead to upward elevation of LDL-C in your blood, you may be surprised to know that the consensus in the latest 2013 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Guideline on Lifestyle Management to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk, is that there is as yet no definitive evidence that lowering dietary cholesterol can result in lowering of the blood LDL-C.
The reason for this is that it appears that the main source of cholesterol is from production by the liver and providing the liver with the appropriate ingredients such as saturated fat may have a larger impact on increase in LDL-C production.
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