UnkleRinkus t1_j9lja79 wrote on February 22, 2023 at 9:10 PM

Reply to comment by Matthew_C1314 in Starbucks’ new drinks have a spoonful of olive oil in every cup by SelectiveSanity

It's been pretty well documented that the original doctor behind all of us fearing fat and cholesterol faked his data in his studies. Then the USDA (or FDA, I can't remember) started pushing grain based foods into the food pyramid' to pacify agricultural interests.

Jewrachnid t1_j9n5atm wrote on February 23, 2023 at 3:58 AM

What are you talking about? It has been a well-established fact that high cholesterol significantly increases your chances of developing heart disease.

UnkleRinkus t1_j9ojv3n wrote on February 23, 2023 at 1:35 PM

But the link between high dietary cholesterol and high blood cholesterol has been found to be weak. See these papers.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14017430801983082

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/records-found-in-dusty-basement-undermine-decades-of-dietary-advice/

Feynnehrun t1_j9pqisz wrote on February 23, 2023 at 6:19 PM

It's also well-established that high dietary cholesterol has a very weak if any impact on blood cholesterol.

pseudocultist t1_j9ocb0e wrote on February 23, 2023 at 12:25 PM

High bad cholesterol, and keto doesn’t increase bad cholesterol for everyone, nor significantly if it does. But some people shouldn’t be doing it at all for this reason, sure.

Washout22 t1_j9mm03h wrote on February 23, 2023 at 1:32 AM

Big cereal...