Cholesterol and Heart Disease: Why Has There Been So Much Controversy?
Channel: NutritionFacts.org
Date: 2022-12-19

Is the role of cholesterol in heart disease settled beyond a reasonable doubt?

The videos I mentioned are: 
• How Do We Know That Cholesterol Causes Heart Disease? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-do-we-know-that-cholesterol-causes-heart-disease/)
• Optimal Cholesterol Level (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/optimal-cholesterol-level/)
• When Low Risk Means High Risk (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/when-low-risk-means-high-risk/)

I credit the high-tech fighter pilot analogy to Dr. Ted Barnett, for whom I have tremendous respect. Check out his Rochester Lifestyle Medicine Institute (https://rochesterlifestylemedicine.org/), and consider doing one of his jumpstart programs.

What about “fluffy” versus “dense” cholesterol particles? See Does Cholesterol Size Matter? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/does-cholesterol-size-matter/).

Can Cholesterol Get Too Low? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/can-cholesterol-get-too-low). Check out the video to learn more.

In the next video, we look at the main dietary source of cholesterol. See Does Dietary Cholesterol (Eggs) Raise Blood Cholesterol? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/does-dietary-cholesterol-eggs-raise-blood-cholesterol).

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