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Originally Posted by SkinnyPupp
Actually you are eating the female gonads of the urchin (ovaries)
I am totally serious. If you are not ignorant, then you would realize that cholesterol is only "bad" if the ratio of HDL > LDL, good LDL > bad LDL, and HDL > Triglycerides is bad. The way to properly correct all three ratios is to eat sources of GOOD cholesterol. That means natural sources from animals. Eggs, fat on meat, etc. You might have "high cholesterol" overall, but your actual detailed cholesterol profile will be vastly improved.
So if you have shitty cholesterol, or want to stay healthy and live longer, you should eat all the cholesterol you can. Keeping in mind that there is no correlation at all between high cholesterol and heart disease (contrary to what some bullshit studies attempt to say). It's inflammation and high insulin spikes that you want to avoid, not "high cholesterol".
Is there a such thing as eating too much uni? Probably.. How much bottom-feeding sea creature ovaries do you really want to ingest? But is it a concern for your cholesterol levels if you eat a lot of it? (which is what I brought up in the first place) absolutely not. Quite the opposite actually.
Uni (and other food sourced from sea animal ovaries) is actually really good for you - it is packed with protein, has a ratio of protein/fat of about 3:1, and much of the fat contains really good cholesterol. There is absolutely no reason to limit your intake of uni, beyond feeling sick from eating such rich food of course  |
You've got something mixed up here, HDL is the one to strive for in your diet not LDL. High density lipo proteins (HDL) serve to carry l excess cholesterol and phospholipids from the tissue and out for disposal, whilst LDL delivers cholesterol from the liver to the tissues. You're incorrect in your case of living a long and healthy life by "eating as much cholesterol" as you can, in fact that advice would increase risk of cardiovacular disease drastically.LDL is easily consumed through dietary means, via saturated fats and trans fats. However HDL concentrations aren't affected very much at all through the diet, and ways of promoting HDL concentrations are through regular physical exercise. There is a
High correlation between high cholesterol and heart disease, but it's through high LDL concentration due to it's function in the body. So summary, dietary intake of cholesterol should be moderated but not necessarily eliminated. This will help in controlling high cholesterol levels which would increase risk of Heart disease. I'd cite all my sources, but you would just call it bullshit and ignorant.