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You've got something mixed up here, HDL is the one to strive for in your diet not LDL.
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Cholesterol is made up of HDL and LDL. You can't have one without the other. At the same time, there are two types of LDL - big 'fluffy' managable particles, and small 'sticky' little particles that the body has problems handling. If you are going to have LDL no matter what, then you want the "good LDL". And where does that come from? Naturally saturated fat. Animal fat. Sea Urchin ovaries
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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.
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Blah blah blah, you are preaching the outdated, old, unproven notion that there is a direct link between cholesterol and cardiovascular disease. There is no such link. Correlation != causation.
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LDL is easily consumed through dietary means, via saturated fats and trans fats.
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Which is why I said you should get cholesterol from saturated fats, and not trans fats. You are going to get LDL anyway, so make it the type that will not cause issues.
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There is a High correlation between high cholesterol and heart disease
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Correlation != causation. There are some inaccurate, poorly done studies that can be construed as showing a correlation. But properly done studies show that there is no direct causation between high cholesterol and heart disease. Remember - correlation does NOT mean causation.
There is a
High correlation between having grey hair and dying of old age. Does that mean having grey hair will make you die?
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I'd cite all my sources, but you would just call it bullshit and ignorant.
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Well you got one thing right at least. Because anything attempting to show a direct cause of heart disease being attributed to high cholesterol is going to be bullshit. And anyone who believes it blindly is ignorant.
I will finish with this video, where Dr Malcolm Kendrick explains the non-existence of a relationship between high cholesterol and heart disease, using data from a World Health Organization study. This should put an end to any scepticism you may have. If not, I don't have much to offer you except my condolences to you and the people around you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8SSCNaaDcE