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

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

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.