Quote from bigarrow:
Hey Junior your being a prick.
For everyone else the cholesterol studies are interesting and there are thousands more to read on this subject. I could also have posted studies supporting a low fat diet, but I could not find one study supporting a total Vegan diet (not really, I didn't look). When it's used as a religion Vegan is capitalized.
http://tinyurl.com/2okasb
The effects of a very-low-carbohydrate, high-saturated-fat weight-loss diet ...
CONCLUSION: An LC does not impair FMD. We observed beneficial effects of both diets on most of the CVD risk factors measured.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/2e9p85
Dietary cholesterol from eggs increases plasma HDL cholesterol in overweight men consuming a carbohydrate-restricted diet.
Eighteen subjects were classified as having the metabolic syndrome (MetS) at the beginning of the study, whereas 3 subjects had that classification at the end. These results suggest that including eggs in a CRD results in increased HDL-C while decreasing the risk factors associated with MetS.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/26orme
Westernizing diets influence fat intake, red blood cell fatty acid composition, and health in remote Alaskan Native communities in the center for Alaska Native health study.
CONCLUSIONS: Diets emphasizing traditional Alaskan Native foods were associated with a fatty acid profile promoting greater cardiovascular health than diets emphasizing Western foods.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/2f8md3
Cholesterol levels did not increase in the Atkins group and systolic blood pressure decreased, although not significantly. Our patient will likely lose weight if she is able to continue with any of these diets. Although the evidence evaluating increased cardiovascular events in patients on the Atkins diet is not strong, the available evidence does not show that the Atkins diet increases this risk.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/yvzfwu
A randomized trial of a low-carbohydrate diet for obesity.
The low-carbohydrate diet was associated with a greater improvement in some risk factors for coronary heart disease.
I posted links to some Atkins type diets just to show everything isn't black and white when it comes to our body. I personally don't like the Atkins diet. These are a few of the literally hundreds of published studies showing the cholesterol question isn't answered yet.
Once you start reading up on this some you will find evidence supporting both sides. I also think a big part of diet is finding out what works for the individual, we are not all wired the same.
Thereare reams of evidence for the association of cholesterol to heart disease, and its well accepted in scientific community and amongst health care professionals. I doubt ANY amount of proof would convince you. You cherry picked a study, a pop website or two out of mounds to the contrary. 20 yrs from now you'll still be ignoring the greater body the evidence, cherry picking studies while you pop your statins and BP pills.
