Haven't we known for years that dietary cholesterol isn't responsible for blood cholesterol? What is actually new here?
steve_adams_86 · 2h ago
Nothing is new other than some data that can contribute to meta analyses on isolating the effects of saturated fat and dietary cholesterol, from what I can tell. There isn't anything particularly compelling here.
Eggs have anywhere from 1.25–2g of saturated fat each. The bacon is what, 2.5–4g of saturated fat per slice? I may be slightly off. Regardless, we know saturated fat reduces endogenous cholesterol regulation, and leads to increased blood cholesterol levels. Eggs aren't off the hook because they still contain saturated fat.
There are also people who are 'hyper-responders' to dietary cholesterol, and their endogenous cholesterol regulation is further reduced by dietary cholesterol. So, these people really do need to be careful when including eggs in their diet. It's not even that small of a cohort of the population, as I recall.
Caveat: I don't know anything about this stuff
Igrom · 1h ago
We have always been at war with bacon.
dlachausse · 4h ago
I don’t care, there is nothing that will ever get me to give up bacon. I’d rather die an early death.
exabrial · 2h ago
Everything in moderation and you’ll live a long happy life, rather than a miserable life without bacon.
bamboozled · 4h ago
In 5 years: “Bacon isn’t the villain it’s made out to be, it’s eggs”
by the way, was told by a doctor the other day "sitting is the new smoking"...
(so move around with that standing desk)
jerlam · 1h ago
Article from... 1999!
So we should have gone through five cycles of blaming and praising eggs by now.
Qem · 4h ago
Nowadays the villain is milk. Lots of influencers disparaging it. "No animal besides humans drink milk as adults, it must be wrecking your health!" they say. This is dumb. No animals besides humans cook food and chlorinate water. What am I supposed to do? Eat raw eggs and drink contaminated water?
zaphirplane · 1h ago
What’s dumb is taking advice from influencers who are incentivised to generate content and viral type content
darth_avocado · 3h ago
Cholera is completely natural and organic
m463 · 2h ago
> Prevention methods against cholera include improved sanitation and access to clean water.
Eggs have anywhere from 1.25–2g of saturated fat each. The bacon is what, 2.5–4g of saturated fat per slice? I may be slightly off. Regardless, we know saturated fat reduces endogenous cholesterol regulation, and leads to increased blood cholesterol levels. Eggs aren't off the hook because they still contain saturated fat.
There are also people who are 'hyper-responders' to dietary cholesterol, and their endogenous cholesterol regulation is further reduced by dietary cholesterol. So, these people really do need to be careful when including eggs in their diet. It's not even that small of a cohort of the population, as I recall.
Caveat: I don't know anything about this stuff
by the way, was told by a doctor the other day "sitting is the new smoking"... (so move around with that standing desk)
So we should have gone through five cycles of blaming and praising eggs by now.
strangely the prevention is non-organic.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholera