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Originally Posted by blankall
There is debate on this as well... There has never actually been a direct link proven between cholesterol/ fat and heart disease.
The link instead exists between Fat and heart disease, there is in turn a link between high calorie foods (which tend to be high in fat/cholesterol) and obesity.
A great example is eggs. High in cholesterol, but never actually linked to heart disease.
So if you are skinny you may be able to get away with eating high calorie foods.
I'm not saying you should, but at the moment there is not enough scientific evidence to prove it is bad for you.
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Disagree completely. Not sure where your getting this information from, but, look at people with familial hypercholesterolemia diseases. They are genetically predisposed to having super high cholesterol levels, and get heart attacks in their early 30's.
And if you really want to get medical about it, its the whole reason why we break down cholesterol into HDL and LDL, because the latter has a much higher propensity to insert itself into the walls of your arteries, hence the atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis = narrowed arteries = heart attack. Furthermore, studies from the last ten years have shown a marked decrease in morbidity/mortality from heart disease from patients taking statins, also known as cholesterol lowering drugs.
Not much debate in my medical opionion.