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4 foods that raise your cholesterol
What you eat affects cholesterol and other fats in the blood. Avoid these foods to keep your cholesterol in check
Adapted from Foods that Harm, Foods that Heal, Reader's Digest; Images: Thinkstock
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Sure, most docs will tell you to eat all the saturated and trans fats you want - no problem there... While you're at it, pick up a pack a day smoke habit too. See you on my stroke unit in a few years, brainiac.
Some people still believe that cholesterol causes heart disease. The problem is not the cholesterol but the LDL particles that carry the cholesterol and only if they are small, dense, glycated and oxidized because of excess carbohydrate consumption. Meat and animal fats do not cause heart disease.
If your body does not get enough cholesterol from the food you eat, it will manufacture it on its own through the liver. That's how important cholesterol is to your very survival. What's more, about 80% of the cholesterol in your body is produced by your liver. Only about 20% comes from the food you eat. Cholesterol is vital to many enzymatic processes in the human body. This choelsterol stuff is little more than a myth!