Alex Punnen
2 min readMay 1, 2024

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Yet andother story about Cholesterol and Diet. And that too behind a paywall. If the idea was to give information why put it under a paywall?

For those confused use the US Govt Guideline that are free for all https://health.gov/sites/default/files/2019-09/2015-2020_Dietary_Guidelines.pdf ; amd a simpler interpretation here- https://edition.cnn.com/2016/01/07/health/2015-dietary-guidelines/index.html

And about Dietery Cholestrol this is what the report has to say- I put below.

this change does not suggest that dietary

cholesterol is no longer important to consider

when building healthy eating patterns.’

Note that whatever you name it — LDL, bad cholesterol,”fat”, the plaque that builds in your coronary artery leads to sudden heart attacks and is REALLY A BIG BIG PROBLEM AND YOU NEED TO BE CAREFUL as that is caused by what you eat,your stress ,and possibly high BP + some have very bad genes that makes the absorption and deposit of plaque all the more problematic https://www.heart.org/en/health-topics/cholesterol/about-cholesterol/atherosclerosis

So eat sensibly!! do not use an article to load up on your favourite pork ribs and other high-fat diet — at least limit when you are above 40. I did not want to write this, but why I wrote such a big response is that I lost my Brother in Law at age 35 due to a sudden heart attack due to blocked coronary artery. His genetic test confirmed he did not have that particular bad gene, he was not obese, so yes this DIET is important along with good sleep and exercise and check yearly for Diabetes, High BP as these make things much worse…

'Dietary Cholesterol

The body uses cholesterol for physiological

and structural functions but makes

more than enough for these purposes.

Therefore, people do not need to

obtain cholesterol through foods.

The Key Recommendation from the 2010

Dietary Guidelines to limit consumption

of dietary cholesterol to 300 mg per day

is not included in the 2015 edition, but

this change does not suggest that dietary

cholesterol is no longer important to consider

when building healthy eating patterns. As

recommended by the IOM,[24] individuals

should eat as little dietary cholesterol as

possible while consuming a healthy eating

pattern. In general, foods that are higher in

dietary cholesterol, such as fatty meats and

high-fat dairy products, are also higher in

saturated fats. The USDA Food Patterns are

limited in saturated fats, and because of the

commonality of food sources of saturated

fats and dietary cholesterol, the Patterns are

also low in dietary cholesterol. For example,

the Healthy U.S.-Style Eating Pattern

contains approximately 100 to 300 mg of

cholesterol across the 12 calorie levels.

Current average intake of dietary cholesterol

among those 1 year and older in the United

States is approximately 270 mg per day.

Strong evidence from mostly prospective

cohort studies but also randomized

controlled trials has shown that eating

patterns that include lower intake of dietary

cholesterol are associated with reduced risk

of CVD, "

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Alex Punnen

SW Architect/programmer- in various languages and technologies from 2001 to now. https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexpunnen/