Does your cholesterol level rise instantly when you consume something high in sat-fat?

jordanoye101
jordanoye101 Posts: 33 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Hi -

My question is, If my diet overall - week in week out is generally low in saturated fat (i'd say less than 5 grams a day including nuts such as walnuts, cashews.) - when I have a treat that say has 5g of Saturtaed Fat i.e. a McDonalds Ice Cream cone - or something with more say 10 grams like a pizza - does your cholesterol level rise or spike instantly causing deposits to layer in your body or is it only a diet over a period of time, that is high in saturated fat where that would become an issue.

I am interested to find out because some people I speak to cringe at the site of anything remotely ' high ' in fat like a small chocolate bar or an ice cream. Some people will happily eat chocolate everyday and be fine.

Some people say the truth about saturated fat is not entirely known - whether it is down to genetics - bad oils high in trans fats, dairy etc...

I am just trying to eat a little more clean and trying to cut out saturated fats where I can, but now and then I would like some ice cream or pizza!

I would be interested in what other people thing about saturated fat and the rise in cholesterol.

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  • Old_Cat_Lady
    Old_Cat_Lady Posts: 1,193 Member
    edited July 2017
    You are 19? Is there a reason you are worried about your cholesterol? If high, it could be genetic.
    *Some doctors will tell seniors to keep sat fat to a certain amount of daily calories (ex: <15g sat/day). Careful with going low-fat. The brain needs fat to function. And many vitamins need fat to be absorbed.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,207 Member
    Cholesterol is not like blood sugar. It gradually rises, and gradually decreases depending on lifestyle, not individual foods.
  • crackpotbaby
    crackpotbaby Posts: 1,297 Member
    If you eat a fatty meal the day before a fasting lipid profile you may have false high (compared to general) results.

    Factors like genetics and diet all impact your cholesterol levels.

    Complications of evevated cholesterol like atherosclerosis (also with lots of other contributing factors) are cumulative, not from a one off fatty meal.

    Doesn't really answer you question, but if you want an occasional ice cream etc, it's not going to kill you.
  • Old_Cat_Lady
    Old_Cat_Lady Posts: 1,193 Member
    Here is an article: Sat fat no so bad after all.
    http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/news/20140320/dietary-fats-q-a#1 great article.
    Trans fats should be the ones you should try to avoid. Avoid ingredients with the word hydrogenated.
  • jordanoye101
    jordanoye101 Posts: 33 Member
    lizery wrote: »
    If you eat a fatty meal the day before a fasting lipid profile you may have false high (compared to general) results.

    Factors like genetics and diet all impact your cholesterol levels.

    Complications of evevated cholesterol like atherosclerosis (also with lots of other contributing factors) are cumulative, not from a one off fatty meal.

    Doesn't really answer you question, but if you want an occasional ice cream etc, it's not going to kill you.

    I'm not paranoid that an ice cream here and there would do any harm but another way I could put my initial question is if I ate an ice cream today and kept my fat content low for the rest of the day - it won't increase the risk of anything bad happening to me! ? Just providing my overall diet of a period of weeks / months etc is not too high thats ok?

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