Bad cholesterol?

JOY621
JOY621 Posts: 71 Member
edited September 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I've added cholesterol in food section so I can track. It will track the bad cholesterol, right?

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  • melsinct
    melsinct Posts: 3,512 Member
    The total cholesterol number on MFP adds together both HDL and LDL (the "good" and "bad"). There is no differentiation because food labels also lump them together.
  • End6ame
    End6ame Posts: 903
    I've added cholesterol in food section so I can track. It will track the bad cholesterol, right?

    Dietary cholesterol and serum (blood) cholesterol are not the same thing and studies have shown that dietary cholesterol has little to no effect on a person’s serum cholesterol. Your liver produces more cholesterol then you could ever consume in one day.
  • Papillon22
    Papillon22 Posts: 1,160 Member
    I used to track cholesterol in my diary as well, but found that a lot of the food in the database doesn't have that info, so I ended up taking it out.

    I lowered my triglicerides just by switching from white flours to everything wholewheat, and exercise. That lowered my overall cholesterol numbers, if that's what you're trying to do.
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