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The data from your chart can be misleading because it is average total cholesterol for different countries. Populations from less developed countries will have lower cholesterol because the populations cannot afford to eat a high fat diet. They may not be dying as a consequence of low cholesterol, they may be dying because…
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Thanks for the input everyone. I was kind of hoping there would be a rule of thumb, like 10% or something. Ended up tossing the left over and not counting it, but cooking it with veggies would have been a good idea.
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Despite being a marathon runner and maintaining a healthy diet, I somehow ended up with a 95% blockage in my main coronary artery. No heart attack, but I got a stent a month ago. So, I've been motivated to tune up my diet, and I've been trying to significantly reduce foods with added sugar, reduce fat intake to below 20%,…
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Despite being a life long runner, eating a healthy diet, and having pretty good cholesterol numbers, I somehow got a 95% blockage in my main coronary artery, and had a stent put in two weeks ago. So, in hopes of slowing my heart disease I decided to tune up my diet. (I am also now taking all my recommended meds). I am…
