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[–] BootyBuccaneer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

High cholesterol is "bad" with too much of other fats in your diet, but you need cholesterol to live so your body makes most of it.

E: Correcting the science there, whoops.

[–] SeaUrchinHorizon@reddthat.com 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

That small amount of cholesterol you need to live can be synthesized by your own body, which is also why animal products but not plant products have cholesterol (the animals you're eating synthesized their own cholesterol) and also why vegans aren't dropping dead of low cholesterol all the time

Sorry, I had to get a refresher on the physiology of fats in the body. Whew, it's been a while and I remembered it all wrong. I edited the original to reflect that.