Comment on YSK that cholesterol is only found in significant quantities in animal products.
deegeese@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
I thought cholesterol was specifically only made in animals?
What are some plant sources?
Comment on YSK that cholesterol is only found in significant quantities in animal products.
deegeese@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
I thought cholesterol was specifically only made in animals?
What are some plant sources?
athairmor@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I don’t think there are any. Plants have phytosterols which are structurally similar.
Anyway, doesn’t matter much. The cholesterol you eat isn’t what ends up in your arteries. You should still limit how much you eat because high cholesterol foods are often high in saturated fat. There’s a happy medium but too much puts you in greater risk of heart disease.
deegeese@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
Demonizing dietary cholesterol went out of style in the 1990s.
Trying to recycle the warning is lame because then people fall into eating high carb diets which aren’t great either.