Cholesterol is the main building block of steroid hormones including cortisol, DHEA, estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, aldosterone, and pregnenolone.
You should research this further. The same people who want you to eat bugs and no red meat also say that you need a low cholesterol diet.
It has been estimated that up to 70% of the brain cholesterol is associated with myelin. Because up to half of the white matter may be composed of myelin, it is unsurprising that the brain is the most cholesterol-rich organ in the body.
And none of this is accounting for TMAO, which is deadly to men. Western media advertises the idea red meat is manly for a century, men (even athletes) die from heart disease more than women and deteriorate in old age
Longest living populations (Japan and coastal Italy) eat more seafood and poultry, hardly ever eat red meat. You are better off eating salmon, chicken, and pork on occasion than cow. Drink the milk and eat cheese, you get minute traces of tmao but all the other benefits of red meat. Pork develops tmao too because of choline but time to harvest is a lot quicker so there is less accumulation. If you can't quit red meat, veal and lamb should be fine and better than just beef
Cholesterol has been given a bad rap. Inflammation is the cause of most problems. I remember reading about a battle between the sugar lobbyists and the beef lobbyists. Apparently the sugar lobbyists had way more money and won the battle. The way that the industries have processed sugar and added it to damn near everything is sickening.
I don’t know if it’s a nutrient as the term is commonly used, but it has nutritional value as far as being used to maintain your nervous system and blood vessels. High blood cholesterol and blockages are caused by more than just dietary cholesterol, there is also damage to the blood vessels the cholesterol is trying to patch up.
High blood pressure and diabetes immediately come to mind. Otherwise inflammation is to be blamed, and there are other posters here who know way more about that than I do but generally being obese or sedentary also contributes.
Wait wait wait. Cholesterol is a NUTRIENT?
Does that include both HDL and LDL?
YES its a nutrient. Oh my.
Cholesterol is the main building block of steroid hormones including cortisol, DHEA, estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, aldosterone, and pregnenolone.
You should research this further. The same people who want you to eat bugs and no red meat also say that you need a low cholesterol diet.
https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/low-maternal-cholesterol-tied-premature-birth
https://www.acc.org/about-acc/press-releases/2012/03/25/15/15/ldl_cancer
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And none of this is accounting for TMAO, which is deadly to men. Western media advertises the idea red meat is manly for a century, men (even athletes) die from heart disease more than women and deteriorate in old age
Longest living populations (Japan and coastal Italy) eat more seafood and poultry, hardly ever eat red meat. You are better off eating salmon, chicken, and pork on occasion than cow. Drink the milk and eat cheese, you get minute traces of tmao but all the other benefits of red meat. Pork develops tmao too because of choline but time to harvest is a lot quicker so there is less accumulation. If you can't quit red meat, veal and lamb should be fine and better than just beef
I do not believe for a second that red meat causes health problems.
When was the media pushing red meat as manly?
Technically its a lipid and a protein so no, not a nutrient. Kind of a subset of the macronutrient fat.
But its damn important for our the creation of sex hormones and our cell layers.
Both HDL and LDL?
That's what they call the "good" and "bad" cholesterol, respectively.
ldl and hdl are lipoproteins, so they are made of fat and protein. ldl isnt necessarily bad for you, only if your ldl is too small and dense.
Cholesterol has been given a bad rap. Inflammation is the cause of most problems. I remember reading about a battle between the sugar lobbyists and the beef lobbyists. Apparently the sugar lobbyists had way more money and won the battle. The way that the industries have processed sugar and added it to damn near everything is sickening.
Statins only reduce your chance of heart attack by 1%, which is probably an exaggeration because that's from industry sponsored data.
I don’t know if it’s a nutrient as the term is commonly used, but it has nutritional value as far as being used to maintain your nervous system and blood vessels. High blood cholesterol and blockages are caused by more than just dietary cholesterol, there is also damage to the blood vessels the cholesterol is trying to patch up.
Hm...what could cause that damage to blood vessels? I'm getting old, I need to know this.
High blood pressure and diabetes immediately come to mind. Otherwise inflammation is to be blamed, and there are other posters here who know way more about that than I do but generally being obese or sedentary also contributes.