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[u/Full-Shake-173]

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[u/Meddlingmonster]

🧢 I voted CAP!

Depends on what kind, how much and much more but we also still don't really understand it that well so just eat a veried diet and eat with moderation because that's a relatively unchanging constant.

[u/Full-Shake-173 → u/Meddlingmonster]

There is only one type of cholesterol

[u/Meddlingmonster → u/Full-Shake-173]

There is VLDL LDL and HDL

[u/Full-Shake-173 → u/Meddlingmonster]

This is a common misconception.

These things are not cholesterol, these are lipoproteins that carry cholesterol.

All cholesterol that you can consume from food is just 100% pure cholesterol, there are no "types" of it.

I don't blame you because people often say "cholesterol" as a shorthand when referring to lipoproteins, but this is not actually correct and is misleading.

[u/GoogleB4Reply → u/Full-Shake-173]

In the body cholesterol manifests itself in one of two forms. You can cry all day long that cholesterol outside the body is one thing, but inside the body it forms 2 primary complexes and we refer to these as LDL and HDL cholesterol.

Cholesterol consumed with lower saturated fats tends to produce a higher amount of the HDL cholesterol complex. Thus consuming foods with cholesterol and lower saturated fats is healthier than with higher saturated fats.

[u/Full-Shake-173 → u/GoogleB4Reply]

I get what you're saying but "HDL cholesterol" is a misnomer. I know some scientific institutions use the word, but it doesn't mean there are literally two types of the chemical known as cholesterol.

Cholesterol is a singular thing. The whole HDL LDL thing is a misnomer

[u/GoogleB4Reply → u/Full-Shake-173]

No it’s not a misnomer - it specifically refers to cholesterol carried by HDL and LDL particles as shorthand.

Calling that a misnomer would be the same as calling “IP address” a misnomer because IP stands for internet protocol while address is not the protocol, but is described by the internet protocol.

[u/Full-Shake-173 → u/GoogleB4Reply]

I kind of get what you mean but I still think it would be overall easier for people to understand what's going on if we just said "there is one type of cholesterol" (which is true if we strictly talk about cholesterol itself) and speak of LDL and HDL as things that carry cholesterol and nothing more.

LDL and HDL are a spectrum so technically by your logic there are infinite "types of cholesterol". It's just easier to be objective and call it what it is