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Re:Effects of Intermittent Fasting on Health, Aging, and Dis... by masonic on Saturday December 28, 2019 @01:18AM (#21897476) 

  my doctor recommended "nuts, beer, wine, and hard liquor" as a way to boost my LDL
Did that doctor describe a mechanism of action how hard liquor could be of benefit? Sounds like a quack to me, frankly.
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Re:Effects of Intermittent Fasting on Health, Aging, and Dis... by cptskippy on Saturday December 28, 2019 @04:31PM (#21901887)
Liquor is a source of good cholesterol so I suspect drinking it? That was my impression.
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Re:Effects of Intermittent Fasting on Health, Aging, and Dis... by masonic on Sunday December 29, 2019 @05:36AM (#21905206)
Liquor has zero cholesterol.

Only animal products have cholesterol.

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Re:Effects of Intermittent Fasting on Health, Aging, and Dis... by cptskippy on Monday December 30, 2019 @10:45AM (#21914058)
Like I said, I'm not a doctor and don't have a medical background. I was just sharing an experience I had.

There seems to be research indicating hard liquor and wine positively impact cholesterol levels: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S00219...

If you're calling bullshit then call bullshit, but I'm not qualified to answer technical questions about cholesterol and don't feel like being cross examined so that you can feel smug.

So, I guess you won the internet?

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