There are multiple mechanisms as play when we discuss about cholesterol. I will do an article discussing about this in the future.
Re:Science of Fasting
by melissalobos on Wednesday May 04, 2022 @09:27PM
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> cholesterol is essential for the production of bile which breaks down foods
So maybe the person fasting had higher cholesterol levels due to his body needing more bile immediately to breakdown a larger amount of food at once? I am very much not a doctor or at all educated in these topics.
That said, cholesterol is essential for the production of bile which breaks down foods. Late night foods probably equates to excess cholesterol released to break down said foods and higher cholesterol levels.
We probably want to have periods of fasting in order to not produce excess cholesterol.