Is Preventive Medicine Its Own Health Risk?

Re:Is Preventive Medicine Its Own Health Risk? by mindcrime on Tuesday December 09, 2014 @10:24PM (#8727522)

But considering the saturated fat and cholesterol in eggs, they have been considered harmful. Are they?

Good question. The author of Living Low Carb[1] argues that it's not "saturated fat" in general that's bad for you, but rather more specifically "trans-saturated fat", or saturated fat consumed along with simple carbs (sugar, etc). He also argues that most dietary cholesterol passes through your system unprocessed, and that serum cholesterol is largely driven by cholesterol manufactured by your liver.

[1]: http://www.amazon.com/Living-Low-Carb-Controlled-Carbohydrat...

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Re:Is Preventive Medicine Its Own Health Risk? by gmarx on Thursday December 11, 2014 @01:51PM (#8736420)

yep. Manufactured by your liver, on purpose. Cholesterol is necessary for animals to live. It comprises,for example (if memory serves) about 50% of animal cell membrane.

It's bizarre that people have been convinced this stuff is deadly poison.

Same thing for sodium chloride

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