Fact is that your cholesterol level has little to do with how much cholesterol you eat. Genetic and how you eat and exercise play a bigger role. In fact, it is quite possible to eliminate all cholesterol from your diet and still have high cholesterol This is because in the absence of cholesterol in your diet, you body will simply produce its own!
Since switching to an all-natural diet and exercise plan in 2003, my cholesterol is around 184. This is despite the fact that I eat at least two eggs every single day along with plenty of meat. I don't even think about how much cholesterol is in my food. I will eat chicken livers and eggs sauteed in olive oil, onions and mushrooms. Or I will eat a 3-egg omelet with bacon and cheese. Has no effect whatsoever on my cholesterol level.
As for this Burger King sandwich, the real crime is putting the omelet on a bun. Toss the bun and you have a pretty nutritious and wholesome meal.
Excellent post. I am amused by people that think your scrambled eggs will kill you with cholesterol, but think nothing of eating a giant starchy bagel slathered with margarine.
The cholesterol in eggs is much more natural and healthy than the trans fats in margarine.
I tried going almost no-fat once, when I was 30 pounds heavier. My cholesterol was 219 but the ratio was an abysmal 1 to 6 good to bad.
After a year of low carb and exercise my cholesterol was 209 but with a 1 to 2.5 ratio - much healthier. Without enough fat in your diet your liver will build cholesterol - the bad kind almost exclusively.
My cholesterol tracks closely with my weight.
At 249 pounds, I was at 247. Danger Will Robinson, Danger!
After losing 20 pounds through an "eat-less-exercise-more" diet, it was down to 176.
Have you all ever read "The Schwarzbein Principle"?
Becky
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