I can’t live with high fat meat products like bacon and cheese.
My cholesterol levels are in the 160s and I am in the best shape of my life.
My choice to rid myself of the artery clogging foods was the BEST decision in my life.
Btw, you can get the missing choline in nuts, beans, and cruciferous vegetables like broccoli.
Happy Eating!!
“My cholesterol levels are in the 160s and I am in the best shape of my life.”
Hmmm. Low cholesterol numbers are associated with higher mortality.
“Baseline (2002–2003) cholesterol levels were classified into 1st (< 182 mg/dL), 2nd (182–212 mg/dL) and 3rd tertiles (212 mg/dL)....
Subjects with persistent 1st tertile cholesterol levels and increasing cholesterol levels from the 1st tertile to the 2nd and 3rd tertile levels during the follow-up period were associated with increased risk of all-cause mortality [aHR (95% CI) = 1.28 (1.18–1.38), 1.10 (1.01–1.20) and 1.16 (1.03–1.31), respectively] compared to those with persistent 2nd tertile levels (Table 2). Subjects with decreasing cholesterol levels from 3rd tertile levels to 1st and 2nd and persistent 3rd tertile levels were associated with increased risk of all-cause mortality [aHR (95% CI) = 1.47 (1.32–1.64), 1.15 (1.05–1.26) and 1.15 (1.05–1.25), respectively] compared to those with persistent 2nd tertile levels. Decreasing cholesterol from 2nd tertile to 1st tertile levels was associated with increased risk of all-cause mortality [aHR (95% CI) = 1.16 (1.07–1.26)]. These associations were prominent in groups less than 65 years old or men (S2 Table). Among statin users (n = 15,140), those with persistent 1st tertile cholesterol levels were associated with high all-cause mortality. (S3 Table).”
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5908176/
“12,815,006 Korean adults underwent routine health examinations during 2001–2004, and were followed until 2013. During follow-up, 694,423 individuals died. U-curve associations were found. In the TC ranges of 50–199 and 200–449mg/dL, each 39 mg/dL increase in TC was associated with 23% lower (95% CI:23%,24%) and 7% higher (6%,7%) mortality, respectively....
...TC had U-curve associations with mortality in each age-sex group. TC levels associated with lowest mortality were 210–249mg/dL, except for men aged 18–34 years (180–219mg/dL) and women aged 18–34 years (160–199mg/dL) and 35–44 years (180–219mg/dL). The inverse associations for TC<200mg/dL were stronger than the positive associations in the upper range.”
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-38461-y
Might be time to re-examine your premises
https://health.clevelandclinic.org/your-diet-and-heart-disease-rethinking-butter-beef-and-bacon/
Total cholesterol really isn’t a good measurement. ..look at Ldl and hdl, etc
They aren't "artery clogging foods". Heart disease is not caused by an over-abundance of cholesterol.