The Claim
In resistance-trained men, consuming a high-protein diet at 3.32 g/kg/day for one year has no significant effect on total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, or triglyceride levels, even when dietary cholesterol intake exceeds 600 mg/day.
What the research says
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In men who regularly lift weights, eating a high-protein diet of 3.32 grams per kilogram of body weight per day for one year does not change levels of total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, or triglycerides, even when they consume more than 600 mg of cholesterol per day.
See the scientific wording
In resistance-trained men, consuming a high-protein diet (3.32 g/kg/day) for one year does not significantly alter total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, or triglyceride levels despite cholesterol intake exceeding 600 mg/day.
The liver adjusts how much cholesterol it makes and clears from the blood so that even when a lot of cholesterol is eaten, the total amount in the blood stays the same. It does this by slowing down its own cholesterol production and increasing the removal of cholesterol from the blood.
What the research says
1 studyMen who lift weights and ate a lot of protein and cholesterol for a year didn’t see their bad cholesterol go up or good cholesterol go down — their blood fats stayed the same.
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