Eating saturated fats might raise your 'bad' cholesterol not because it's harmful, but because your body is just adjusting to keep your cells working smoothly — like how a car adjusts to different weather conditions.

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The homeoviscous adaptation to dietary lipids (HADL) model explains controversies over saturated fat, cholesterol, and cardiovascular disease risk.

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2021 Feb 2

The study says that when healthy people eat saturated fats, their bodies may raise LDL cholesterol as a normal way to keep cells working properly, not because it’s harming them.

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The homeoviscous adaptation to dietary lipids (HADL) model explains controversies over saturated fat, cholesterol, and cardiovascular disease risk.

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DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/nqaa322

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