The Claim
Among overweight adults following a healthy low-carbohydrate weight loss diet for 12 months, increasing daily dietary cholesterol intake from an average of 322 mg to 460 mg is not associated with significant changes in LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, or triglyceride levels.
What the research says
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If you're overweight and eating a low-carb diet to lose weight, eating more cholesterol-rich foods like eggs or shrimp won't noticeably raise your bad cholesterol or lower your good cholesterol — at least not over a year.
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Among overweight adults following a healthy low-carbohydrate weight loss diet for 12 months, increasing daily dietary cholesterol intake from an average of 322 mg to 460 mg (with 76% exceeding the former 300 mg/day limit) was not associated with significant changes in LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, or triglyceride levels, suggesting that within this specific dietary context, higher cholesterol consumption does not adversely affect blood lipid profiles.
What the research says
1 studyIn a study where overweight people ate more eggs and less sugary foods while following a low-carb diet, their bad and good cholesterol levels didn’t get worse—even when they ate way more cholesterol than doctors used to recommend.
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