"Again, according to the cholesterol theory of heart disease, both heredity and diet have a significant influence on a person’s LDL, HDL, and total cholesterol levels. For example, familial hypercholesterolemia is a common inherited disorder whose victims have a diminished or nonexistent number of LDL receptors on the surface of liver cells. The resultant decreased activity of the LDL receptors limits the liver’s ability to remove LDL cholesterol from blood. Thus, affected family members who have abnormally high LDL cholesterol levels in the blood, and they also tend to develop atherosclerosis and heart attacks during early adulthood.
Diets that are high in saturated fats and cholesterol decrease the LDL receptor activity in the liver, thereby raising the levels of LDL cholesterol in the blood. Saturated fats are derived primarily from meat and dairy products and, according to most doctors, can raise blood cholesterol levels. Some vegetable oils made from coconut, palm, and cocoa are also high in saturated fats and are on the medical 'no-no' list. On the other hand, most vegetable oils are high in unsaturated fats. Unlike saturated fats, unsaturated fats do not raise blood cholesterol (again, according to the theory) and can sometimes lower cholesterol. Olive and canola oil are high in monounsaturated fats, which may have a protective effect against coronary heart disease. And now doctors tell us to be sure to avoid hydrogenated and partially hydrogenated vegetable oils as the hydrogenation process produces trans-fats as a byproduct, and trans-fats raise LDL cholesterol. (At least on this one point, the cholesterol theory has finally caught up with the alternative health theory.)"
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Diets that are high in saturated fats and cholesterol decrease the LDL receptor activity in the liver, thereby raising the levels of LDL cholesterol in the blood. Saturated fats are derived primarily from meat and dairy products and, according to most doctors, can raise blood cholesterol levels. Some vegetable oils made from coconut, palm, and cocoa are also high in saturated fats and are on the medical 'no-no' list. On the other hand, most vegetable oils are high in unsaturated fats. Unlike saturated fats, unsaturated fats do not raise blood cholesterol (again, according to the theory) and can sometimes lower cholesterol. Olive and canola oil are high in monounsaturated fats, which may have a protective effect against coronary heart disease. And now doctors tell us to be sure to avoid hydrogenated and partially hydrogenated vegetable oils as the hydrogenation process produces trans-fats as a byproduct, and trans-fats raise LDL cholesterol. (At least on this one point, the cholesterol theory has finally caught up with the alternative health theory.)"
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