• surewhynotlem
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    3 months ago

    for what?

    You might not need cholesterol. But that’s what brains are made out of.

    • TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today
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      3 months ago

      Lol, so your claim is that people with excessive cholesterol levels require it because they are making more brain…?

      No is claiming you shouldn’t have any cholesterol in your blood, just that there isn’t reason to have an elevated amount.

      If your body actually needed the excess lipids being produced it wouldn’t be saturated in the blood, it would be getting used.

      • Jerkface (any/all)@lemmy.ca
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        3 months ago

        This is where cognitive dissonance takes people. He’s less interested in his theory’s predictive power than he is in its ability to distract him from reality.

    • Jerkface (any/all)@lemmy.ca
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      3 months ago

      Your body makes shit, too. Don’t eat shit, dummy. That isn’t reason enough to conclude it is safe to eat.

      • surewhynotlem
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        3 months ago

        I didn’t say to eat the cholesterol. Eating cholesterol isn’t the primary driver of blood cholesterol levels. Saturated fats are.