Welcome back to our podcast and to a question which many want a clear answer to, does dietary cholesterol increase cardio vascular risk? Honestly, the evidence is a hard read and we invite you to listen to our opinions and more importantly, how are we going to implement the studies. There is a lot to discuss and we are aware that we cannot cover everything in this episode, also, please see our references below for any further reading.

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00:03 - Introduction

01:30 - Did you think dietary cholesterol increases serum levels?

02:43 - Why are eggs used in cholesterol studies?

03:55 - What are the current guidelines for cholesterol consumption?

05:00 - Does dietary cholesterol increase serum cholesterol?

09:16- How much dietary cholesterol do we absorb?

10:50 - Why do we have LDL cholesterol, an evolutionary trait?

13:24 - What foods are high in dietary cholesterol?

13:52 - Does saturated fat have a role to play in serum cholesterol?

17:50 - How do genetics play a part in serum cholesterol levels?

18:23 - Are we treating serum cholesterol appropriately?

19:09 - Does the gut microbiome play a role in serum cholesterol?

22:56 - What are we going to do with our diet?

27:32 - What to expect in upcoming podcasts

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Here is a list of the sources that we used to make this podcast:

https://www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/j.jacc.2020.05.077

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9143438/#sec2-nutrients-14-02168

https://www.jlr.org/article/S0022-2275(20)33370-8/fulltext

https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIR.0000000000000743

https://bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12915-019-0715-8#Sec25

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6024687/#notes2

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/nutrition-research-reviews/article/nutritional-management-of-hyperapob/FF922E54AB1189F1AF2194888D99DA0F

https://www.jlr.org/article/S0022-2275(20)33152-7/fulltext

Guyton & Hall Medical Physiology 14th edition- general physiology overview

Rang & Dale’s Pharmacology 10th edition - general pharmacological overview

Randox link:

https://www.timcogleyfoundation.com/cardiac-screening/