For me that was not the objective, rather, it was about lowering my cholesterol.
If you're interested in the topic, you might want to look into why one would want to lower one's cholesterol. You might be surprised to find little evidence that it's worth your time and effort.
I refused and just started eating right and my cholesterol has now been within normal ranges for 4 years.
You might also be surprised to find that the Inuit, who were studied extensively for their seal and blubber diet, were remarkably free from cardiovascular disease.
stopped eating cheese and ice cream, stopped eating fried foods, cut way back on things with sugar in them like soda, and switched to foods that minimized cholesterol and trans and saturated fats
Did it ever occur to you that there was more than one variable at play, that maybe it was cutting the sugar, not the fat that was responsible?
There was a recent study that got some attention that looked at addiction to fast food. They fed the rats bacon, sausage, cheesecake, pound cake, frosting and chocolate and found addictive behaviors. When the study showed up in the popular press, it was widely headlined as a fat issue but you'll notice that the food was also very high in sugar. Failure to isolate variables is a common problem even with professionals. Since "everyone knows" that fat is bad, it must have been the fat. But was it?
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