[tracker1]

Science evolves in light of evidence, facts are facts regardless of consensus. At one point the consensus was that dietary cholesterol was very bad for you... it didn't change the facts and was the consensus for a very long time despite (often buried) evidence to the contrary.

Not all LDL is the same. VLDL and glycated LDL seem to be the problematic markers and aren't necessarily directly tied to saturated fat in the diet. HDL:TG as a ratio is a far better marker for overall health than HDL:LDL or cholesterol markers on their own by count. It's more about oxidative stress and inflammation more than it is about dietary cholesterol and saturated fat specifically.

Not to say you should eat an unnatural amount of either only in so much that you shouldn't avoid natural food sources in favor of say processed foods which are far worse in so many ways. I'm an advocate of mostly paleo, most of the time and that should include animal sources even if only fish and/or eggs.