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by didibus 1960 days ago
> saturated fat in the vast majority of people increases their LDL and that this in turn will increase their risk of cardiovascular disease

I still don't understand this. I thought the cause and effect had never been proven, but only the correlation.

Like people who have heart disease often have high cholesterol.

But was it shown that if they lower their level of cholesterol they can revert their condition?

Or was it shown that it was the increase which led to heart disease?