[Eisenstein]

No need to worry, we are all in the process of dying, so the correct answer is just to ignore everything that isn't either: something that strikes you as incredibly obvious (don't drink poison), recognized in its field of experts (high cholesterol is bad for you), established knowledge, or not too inconvenient.

[smilliken]

> recognized in its field of experts (high cholesterol is bad for you)

Public service announcement: this one is controversial. IMHO it's wrong, based on bad science and agendas, and harmful because it deters people from nutritious foods. I recommend everyone do their own reading to form their own opinion.

It's sad how political food and nutrition is because it causes misinformation and malnutrition.

[IIsi50MHz]

My rudimentary understanding: chronic high blood sugar causes irritation of blood vessels; irritated blood vessels attempt to protect themselves by producing a protective layer (excretion?); cholesterol sticks much more readily to this‚ causing creation of plaques. So, cholesterol is "fine" if you avoid high blood sugar.

[Eisenstein]

Are you a medical doctor or otherwise considered an expert in the field of internal medicine?

[tcj_phx]

Steroidogenesis starts with cholesterol. The body increases its cholesterol production in the hopes of getting more steroids.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/St...

Medicine’s misunderstanding of cholesterol is one of those mistakes which became very profitable for the pharmaceutical industry.