The Truth About Dietary Cholesterol | Dr. Peter Attia & Dr. Andrew Huberman

So this is two different things . So saturated fat consumption in many people will raise LDL cholesterol . So it's important to differentiate between the what what is saturated fat .

The Truth About Dietary Cholesterol | Dr. Peter Attia & Dr. Andrew Huberman

Um It's not gonna impact your health . What's the reality around LDL ? Uh HDL dietary cholesterol , saturated fat , uh at least in your view .

The Truth About Dietary Cholesterol | Dr. Peter Attia & Dr. Andrew Huberman

Um And then of course , there's a small group of people that uh love to eat organs and meats and , and really pack cholesterol . Um and would argue that it doesn't matter if your LDL is 870 . Um It's not gonna impact your health .

The Truth About Dietary Cholesterol | Dr. Peter Attia & Dr. Andrew Huberman

Now we probably manage to destery 10 to 15% of our dietary cholesterol . So in other words , there are small amounts of dietary cholesterol that do make their way into our circulation , but it represents a small fraction of our total body's pool of cholesterol . Again , this was known even by Ansel Keyes , the , the the guy who turned fat into the biggest boogeyman of all time , Ansel Keyes acknowledged this in the 19 sixties , dietary cholesterol plays no role in serum cholesterol .

The Truth About Dietary Cholesterol | Dr. Peter Attia & Dr. Andrew Huberman

So , you know , I don't want to make sure people understand . So , so cholesterol is a , is a really complicated molecule . So it's a ringed molecule .