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

Cholesterol is very complicated ring structure , multiple rings stuck together . S fa saturated fat is just a long chain fatty acid that is fully saturated , meaning it has no double bonds and it can exist in isolation . It can exist in a triglyceride , tr iso glyceride uh or you know , phospholipid or all sorts of things like that .

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

So it's important to differentiate between the what what is saturated fat . So , saturated fat of course , is a fatty acid just so people understand totally different molecule from cholesterol . Cholesterol is very complicated ring structure , multiple rings stuck together .

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

So saturated fat consumption in many people will raise LDL cholesterol . So it's important to differentiate between the what what is saturated fat . So , saturated fat of course , is a fatty acid just so people understand totally different molecule from cholesterol .

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

Most people are operating under the assumption that eating saturated fat is bad and you only do it in so far as you want to taste it . 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 .

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 .