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PROTEIN BRO (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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[–] [email protected] 73 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (19 children)

I've once overheard a conversation in the train where someone said "but cholesterol is good, right? Or are those proteins?" completely unironically. It got a good chuckle from me and several other people in the train.

I eventually learned he was becoming a PE teacher who made diet plans for schools. That was less funny.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

High cholesterol is "bad" with too much of other fats in your diet, but you need cholesterol to live so your body makes most of it.

E: Correcting the science there, whoops.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That small amount of cholesterol you need to live can be synthesized by your own body, which is also why animal products but not plant products have cholesterol (the animals you're eating synthesized their own cholesterol) and also why vegans aren't dropping dead of low cholesterol all the time

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Sorry, I had to get a refresher on the physiology of fats in the body. Whew, it's been a while and I remembered it all wrong. I edited the original to reflect that.

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