Cholesterol and Red Meat (A Shocking Study)

For decades, scientists have been telling us to eat less red meat because it is supposedly rich in saturated fats, which cause high cholesterol.

But new research from the University of Nottingham published in Food & Function puts this claim to the test.

And the results ARE shocking.

Researchers recruited 46 subjects who agreed to halve their red meat intake for 12 weeks.

Instead of red meat, they agreed to eat chicken, fish, or other meat substitutes. Note that pork and veal were both classified as red meat. Alternatively, they simply halved their portions of red meat.

The researchers tested their cholesterol, blood pressure, body mass index, and a wide range of other blood chemicals before, halfway through, and at the end of the intervention.

After 12 weeks, they found almost no significant drop in women’s cholesterol levels outside of those who started with the highest pre-intervention levels. Men’s cholesterol, however, dropped by an average of 10%, with the largest reductions again experienced by men with the highest pre-intervention scores.

These dynamics were true for LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, and overall cholesterol.

From this, we can learn that we don’t need to become vegetarians to reduce our cholesterol. Just halving our red meat intake can reduce it by 10% or more.

However, that’s only half the lesson, as this dynamic did not even exist among women (aside from those who previously had high levels of cholesterol. The reason for this is clear. Saturated fat is not the cause of high cholesterol despite doctors claiming that for decades.

I dropped my cholesterol down to normal and cleared out my clogged arteries by 93% by cutting out just ONE ingredient that I didn’t even know I was consuming (not red meat)…

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