10.2016 6 for it is the liver. The more saturated and trans fats are eaten the more LDL-cholesterol is produced by the liver.10 There has been much disputation over whether eating cholesterol rich foods raise blood cholesterol levels or not. Some of the earliest scientific studies have proven that high consumption of cholesterol containing foods and/or saturated fat are connected to atherosclerosis, but recent studies have been disproving them. Despite these findings, individuals who eat a diet low in animal derived foods have been found to have lower incidence of heart disease. 11 Another notable finding is that only herbivorous beings are able to develop a heart condition called atherosclerosis. And while humans are identified as omnivorous organisms, we still get atherosclerosis, unlike other omnivorous and carnivorous animals (eg
The problem is that we do not know which 50% it is." Everything in this book works, but I have surely gotten some of the mechanisms completely wrong. In other words, I believe the how-to is 100% reliable, but some of the why-to will end up on the chopping block as we learn more. RULE #4. DON'T USE SKEPTICISM AS AN EXCUSE FOR INACTION. As the good Dr. Noakes also said to me about one Olympic training regimen: "This [approach] could be totally wrong, but it's a hypothesis worth disproving." It's important to look for hypotheses worth disproving. Science starts with educated (read: wild-ass) guesses. Then it's all trial and error. Sometimes you predict correctly from the outset. More often, you make mistakes and stumble across unexpected ndings, which lead to new questions. If you want to sit on the sidelines and play full-time skeptic, suspending action until a scienti c consensus is reached, that's your choice.