They matter on the inside. Dietary cholesterol, colon cancer, heart disease. All attributed to animal protein (beef, poultry, pork, fish dairy)
Actually that is wrong, southern rock. That position statement is over 50 years old and is sadly still spewed by the establishment today.
The truth is that saturated fats may not be the enemy
southern rock, you absolutely have to get this book:
Heredity plays a role in your ability to manage cholestrol. Julia Child, who dearly Loved butter, lived to the ripe old age of 91. Linda McCartney, a devoted Vegan, died at the young age of 56 after a long battle with cancer. In the early days of man, he ate meat in the Winter because vegetables were scarce. In the Summer, he ate whatever grew around him.
They are now saying the colon cancer link appears to come specifically from cured meats and diabetes-related issues seem more to be causal of heart attacks than cholesterol—indeed higher cholesterol is protective against heart attacks and other causes of death for old women.