I have genetic borderline high LDL but good HDL and triglycerides. My doctor says nothing I do except get skinny and exercise will help my LDL but I need to keep my HDL high and triglycerides low. Triglycerides are sticky, I think, and stick to the walls of the arteries better than cholesterol does. She has never told me not to eat eggs. Eggs contain dietary cholesterol, not blood cholesterol. I think they decided eating cholesterol won’t hurt you where blood cholesterol does. I can’t keep up with it. They (scientists) change their minds too much.
The government studies a few years ago said don’t eat them. I mostly ignored them.
My doc just says don’t eat bread, pasta or sugar............
ADD High Fructose Corn Syrup:
There are two kinds of LDL cholesterol. The neutral, not-so-bad one is big a fluffy molecule that is returning to the liver for re-use. The bad one is a tighter, smaller molecule that is damaged and cannot be re-used. The bad one is what makes arterial plaques.
There is a test that can further break down the blood cholesterol into these two types, but it isn’t often used. However triglycerides are an excellent marker for the bad kind. The higher the blood triglyceride level, the more of the bad kind of LDL that clogs arteries.
Even high LDL cholesterol it is not a strong marker for heart problems without high triglycerides.