Same with my grandfather.
The man ate fried “strick-o-lean” with every meal along with buttered biscuits and gravy.
Died of heart disease at 90.
His wife died of a heart attack a year later at age 92.
She ate the same foods.
My father never died of heart disease though. He died of Septicemia.
“Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon”. ~Doug Larson
Depends on your genetics
Some can hack all that fat
Others can’t
Similar to type 2 diabetes
Some can hack the sugars others can’t
Get your HDL and TRIs checked to see what gategory you fall into