Peter Attia· MD
There is no “good” or “bad” cholesterol. The cholesterol in HDL is the same as the cholesterol in LDL.
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There is no “good” or “bad” cholesterol. The cholesterol in HDL is the same as the cholesterol in LDL.
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so the the term originates from the differentiation between lowdensity lipoprotein LDL and highdensity lipopro H HDL so um let's start with where there's a grain of Truth here so LDL or lowdensity lipoprotein which is not cholesterol LDL is the carrier molecule it's the lowdensity lipoprotein it's the boat or the submarine that carries cholesterol
so the reason that saying there's good cholesterol and bad cholesterol is nonsensical is because cholesterol is cholesterol is cholesterol the same molecule of cholesterol inside the HDL is present inside the LDL