Paul Saladino· MD
I can change this one variable (eating only animal fat vs some avocado/olive oil prior to a carnivore diet) and see LDL go from 126mg/dL to 266-300 mg/dL.
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I can change this one variable (eating only animal fat vs some avocado/olive oil prior to a carnivore diet) and see LDL go from 126mg/dL to 266-300 mg/dL.
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but if you also have less monounsaturated fat so if you decrease if you don't have a lot of olive oil which i'm actually not a huge fan of either or if you're not eating a lot of avocados your ldl will go a little higher