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It's a subject I'm always curious about - not eggs specifically, but cholesterol intake, serum cholesterol, and heart disease.
A few years ago, I had a physical and my doctor said my cholesterol was high, but he also said there was a contraindicator, and he didn't want to put me on statens unnecessarily, so he had my get a coronary calcium scan, which is like a CT scan of your torso and they can measure how much buildup is in your arteries. The ranges are:
I was in my late 50s, so something like 50 would be typical, but it came back as zero. I had relatively high cholesterol, but zero plaque buildup in my arteries relatively late in life.
I'm told that the relationship between cholesterol intake and heart disease isn't well understood, and that there's certainly a genetic component. Articles and studies like this one always catch my eye.
Cholesterol, low density lipoprotein and atherosclerosis are three separate topics. Trying to take shortcuts may result in getting the wrong idea of what’s going on. Cholesterol does work as a decent indicator, but it isn’t guaranteed to work every time. Apparently you are one of the many exceptions to the general rule of thumb.