I am aware of these studies. It doesn’t do people good to say dietary cholesterol and eggs don’t affect cholesterol levels when they most certainly do in some people. My cholesterol would be like 700 if I ate 6 eggs a day. I was eating no more than three per week and had to stop eating them. And I am no where near diabetic.
The latest research on heart disease has shown that Apo-B is causal in heart disease, and LDL cholesterol is a usually a surrogate marker for Apo-B (it is possible to have borderline high LDL and normal Apo-B, but more common is normal LDL and high Apo-B).
That's what I'm saying, genetics are a reason why you can't eat a lot of dietary cholesterol without seeing your blood work in a bad place. I eat the equivalent of around 1 egg per day, it's not literally every single day but on one of the meals that I like to alternate for dinner I'll eat 3 of them. My cholesterol was at 138, so obviously this does not impact ME as an individual.
Have you ever looked up the Dean Ornish Food Pyramid? This may be something for you to check out and gives some pretty good nutritional guidelines for individuals that are at risk of heart disease. Basically, it encourages you to eat a lot of fruits and vegetables, whole grains, some nuts and seeds and things like fat free dairy products, egg whites, poultry and fish, including fatty fish that is high in omega 3s. You honestly can't go wrong with something like that and it would be super easy to follow. It's essentially a vegetarian diet with a little bit of meat in there but from sources that are going to be very low in saturated fat. Honestly, even a really lean cut of red meat, like a sirloin, is very low in saturated fat.
Also, high fiber diets are very helpful for lowering cholesterol, if you are eating a diet like the one above you shouldn't have a problem with that. Side note, are you aware that exercise could also help you with this? The best thing for you would be to combine a gym routine that builds muscle and including some steady state aerobic activity that you can enjoy. You'd drastically cut your risk of cancer, heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, diabetes, etc. and if you were to eat like the example above you'd be in fantastic shape, no pun intended.
