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>>6962420
Mediterranean diet is low in animal foods and high in plant foods, it's no wonder it protective against CVD. You still have all the other illnesses to worry about associated with consuming animal products/processed foods like cancer. Whole food plant-based diet is just the most optimal for health/well-being and nutrition: https://nutritionfacts.org/video/improving-on-the-mediterranean-diet/

>>6962657
>God this is such bullshit. the us dietary guidelines changed last year because theres no fucking evidence that dietary cholesterol raises bad cholesterol in the body.

>"According to William C. Roberts, editor in chief of the American Journal of Cardiology, the only critical risk factor for atherosclerotic plaque buildup is cholesterol, specifically elevated LDL cholesterol in our blood. To drastically reduce LDL cholesterol levels, it appears we need to drastically reduce our intake of trans fat, which comes from processed foods and naturally from meat and dairy; saturated fat, found mainly in animal products and junk foods; and, playing a lesser role, dietary cholesterol, found exclusively in animal-derived foods, especially eggs"