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abundance of anything is unhealthy so its not "wrong" but eating eggs on occasion wont contribute to high colestrol

Eggs every day don't contribute to high cholesterol either. Dietary cholesterol in general doesn't lead to high blood cholesterol.

Most people who switch to a mostly red meat diet do see a rise in blood cholesterol. I certainly did.

The real question is, does that even matter?

High cholesterol is also associated with longevity. The ratio of cholesterol is more important. The ratio of waist to shoulder width is more important.

Also your blood a1c is more important for bad outcomes than high cholesterol.

The secondary question is if the quantity of cholesterol in a food causes the body to have higher cholesterol, or if it’s more complex than that. Because yes, per gram eggs have many times more cholesterol than red meat. But what if it’s something else present in red meat that increases metabolization or production of cholesterol? We just don’t really understand the body well enough to say for sure.

the rise in blood cholesterol is probably because you're eating more saturated fat, not eating more cholesterol

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