Hi @A DiabetesTeam Member,
My experience was no eggs for 2 years, doctors orders. Then I added in 3 eggs a week as my only eating change as an experiment. In 2 months cholesterol dropped 20 points.

Inspired, I also tried the similar experiment with shellfish. After 6 weeks my cholesterol dropped 10 more points.

I decided that maybe the data that doctors used was flawed.

This was 20 years ago.
I know we are all different and our health journeys are unique. But I decided that moderation is the key.

If you really crave something, try a very small portion and listen to what your meter says. You can do controlled tests and see what the data shows, if you are disciplined enough to do it safely.

Baby steps. I can do baby steps.

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A Diabete...

Yes, there is a whole lot of "contrary to conventional wisdom" studies been done on "saturated fat from DAIRY".

This got caught in a little in the "keep the message simple" conundrum because people don't want complicated explanations.

So saying "fat is bad" and "saturated fat is really bad" is way easier then try to explain that "short chain saturated fatty acids that are present in milk fat are actually super good for us and particularly the Butyric Acid, one of the short chain dairy acids is VITAL for the proper function of the Large Intestine BUT Many other Saturated Fats "might be" bad for you".

Now with that kind of message 99.9% of the population tuned out before they finished the 5th word in the sentence, threw their hands up and said "nobody can tell me what to eat so I won't even try to eat better".

The "science" says there is "zero proof" that eating dairy, including butter and full fat milk has any negative health effects, in fact, as in the one instance I noted above there are a number of positive health benefits.

And the science is still out on "other" saturated fats (such as in red meat) because once again conclusions were drawn based on what seemed like common sense instead of science and got translated into nutritional fact.

It made sense - we had a cholesterol problem - we eat eggs - they are full of cholesterol so that "must be" where it's coming from - except now they know it isn't.

The studies are starting to show that the same is true with (at least at the moment) some of the Saturated Fats - at least the ones they are testing. And Dairy (milk fat) has been shown to have got a bad rap just like eggs once did.

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Sorry just saw you question.

Hydrogenation is the process used to make liquid vegetables oil solid.

Hydrogenation increases the oil’s saturated fat content, but unhealthy trans fats are formed as a side product used to make liquid vegetables oil solid.

Hydrogenation increases the oil’s saturated fat content, but unhealthy trans fats are formed as a side product.

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A Diabete...

My mother was a registered dietitian. I was raising my own chickens so i had oodles of eggs. I asked her about eggs and cholesterol and she said " eat eggs and if your cholesterol level gets too high then stop eating eggs." My mother had loads of horse sense.

My husband was told to eat eggs every morning by his Dr. I can't stand them even with the protein being good for me. If I have eggs I have to mix things in like olives tomatoes and such. Not just eggs.. but otherwise I have not heard of it harming us. I think it depends on the individual. What kinds of activities do u do during the day to break down the stuff you eat.