cholesterol

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so. as we swan-dive into middle age, my dude has found himself put onto cholesterol-lowering drugs. it’s a genetic thing, his mom and sister have wildly different lifestyles but identical cholesterol numbers.

Generally we eat a reasonably good diet. I have a pretty good repertoire of vegetable-based dishes; we eat a lot of whole grains, restaurant food is something of an indulgence. But I… often cook with lard, it being the cheapest source of fat and good for many purposes. And I like to drink whole milk. And. And and.

Anyway I find myself suddenly worried about cholesterol. It isn’t something I’ve researched before. I have quite good cholesterol numbers, and those sorts of problems don’t generally run in my family. (This isn’t a moral thing, it’s just genetics. Don’t worry, my family’s abysmal lungs make up for it. I’ve had a cold for a month now. Yes really.)

So last night I had bought cupcakes at the grocery store, for us each to have one for dessert. And I poured us each a glass of milk to go with them.

Dude did not protest the cupcakes but joked that the milk was going to kill him. Out of curiosity he looked it up….

and found out that, unsurprisingly, the milk was much lower in saturated fat than the cupcake, and was in fact the healthiest part of the meal.

anyway idk how tf to cook low-cholesterol food and don’t know that i’m going to start. there aren’t any obvious places to eliminate it from our diet.

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