High Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (HDL-C) is seen as the 'good' cholesterol (relative to LDL-C). Its job is to bring circulating cholesterol and fatty acids back to the liver tissue and clear them from the blood; high levels are desired to protect the heart.
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Q: Will eating eggs increase my cholesterol?
A: Whether or not eggs increase cholesterol depends on genetics, but they don’t seem to inherently increase the risk of heart disease, unless maybe when paired with a poor diet.
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The Human Effect Matrix looks at human studies (it excludes animal and in vitro studies) to tell you what supplements affect hdl-c
| Grade | Level of Evidence |
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Robust research conducted with repeated double-blind clinical trials |
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| Multiple studies where at least two are double-blind and placebo controlled |
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| Single double-blind study or multiple cohort studies |
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| Uncontrolled or observational studies only |
