alt Hacker NewsIt’s possible the comments have changed, but I see nothing in the thread about mass loss. I do agree about weight though — losing weight is largely diet.
> Go from obese to not obese and the median person's cholesterol will drop quite a bit.
This is really interesting, I don’t think I’ve heard that before. Do you have a source you could share?
Edit: this doesn’t necessarily prove you wrong, but this paper argues there’s little correlation between bmi and cholesterol [1]
[1] https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11695-010-0170-7
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jghn • last Sunday at 6:16 AM
for the most part mass == weight on Earth.
Triglycerides & HDL are affected by weight (tho more triglycerides than anything else), e.g. Wing 2011.
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There isn't. I'm 15% body fat, eat healthy (avoid saturated fats, prioritize fiber), exercise 5-6 times per week, and have hypercholesterolemia. I, along with my parents, have very high LDL and ApoB and nothing I can do about it in terms of diet, exercise, or weight.
I'm also not uncommon. They suspect as much of 30% of the population could be like this. There's a lot of ignorance in this thread.