Welcome to the Get Fit Guys, quick and dirty tips to slim down and shape up. My name is Ben

Greenfield and I'm the Get Fit Guy. Last week in an article called Nutrition Panel calls for less sugar

and eases cholesterol and fat restrictions. The New York Times reported that the nutrition

advisory panel, which helps to shape America's official dietary guidelines, actually eased

some of its previous restrictions on fat and cholesterol intake. Instead, they recommended sharp new

limits on the amount of added sugar that American

should consume. But wait, isn't consuming too much fat dangerous for cholesterol-related heart

disease as well as increased risk of weight gain? Well, you're about to find out the answer to that

and also the best workout for lowering cholesterol and coronary disease

risk factors. Let's start by looking at what some of the research says. Well, not only does a high

fat, low carb diet perform better for weight loss compared to a low fat high carb diet, but there's

no evidence that the cholesterol particles derive from fat increase

your risk of heart disease unless that high fat consumption is paired with moderate to high intake

of things like starchy and sugary carbohydrates and high intake of oxidized vegetable oils.

It's at that point that cholesterol can become dangerous and lead to increased

risk of heart disease. But the entire idea that high cholesterol by itself causes heart

disease is a flawed hypothesis. A good place to start learning about this would be my fellow

podcaster Nutrition Divas, insightful episode called Is the Link Between

Calestral and Heart Disease Bogus. I'll link to that in the show notes over at

Quick and Dirty Tips.com. So if cholesterol isn't all that bad, then why is this episode's title,

what is the best workout Cholesterol, suggesting that

you should be exercising to lower cholesterol? Well, I'll admit it. I tricked you. The ultimate

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