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Hi guys, Dr. Berg here.

Listen, recently I had someone who's not in my program ask me a question, why would

my cholesterol go up if I'm in a low fat, low cholesterol diet, okay?

So this video is for that person and anyone else that would like to know, all right?

I'm assuming you haven't watched my other videos on cholesterol.

Well fact number one, your body makes cholesterol.

It actually makes 3,000 milligrams.

That's the amount of cholesterol that would be in one pound of butter or 14 eggs or

333 strips of bacon.

It's a lot of cholesterol, okay?

And here's the thing, when you eat less, your body will compensate and make more.

Why?

Because your body makes cholesterol.

So fact number two, people who go on a low fat diet eat more carbs.

Why?

Because you're going to not be satisfied with the fat, so you're going to want more carbohydrates.

Carbohydrates convert into cholesterol with the help of insulin.

Still skeptical?

Let's take a look at something.

What is the purpose of cholesterol?

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