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The Relationship Between Low Carbohydrate Diets and Metabolic Syndrome
There's a pretty well-known correlation between highly refined carbohydrates, high triglycerides and small dense LDL. We've known that for quite a large number of years. But we did see another dietary pattern coming out with sort of higher dietary cholesterol, higher protein content as well. That was a little bit surprising, although it may sort of explain some of the higher cholesterol levels. Although dietary cholesterol doesn't always link with plasma levels of cholesterol.