Diet affects the number of LDL receptors on the liver. The foods that you eat affect your liver's capability or ability to suck in these APOB containing lipoproteins. Primarily, it's unsaturated fats, particularly polyunsaturated fats. So saturated fats do the opposite. They down regulate LDL receptor expression.

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