Quote (SKCRaynor @ Oct 23 2009 07:46pm)
Actually...
the cholesterol is beneficial as you all should know. Cholesterol is the simplest form of steroid that we can get. Chole = bile or fat and sterol = steroid.
High cholesterol diets actually are extremely helpful in muscle growth. Heavy cream is used as a supplement amongst hard gainer bodybuilders.
Do not forget, eating cholesterol doesn't increase cholesterol levels in the body!!! Instead, saturated fats do. When too many saturated fats enter the bloodstream, white blood cells are alerted that there is an invader (no real idea why this is...) and they go to attack the saturated fat. This causes the white blood cells to get stuck in the saturated fat molecules which lead to a spongy occlusion of fat around the arterial walls. High density lipids like olive oil, avocado, fish oil, flax, etc - all help CLEAN these arterial occlusions. As your arterial walls become occluded, cholesterol levels in your body begin to rise.
So simply consuming a high level of cholesterol in your diet, as long as you are getting a good balance of HDL to LDL fats is the best way to spark testosterone production and increase anabolism.
As far as Optimum protein goes, its very pure and very good quality overall - I would recommend it for daily use - but I prefer NOW! 100% whey isolate (which is actually a lot more expensive).
i'm not arguing the benefits of cholesterol.
fats + cholesterol are great, and the cholesterol consumed through diet doesn't affect triglyceride levels, i know this.
i was just using the amount of fat/carbs/cholesterol and other shit in whey protein products are a measure to judge their purity.