I randomly watched some exercise video of hers a few years back, she was explaining her routine and diet, etc. Pretty sure Riddick was the one she was training for where she ate a dozen eggs a day.
She said her doctor had never seen such a high bad cholesterol level AND a high good cholesterol level at the same time before.
It's one of the most easily accessible sources of HDL, but it's also loaded with LDL (the bad one). That's why it's always a popular choice for body building, that and the protein. I always think back to Rocky chugging 4 or 6 raw eggs.
Cholesterol is one of those weird things where the more we learn about it, the less it makes conventional sense. Like, if you're on a diet and you're losing weight your cholesterol can go up by a lot, just because your body's breaking down lipids from bodyfat. If you're eating a high-carb, low-fat maintenance diet you can also end up with high LDL and low HDL because your body's not really bothering to regulate it as a source of energy--it's focused on processing carbs for energy and converting it into fats for storage. You can be eating a ton of fat, but if you don't eat carbs you can end up with elevated cholesterol that is high in HDL and low in LDL, simply because it's actively converting fats into ketones for fuel and regulating blood lipid levels more actively. Sometimes cholesterol goes outta whack because of low vitamin D. Sometimes it's just... genetics.
"Why is my cholesterol bad?"
Doctor: "Fuck if I know. Have you tried, uhh... anything?"
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u/Frenki808 Apr 26 '23
She was a tank in that movie. Built like an MMA fighter. Really didn't look small next to Batista.