Gaining

I’ve always been skinny. I gained 15 lbs over the last year, a large part due to heavy cream. I expected my cholesterol to get worse, but instead it got better.

Has this happened to anyone else? I had initially planned to stop gaining if I became unhealthy, I guess this just means I can go even further!

It is the increase in calories from fat. Cholesterol is part of the sugar metabolism. Your body makes cholesterol in order to metabolize sugar at the cell level.

More calories from fat results in less cholesterol required and your body makes less.

I can peobably look some up. After I read stuff I seldom save it. It would get overwhelming.

I've read a few things on this too, especially regarding high cholesterol in dieting patients. There's a mix of the low cal intake and the lack of what is now called "good fats", which can be saturated or unsaturated.