&gt; meat and dairy don&#x27;t HAVE meaningful amounts of transfat<p>In fact, they absolutely do. It&#x27;s no doubt hydrogenated oils found in processed snack foods add trans fat as well, hence my emphasis on whole plant foods.<p>&gt; The major dietary sources of trans fats listed in decreasing order. Processed foods and oils provide approximately 80 percent of trans fats in the diet, compared to 20 percent that occur naturally in food from animal sources<p>&gt; #1 Cakes, cookies, crackers, pies, bread, etc.<p>&gt; #2 Animal products<p>&gt; #3 Margarine<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;health.gov&#x2F;dietaryguidelines&#x2F;dga2005&#x2F;document&#x2F;html&#x2F;chapter6.htm" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;health.gov&#x2F;dietaryguidelines&#x2F;dga2005&#x2F;document&#x2F;html&#x2F;ch...</a><p>&gt; there is NO proven link at all between dietary cholesterol and blood cholesterol<p>Surely you jest?<p>&gt; Serum cholesterol concentration is clearly increased by added dietary cholesterol but the magnitude of predicted change is modulated by baseline dietary cholesterol.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov&#x2F;pubmed&#x2F;1534437" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov&#x2F;pubmed&#x2F;1534437</a><p>Or do you suppose this is all just a grand conspiracy by the fruit and vegetable industries?