Does Coffee Raise Cholesterol?

Are you having concerns about elevated cholesterol? Maybe you're wondering if your daily cup of Joe or coffee is affecting your LDL cholesterol. In this video we're gonna look at this question. Does coffee raise LDL cholesterol? Maybe there's something specific in that coffee that affects your LDL cholesterol. Maybe it comes down to the type of coffee that you actually drink. These are some of the questions that we're gonna look at in this video.

In this video, we wanna look at the question, does coffee raise LDL cholesterol? LDL Cholesterol is very important to keep in check because it's the main contributing to sclerosis and heart disease. Coffee and small to moderate amounts does not seem to contribute a whole lot to elevated levels of LDL Cholesterol.

Some studies have shown that copy consumption may even have a small beneficial effect, while other studies have shown no effect at all. The thing that's important to note about coffee and its effect on LDL cholesterol is that it really depends on the individual and it also depends on the type of coffee that we're talking about. When I'm referring to the type of copy I'm referring to the preparation of the coffee, but also the actual beans.

So, of course adding high fat dairy things or coconut to coffee is not gonna be helpful in keeping your LDL cholesterol in check, and it'll definitely raise it. Even before adding to that stuff, whether or not it's filtered or unfiltered is gonna make a big difference in the effect on your LDL cholesterol as well. So if you're just boiling the coffee or using a French press, this lack of filtration may actually lead to higher amounts of certain compounds that can raise your l d Cholesterol.

Unfiltered coffee contains two particular compounds that may be raising LDL cholesterol. One of them is called kahweol, and, the other one's called kahweol. Both of these have been shown to increase the amount of LDL cholesterol in some people when copy's filtered with a paper filter or metal mesh filter, you're going to remove some of that C stall.

And c That's gonna lead to a lower amount. Of these compounds in the final cup that you're drinking,, the magnitude of effect of these two compounds on the cholesterol levels is gonna vary from one person to another. And also your overall diet and lifestyle factors such as your overall saturated fat intake.

Some studies have shown that high doses of Capol in particular somewhere around 14 to 20 milligrams, can raise your LDL cholesterol levels as much as 10 to 15%. So that means if you're starting with an LDL cholesterol of one 10, maybe it goes up to one 20 or even one 30, the effect of the other compound, Al is not as well known and may not have as much effect on cholesterol levels.

So you may be asking how many milligrams is actually in my cup of coffee? Well, again, it's going to matter if it's filtered or unfiltered. So I think if you're drinking filtered coffee, it's probably nothing to really worry about. On the other hand, if it's unfiltered, such as like French press or espresso, you're definitely gonna have some of these compounds in there.

And then it's going to depend on the actual type of bean and the roast level how long it's brewed for and things like that. But On average, a cup of unfiltered coffee, french press, espresso type of coffee contain somewhere around two to five milligrams of Cafestol and two to four milligrams of Cafestol. So that means you'd have to drink some are around two to four cups of coffee to start to have an impact on your actual levels. Let's say on the max amount you have five milligrams of one of the one compound and four of the other. That's already nine milligrams.

So we already said that 14 to 20 milligrams can affect your LDL cholesterol as much as 10 to 15%. So we want to stay well below that. So one cup of coffee if. Brewed in these ways and happens to have higher concentrations of these, you may be right there on that threshold. So it's really gonna depend and I think you're gonna have to do some experimentation with no coffee to really know for sure how much it's affecting it. And.

I think if you're at one cup a day, there's not really much to worry about. But once you start getting into two and three cups, and these are probably like actual cup measurements that we're referring to here too, that's when you're gonna start to have more of an impact.

Of course, like, like everything else, genetics and other lifestyle factors are gonna play a role in your overall LDL cholesterol levels. So it's important to consider, other factors outside of cholesterol when you're trying to optimize your overall cardiovascular risk.

Coffee definitely can play a role in raising your LDL cholesterol depending on the type of coffee that you drink, the amount, and obviously what all you're adding to it.