re: Cholesterol Code study

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Please elaborate. Do you simply mean eating too much of these good foods?

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It is a critique of a strictly empirical view of the human body by some (those who believe in a strict calories in/out model). Under this model, fats are to be avoided due to calorie load

Some believe that if the right foods are eaten, hormonal regulation takes care of itself (through satiety) and the caloric accounting takes care of itself. Using this model, fats are great

Calories in and calories out model = (akin to telling your friends that the reason Bill Gates is so rich is because he makes more money than he spends. Technically you would be correct, but the statement is not very helpful/informative/actionable).

Much more complex than that. Think of food quality, training, stress, sleep as inputs (via hormones) into a dynamic system