Link Fat and cholesterol are good for you -see Zoe’s blog for details. Zoe Harcombe: All you need to do is to look at the lines going down to the right and wonder how on earth we ever got away with telling people that cholesterol causes heart disease. High cholesterol is associated with lower heart disease and vice versa – for all the data available in the world. High cholesterol is not even associated with high heart disease, let alone does it cause it. Cholesterol & heart disease – there is a relationship, but it’s not what you think