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  One of the most controversial topics in dieting and healthy living continues to be the ketogenic diet. The high-fat, low-carb diet has been a major success tool for weight loss, metabolic changes, and healing patients with diseases like epilepsy. But with all that fat intake, what happens to your cholesterol, and could it be damaging to your heart? Because there's not a ton of clinical evidence just yet (though there is some!), it's difficult to know what ramifications a high-fat diet could have on your cardiovascular system. POPSUGAR spoke with cardiologists, heart surgeons, and a clinical nutritionist to find out what experts know at this point and how to navigate a low-carb, high-fat diet without the deadly risk of heart disease.

In 1993, a bank in Abbotsford, Canada, hired a twenty-three-year-old stockbroker named Trent Dyrsmid. Abbotsford was a relatively small suburb, tucked away in the shadow of nearby Vancouver, where most of the big business deals were being made. Given the location, and the fact that Dyrsmid was a rookie, nobody expected too much of him. But he made brisk progress thanks to a simple daily habit. The Paper Clip StrategyDyrsmid began each morning with two jars on his desk. One was filled with 120 paper clips. The other was empty. As soon as he settled in each day, he would make a sales call. Immediately after, he would move one paper clip from the full jar to the empty jar...