Two sources of Cholesterol

Just a minor note, but as I was cleaning up I heard this line from a Pharma ad on the TV. “Ask your doctor about the two sources of cholestrol: diet and family” Not a big deal for GNXP readers but this article shows it might be a revolutionary concept for most Americans.

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“When asked about the sources of cholesterol, most, more than three-quarters of respondents incorrectly identified the diet as the main source of the cholesterol in the body,” Dr. David Cohen of Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston told United Press International in a telephone interview. “In fact, three times the amount of cholesterol is naturally produced by the body than is obtained in the diet each day. Posted by scottm at 08:21 PM

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