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Cholesterol and fat consumption is one of the most important factors affecting a person’s serum cholesterol level. Serum cholesterol increases proportionally to increased cholesterol and fat consumption, up to a certain threshold. Past that threshold, cholesterol and fat consumption only cause serum cholesterol to rise gradually, even if cholesterol and fat consumption increases dramatically. Incidentally, the average North American diet includes four times the threshold level of dietary cholesterol and fat.
People who consume anything above one fourth of the cholesterol and fat in the average North American diet may not have a dramatically different level of serum cholesterol.
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