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Eat cholesterol, liver produces less cholesterol

MedLab1
MedLab1
Its true! If you want your liver to produce less cholesterol, eat cholesterol.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8857917
missd12932
missd12932
Medlab1, I always suspected that. When I eat Vegan my body makes lots of cholesterol. And when I eat high protein my cholesterol drops. The only thing I take for cholesterol is a high dose of niacin. It keeps it around 230 or so, statins make me ache all over.
This is a good site for info on lipids and what works and what doesn't work.

Thanks Dee
deleted_user
deleted_user
I do believe that cholesterol is not bad in general. It is the increase in LDL and liver's inability to use cholesterol for bile production. i found the following page helpful to understand some of the liver and cholesterol related stuff.

http://www.nutritional-supplements-benefits.com/benefits-of-green-tea-cholestrol-health.htm

http://www.nutritional-supplements-benefits.com/benefits-of-milk-thistle-dandelion-liver-health.htm

I don't think Liver produces cholesterol. It probably break up cholesterol or basically digest it and throw out of our body.