The U.S. government is poised to withdraw longstanding warnings about cholesterol

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The nation’s top nutrition advisory panel has decided to drop its caution about eating cholesterol-laden food, a move that could undo almost 40 years of government warnings about its consumption.

The group’s finding that cholesterol in the diet need no longer be considered a “nutrient of concern” stands in contrast to the committee’s findings five years ago, the last time it convened. During those proceedings, as in previous years, the panel deemed the issue of excess cholesterol in the American diet a public health concern.

 

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Nothing new here. Cholesterol being safe for the majority of the population has been known about by informed, educated nutritionists for 20+ years, if my old copy of Perspectives In Nutrition (3rd edition 1996, Wardlaw, Insel) is anything to go by. The nub of the problem lies in this statement from the original article: "Scientists say some people ... appear to be more vulnerable to cholesterol-rich diets.". The same can be said for salt. It was always a nonsense making general recommendations about things that only apply to a minority of the population.