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Comment by Anthea Levi

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Registered dietitian and health writer for Health.com
How much your blood cholesterol levels change from your dietary cholesterol and saturated fat intake is highly individual. Additionally, if you are genetically predisposed to high cholesterol, medications may be necessary (along with dietary modifications) to keep your cholesterol levels in a healthy range.
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Anthea Levi, RD, "Which High-Cholesterol Foods Are Safe To Eat?" Health.com, updated June 15, 2026.
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Genetic variation (e.g. hyper-responders) makes population-level egg advice misleading for individuals
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AI Verified The quote says cholesterol response to dietary cholesterol and saturated fat is highly individual and that genetically predisposed people may need medication, which directly supports the statement about genetic variation making population-level egg advice misleading. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago
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AI Verified The quote says cholesterol response is highly individual and that genetically predisposed people may need medication, so the author is supporting the statement that genetic variation makes population-level egg advice misleading. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago

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AI Verified Health.com article (updated June 15, 2026) contains the sentence at lines 262-264: blood-cholesterol response is highly individual and genetically predisposed people may need medication, matching the stored quote. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 2mo ago
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