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Dietary cholestrol's impact on blood cholesterol

Over the years, studies have shown that dietary cholesterol has little to no impact on blood cholesterol levels. It turns out that high cholesterol foods are usually high saturated fat foods as well, and the latter is the main cause of blood cholesterol levels. Here are some papers that summarize what I've talked about, and provides a small bit of history as well. I'm not well-versed on wikipedia sourcing.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6024687/

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/british-journal-of-nutrition/article/dietary-cholesterol-from-physiology-to-cardiovascular-risk/2AD4493E735677B9298CCC17FA790539

https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/CIR.0000000000000743 71.11.5.2 (talk) 18:25, 2 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

This article is jargon.

This article is too difficult to read for a layman, and the Simple English article is noninformative and only contains three paragraphs.

This article needs to be edited in order to make it legible by the average user. Wikipedia is not an advanced chemistry textbook. 2600:100B:B108:3D3A:0:C:938D:A901 (talk) 15:17, 23 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Opening lead paragraph (May 2023)

The statement "Cholesterol is any of a class of certain organic molecules called lipids." is wrong. Cholesterol is not "any of a class", it is a single, (stereo)specific chemical compound. It is a member of the sterols, which (as stated and explained in the Sterol article) are a class of steroid, having a 3-hydroxy group, not a modified steroid. The scope note for the MeSH term Cholesterol reads "The principal sterol of all higher animals, distributed in body tissues, especially the brain and spinal cord, and in animal fats and oils". This could be the basis for a revised opening to the lead section, namely:

"Cholesterol is the principal sterol (a steroid with a hydoxy group in position 3) of all higher animals, distributed in body tissues, especially the brain and spinal cord, and in animal fats and oils.<ref name=pubchem/><ref>{{MeshName|Cholesterol|2013}}</ref>

Also, the sentence "When chemically isolated, it is a yellowish crystalline solid." is at odds with the entry "Appearance = white crystalline powder" under Properties. Yellow coloration may have resulted from imperfect purification in earlier isolations and the inclusion of the sentence in the lead section is probably unnecessary anyway.

The present text of the lead section needs to be corrected ASAP. Unless there are any adverse comments or suggested improvements, I'll edit the text. Douglian30 (talk) 12:22, 26 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I concur that the opening statement is completely wrong. I can't believe it has lingered like that for so long. 2600:1700:30D0:FB50:E120:5E30:D391:C54F (talk) 08:07, 30 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Many thanks for the confirmation. I have now made the edit. Douglian30 (talk) 17:05, 1 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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	:I concur that the opening statement is completely wrong. I can't believe it has lingered like that for so long. [[Special:Contributions/2600:1700:30D0:FB50:E120:5E30:D391:C54F\|2600:1700:30D0:FB50:E120:5E30:D391:C54F]] ([[User talk:2600:1700:30D0:FB50:E120:5E30:D391:C54F\|talk]]) 08:07, 30 May 2023 (UTC)		:I concur that the opening statement is completely wrong. I can't believe it has lingered like that for so long. [[Special:Contributions/2600:1700:30D0:FB50:E120:5E30:D391:C54F\|2600:1700:30D0:FB50:E120:5E30:D391:C54F]] ([[User talk:2600:1700:30D0:FB50:E120:5E30:D391:C54F\|talk]]) 08:07, 30 May 2023 (UTC)
			::Many thanks for the confirmation. I have now made the edit. [[User:Douglian30\|Douglian30]] ([[User talk:Douglian30\|talk]]) 17:05, 1 June 2023 (UTC)