"==misc==

Haven't the AMA guidelines been updated to include minium HDL levels of 40mg/dl of serum (blood)?  I love joe harry frederick thompson

Since it is likely that many people will come to this page because they have high cholesterol, is it reasonable to include a checklist for lowering cholesterol? e.g.

The American Heart Association suggests the following steps to reduce cholesterol levels:
 Watch your caloric intake by eating a wide variety of foods low in saturated fat and cholesterol.
 Eat at least five servings of fruits and vegetables every day.
 Eat six or more servings of cereals, breads, pasta and other whole- grain products.
 Eat fish, poultry without skin and leaner cuts of meat instead of fatty ones.
 Eat nonfat or 1% milk dairy products rather than whole-milk dairy products.
 Enjoy 30–60 minutes of vigorous activities on most (or all) days of the week.
 Maintain a healthy weight.

These 7 points are copied verbatim from a page linked from the American Heart Association page that this article already links to. In theory people can find it, but only if they follow the external link, scroll to the bottom, and follow the next link. (Perhaps we can't include these for copyright reasons, even though it is fully attributed and not very large? I'm not sure of the limits on fair use.)  18:54, 12 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Total cholesterol to any other cholesterol ratio is unit-less, so why is it expressed in mg/dl? This needs clarification.
 21:32, 1 Jan 2004 (UTC)

The quantity of cholesterol in foods is clearly wrong.  Egg yolks can't have cholesterol 1234 mg/g, as that would be more than 100% cholesterol.  A quick search on the internet implies that this is off by a factor of 100, but I have no good data source I can cite.   

 The Great Cholesterol Con (book) 
Source[http:// www.lulu.com/ content/436962] (URL blacklisted)
This book talks about a Cholesterol conspiracy theory. 

That is why it is published at a vanity publisher.  | T@lk 

Units
http://www.fatfreekitchen. com/cholesterol/cholesterol_units.html
This page gives conversion to mmol/L data. How about we mention the European units as well?   | T@lk 19:59, 15 Apr 2004 (UTC)

From that page...
mmol/L -> mg/dL     × 38.67
mg/dL -> mmol/L     ÷ 38.67
...for future reference as I don't have time to check the article at the moment.  As it stands parts are pretty useless to people living in the UK, Europe or Australia.

Is there a standard?  I would've thought SI units would be preferred, but I suppose that mg/dL is still very prevalent in the literature so perhaps it would make sense to just follow each measure with the mmol/L in parentheses.  Lets be consistent anyway.
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 Cholesterol intake 

On suggestion, this has been removed from the Rosuvastatin article:

Roughly 50% of the body's cholesterol is derived from dietary sources, while the remaining 50% is from this de novo synthesis.King, Michael W., Ph.D (October 7, 2004). Biosynthesis of Cholesterol from the Medical Biochemistry Page hosted by Indiana State University.  Retrieved 2005-03-20.  NOTE: This is a secondary source.

yet on the same page, ""Normal healthy adults synthesize cholesterol at a rate of approximately 1g/day and consume approximately 0.3g/day."" Is 23% ""roughly 50%"", or is there something else going on here? Furthermore, the page indicates that synthesis varies to maintain a ""relatively constant level of cholesterol in the body (150 - 200 mg/dL)"", indicating that changes in dietary cholesterol should have a minor effect on serum cholesterol, i.e. that cholesterol consumption is a non-issue. I've seen mention of similar effects in other lit reviews. Evidence suggests, to me, that dietary cholesterol should only be mentioned as to the effect that it has to reduce synthesis.  18:28, 28 June 2006 (UTC