1.   Epidemiological data based upon population studies have indicated a positive association between dietary cholesterol and colorectal cancer.

2.   Cholesterol was added to increase the intestinal concentration of bile acids, because dietary cholesterol stimulates bile acid synthesis in rats.

3.   Dietary cholesterol is only weakly associated with coronary risk.

4.   Eggs contain dietary cholesterol, which affects the type of serum cholesterol the body produces.

5.   It is now believed by most researchers in the field that saturated fats in the diet are much more likely than dietary cholesterol to raise blood levels of cholesterol.

6.   Response to dietary cholesterol varies tremendously from person to person, and individual response can change over time.

7.   Saturated fat raises cholesterol levels in the blood just the way dietary cholesterol does.

8.   There are several ways in which the body can compensate for an increase in dietary cholesterol.

9.   There have also been studies that cast doubt on whether dietary cholesterol has much effect on serum cholesterol at all.