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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That small amount of cholesterol you need to live can be synthesized by your own body, which is also why animal products but not plant products have cholesterol (the animals you're eating synthesized their own cholesterol) and also why vegans aren't dropping dead of low cholesterol all the time

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Sorry, I had to get a refresher on the physiology of fats in the body. Whew, it's been a while and I remembered it all wrong. I edited the original to reflect that.