cholesterol intake. Generally, they’ve been
told that eggs are cholesterol bombs, that
cholesterol in their body comes primarily
from their diet, and that cholesterol is
inherently “bad.”
Let’s clear up some cholesterol
misconceptions, shall we?
CHOLESTEROL
DEFINED
Cholesterol is transported in the
bloodstream by tagging along
with structures called lipoproteins
to form complexes of lipoproteins
plus cholesterol molecules. We
bet you’ve heard of these
lipoprotein-cholesterol
complexes, but you probably
know them by their
oversimplified abbreviations, like
LDL (low-density lipoprotein) or