barbaral@sri-unix (12/10/82)
When I was in college at UC Davis, I participated in a cholesterol study my the medical school. First, we had our cholesterol level taken (blood test). For the next 3 weeks, we cut cholesterol out of our diets. The blood test was repeated. Then we ate 6 eggs in 30 minutes, and had our blood taken again. For the next 3 weeks, we got our blood taken every day, and we couldn't eat any cholesterol. This was to see how the 6 eggs affected us. My cholesterol level was on the low side to begin with. After the first 3 weeks, it went lower. After I ate the eggs, it went up a bit, but not alot. Then the cholesterol level went right back down within a few days. Some other people in the study, who had histories of strokes and other cholesterol problems, seemed to have a higher level of cholesterol to begin with. After the first 3 weeks, they got their level down, so it was about the same as mine. But after they ate the 6 eggs, their level went way up, and it stayed up there and didn't go down very fast. I guess some people's bodies store cholestrol more than others.