Nearly 100 million americans have high cholesterol. if you're one of them, it's time to fight back. Who would have thought that a little fat could cause so much trouble? That, after all, is what cholesterol is—a waxy fat-like goo produced in bulk by the liver, about 1,000 milligrams a day. Most of us take in another several hundred milligrams in the foods we eat that come from animal products high in cholesterol (meat, egg yolks) or from foods high in saturated fats (ice cream, cheese, red meat) and trans fats (anything cooked with hydrogenated vegetable oils, from French fries to baked goods).
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