Eating foods with cholesterol doesn't really affect your chances of getting heart disease, according to many big studies over many years.

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Dietary cholesterol, heart disease risk and cognitive dissonance

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2014 May

The study looks at eating foods with cholesterol and finds it doesn't really cause heart disease, which matches the claim. It says many big studies over many years show no strong link.

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Dietary cholesterol, heart disease risk and cognitive dissonance

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DOI: 10.1017/S0029665113003844

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