The Claim

Dietary cholesterol intake has no significant relationship with heart disease incidence in the general population.

Source: Dietary cholesterol, heart disease risk and cognitive dissonance

What the research says

Roughly balanced

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Correlation
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In plain English

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

See the scientific wording

There is no significant relationship between dietary cholesterol intake and heart disease incidence in the general population, based on numerous epidemiological surveys spanning decades and involving millions of person-years of follow-up.

What the research says

1 study
  1. Study: Dietary cholesterol, heart disease risk and cognitive dissonance

    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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