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DRIs: THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO NUTRIENT REQUIREMENTS 140 CHOLESTEROL C holesterol plays an important role in steroid hormone and bile acid biosynthesis. It also serves as an integral component of cell membranes.
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PART II: CHOLESTEROL 141 structural needs. Dietary cholesterol comes from foods of animal origin, such as eggs, meat, poultry, fish, and dairy products.
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DRIs: THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO NUTRIENT REQUIREMENTS 142 nary non-vegan diets, eliminating cholesterol in the diet would require signifi cant dietary changes. These changes require careful planning to ensure adequate intakes of proteins and certain micronutrients.
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PART II: CHOLESTEROL 143 KEY POINTS FOR CHOLESTEROL Cholesterol plays an important role in steroid hormone and bile 3 acid biosynthesis and serves as an integral component of cell membranes. Because all tissues are capable of synthesizing enough 3 cholesterol to meet their metabolic and structural needs, there is no evidence for a biological requirement for dietary cholesterol.
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