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Cholesterophobia

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Cholesterol, as was described earlier, is a substance essential to life*. It is found in all cells of the body and it plays a basic role both as a precursor molecule of hormones and other major molecules and as a structural element of membranes. Yet in the general public such a phobia about this vital substance has been induced that instead of being regarded as an essential substance it is regarded rather with an element of fear.

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    Germain J. Brisson Ph.D. (Professor of Nutrition)

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Brisson, G.J. (1981). Cholesterophobia. In: Lipids in Human Nutrition. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7212-5_4

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