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Hi doctor, i want to know does spinch, cucumber, tomato and indian lentis has full cholesterol because in india a doctor said it is full of cholestero?

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Dr. Payam Mehranpour answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine - Cardiology

False: Cholesterol is a molecule found in animal cells. Plants make little if any cholesterol. Instead they make phytosterol which may help lower cholesterol absorption in the gut.

Answered 4/18/2016

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A member asked:

Hi doctor, i want to know does spinch, cucumber, tomato and indian lentis has full cholesterol because in india a doctor said it is full of cholestero?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Payam Mehranpour answered

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