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A 55-year-old female asked about a 89-year-old male:
Eating two eggs almost every day can cause high cholesterol in 89 years old man who has not had cholesterol problems before??
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Dr. Bennett Werneranswered
Cardiology 46 years experience
Bless you: If you're 89, you get to eat any doggone thing you want and don't you worry about your cholesterol! Seriously, no scientific study has EVER shown that lowering cholesterol in people over 80 changes anything.
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