In a message dated 7/17/03 9:38:18 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
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> "The cholesterol values of both subjects were high. K.A. had a maximum of
> 800mg/100cc on one occasion. This did not persist after the meat diet was
> discontinued and is therefore attributed to the large quantity of ingested
> fat. A visible lipemia was likewise noted." (The latter refers to a
> "cloudiness" in the drawn blood.)
>

Why do they say both subjects had high cholesterol?  VS certainly wasn't high
for a man his age.  800 seems high but perhaps KA had familial
hypercholeseralemia -- which is NOT diet related.  Notice how where is no reading for him
prior to the experiment.  Also, they just mention that the 800 reading did not
persist after the diet was discontinued -- they did not say how low KA's
cholesterol actually dropped.  Anyone know if 800 cholesterol as actually harmful?
Any thoughts as to why the men had such different cholesterol reactions?