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This study was conducted on Stefansson while he was at Belvue Hospital eating
only meat and fat.
No ill effects were noted except high cholesterol levels in response to cafestol
in the boiled coffee he and his companions drank.
See:
Mol Endocrinol. 2007 Jul;21(7):1603-16. Epub 2007 Apr 24.
The cholesterol-raising factor from coffee beans, cafestol, as an agonist ligand
for the farnesoid and pregnane X receptors.
Ricketts ML, Boekschoten MV, Kreeft AJ, Hooiveld GJ, Moen CJ, Müller M, Frants
RR, Kasanmoentalib S, Post SM, Princen HM, Porter JG, Katan MB, Hofker MH, Moore
DD.
"Cafestol, a diterpene present in unfiltered coffee brews such as Scandinavian
boiled, Turkish, and cafetière coffee, is the most potent cholesterol-elevating
compound known in the human diet"
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