Welcome to Paging Dr. Gupta. You know, if you're like most people, you probably have a few health questions.

You may be wondering how to improve your health, how to optimize your health, or how to deal with a nagging health problem.

And you've been sending a lot of questions in, so every week we're trying to answer

them. Jennifer is back with us. Who do we have first?

Hey Sanjay, our first question is from a listener named Gwen, and she's calling from Magnolia,

Texas.

I have a question about cholesterol and about the foods and how it directly relates to cholesterol

levels in our body. For example, if we eat a lot of eggs, does it actually raise our cholesterol

levels in our body? Thank you so much. Okay, Gwen from Magnolia, Texas, thanks so much for calling in.

Cholesterol is one of the things we're often told to watch out for.

As you may know, if you're a listener to this podcast, I have a significant family history

of heart disease, so I do think about all sorts of things, including cholesterol.

But what I've realized is that a lot of people are confused about cholesterol, what it actually is, where it comes from, what we should really be paying attention to.

And on top of that, what we know about cholesterol and the guidance around it has changed over time.

So today, we're going to talk about cholesterol.

And we are going to talk about whether you need to worry about foods like eggs.

More on that, right after the break.

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