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Cholesterol is added via animal fat (e.g. frying in lard, tallow, or butter), not by the process of frying. Plants do not contain cholesterol.



> Plants do not contain cholesterol.

Yes, they do. Source: Cholesterol and Plants by Behrman et al.


Isn't this a bit pendantic? I think cholesterol occurs in plants, but at levels that are probably insignificant to human diet.




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