it can quantitatively account only for a degree of protection equal to that amount ordinarily syn- thesized in the liver, whereas the serum cholesterol remains virtually stable despite the in- gestion of quantities of cholesterol many times this value. Second, the ingestion of cholesterol could cause an increase in the rate of degradation of cholesterol to bile acids. This phenomenon
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Wilson et al. (1965) studied this question.