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Total hepatic + steroid demand (sum of central estimates)

Steroids: 75 mg
Bile acids: 400 mg
Biliary cholesterol: 200 mg
VLDL export: 600 mg
Membrane turnover: 100 mg
Misc: 30 mg

>Total ≈ 1,405 mg/day ≈ 1.4 g/day

Dietary cholesterol required to fully replace flux: ≈2,000–4,000 mg/day (depending on absorption)
>Real-world food equivalent: 11–22 eggs/day

Anyone want to guess what the (very jewish) DRI for cholesterol is? (Hint: It's way lower)