Cholesterol
Today
3-day window. Water-soluble and not stored, so a short run of days is the signal.
260 mg
Shown as an absolute amount. There is no percentage here because there is no target — see the intake context below.
What it is
The 300 mg limit was withdrawn in 2015. This app is not bringing it back.
Intake context
Not a target.
- Typical intake
- 270 mg/dayNHANES, US adults — approximate, pending verification against the source tables
No reference intake exists. The long-standing 300 mg/day limit was dropped from the US Dietary Guidelines in 2015, after the evidence review concluded that dietary cholesterol is not a nutrient of concern for overconsumption. Individual response varies widely, and saturated fat intake affects blood cholesterol considerably more. Shown here as an amount, with no target.
Full write-up not finished
The reference intake above is real and cited — Cholesterol is assessed against it exactly like any other nutrient. What is missing is the written panel: what it does in detail, what deficiency and excess look like, absorption, interactions, and food sources ranked against what you eat.
Entries live in data/nutrients.json. Filling this one in changes no code.
Sources
Last reviewed 2026-08-11