Cholesterol intake and serum cholesterol level

IN the 1967 film Cool Hand Luke, the character played by Paul Newman jumps to the top of the prison-camp pecking order by winning a bet to eat 50 eggs in an hour. But in the annals of cholesterol consumption, perhaps he is not as remarkable as the 88-year-old man described in this issue of the Journal, who has eaten 25 eggs a day for at least 15 years.¹ This man's serum cholesterol level was normal despite his dietary habit. In every family there seems to be a story of a relative who lived to a ripe old.