A new happy medium is reached between the number of LDL receptors in the body and the concentration of serum cholesterol.

He also noted that "the serum cholesterol rises when fibre is removed from the diet.

In two months, the serum cholesterol is measured again and compared.

Only a follow-up blood test to measure serum cholesterol will show if the new diet was worth the trouble.

That's why so many people over the years have claimed that dietary cholesterol has little to do with serum cholesterol.