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Chicken doesn't have that much cholesterol. Red meat and shellfish is what you should be concerned about.
Cholesterol is related to how many toxins the animal's liver handles on average, as well as the size of the animal's liver in relation to its body. One five ounce chicken breast has a lot of protein and only about 20% of your daily recommended cholesterol, whereas beef or shellfish like shrimp and clams simply have a lot more.
Furthermore, in males, adequate cholesterol is necessary. Males have more cholesterol in their brains, resulting in roughly a 5% larger brain than females, and consuming cholesterol maintains healthier brain functions because of this fact. Cholesterol is also required for testosterone production, hence why you might sometimes hear people say that overconsumption of red meat results in more aggressive behavior. It's not specifically the red meat, but the amount of cholesterol it contains that makes people say this, although in reality, while this is somewhat true, you'd need to REALLY overeat a lot of cholesterol to have it cause a large change in your testosterone. The technical side of this is just the proven fact that higher testosterone equates to anger and mood swings and bad acne, hence why they say you should stay away from anabolic steroids.
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