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Diets high in saturated fat and cholesterol increase total and low‐density (bad) blood cholesterol levels and, thus, the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). Diets low in saturated fat and cholesterol decrease the risk. Guidelines recommend that American diets contain less than 10 percent of calories from saturated fat and less than 300 mg cholesterol daily. The average American adult diet has 13 percent saturated fat and 300–400 mg cholesterol a day.