Of course that depends on the accuracy of the self- reports that people are making on their own, and as you'll see in just a minute, there are errors in that and some of you may have experienced some of that yourself in keeping the dietary records.

当然这还取决于每个人自己完成的,个体调查的准确性,正如你马上会看到的,这其中有误差,而你们也可能经历过一些,你自己保存膳食记录时的误差

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But the fact that reducing cholesterol is considered good for you in the first place, depends on these kinds of studies on population intake to know how much cholesterol people are eating and then link it to reports of heart disease, or cancer, or whatever the health outcome is.

但减少胆固醇这个事实,首先对你来说是好的,依据这些关于总体摄入量的研究可以知道,人们摄入胆固醇的多少,关系到心脏疾病,或癌症或其他健康问题

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