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Can Giving blood help to lower cholesterol?

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Apologies if this is a stupid question but if you give a pint of blood which is replaced with new blood. Is the new blood free from bad cholesterol thus diluting the overall cholesterol in your blood by 1/8th?

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what are your cholesterol levels?

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