Weekly Health Quiz: Cooking Oils, Gut Health and Autism Research

1 What do cholesterol dehydrogenase enzymes, encoded by ismA genes, do in the gut?

• Increase cholesterol absorption
• Convert cholesterol into coprostanol

  Cholesterol dehydrogenase enzymes encoded by ismA genes convert cholesterol into coprostanol, a form less easily absorbed by the body. Learn more.

• Break down dietary fiber
• Produce harmful endotoxins

Cholesterol dehydrogenase enzymes encoded by ismA genes convert cholesterol into coprostanol, a form less easily absorbed by the body. Learn more.

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