Question

Continued consumption of a diet rich in butter, red meat and eggs for a long period may lead to

• A. vitamin A toxicity
• B. kidney stones
• C. hypercholesterolemia
• D. urine laden with ketone bodies

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

hypercholesterolemia

Answer 2

Excessive intake of saturated fats like butter, ghee, vegetable oils, red meat and eggs in diet give rise to increase in blood cholesterol level, ie, hypercholesterolemia. Symptoms of this disease are rise in $B.P$. and cardiac disorders.