A group of scientists designed a clinical study to investigate the effects of cholesterol deficiency in humans. For the duration of the 8-week study, the adult subjects must live in a special research unit of a hospital. The only food the subjects can consume is a man-made formula that contains all known nutrients, except cholesterol. Based on this information, you would expect
A. about 50% of the subjects to show signs and symptoms of a cholesterol deficiency within the first week of the study.
B. none of the subjects to show signs and symptoms of a cholesterol deficiency during the entire study.
C. about 20% of the subjects to show signs and symptoms of a cholesterol deficiency within the first week of participating in the study.
D. 100% of the subjects to show signs and symptoms of cholesterol deficiency within the first 3 weeks of participating in the study.
Answer: B
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