According to The National Health and Nutrition. Examination Survey (NHANES) the average total cholesterol or Americans is 185.6 .mg/dl-. Wrtually no studies and no experts suggest that a whole foods, plant-based diet will elevate cholesterol compared to an omnivorous diet. However, many experts advocate that eating a whole foods, plant-based diet will lower cholesterol. A researcher tests the hypothesis that eating a whole foods, plant-based diet will loWer cholesterol. The researcher uses an alpha=0.05 in a sample of 36 plant only eaters that had average total, cholesterol of 135 mg/dl with ' -~ standard deviation 41 .4mgldl. These results support the hypothesis that a \" a plant-based diet will lower cholesterol. .. 0 True 0 False w' .4. .. 5}