They found that «there were no significant changes in total cholesterol concentrations» with a lot of variation within subjects. (bjjcaveman.com)
On the other hand, breast - fed infants are consistently reported to have higher plasma cholesterol concentrations than formula - fed infants (22 — 24). (academic.oup.com)
Although nutritional programming of cholesterol synthesis in later life is biologically plausible (13), there were several weaknesses in the data presented in our earlier review (10), which limited the strength of evidence for a causal association between breastfeeding and lower blood cholesterol concentrations in later life. (academic.oup.com)