The recommended daily cholesterol intake depends on your risk factors for heart disease:

• If you have risk factors for heart disease, you should consume no more than 200 milligrams of cholesterol per day

• If you do not have risk factors, the limit is generally up to 300 milligrams per day

Recent guidelines emphasize that rather than focusing solely on dietary cholesterol, it is more important to limit intake of saturated fats and trans fats, which have a greater impact on raising LDL ("bad") cholesterol levels in the blood

. The 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend eating as little dietary cholesterol as possible but do not set a specific upper limit, instead advising to keep saturated fats to less than 10% of total daily calories and avoid trans fats altogether

. In summary:

• With heart disease risk: Limit cholesterol to under 200 mg/day.
• Without heart disease risk: Limit cholesterol to under 300 mg/day.
• Focus more on reducing saturated and trans fats than strictly on cholesterol intake.
• Cholesterol is found only in animal products; plant-based foods contain none

This approach helps maintain healthy blood cholesterol levels and reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease.