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Yes, our liver and intestines produce cholesterol and cholesterol can also be found in our cell membranes. According to the handout I got from my 9th grade Biology teacher, cholesterol "plays an important role in buffering the temperature-dependent fluidity of lipid bilayers by stiffening them at warmer temperatures but increasing fluidity at lower temperatures". So basically cholesterol helps maintain body heat.

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