Gut microbes can convert biliary cholesterol into stanols that are excreted from the body.

“our liver to get rid of our body to get rid of cholesterol sends it to the liver the liver sends it through the bile to the intestinal poulos free cholesterol and your intestines more than capable to just reabsorbing that cholesterol that delivers trying to Yvette accept our little friendly microbes down here in the gut convert a ton of the biliary excreta cholesterol into a Stan all called cholesterol or there's an isoform of it called copra Stan I'll sustain all cannot be reabsorbed so you poop it away and that's out about he gets rid of cholesterol”