 Now, the USDA says the average male should eat between 2 and 2,500 calories per day, while the average woman should eat between 18 and 2,300 calories each day. The National Cholesterol Education Program says the average human being should eat less than 200 milligrams of cholesterol a day. And if you were to tie Joey's record, your cholesterol intake would be 2,436 milligrams of cholesterol.