Cholesterol is widely known for being super important in your day to day life. But not a lot of people know what it is, and what its importance is for our entire body.
Cholesterol is a fat-like, waxy substance that you can find in our liver, and it’s also a part of various foods from animals as w...
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Cholesterol is an important part of your body’s natural function. You can not live without it. When your body starts producing too much of it then it becomes your heart's mortal enemy. If you have high cholesterol then you need to declare war. Anythi...
Cholesterol has many important functions, like keeping the walls of your cells flexible and creating specific hormones for your body. Like fat, cholesterol does not dissolve in water and is instead transported within the body by lipoproteins.
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WHAT IS CHOLESTEROL?
Cholesterol travels through the bloodstream on proteins called “lipoprotiens.” These lipoprotiens are categorized into two types: Low Density Lipoprotien (otherwise known as LDL and sometimes called the ‘bad’ cholesterol) and High-Density Lipoprotien (known as HDL and sometim...
