A simple blood test is all it takes to find out if you have a normal cholesterol reading or if you need to make some changes to get it under control. But just what is a normal reading and how do you know if your cholesterol level is too high? There are two schools of [...]
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Cholesterol and Your Health
Cholesterol is a waxy substance that circulates through the blood stream and is found in the tissue of all animals, including humans. It only makes sense then that any food derived from animal sources contains cholesterol with the highest levels of cholesterol being found in egg yolks and organ meat such as liver or kidneys. [...]
Change Your Diet to Change Your Cholesterol Levels
Cholesterol is a soft way substance found in all parts of the human body. Some of the cholesterol is produced by the body and some of it comes from the food you eat. The body does need some cholesterol to function properly. Too much cholesterol can cause arteries to clog and can lead to heart [...]
The Difference Between HDL and LDL Cholesterol
There is a soft waxy substance found in fats that are in the blood stream and all of your bodies cells, it is called cholesterol. It is used to form cell membranes, hormones, and needed for other things, that’s why it is an important part of the health of your body. But too much or too [...]
Cholesterol. . . Not Bad After All
Do you know that total amount fat and cholesterol in the diet whether high or low, has no real link to heart diseases as widely believed? Rather it is the type of fat in diet that matters. There are bad fats that increase risk to certain diseases and good fats that lower this risk. Cholesterol [...]
Check Your Cholesterol Level
If your level of cholesterol is high, lowering is important business. Because when your body has too much cholesterol, it builds up in the walls of your arteries and can in time cause severe medical problems like heart attacks. With a good nutrition and some exercise you have the key to lowering your cholesterol. In [...]
Know Your Cholesterol Levels
Cholesterol is a sterol lipid, a form of fat, found in the cell membranes of all body tissues of humans and animals. Most of it is synthesized internally in the liver, but a part of it comes directly from animal-derived foods (meats, eggs and dairy products) present in the diet. Cholesterol is an essential ingredient [...]
The Benefits Of Raising Your HDL Cholesterol
HDL cholesterol (high-density lipoprotein) is the so-called good cholesterol in the blood serum. It is responsible for carrying excess cholesterol away from the body tissues and arteries back to the liver. The liver combines cholesterol with lipoproteins for use in various physiological body functions and building of tissues. A lipoprotein is a combined unit of [...]
The Basics of Your Cholesterol Level
High cholesterol seems to be on everyone’s mind these days. We see commercials on television advertising medicines we can take to lower our cholesterol level. We hear our doctor talk about lowering our cholesterol level. What exactly is cholesterol? How do you get it? Why is it bad for you? Are there any ways other [...]
What Changes Cholesterol Levels?
Cholesterol is probably one of our biggest enemies, because it can lead to serious heart problems. Luckily, there are methods that you can use to change your cholesterol levels. A high level of cholesterol is a big threat to our health, so one must lower it, the level of cholesterol. Here are some of [...]