By Dr.Charles Buchar
 Cholesterol is a kind of fat that is part of all animal cells. It is essential for lots of of the body metabolic processes, including hormone and bile production, and to help the body use vitamin D.
Cholesterol is more abundant in tissues which either synthesize more or have more abundant densely-packed membranes, for example, the liver, spinal cord and brain.
The liver is the major processing center for cholesterol. When we eat animal fats, the liver returns the cholesterol it can not employ to our bloodstream and when there is too much cholesterol circulating in our bloodstream, it can build up into fatty deposits. These deposits reason the arteries to narrow and can eventually block the arteries totally, leading to heart disease and stroke.
Cholesterol is shaped by the liver and it is also complete by most cells in the body. It is carried approximately in the blood by lipoproteins. We need blood cholesterol because the body uses it to build the structure of cell membranes, to produce hormones like testosterone, adrenaline and estrogen and to aid the metabolism.
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By Garrett36 Pierson36
 Is your cholesterol too low for your body to function properly? If you are, then you might need to see your doctor about it. A lot of people may not realize this but with cholesterol too low in your system, you are susceptible to problems like suicidal tendencies, slower brain functions, a weak immune system and low sex drive, to name but a few. Suffering from low cholesterol can mean that a person has been trying to eliminate cholesterol from the body altogether due sometimes to the mistaken idea that all cholesterol is bad for you and you should not eat anything that has cholesterol in it.
The current trend of lowering cholesterol has resulted in some people having cholesterol too low for them to live normally or to live a healthy existence. They are of the mistaken notion that they should get rid of all cholesterol in their diet to become healthy. When health advocates say that you should lower your cholesterol intake, it means just that, lowering it. They never said to eliminate it altogether. Lowering your intake of foods with cholesterol, |
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