What You Need To Know About Your Cholesterol Level
A short while back my Doctor found that I had extremely high cholesterol levels. I didn’t know a lot about cholesterol, but, once he explained how dangerous this condition was, I decided that I had better learn all I could. After a lot of reading and asking questions, I’m now quite familiar with the reasons that your cholesterol level is so important. Hopefully, I can now explain to you why controlling your cholesterol levels is vital. Maybe you’ll also better understand that getting high cholesterol foods out of your diet is very beneficial.
Our bodies require cholesterol for a number of things. Every cell in your body uses cholesterol like a bricklayer uses mortar. It’s also transformed into bile acid and used in your intestines for digestion.
Your body makes most of the cholesterol it needs in your liver. Low density lipoproteins, or LDL, carries the cholesterol from your liver to your cells. A signal tells the LDL when a cell has enough cholesterol, and it just moves on.
Problems arise when the LDL has cholesterol left over at the end of it’s trip. The extra cholesterol is deposited on the inner wall of an artery by the LDL. Sooner or later, the deposits will choke off the artery, starving the tissue that is further down. Most heart attacks and strokes are the result of a loss of blood to the heart and brain.
I understand that this article is very basic. It is meant only to get you to thinking about the problem, and, perhaps, look into your cholesterol level.
Please Note: This article is based on information freely available in the national press and medical journals concerning high cholesterol levels. Nothing herein is to be or construed to be any kind of medical advice. For medical advice people must consult with his or her personal doctor or other medical specialist.