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Saturday, October 30, 2010

The Good Things About Cholesterol

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By Eugene McFarland

Cholesterol has its positive and negative sides and still, not so many people have this information. Amidst the debate, some people speak from more informed positions than others. We bet you did not know that you may die if you do not take any cholesterol.

The bulk of the material that makes the cells walls is made up of cholesterol. Other uses of cholesterol are to ease metabolism, boost immunity and monitor stress. It is needed in making bile, an indispensable compound for digesting fats and fat-soluble vitamins.

It will make nerve transmission possible and is a forerunner to Vitamin D. It will help the brain to absorb serotonin.

Serotonin is crucial in the part of it being the required hormone that can the body needs to contain depression and hold of emotional stress. Cholesterol therefore plays the part of aiding the intake of serotonin into the brain compartments, allowing it to fight depression. Without it, you would be susceptible to depression fits.

Apart from combating depression, it works like an active antioxidant, meaning that it will crack down on the effects of advanced glycation and its "fingerprints" thereby maintaining our appearance. Your tissues remain flexible and able to fight disease.

Cholesterol is supposed to be measured in form of either LDL or HDL. However, there is no difference between these two molecules. It only takes moments for a LDL to swap form and become a HDL. A high-density molecule can shed fat in no time, becoming an LDL. This is why they are considered not to be any different.

It is a false idea that eating fatty foods automatically means that you are having a lot of cholesterol intake. This is not the truth at all.

To show how low people fell for that myth, the Framingham study can be used to convince you that there is no connection between cholesterol in the body and the diet we take. The Framingham study, which shares the same viewpoint with the American Heart Association, proves that dieting and the levels of the serum cholesterol present in the body do not depend on each other. - 24553

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