You have some cholesterol-So what?
by Pharmacyin on May.07, 2009, under education
No one has any idea that cholesterol is actually something that your body really needs. Without it, you would die.
Cholesterol makes up a large portion of your cell’s walls, some vital hormones related to immune function, metabolism, and stress response. It’s required to make bile, which helps to digest fats and uptake fat-soluble vitamins. It’s a precursor to Vitamin D, it aids in nerve transmission, and it’s a key factor in the uptake and usage of serotonin in the brain.
Cholesterol is often measured in “LDL” and “HDL” form. But you may not know that these molecules are one and the same! Any one cholesterol molecule may ‘fill up’ on saturated fat and go from low-density to high-density in a matter of minutes. Similarly, an HDL cholesterol molecule may dump a load of fat into a cell and thus become an LDL molecule. So, don’t worry if you have some cholesterol
