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Triglycerides
A triglyceride is a fat...for the most part. Your triglyceride level is considered by some to be a marker of your relative risk of heat disease. High triglycerides are supposedly something you do not want. Lowering triglycerides is easy to do with diet.
Cholesterol Medication
Cholesterol medication is thought to be necessary if your doctor tells you that you have high cholesterol. This family of cholesterol drugs are some of the most dangerous a person can take. Are you willing to risk heart failure and cancer?
Cholesterol Diet
A cholesterol diet is really what people search for after they find out they have imbalanced cholesterol levels. In other words, what can they eat...what are the low cholesterol foods or high cholesterol foods they can eat to design a low cholesterol diet?
Good Cholesterol
Good cholesterol refers to the concept of having levels of cholesterol in your blood that are low risk or good cholesterol refers to the good kind of cholesterol, known as HDL (high density lipoprotein).
What is Cholesterol?
Cholesterol is a lipid (fat) found in cell membranes and transported in the blood of all animals. Cholesterol is an essential component of cell membranes in mammals where it is necessary in order to have proper membrane permeability and fluidity. Cholesterol is classified as a sterol (a contraction of steroid and alcohol). Cholesterol is the principal sterol synthesized by animals.
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