Cholesterol Is One Of The MOST Important Substances In your Body?

Question

Why don't persons realize this and why do they believe MEDIA MISINFORMATION?

Answer 1

Glucose is one of the MOST important substances in your body, too. But too much of it will kill you. Is that media misinformation?

Similarly, making the point that a certain amount of cholesterol is needed by your body is a pointless argument...That has nothing to do with the potential risk that too much cholesterol has on your body.

There's a lot we still don't know about the risk factors for heart disease, but high levels of cholesterol does seem to play a role. Besides that the foods that cause high cholesterol also tend to make you FAT, so moderating that intake is never a bad idea.

If you are making the case that there is too much reliance on some of the prescription drugs that control cholesterol levels, then I think you DO have a point. There are health risks for many of those drugs. More emphasis needs to be put on lifestyle modification.

Answer 2

Cholestrol counting has HDL (called good), HDL(bad), and one fifth of Trigl (white). So Cholestrol is good for body and general health, but excess of everything is bad, and its higher counts may cause problems.


Lifestyle Modification and HDL-C

Lifestyle modification is always frontline therapy for men and women with low HDL-C. Obesity, cigarette smoking, and a sedentary lifestyle all reduce blood levels of HDL-C.5,6 In contrast, weight loss, smoking cessation, and exercise all promote raising HDL-C. If you are obese and then lose weight, the greater your weight loss and reduction in the circumference of your waist, the greater will be the elevation in your HDL-C level. The more you exercise, the more your HDL-C will increase. If you quit smoking, then your HDL-C can increase up to 15% to 20%, an elevation on par with some of the best drugs available for raising HDL-C. Increased fish7 and reduced carbohydrate consumption both are associated with higher HDL-C. The so-called Mediterranean diet (a diet enriched with fruits, vegetables, whole grains, olive oil, and legumes) is associated with increased HDL-C.8 Alcohol consumption can raise HDL-C significantly,6 but this benefit must be counterbalanced with knowledge of the risks of alcohol consumption. In general, the average patient could responsibly consume 2 to 6 ounces of wine with each evening’s meal.9

Answer 3

Your statement should be re-phrased as "cholesterol serves an important role in human metabolism".

Answer 4

Either there's more of you, or you changed names.

To answer your question, no I won't. I prefer to stick to established, well proven medical science, rather than fringe stuff.

Answer 5

Foods which have high fatty acids,such as oil, ghee ,milk. fruits like mango even in apples. meat,sweets,chocolates,coco oroducts etc...

Answer 6

IT HAS MANY MORE FUNCTIONS THAN THAT