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What is it and what are the benefits of cholesterol?

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The cholesterol is commonly associated with a downside for our body, especially if it comes with poor diet and a lifestyle not exactly healthy. But often it happens that people are perfectly healthy, but despite that cholesterol is a bit higher than necessary, so as to be of concern to the parties concerned.

But what is cholesterol? It has the benefits or is really only something negative? Today we deepen the discussion and dispel a commonplace.

What is cholesterol?

The cholesterol is a nutrient essential to our lives, even though you do not make any kind of calories for our body.

To go into more detail and understand what is cholesterol start by saying that it is a type of fat produced naturally by the body and found in all animal foods (meat, eggs, fish, milk and dairy products). Now you may wonder: but if it is so damaging, why is produced by your own body? » Read more

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Cholesterol and Triglycerides: Diet and Natural Remedies

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Cholesterol and Triglycerides

I have read an article on metabolic diseases have listed the major metabolic diseases including hyperlipidemia and hypercholesterolemia characterized by values of triglycerides and cholesterol in the blood; in this article we explore the subject in order to understand what are the “enemies to be avoided” and what natural remedies that make you say “goodbye” to the problem.

What are cholesterol and triglycerides?

Cholesterol and triglycerides are fats (or lipids) by which the human body stores energy useful in case of necessity; The body fats are classified into two groups:

– “Simple” such as cholesterol and fatty acids

– “Complex” as phospholipids and triglycerides

Cholesterol and triglycerides therefore play a very important reserve function in the body, what makes them really dangerous is in fact their action but a excess of the amount thereof in the blood. » Read more

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Alcohol: Moderate drinking protects the good cholesterol

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For moderate means by means of a glass for women and from one to two per day for men

Drink alcohol moderately protects low-density lipoprotein HDL, or good cholesterol. The finding comes from researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and China Kailuan Hospital, recently presented to the Sessions of the Association of American Cardiologists. » Read more

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Find out more about triglycerides and cholesterol

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The real question is: what you need to know about cholesterol and triglycerides?

Often the two terms is made much confusion and especially the term cholesterol evokes physical problems and misfortunes. Actually both triglycerides cholesterol are important for the well being of our body.

Let’s see in detail

The cholesterol is an important fatty substance for the human body, since it has different functions in the body: it takes part in the digestion process, the production of vitamin D – useful for bone health – and the training of nervous system, leading to the formation of hormones (testosterone and estrogen). Being produced in the liver, cholesterol is found only in animal products. » Read more

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