pimg class=”alignright” title=”Cholesterol Figure” src=”http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg158/MDA2008/MDA2010/cholesterol.jpg” alt=”cholesterol” width=”319″ height=”205″ /Before we get into the big job of interpreting cholesterol numbers, let#8217;s review what cholesterol actually is./p
pCholesterol is cholesterol: a waxy steroid of fat that serves as an essential structural component of cellular membranes and in the production of a title=”A Primal Primer: Testosterone” href=”http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.marksdailyapple.com/how-to-increase-testosterone-naturally/amp;sa=Uamp;ei=cgPyTqKhGqrliALRmqW5Dgamp;ved=0CAQQFjAAamp;client=internal-uds-cseamp;usg=AFQjCNERB5JuXB9kJM4sjkIgwRCWWqCcvg”steroid hormones/a, a title=”Deconstructing Vitamin D” href=”http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.marksdailyapple.com/deconstructing-vitamin-d/amp;sa=Uamp;ei=UgPyTqW5EcKqiQKG0M2yDgamp;ved=0CAYQFjABamp;client=internal-uds-cseamp;usg=AFQjCNGF8ymhf6FCqkeoaQIVdDBklKnXag”vitamin D/a, and bile acids. Contrary to what the terminology indicates, there#8217;s actually only one #8220;type#8221; of cholesterol in the human body, and it#8217;s called, quite simply, cholesterol. What we think of when we use the word #8220;cholesterol#8221; is actually a a title=”Wikipedia: Lipoprotein” href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipoprotein” target=”_blank”lipoprotein/a #8211; a fatty conglomerate of protein and lipids that delivers cholesterol and a title=”Dear Mark: Saturated Fat” href=”http://www.marksdailyapple.com/saturated-fat/#axzz1hBis6Heg”fat/a and fat-soluble nutrients to different parts of the body. It#8217;s not just free cholesterol floating around in your blood; it#8217;s cholesterol bound up by lipoproteins./p
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