How to Lower Cholesterol Naturally - You need to strike a balance
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These days we hear a lot of bad news about cholesterol and what are the bad thing it does to our body. These, in relation, increase the general awareness of the health food and diet that is of low fat, low cholesterol. The fact is simple, if our body don;t need it, it will not produce it in the first place.
All the bad presses on cholesterol are easily available, centering around the subject of being the culprit of clogging our arteries and triggering heart attack, stroke and other cholesterol related conditions. In our pursuit to bring cholesterol level down, will it ever be too low for our own good ?
There are 2 forms of cholesterol, the bad one or low density lipoprotein or LDL; and the good one, the high density lipoprotein or HDL. The combination of both LDL and HDL cholesterol forms the total cholesterol in our body. In general, HDL should be at least 100mg/DL and total cholesterol of not less then 160mg/DL
HDL is the good cholesterol that transport the LDL cholesterol back to liver to be eliminated. When there are excess LDL, it forms a sticky layer of plaque around the arteries and clogged it.
While total cholesterol level is a guide to how much cholesterol is in the body, it is more important to know what makes up this level. If comparatively HDL cholesterol forms the majority part of your high cholesterol level, you can be consider to have healthier cholesterol level then the person who has lower total cholesterol level but high in LDL cholesterol.
Your body produces most of the cholesterol that it needs on its own. It is actually an essential part of the body, used for cell maintenance and the production of hormones. You need cholesterol from birth onwards. In fact, breast fed babies tend to have higher cholesterol levels than formula fed babies. However, their bodies also learn how to metabolize the cholesterol better, so as an adult breastfed babies are at a lower risk for heart attack and other cholesterol-related problems.
New study and research have shown that too low a cholesterol level does more damage to the physical wellness than it should. Very low cholesterol level has been linked to anxiety, depression and even suicide. This is due to the decrease level of serotonin or the "feel good" neurotransmitter in the brain, which is related to very low cholesterol level. One of the study even shows a drastically increase of risk to accidental death. There are some suggestion that certain form of cancer could be related to very low cholesterol level.
All in all, the best thing you can do is find a health balance for your cholesterol levels - not too high and not too low - to reduce the majority of your risks of complications.
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