Everyone needs to have some cholesterol in their blood.
Cholesterol is the normal way fat is carried in the bloodstream.
If they lower their cholesterol levels, they reduce their chances of having heart disease. One major goal of preventive medicine is to lower high cholesterol levels to healthy levels. The amount of cholesterol and saturated fats we eat affects the level of cholesterol in our blood. If we eat less cholesterol and saturated fat, we will have less cholesterol in our blood. Many children and adolescents who have high cholesterol continue to have high cholesterol when they are adults.