Cholesterol is a fat-like substance that is found in everyone's body.
Also, cholesterol is necessary for your body to make its own vitamin D and certain important hormones. Nevertheless, for most people, a cholesterol level more than 200 is considered too high. One explanation for this disparity in risk for a given total cholesterol level is due to the fact that not all cholesterol is created equal. Therefore, it is more important for you to know what proportion of your total cholesterol is found as LDL or HDL cholesterol. If one person has no other risk factors for atherosclerosis, no treatment may be necessary while if the other person has several other risk factors for atherosclerosis, medications may be recommended to lower the cholesterol.