For certain, cholesterol is at the top of the list of concerns about Blood related problems in both men and women. Our mission is to provide information that may be more difficult to find or to understand. We have, however, included here a quality summary overview of cholesterol, how it affects us, and some of the important things to look for as you read more about the subject.
Lipids are fats.
This medical terminology will help us have a better understanding of the many cholesterol numbers and references about which we hear almost every day. They will help to give us a sense of our safe range numbers, how to lower the bad numbers and raise the good cholesterol numbers. LDL s are bad. HDL s are good. These cholesterols prevent fat buildup in arterial walls, carrying it away from the arteries to the liver where it is processed and eliminated.