| Cholesterol is a whitish fatty molecule produced in | | | | When you walk, run or climb the stairs, if you feel |
| the liver. However, although it is the liver that makes | | | | heavy, then consult a doctor, may be you are with |
| most of it, yet we take some portion of it through | | | | high blood pressure. You may feel some heavy load |
| our diet. Cholesterol performs several functions in the | | | | on heart and a visit to the doctor may reveal that it |
| body like strengthening our cells and formation of bile | | | | is due to high cholesterol level in your blood. |
| salts which help in digestion. It also regulates body | | | | You should go for cholesterol level test every 3-5 |
| temperature and pressure. | | | | years. Levels of this can be maintained by eating low |
| However Cholesterol is both good as well as bad. | | | | fat diet. Foods containing high levels of fatty acids |
| Good one is associated with a healthy heart | | | | like palm oil, coconut oil, eggs, meats raise blood |
| functioning. High density lipo protein or HDL is known | | | | cholesterol level and causes heart diseases. To |
| as good cholesterol. This is referred as good | | | | maintain the levels at optimal levels you can use skim |
| cholesterol because it protects us from heart disease | | | | milk, eat fish instead of meat and eggs. |
| and is known to carry it away from the arteries to | | | | Light exercises reduce the level of cholesterol in our |
| the liver. | | | | body. So, go for it. Check your cholesterol level in |
| Low density lipoprotein or LDL is known as bad | | | | your body at regular intervals and adopt of a healthy |
| cholesterol. This is "bad" for this cholesterol | | | | lifestyle to combat its increase in your body. |
| accumulates in the inner walls of arteries. The | | | | Good health is not a struggle, nor it is an |
| increase in rise of cholesterol leads to the rise of | | | | extraordinary feat. Healthy living is about |
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| lead to various risks like heart attack and stroke. | | | | living!. |