Thursday, February 17, 2011

What Is Cholesterol?

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About 20 percent of blood cholesterol comes from the food you eat; the rest is produced by your body, primarily by the liver and the intestines. Cholesterol is essential to the function of every cell in the body for structural support of the membranes, as a component of the brain and of nerve cells, and in the production of hormones such as estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, cortisol and aldosterone. Then, why do we constantly hear that cholesterol is dangerous?
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