CHOLESTEROL, BENEFITS AND DANGEROUS

Everyone must be familiar with the term cholesterol. The word cholesterol is often associated with things about the delicious food, excessive weight, age and heart disease. But what exactly is cholesterol itself ?

DEFINITION

Cholesterol is a complex compound that produced 80% of the body (liver) and 20% were from outside the body (nutrients) for a variety of functions in the body include the cell wall.Cholesterol is a substance that is in the food we food can increase blood cholesterol levels. But as far as our food asupakan by which the body needs, then we will remain healthy. Cholesterol is not soluble in body fluids, for it to be sent to the entire body needs to be packaged together with proteins into particles called lipoproteins, which can be considered as a carrier of blood cholesterol carrier.

TYPES OF CHOLESTEROL

1. Cholesterol LDL (Low density lipoprotein)
   Commonly called bad cholesterol, yes because it is the most widely type of cholesterol found in the blood. High levels of LDL is a major risk factor for coronary heart disease.
2. Cholesterol HDL (high density lipoprotein)
   Cholesterol is not harmful, because their numbers are small, more sediit of the amount of LDL cholesterol. This type of cholesterol can remove excess cholesterol in the arteries back to the liver for processing and disposal.
3. Triglycerides
   In addition to LDL and HDL, there is another type of fat called triglycerides. This type of fat is widely available in various organs in the body. Increased levels of triglycerides in the blood can increase cholesterol levels. A number of factors can affect the levels of triglycerides in the blood such as obesity, alcohol consumption, sugar and fatty foods.

The important factor is the cause of increasing cholesterol, which are :

1. Factors that can not be controlled
   
   a) Heredity. If there is a family of high cholesterol, it is likely the child has a talent fatherly have high cholesterol, the risk of an unusual health problems afflict 6 times larger than the child's parents.
   b) Age. After age 20, cholesterol tends to increase. In men, cholesterol will easily rise after age 50 years. in women, cholesterol would be easy to go up after menopause.
2. Factors that can be controlled
   a) The food is too many saturated fats, such as butter, biscuits and fast food (junk food)
   b) overweight
   c) Lack of exercise
   d) Smoking
   e) an unhealthy lifestyle
   f) Stress
   g) Diabetes mellitus
   h) Over drinking coffee
   i) The wrong diet
   j) Obesity

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