Where Can I Find A Comparison Of The British And American Ways Of Measuring Cholesterol?
I’d like to understand what the American sites are saying with reference to my own measurements.
I’d like to understand what the American sites are saying with reference to my own measurements.
What is the source of the claim, Only about 20% of cholesterol comes from diet and about 80% is produced by the liver.” and is this true? Are the percentages correct?
Like no cholesterol in your body. Would that be really good or is it better to have some cholesterol.
Just wondering.
I saw a commercial the other day on tv and I can’t remember the name of the product.
Now, eggs are considered to be beneficial because they actually LOWER cholesterol. Question: Should we re-act based on what the “professionals” are CONSTANTLY throwing at us? I mean, they are constantly saying: “Whoops, sorry about that chief, we got that one wrong”.
My dad has to go for bypass surgery and as a result he has completely re-vamped his diet to avoid all the bad things and get more of the good things that he’s supposed to be eating. But, we’re watching my cousin play in the play-offs (hockey) and my dad can’t partake in our [...]
My husband has a 104/78 blood pressure but not sure if he has more bad cholesterol than good ones. He just wants to believe that as long as he has a normal blood pressure, it doesnt bother him at all
I’m asking this because my father recently got back his blood test results and both his cholesterol came out to be extremely low. His total cholesterol is 105 (normal is 125-200) and his HDL is 25 (normal is greater or equal to 40).
But he eats so much steak (he loves red meat), eggs, and other [...]
I was checking my online blood donation profile and it says my cholesterol level is 160. I’m 17 years old.
Well, there are so many….
Many of the hormones in our body are made from cholesterol, including sex hormones (estrogen, testosterone), stress hormones (cortisol), and hormones in charge of mineral regulation (aldosterone), to name a few.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steroid_hor…
Some vitamins, like vitamin D, is also made from cholesterol.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_D#S…
Cholesterol is also an important component of bile, which is needed for [...]