Sitemap 1: Everything You Need to Know About Cholesterol, LDL, and Heart Disease Browse through Sitemap 1: » Cardiovascular Disease: Will it be your cause of death? « Odds are that you will die from some from of cardiovascular disease... more » What causes a heart attack or stroke? « A heart attack or stroke is ultimately caused by a corroding of LDL... more » Where your body stores cholesterol « Over 90 percent of all the cholesterol in the body is found in cell... more » What is cholesterol, anyway? « Everyone talks about cholesterol, but few people actually understand... more » The cholesterol transit system « Oil doesn't mix with water, so it shouldn't be a surprise that oily... more » The four types of Lipoproteins « Lipoproteins are divided into four main classes according to density... more » Measuring your cholesterol « Your doctor will ask you to fast overnight before having your blood... more » When it comes to LDL, size matters « The most dangerous situation is when cholesterol is transported... more » Numbers your doctor will be concerned about « This number reflects the total amount of cholesterol found in all... more » HDL, the lifesaving lipoprotein « HDL is manufactured in the small intestine and the liver, its primary... more » LDL, the deadly lipoprotein « LDL is the chief cholesterol carrier in the blood, ferrying approximately... more » Why is LDL so dangerous? « LDL is commonly referred to as the "bad" cholesterol because high... more » What does this "bad" cholesterol look like? « LDL cholesterol is a round lipoprotein that shuttles the bulk of... more » Eating your way to a heart attack « What most people don't realize is that cholesterol comes from... more » How is cholesterol absorbed from the intestinal pool into the body? « For cholesterol, the gateway into the body is a layer of cells lining ... more » The liver, a cholesterol factory « The liver is a glutton when it comes to cholesterol. Its cells work... more » The body's cholesterol recycling system « Think of the liver as not only a bile and lipoprotein manufacturing plant... more » High LDL? Don't blame it all on genes « Some people do have the unfortunate luck of inheriting a genetic... more » The body's main LDL regulatory organ « The liver is the only organ capable of breaking cholesterol down... more |
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