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What is the difference between the cholesterol found in food and the cholesterol found in blood?

Byron: The basic cholesterol molecule, including that found in food, is a sticky and very strong small molecule. Think of it as a brick. It is used by cells to lend three-dimensional structure to their shape – and without it we would all be flat as a pancake on the floor (even thought there is only about ½ pound of it in our whole body). Such fragments of cholesterol are also used for other purposes, such as part of the structure of all the steroidal hormones (adrenal and sex hormones). LDL and HDL are transport vehicles, which are combinations of cholesterol and protein formed into a very large structure. Compared to the brick size of a basic piece of cholesterol, they are the size of a UPS truck. They exist so that nutrition packages that are fatty in nature can be transported through blood. One of their packages happens to be “cholesterol bricks” which are being transported to cells for structural purposes. Other packages include any fats you have eaten and fat-soluble nutrients like beta carotene, vitamin E, Q10, vitamin K, etc. Our best supplements to maintain healthy cholesterol are Leptinal, Daily Super E, and Pantethine.*

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