Managing LDL Cholesterol

Cholesterol fitness is a subject with many variables. Cholesterol is found in every cell of your body and is vital for survival and longevity. LDL cholesterol has been labeled "bad" because once it is damaged it can accumulate in plaque that lines arteries. However, the proper function of LDL cholesterol is vital to your health and the normal function of your body. Getting your LDL to work properly is a key to your health.

The reason your body makes LDL cholesterol is so that you can transport fat-soluble nutrition to your cells. LDL cholesterol is a very large molecule made primarily of cholesterol and protein. Think of LDL as a UPS truck, delivering packages. Fat soluble nutrition does not "float" in the watery solution that is your blood. Fat soluble nutrients like vitamin A, beta carotene, vitamin K, vitamin E, essential fatty acids, and coenzyme Q10 must get from your liver to your cells otherwise your cells will run short of antioxidants. The way they get there is by transporting on the UPS truck known as LDL (which floats nicely through the blood and then travels out to cells all around your body). Once LDL does its job HDL helps escort it back to your liver where it can be re-loaded with more packages and sent back out this is the normal function of LDL.