Good Choolesterol: Good Or Bad Cholesterol?

Cholesterol is a necessary evil. Cholesterol is a fatlike, waxy substance mainly produced in the liver but can also get from animal and milk products in the diet. Considered a steroid, a lipid and an alcohol, cholesterol has so many functions in the human body that are unavoidable. Cholesterol are of two types which include good cholesterol and bad cholesterol. You may be wondering what all the confusion is about good and bad cholesterol. Is good cholesterol really good or is it just a “not-so-bad” form of cholesterol that isn’t as problematic as bad cholesterol? It is actually the first one. "Good" cholesterol has useful qualities and is not merely less "bad." We need to understand properly about the good and bad cholesterols to maintain healthy body without high blood cholesterol. Bad cholesterol is otherwise called as LDL(Low Density Lipoprotein) and good cholesterol is otherwise called as …show more content…
Having overweight increases your risk of having high blood cholesterol. Those ones with a high body mass index (BMI) used to have lower levels of “good” HDL and higher levels of “bad” LDL cholesterol and triglycerides than people of normal weight.The presence of more LDL cholesterol in blood is not good for health and it may results in fatal health problems. We should be always aware about the bad LDL cholesterol level in our blood. According to researchers across the world high blood cholesterol can be controlled by maintaining proper body weight and obese people are more prone to high blood cholesterol. Family history also plays a major role in relation between obesity and high blood cholesterol. The risk rises if anyone has the family history of high blood cholesterol. Those people with more fat around their belly and hip area have more chance for getting high blood cholesterol.We should control our body weight to reduce the chances to get high blood cholesterol and related fatal health