Cholesterol

Important Points on Cholesterol

The key to an in depth understanding of HDL, LDL, Triglycerides and Total Cholesterol is in the ratios. Otherwise, you have a superficial analysis and perhaps a doctor trying to put you on needless medication!

Here they are:

(Note: / means "divided by" like a fraction)

HDL / Total Cholesterol →

Ideal: > 0.24

HDL / LDL →

Ideal > 0.4

Triglyceride / HDL →

Ideal < 2.0

If the lab report reverses the order, do not let that throw you off. It is only like reversing the numerator and denominator!

Definition:

cho·les·ter·ol    [kuh-les-tuh-rohl, -rawl] Show IPA
noun Biochemistry .

  1. a sterol, C 27 H 46 O, that occurs in all animal tissues, especially in the brain, spinal cord, and adipose tissue, functioning chiefly as a protective agent in the skin and myelin sheaths of nerve cells, a detoxifier in the bloodstream, and as a precursor of many steroids: deposits of cholesterol form in certain pathological conditions, as gallstones and atherosclerotic plaques.
  2. the commercial form of this compound, obtained from the spinal cord of cattle, used chiefly as an emulsifying agent in cosmetics and pharmaceuticals, and in the synthesis of vitamin D.

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