Good Cholesterol

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Good Cholesterol

JoAnn Guest

May 14, 2002

15:14 PDT

 

 

On the beneficial side...

 

Cholesterol is a building block for complex chemicals!

It is produced in many types of cells and is necessary for our bodies

to

function normally.

 

SOME FACTS ABOUT CHOLESTEROL:

 

We synthesize about 3,000 to 4,000 mg. of cholesterol per day and

receive a smaller amount from our food.

 

The Adrenal glands contain the highest concentration of cholesterol

of

any tissue in the body!

 

Cholesterol is the starting material for the synthesis of adrenal

hormones.

The body must have cholesterol to make Vital Hormones,... pituitary

hormones, adrenal hormones, DHEA, pregnenolone and sex hormones,

including estrogen--female hormones, and testosterone--male hormones.

Don't " cholesterol-proof " your children!

Will they have enough of these necessary hormones to develop properly?

 

All tissues synthesize cholesterol but only that produced in the

liver

reaches the blood...

 

The Brain and spinal cord account for only two percent of body

weight,

and yet they account for one-fourth of the total cholesterol in the

body.

 

The brain uses cholesterol to make neurotransmitters that conduct

nerve

impulses throughout the body. Cholesterol is an important bulding

block

of the insulation around nerves, and ensures nerve impulses are

conducted appropriately.

 

Your skin excretes excessive cholesterol

by the normal, daily sloughing off of cells.

The ultraviolet rays of the sun on exposed skin converts cholesterol

to

vitamin D-3.

Cholesterol is the protective, insoluble skin molecule that resists

water and prevents maceration (the softening and wearing away of skin

in

water.)

 

80 percent of our cholesterol is made from fats, protein, and

carbohydrates within the liver and intestines.

 

*** All tissues synthesize cholesterol but only the cholesterol

PRODUCED

in the LIVER REACHES THE BLOOD!

 

The remaining 20 percent comes from dietary sources.

 

If blood cholesterol rises above a certain level, the excess is

converted into bile and excreted in the stool.

 

Blood cells are formed in the Bone Marrow from existing Cholesterol

stores.

 

 

JoAnn Guest

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