TRIBUNCIREBON.COM- Cholesterol is a type of fat found in all cells in the body.
Reporting from the Harvard Medical School website, about 20% cholesterol in the body obtained from food animal products.
However, the body can also produce its own cholesterol to balance it.
Cholesterol circulates in body through the bloodstream in the form of lipoproteins. Existence cholesterol actually really needed to support the metabolic process body.
Its job is to protect cells, help produce vitamin D, form hormones, form bile acids, and maintain brain function.
There are two types of lipoproteins that carry cholesterol to the whole body, that is cholesterol HDL known as cholesterol well, and cholesterol LDL which is known as bad cholesterol.
Until bad cholesterol high levels have long been associated with coronary heart disease, heart attack, or stroke.
Quoted from the healthline site, the symptoms of stress commonly experienced by workers can also encourage an increase cholesterol.
The site explains that stress leads to poor diet habits, excess weight and high cholesterol due to the release of the hormone cortisol.
The release of the hormone cortisol will increase levels of bad cholesterol in the body. Here’s a simple way to avoid it bad cholesterol as reported by Cigna Indonesia;
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