It is time to clear up the confusion once and for all.
If suddenly all of the cholesterol in your body disappeared, you would literally melt into the floor like the wicked witch in the Wizard of Oz. You would melt because the "structural framework" of the cell is made almost entirely of cholesterol, and without the structural framework the cell would collapse, This waxy-alcohol is so important to so many life processes, that besides it being available in animal-based foods, your body makes it in two specific ways.
First, every day your liver makes cholesterol and sends it streaming into your blood where, ideally, it is absorbed into the cells where it is needed. Anything not taken into the cell for use is transported back to the liver where it is recycled or simply eliminated. It is important to note that every cell in your body has the ability to make what it needs internally, and every cell in your body has the ability to grab in out of the the blood and bring it into the cell for use.
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Sunday, April 18, 2010
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