Cholesterol Types

Question: Which of the following types of particle supplies cholesterol to all of the body's cells? Which of the following types of particle supplies cholesterol to all of the body's cells? A) VLDL B) HDL C) LDL D) Both HDL & LDL particles E) All of the above.

Answer: E) All of the above VLDL - very low density LDL - low density HDL - high density

Question: What foods are good for lowering cholesterol and what types of exercise is also good for lowering cholesterol?

Answer: Best natural way I know to lower cholesterol is oat bran.

Question: 1. What is Cholesterol? What are the types of Cholesterol? 1. What is Cholesterol? What are the types of Cholesterol? 2. Is all cholesterol BAD? 3. What does too much cholesterol have to do with heart disease? 4. What is High Cholesterol? 5. Don't forget the Numbers! What are the levels of Cholesterol?

Answer: Cholesterol is a sterol (a combination steroid and alcohol) and a lipid found in the cell membranes of all body tissues, and transported in the blood plasma of all animals. The name originates from the Greek chole- (bile) and stereos (solid), and the chemical suffix -ol for an alcohol, as researchers first identified cholesterol (C27H45OH) in solid form in gallstones in 1784. Most cholesterol is not dietary in origin; it is synthesized internally. Cholesterol is present in higher concentrations in tissues which either produce more or have more densely-packed membranes, for example, the liver, spinal cord and brain, and also in atheroma. Cholesterol plays a central role in many biochemical processes, but is best known for the association of cardiovascular disease with various lipoprotein cholesterol transport patterns and high levels of cholesterol in the blood. Often, when most doctors talk to their patients about the health concerns of cholesterol, they are referring to "bad cholesterol", or low-density lipoprotein (LDL). "Good cholesterol" is high-density lipoprotein (HDL). Types of Cholesterol Cholesterol travels in the blood in "packages" called lipoproteins. Cholesterol packaged in low-density lipoprotein (LDL) is often called "bad" cholesterol, because too much LDL in blood can lead to cholesterol buildup and blockage in the arteries. Another type of cholesterol, which is packaged in high-density lipoprotein (HDL), is known as "good" cholesterol. That is because HDL helps remove cholesterol from the blood, preventing it from piling up in the arteries. The higher your HDL, the less your risk of coronary heart disease. What Are Healthy Levels of Cholesterol? Desirable — Less than 200 mg/dL Borderline high risk — 200–239 mg/dL High risk — 240 mg/dL and over Desirable If your total cholesterol is less than 200 mg/dL, your heart attack risk is relatively low, unless you have other risk factors. Even with a low risk, it's still smart to eat foods low in saturated fat and cholesterol, and also get plenty of physical activity. Have your cholesterol levels measured every five years — or more often if you're a man over 45 or a woman over 55. Borderline high risk People whose cholesterol level is from 200 to 239 mg/dL are borderline high risk. About a third of American adults are in this (borderline) group; almost half of adults have total cholesterol levels below 200 mg/dL. Have your cholesterol and HDL rechecked in one to two years if: Your total cholesterol is in this range. Your HDL is less than 40 mg/dL. You don’t have other risk factors for heart disease. You should also lower your intake of foods high in saturated fat and cholesterol to reduce your blood cholesterol level to below 200 mg/dL. Your doctor may order another blood test to measure your LDL cholesterol. Ask your doctor to discuss your LDL cholesterol with you. Even if your total cholesterol is between 200 and 239 mg/dL, you may not be at high risk for a heart attack. Some people — such as women before menopause and young, active men who have no other risk factors — may have high HDL cholesterol and desirable LDL levels. Ask your doctor to interpret your results. Everyone's case is different. High risk If your total cholesterol level is 240 or more, it's definitely high. Your risk of heart attack and stroke is greater. In general, people who have a total cholesterol level of 240 mg/dL have twice the risk of coronary heart disease as people whose cholesterol level is 200 mg/dL. There is no evidence that too much animal fat and cholesterol in the diet promotes atherosclerosis or heart attacks. For instance, more than twenty studies have shown that people who have had a heart attack haven't eaten more fat of any kind than other people, and degree of atherosclerosis at autopsy is unrelated with the diet.

Question: what are the types of cholesterol? When we go for blood test there are two types of cholesterol: (HDL-CHOL) and (LDL-Caculated) I would like to know the full terms of these abbreviations and what they stand for? I will appreciate if any advises. Thanks

Answer: HDL is High Density Lipid... good cholesterol, it literally scours out the vascular system LDL is Low Density Lipid.... bad cholesterol, soft and sticky it builds plaques in your vascular system My advice to you is to read a book by Louis Ignarro, titled "NO More Heart Disease", he won a Nobel Prize in medicine for his work in this area of vascular health, he also is a co-inventor of Viagra. The man knows his stuff about vascular issues, and has literally CURED heart disease in people that doctors have given up on.

Question: Cholesterol types...need help please? Part of my homework is to make a list of foods that have cholesterol in them, a few kinds of food for each 5 "types" of cholesterol. My text book says nothing about the 5 types, and I can't seem to find anything on google. If you know these 5 "types" of cholesterol, please let me know! Thank you ... I'm kind of confused!

Answer: there's only one type of cholesterol, and it's called cholesterol.- but people normally call cholesterol to all the lipoproteins or fat in blood, then you have HDL,LDL, VLDL, free fatty acids, and triglycerids.- HDL also known as the good cholesterol.- LDL the bad one.- VLDL is a step before the LDL is formed.- free fatty acids circulated in your blood without attaching to proteins.- and triglycerids are in blood and also are the way of "storing" fat.- hope that's what your teacher meant.- just now that normally all five aren't used, the ones iused on clinic every day are HDL, LDL and tryiglycerids.- those show up in every blood test.-

Question: What are the foods to avoid to bring your cholesterol level down? Should one avoid sugar / every types of oil? Cholesterol control. Diets to avoid and diet that can help lower

Answer: Partially hydrogenated vegetable oils, such as those used in many margarines, contain a particular form of saturated fat known as trans-fatty. They raise blood cholesterol levels (including LDL, the bad cholesterol), just like saturated fat. Use olive and canola oils, which are particularly high in monounsaturated fats or vegetable oil, which is high in polyunsaturated fats. Unsaturated fats help lower cholesterol levels. Cook with lean meats (turkey, chicken, or fish) instead of red meat, which is associated with increasing cholesterol levels. Use low fat or skim dairy products instead of regular, full-fat ones.

Question: What are some types or brands of salad dressings that are good for lowering cholesterol? Are low fat dressigs ok?

Answer: WARNING: Not all lowfat dressings are good for you. Read the list of ingredients. If high-fructose corn syrup is in the top five, avoid it like the plague. HFCS is one of the worst things on the planet for you because it raises your "bad" cholesterol and your triglycerides. Kraft has a bunch of salad dressings that use extra virgin olive oil as a base, and olive oil is one of the best things on the planet for you. It raises your "good" cholesterol and lowers your "bad" cholesterol. So any dressing with an olive oil base that has little or no HFCS is best.

Question: What are the different types of fats and which ones to avoid for high cholesterol and triglycerides?

Answer: People are still arguing about the role of dietary fat and health. For every claim you can find a counter-claim. Fats are essential to the human diet, but many people think we eat too much of the wrong kind. Generally, dietary fats are divided into three categories: saturated, monounsaturated, and polyunsaturated. These divisions are based on the number of hydrogen atoms in the fat, or lipid, molecule. The process of hydrogenation takes an unsaturated fat and adds hydrogens to it; it can change the conformation of the molecule to create what is called a trans fat, which rarely occurs naturally. Trans fats have no place in the human diet. You should never eat them. http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4776 Each type of dietary fat (including oil) has different proportions of the three basic types. (Only artifically processed food have trans fats.) Unsaturated fats, especially monounsaturated, are currently considered to be the healthiest; olive and peanut oil are good examples. Saturated fats are considered to be least healthy. These are usually solid at room temperature. Examples are butter, coconut oil, and fats from meat and poultry. Here is a chart: http://www.nutristrategy.com/fatsoils.htm Oily fish are a good source of healthy oils and they also are a source of omega-3 fatty acids, which can improve heart health http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4632 Most dietary fats are triglycerides, because they have three (tri-) chains of fatty acids hanging off something called glycerol. The triglycerides in your blood are created by your own body from what you eat, and are different. Cholesterol is not a triglyceride, but is related to them biologically. It is also essential for life, since it is present in all of your tissues. Your body can make it, and you can get it in your diet. Here is a table of the ten most common sources of cholesterol: http://www.health.gov/dietaryguidelines/dga2005/report/HTML/table_e18.htm When you get your blood tested, one of things your doctor looks for are ratios of certain molecules, the HDLs (high-density lipoproteins) and LDLs (low-density lipoproteins). HDL is supposed to be "good"; LDL is supposed to be "bad". More sophisticated testing looks at the size of the molecules. Here is a simple overview: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002468.htm Remember that keeping yourself at a healthy weight and getting plenty of exercise is also important.

Question: comparing two types of cholesterol readings? hi, just got a statistical assignment to do comparing two sets of data on cholesterol. I have an initial SBP and DBP of patients then a Cholesterol reading (total serum cholesterol) after 6 months. i know nothing about cholestrol so can someone tell me how i am suppost to compare both/either SBP, DBP with total serum cholesterol? (maybe its just a simple answer i.e. SBP is the same as total serum cholesterol)

Answer: I can only speculate that this assignment calls for comparing blood pressures in patients with hyerlipidemia (high cholesterol). SBP is often used as an acronym for systolic blood pressure, whereas DBP is used to refer to the diastolic blood pressure. Systolic blood pressure is NOT the same as serologic values on a Lipid profile (whether talking about Total Cholesterol, Low Density Lipoprotein or High Density Lipoprotein). My inclination is that they're trying to have you compare the resultant chances in blood pressure in populations of patients as they pertain to their serum lipid profiles. To understand how high cholesterold (hyperlipidemia) is diagnosed and treated would require a more serious treatment than I have space for, my apologies. I recommend doing a search, perhaps in wikipedia for "cholesterol" or google "interpreting lipid panel."

Question: what are the differnt types of cholesterol and what do they do?

Answer: Some are the good helpful cholesterol ,some are the tough -hard one..those not good for body....i think so...

Question: What types of food should you eat if you have HDL cholesterol?

Answer: a healthy balanced diet low in sugar and simple carbs. People with high triglycerides often have a high total cholesterol, a high LDL (bad) cholesterol and a low HDL (good) cholesterol level. Fortunately, elevated triglycerides is one of the easiest problems to correct with the appropriate diet. Simple restriction of all sugars and grains. Sugars and grains and require insulin secretion, which is a potent stimulus to the liver to produce triglycerides, and sugars and grains must be reduced if you are looking to lower your triglycerides.

Question: Which of the types of dietary fat is known to elevate blood cholesterol levels?

Answer: Dietary fats that are bad for the health are Saturated fat and Trans fat. There are four main types of fat found in food are monounsaturated fat, polyunsaturated fat, saturated fat, and trans fat. Most foods have a different balance of these types of fats, but are usually classified by the type of fat they are highest in. Saturated fat is also called "animal fat" because it is found in foods that originally come from animals. Saturated fats are known to increase LDL ("bad") cholesterol. Trans fat is formed when liquid oils are made into solid fats. Trans fats are artificially produced by food manufacturers. They were originally thought to be the healthier option to replace saturated fats. However, recent medical findings have discovered that trans fats are not healthier. Trans fats increase LDL ("bad") cholesterol and decrease HDL ("healthy") cholesterol.

Question: what types of food contain cholesterol? i know its not good for you but i dont know how you get it. so basically everything we eat???

Answer: cholesterol is only made by animals, so will only be found in animal products, but don't worry about that. You only get about 30% of your body's cholesterol needs from food. the rest is made by our body, mainly in the liver. If you eat less, your body will just produce more

Question: two types of cholesterol? what are the two types of cholesterol in humans? please help; it's urgent -.-

Answer: All cholesterol is the same, but it can travel in different lipoproteins, such as LDL and HDL. The cholesterol content is the same, but HDL and LDL vary in the type of proteins in their structure. LDL is considered the bad lipoprotein, because elevated LDL is associated with an increased risk of heart disease. LDL basically carries the cholesterol from the liver to the cells in the body and can become deposited in the atherosclerotic plaques in arteries. HDL is considered to be the good lipoprotein, because elevated HDL reduces the risk of heart disease. HDL carries cholesterol from the peripheral cells back to the liver to be metabolized.

Question: Does HIGH Cholesterol occur normally in the body or is it subject to the types of food we eat?

Answer: Hi Mister Dream Master, High cholesterol is usually the result of a diet high in saturated and trans fats. However, it is possible for the liver to overproduce cholesterol leading to high cholesterol levels. All the best, Lisa Nelson RD How to Lower Cholesterol in 8 Simple Steps http://www.lowercholesterolwithlisa.com

Question: What types of food will increase HDL cholesterol from 39mg/dl to a better value? my Triglyceride is 160mg/dl . This also have to be reduced.I prefer to natural way of controling these other than medication.Will any health experts advise me.

Answer: Red Wine Orange Juice Beans - kidney and red beans Fish Olive Oil Oat bran Onions (especially raw) Soy Products Soluble Fiber Good luck!