The science of the differences between the amount of cholesterol in food vs amount of cholesterol in the bloodstream
For a long time, there is a blame on high cholesterol food for some of the health risk, as it turn out, according to study, saturated fat may be at play. Yet, most interestingly, our body’s reaction to those fat in effect of producing cholesterol on its own.
First and foremost, we need cholesterol, it is necessary for human health. The part that we often refer to for health risk such as heart disease is a thing called lipoproteins: fat on the inside and protein on the outside, structure carries cholesterol through out the bloodstream.
Types of lipoproteins
There are two major group of lipoproteins, one is the LDL (low-density lipoproteins), bad cholesterol, and other is HDL (high-density lipoproteins), good cholesterol.
Even for LDL, it further breaks down into two group based on it size, small or large; where large, often comes from food and deemed not as harmful as the small ones. But the concentration (measured by LDL Particles, LDL-P) rather than the size matter when it comes to health risks.
Having that said, body has a way of managing blood cholesterol level: When intake of cholesterol from food (often large LDL) is not enough, body would compensate by making more cholesterol. Furthermore, with the help HDL (good cholesterol) to play the part by carrying excess cholesterol away to the liver for extraction, hence; according to many studies, the HDL may have help to relieve the plaque build up in the artery and lowering the risk.
Framework on saturated fat vs Cholesterol
It is important to understand the framework on dietary cholesterol in relation on how body handles cholesterol in the bloodstream. However, studies have been found that saturated fat from diet could signal the body to make more cholesterol, depending on the personal genetics (please consult with your physician(s) on the proper cholesterol and saturated fat intakes especially with health conditions such as heart disease and diabetes).
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