Most of the cholesterol in your blood stream will be in LDL particles, or low density lipoprotein particles. LDL, or ‘bad’ cholesterol carries the cholesterol to the tissues in your body. Cholesterol needs to be taken to the cells in your body and the LDL particles carry it there, where it enters the cell membrane. The [...]

‘Good’ cholesterol in the blood is called HDL. What high density lipoprotein, or ‘good’ cholesterol, does is to ‘sweep up’ the ‘bad’ cholesterol from your blood stream. That’s why it’s generally considered ‘good’. HDL stands for ‘High Density Lipoprotein’. Compared to the ‘bad’ cholesterol, or LDL, HDL has more protein than cholesterol in it. HDL [...]

Well firstly, it’s not very nice to look at. It’s a fatty, waxy type of stuff. What you may not know is that your own liver produces it. In fact, it’s actually necessary for good health and it’s a part of every cell in your body. That’s because there are a few things that cholesterol [...]