Which of the following affects the amount of total cholesterol in your body?
if you are an flvs student the answere is
all of the above
that's what i put.
cholesterol can lead to heart attack and is seriously effective when you have too much of it.
Total cholesterol includes the good, or HDL, High Density LipoProtein, and the bad, LDL, Low Density Lipoprotein. A few things affect the total number. Saturated Fat, fat found in animal products (and coconut and palm oils), and cholesterol, only found in animal products, affect the total cholesterol.
It does because it decreases the amount of bad cholesterol in your body
It indirectly affects the respiratory system. Cholesterol affects the circulatory system and there is high blood pressure. Due to high blood pressure, the heart cannot pump a lot of blood to the body which indirectly affects the lungs!
Trans (partially hydrogenated) fats can increase unhealthy cholesterol and lower healthy cholesterol. This can increase your risk of heart disease. See also:More informationEating healthily
Cheerios is high in soluble fiber which scientists believe acts as a sponge to soak up bad cholesterol in the body. This lowers the overall amount of cholesterol in the body.
Dietary cholesterol can be absorbed by the body and utilized. The body's cholesterol production though is much higher than the general intake. If the absorbed amount of cholesterol increases, then the body's production decreases. Another "defense" which the body can use to avoid too much cholesterol in the system is to simply decrease the absorption of cholesterol.
Unsaturated fats are better for you than saturated fats. Saturated fat heightens the amount of total cholesterol in the body, and the type of LDL cholesterol, which blocks arteries, to detrimental effects. Unsaturated fat lowers LDL cholesterol, because it contains HDL cholesterol, which takes the LDL cholesterol to the liver and they are broken down there.
Cholesterol is manufactured in the human liver. The production of cholesterol depends on the dietary intake. If the intake of cholesterol trough diet is increased then the body's own production will be decreased. This ensures that the necessary amount of cholesterol isavailable for the human cells and that the amount isn't elevated.
The maximum amount of cholesterol should usually be nowhere over 300mg. However, there is no minimum. If you don't get sufficient cholesterol in your diet, your body will just make it.
Yes, the foods with high cholesterol and high amount of saturated fat considered as junk food because the cholesterol inside egg cannot help the body. Saturated fat also endanger our body as in accumulating unnecessary fat into our body.
The total amount of matter in a body is calledthe molecules
125 LDL is basically means you have an elevated amount of cholesterol in your body.