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Yes. Your body naturally makes enough cholesterol to sustain you, so there is no need for you to include cholesterol in your diet.
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Which statement is not true?
The body does not make enough cholesterol.
Does your body make enough cholesterol?
Yes it does. Therefor cholesterol isclassifiedas non-essential, dietary. If the absorption of cholesterol increases, then the body's own production decreases.
Does eating cholesterol make cholesdtrol?
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.
How can colesterol be dangerous in the body?
Cholesterol can be dangerous to the body in a very substantial way. Cholesterol can clog the arteries and make it very difficult for the blood to flow freely.
What is the function of Low-density lipoprotein?
The function of low density lipoproteins are to carry cholesterol molecules through the body. The cholesterol can be used in membranes for transport or to make hormones.
Do you need LDL cholesterol to survive?
Cholesterol is made naturally in your body. Your body will always have LDL cholesterol.
Where in the body is cholesterol made?
Cholesterol is found outside the body.
An adjective describing cholesterol which originates outside the body from foods?
Exogenous is cholesterol from outside the body (from foods). whereas endogenous is cholesterol that is made in the body.
Can you eat cholesterol and still lower your cholesterol?
No, actually, it will not. Your body needs cholesterol to do a great number of things, and if you are not getting it from the foods you eat, your body will make its own. There is absolutely nothing wrong with cholesterol. It has gotten a bad name for a number of reasons, none of them legitimate.
How is cholesterol beneficial?
Cholesterol gives these benefits in your body:Membrane fluidity in cell membranesDigestion (Cholesterol is used to make bile salts to help emulsify fats in the diet)Hormones (Cholesterol can be made into body hormones)Vitamin D (Cholesterol can be made into vitamin D in skin)
What body part processes cholesterol?
The liver makes cholesterol.
Does Italian sausage have cholesterol?
It is made out of meat and will therefore have some cholesterol. However you should know/note that if you eat a diet which as absolutely NO cholesterol in it, your body will MAKE cholesterol. People with a cholesterol problem have this problem, not because they may EAT a bit of cholesterol but because their body MAKES too much cholesterol.
