too much cholesterol in the blood can lead to heart and blood vessel disease.
Good cholesterol is a measure of the cholesterol in your blood that is healthy for you, as opposed to unhealthy cholesterol which can harm your body if you have too much in your system. Find more information about good and bad cholesterol at http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/hdl-cholesterol/CL00030
To a certain extent. Too much of anything can harm you. HDL is considered the "good" cholesterol and LDL is considered "bad". Just watch what foods you put in your body and you should be good!
HDL is the so called "good cholesterol". However, HDL cholesterol is not found as dietary cholesterol, it's simply measured in the blood.
Cholesterol is made naturally in your body. Your body will always have LDL cholesterol.
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Cholesterol is found outside the body.
Good cholesterol is the cholesterol that the body makes on its own. It helps keep your heart healthy and fights off diseases that can be triggered by bad cholesterol, which is the type that you get from meats and dairy products. Both levels will go up and down, but there is little connection between the two. If you have high levels of bad cholesterol, it can cause health problems, but cutting back on animal products will only effect bad cholesterol, and the good cholesterol in your body will more or less stay the same/ increase.
Exogenous is cholesterol from outside the body (from foods). whereas endogenous is cholesterol that is made 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.
The liver processes cholesterol in the body, by either synthesizing it or removing it from the blood. Additionally, cells throughout the body can also take up and use cholesterol for various functions.
Yes. Your body naturally makes enough cholesterol to sustain you, so there is no need for you to include cholesterol in your diet.
Cholesterol, a steroid, is the basis for all other hormones produced in the body.