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Cholesterol is measured as the Serum blood level of a variety of fats and Lipids in the blood. The health level is very dependant on age and even gender. too little can be as harmful as too much so it is usually stated as TOTAL CHOLESTEROL range. and will usually be broken down into total and then the components>>>> A typical blood work up looks like this.

Total Cholesterol... Range from 100-199

Triglyceride's. Range from 0-149

HDL Cholesterol..... Range from >39 (Usually considered the BAD chol.)

VLDL.................... Range from 5-40

LDL...................... Range from 0-99 (Usually considered the GOOD chol.)

Extremely high HDL (High Density Lipids) indicate your blood is very waxy/ sticky and is clogging your arteries over time

Higher levels of LDL or VLDL (Low density Lipids) is considered healthy and offsetting to the bad.

The body uses Cholesterol to make the key sex hormones for the human body. Testosterone and Estrogen are key to healthy systems in the body including the reproductive and sexual response and development. Low cholesterol would adversely impact that development and high cholesterol can damage arteries, cause heard disease and has been associated with Alzimers disease.

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