CHOLESTEROL :
- May be good ๐or bad ๐ .
- 2-kinds of cholesterol:
- HDL=high-density-lipo proteins/good cholesterol.
- LDL=low-density-lipo proteins/bad cholesterol .
- Functions :
- Help in:formation of steroid hormones, vitamin.D,bile.
- To maintain cell membrane consistency.
- If this cholesterol starts depositing in artery-walls, leads to plaque. ,blocking the blood flow.,called athero-sclerosis .
- If this atherosclerosis occurs in coronary arteries, it leads to heart attack.
- & if it occurs in carotid arteries, it leads to brain stroke.
- If it occurs in leg arteries, it leads to peripheral artery disease.
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