Cholesterol

Cholesterol, being a waxy substance is of two types: HDL cholesterol and LDL cholesterol, which is essential in building and maintaining cell membranes as they helps in digesting fatty substances, where cholesterol works as the predecessor particle, as it helps in creating vitamin D.

Many people thinks that cholesterol is bad for health, but is the misconception as cholesterol provides us healthy body, little quality of cholesterol which is required by our body is formed in the body naturally, on the other hand some cholesterol can be gained with the food we take. It is not like that cholesterol is always good, as cholesterol is categorised in to two categories, which are: good cholesterol and bad cholesterol. It is very important to know about both categories of cholesterol as good and bad cholesterol should be present in balanced amount in the body, other wise it will lead heart attack chances.

As cholesterol can be gained from food we take so it is obvious that it comes from two sources which are vegetable food and non-vegetable food, but cholesterol is present in very less quantity in the vegetables and is in large amount in the animals that is non-vegetable food.

HDL and LDL cholesterol should be in balanced quantity in your body. If you are suffering from high cholesterol, then it is to notice that high cholesterol is very dangerous for your health, one most commonly used option for lowering your cholesterol is by doing exercise. In case high cholesterol problem is genetic then it id advisable to consult doctor to keep your cholesterol level maintained and prevent yourself from coronary attacks.

For those who cannot visit hospital every week, there is solution so that you can check your cholesterol level at home, these cholesterol kits are divided in to categories:

• Disposable one off tester, this is very simple way of knowing your cholesterol, as you just have to take sample of blood from tip of your finger and then place it on the testing strip, colour of your blood will tell level of cholesterol in your body, where red colour signifies high cholesterol and green colour signifies that cholesterol level is all right. In case you encounter red colour of your blood it means your cholesterol level is high and you should immediately consult doctor for getting required treatment.
• Cholesterol monitor, which enables you to exactly know the exact result of the cholesterol level in your body, by showing the instant reading, so that you may be able to know about the relieving speed of the medication you are taking.