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You must have heard about high cholesterol, but you may not be sure of how to discover if you have such a condition and it is not quite as straightforward as you may expect. However, it is usually found in persons that are in their forties, and in case you are in that age group, it would be a good idea to visit your doctor for a checkup, or you may want to test for it by using a disposable home test kit.

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In the human body, cholesterol is produced by our liver. It is a fatty and waxy substance which is required to protect nerves, construct cell tissues and make certain hormones. Cholesterol is very important to our health, although excess amount of cholesterol level brings negative impact to our overall system. If you go to check your cholesterol level, it is estimated in milligram per deciliter of blood (mg/dL). While determining whether you are at high risk with your cholesterol level, the doctor may take into account other factors such as family history, age, sex, high blood pressure, and smoking habits. During the diagnosis, a complete lipoprotein profile will reveal the details regarding total blood cholesterol level, HDL (good) cholesterol level, LDL (bad) cholesterol level, and triglyceride level.

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There is both good and bad cholesterol which means that it is important to be able to distinguish between each type and knows how it affects a person’s health and knows the ways and means to lower it in case such is required. The different types of cholesterol are LDL and HDL and the former is a bad type because when there is excess of it in a person’s blood it will build up in the inner walls of his or her arteries which can end up causing the blocking of the arteries and thus causes atherosclerosis that is not a desirable condition.

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