Fats, like everything else in this world, have both good and bad sides. Traditional, that all fats are bad, is as widespread as it is untrue. The worst of all fats is cholesterol. Basically, each of us learn to be responsible for heart attacks, arteriosclerosis and other diseases is a lot of cholesterol, but very few are those who know that he has an essential role in maintaining the health of the body. At least two thirds of the cholesterol that exists in the human body is formed in the liver or intestine, is present in brain, adrenal glands and nerve fiber sheaths. And that part's good, they have been particularly important: * Existing skin cholesterol is converted under the action of solar ultraviolet rays, vitamin D;
* Contribute to the metabolism of carbohydrates (with both ingest more carbohydrates, the more the amount of cholesterol produced by the body is greater);
* Is the leading provider of adrenal steroid hormones such as cortisone;
* Goes into all membranes of the body and is necessary for male and female sex hormone production;
The differences in behavior exhibited by cholesterol are caused by protein which it is bound. Lipoproteins that carry cholesterol are agents of our circulatory system.
Low density lipoproteins (LJD) carry about 65 percent of blood cholesterol, they are responsible for deposits in the arteries, which in combination with other substances, becomes in that block blood vessels ateroame.
Very low density lipoproteins (LFJD) carry about 15% of blood cholesterol, but they are required liver, but are required to produce LJD liver, the more their amount is higher, with both liver and releases more than your chances of LJD contracting heart disease increase.High density lipoproteins (LID) carry about 20 percent of blood cholesterol, and being composed mainly of lecithin, they are heroes who destroy the good fat deposits and blood vessels provide cholesterol without blocking traffic arteries. Recent studies have found that people with wide hips and thin waist register LID cholesterol levels higher than those with large belly - which might explain the higher longevity (by about eight years) of women than men. In short: as the LID increases, decreases risk of heart disease.
The eggs might not be quite as bad as you thought.
It is well to add that though U.S. consumption of eggs has fallen by half since 1945, there has been a reduction in the incidence of cardiovascular disease. And although the American Heart Association as eggs considered harmful, a menu from which they would miss would be just as harmful. Besides being the most valuable eggs contain protein components, they also have lecithin which helps to mobilize fat. And what is more important, eggs raise high density lipoprotein.
