Monday, August 06, 2007

Heart-Disease: Understanding Cholesterol Levels and Decrease the Risk of Heart Attacks and Stokes

Fact:

* heart disease claims about ½ million lives in America per year
* high cholesterol levels play a ignificant role in heart disease
* studies show if you lower cholesterol levels, the risk of heart
disease is reduced by up-to 40%

What is Cholesterol?
Before we go into how to reduce your cholesterol, let's take a look
at what exactly cholesterol is.

Cholesterol is a fatty substance that is produced by the liver and
its job is to:-

* produce bile acids to help with the digestion of fat
* build and repair cells and
* produce estrogen and testosterone hormones

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