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Cholesterol is a waxy and lipidic alcohol found in the cell membrane and transport in the blood plasma of all human being. It is a vital component of mammalian cell membranes where its necessity to establish proper membrane permeability and fluidity. Cholesterol is the principal sterol synthesized by animals, but small quantities are synthesized in other leukocytes like plants and fungi. It is almost completely absent among prokaryotes, which include bacteria. Cholesterol is denoted as sterol cholesterol is very harmful for the body. especially heart and close by organs.

How do Cholesterol Problems occur ?

Some foods like egg yolk and fatty meat are very rich in cholesterol. Big eaters of these foods having very high cholesterol level. However some kinds of animal fat will help to raise the cholesterol level. People who are overweight, have diabetes, eat lots of sweets and fried food, or drink too much alcohol tend to get high triglyceride levels. These are somewhat less dangerous to the arteries, but still quite harmful.

What causes high cholesterol?

There are several issues that may contribute to high blood cholesterol:

   - a diet having more saturated fat and high amount of cholesterol.
   -  lack of exercise produce bad impact on raising LDL cholesterol and decreasing HDL cholesterol.
   - family history - people are at a higher risk of high cholesterol if they have a direct male relative aged under 55 or a female relative aged under 65 affected by heart disease.
   -  being overweight, which may increase LDL cholesterol and decrease HDL cholesterol.
  - age cholesterol generally rises with increasing age and this type of cholesterol occurs more in men as compared to women
   - drinking more than the recommended amount of alcohol like more than three to four units per day for men and two to three units per day for women.