According to the  American Heart Association Cholesterol is  a soft and waxy  type of substance.   It is found  in  every single part of the body, in our brain,  internal  organs,  muscles,  bones,  and every other  nook  and  cranny  inside  your  body.

That is why managing your cholesterol levels is so important!  I Cholesterol levels increase to unhealthy levels then it can have adverse and significant impact to many different parts of the body.  Managing your own cholesterol is something that can save your life or the life of loved ones.  Our Western Diet does not lend itself to maintaining natural levels of Cholesterol, but actually contributes to increased levels.

This is literally an epidemic in America today, more people die from Heart Disease than anything else.  Heart Disease kills more people than Cancer, Traffic Accidents, Smoking, Murders, Wars (even the Iraq War), and even 9/11.  Cholesterol is often referred to as the "Silent Killer", almost like a modern day submarine, you don't even know it is there and often when you find out - it is too late!

In our bloodstream are small pods called Lipids (fats).  Lipids are also in every single cell of your body…  The cholesterol inside the Lipids plays a very important role to the overall health of the body.  Cholesterol is used to form cell membranes as well as certain hormones. 

The problem is when we get too much cholesterol in our system.  Once this happens serious conditions that have life threatening realities can start to occur.  Hypercholesterolemia (say that five times really fast!) is the medical definition used to describe high cholesterol levels. 

Once cholesterol gets to this level it puts the individual into high risk zones for Coronary Heart Disease which can lead to a Heart Attack, Stroke, and sometimes even Sudden Coronary Death.

Part of the problem with high cholesterol is that it cannot be dissolved or absorbed by the blood.  Cholesterol has to be transported around the body by special carriers that are called Lipoproteins.  The two main ones are Low-Density Lipoprotein (LDL) and High-Density Lipoprotein (HDL).

It is important to know that cholesterol is a naturally occuring substance in our body.  Our bodies generate all the cholesterol that it needs all by itself.  There is absolutely no reason to introduce extra cholesterol into our body, when we do this, over time we put our body at risk.