Cholesterol is an organic lipid molecule, (a sterol) which is biosynthesized by all animal cells. It is an essential structural component of all animal cell membranes and is essential to maintain both membrane structural integrity and fluidity. Cholesterol allows animal cells to function without a cell wall.
With all the bad press these days about cholesterol, many people may be surprised to learn that cholesterol is actually an essential part of every cell's structure. It is needed for proper brain and nerve function and is the basis for the manufacture of sex hormones as well.
To understand this apparent contradiction as to how cholesterol can be both "bad" and "good", it is important to understand that cholesterol is manufactured in the liver and transported through the bloodstream to the sites where it is needed. Since It is a fatty substance; and because blood is mainly water; it has to latch on to molecules called lipoproteins in order to travel around successfully.
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