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When you heard about cholesterol, you might associated it with cancer and lots of diseases that caused by cholesterol, but the truth is, you need cholesterol to stay alive, but off course the good one, which is HDL cholesterol. Unlike LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol has positive effect on your body, it prevent artery blockage, they works by clearing the remains of LDL cholesterol from the blood flow.

You can increase the amount of HDL cholesterol on your body, aerobic exercise is one way to increase the HDL levels, but you have to take it regularly. If you are smokers, then you are recommended to quit, giving up tobacco is great to increase the HDL levels in your body, and in the same time, it is also great for your lungs.

Cholesterol supplement is the alternate way to lowering the LDL cholesterol levels, you can find it easily in the market. Health exerts and doctor often recommend people with high-level LDL to take cholesterol supplement, it works like blood detoxifier, it will reduce the bad effects of oily food that you eat. Another advantage of taking cholesterol supplement, it is good for your heart health; it will provide nutrients and help it to work properly.

Guarana is a Brazilian plant used since ancient times for medicinal purposes. In fact, it is traditionally believed that, besides being a great energizer, is ideal for cardiovascular health. Its properties are really large and can be used in the anti-cholesterol diet because of their specific benefits.

These are the main benefits and properties of guarana against cholesterol:

* Guarana, due to its caffeine content, increases cell metabolism, triggering the burning of fat more quickly and effectively. In fact, it is often used for weight loss.
* Guarana helps keep arteries free of cholesterol and triglycerides, while collaborating to remain elastic walls. Read the rest of this entry »

What is cholesterol?
Cholesterol is a lipid of animal origin. It is contained in meat, fishery products, dairy products and eggs. Cholesterol is an essential constituent of our body: it is involved in the structure and functioning of our cells, in the manufacture of hormones and is involved in digestion. If cholesterol is a normal constituent of our body, cholesterol is known to increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, for example, myocardial infarction.

What good and bad cholesterol?
Cholesterol is transported in blood in two forms:

- LDL-cholesterol is “bad” cholesterol that tends to be deposited on the arteries. An excess of this type of cholesterol increases the risk of cardiovascular disease.
- HDL-cholesterol is “good” cholesterol that is considered protective of arteries: it reduces cholesterol to the liver.

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