• In what ways is cholesterol good for your body?

    From Mike Dippel@999:1/1 to All on Thursday, September 04, 2025 23:02:34
    All cholesterol is good. There is only one kind of cholesterol, and we could not possibly
    live without it. But like all good things, we can die from too much of it.

    Too much water in the body tissues, for example, can kill a person within hours. This is
    why the body has mechanisms for regulating cholesterol, water, and so many other
    things.

    Your sex hormones and other steroids are made from cholesterol.

    Without cholesterol, you�d have no sexual development in adolescence, no sex drive, no
    sperm or egg production; you�d be sterile, asexual.

    But that wouldn�t matter, because you�d never live past infancy anyway. You�d die young
    from stress, because our stress response hormones such as cortisol are made from
    cholesterol.

    Cholesterol also is the precursor for bile acids, which are important in digestion of
    dietary fat.

    Cholesterol is a vital component of our cell membranes; without it, cells break apart, and
    ordinary blood pressure would rupture one�s blood vessels (seen in people with pathologically low cholesterol levels).

    More info.. https://www.quora.com/In-what-ways-is-cholesterol-good-for-your-body?no_redirect=1

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  • From Daryl Stout@999:1/14 to Mike Dippel on Friday, September 05, 2025 15:35:34
    Mike,

    All cholesterol is good. There is only one kind of cholesterol,
    and we could not possibly live without it. But like all good
    things, we can die from too much of it.

    One old boy couldn't pronounce cholesterol. He would always say
    "castor oil". Both can have a crappy experience. <G>

    Daryl

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