Cholesterol Medicine - How it Works to Control Cholesterol
Author: Shelby Ryan

For most people today their normal diet contributes to high cholesterol and in turn high cholesterol is a contributing factor to heart disease which in turn increases the risk of a heart attack. All cholesterol used by the body is made in the liver. Contrary to popular belief cholesterol is an essential element that assists the body in building and maintaining cell membranes, it insulated nerves, helps to produce hormones, and cholesterol even helps the body to digest fat. The cholesterol you ingest through food is not needed to maintain these essential body functions.

Meat and dairy products contain cholesterol and any food that contains saturated or trans fats can increase choleste... MORE