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The human body has two types of cholesterol: the good and the bad.

Good cholesterol, also called HDL, is a type of fat that helps clean the arteries and improves cardiovascular health when fulfilling important functions.

For its part, bad cholesterol, also known as LDL, is a type of fat that accumulates in the arterial walls, causing them with the passage of these and limiting blood circulation.

Although cholesterol occurs in the liver, it is estimated that between 20 and 30% of this comes from food. It is for this reason that we must take great care to avoid problems due to excess cholesterol.

Here in this app you will find advice and recommendations that will help you reduce and

Control cholesterol

Contrary to what people think, cholesterol itself is not so bad. It is a fat -like substance that creates your body and also absorbs the food it consumes. In fact, your body cannot work properly without cholesterol. However, too much cholesterol creates a greater risk of cardiovascular disease and stroke, the main causes of mortality in many countries of the world.

Cholesterol travels through the blood attached to proteins. The combination of a protein and cholesterol is called a lipoprotein. There are different types of lipoproteins in the blood: HDL (sometimes called "good") and LDL (known as "bad"). The LDL type helps cholesterol to stick to the walls of the arteries. A low LDL level is considered to be good for heart health; The higher the LDL level, the greater the risk of heart disease. The HDL has the opposite effect, since it helps eliminate cholesterol from the arteries.

It is worth mentioning that the vast majority of doctors and medical scientists consider that there is a relationship between cholesterol and atherosclerosis; However, a small group of scientists, united in the International Network of Cholesterol Skeptics (Tincs), questions the relationship.

There are several factors that can cause high cholesterol levels: diets with high content of saturated or trans and salt, overweight or obesity, smoking, not doing enough physical activity, inherited tendency (genetic), and old age. Eating a good heart diet is essential to maintain cholesterol levels under control. To help you in your diet, this application contains a table of cholesterol content in food recorded in milligrams per 100 grams. In our other application you can find a table of the glycemic index of food, which are useful for the maintenance of low glycemic diets.