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Mar 19, 2011

Cholesterol Pictures: High Cholesterol, LDL, HDL, "Bad" Foods and More


We may associate cholesterol with fatty foods, but most of the waxy substance is made by our own bodies. The liver produces 75% of the cholesterol that circulates in our blood. The other 25% comes from food. At normal levels, cholesterol actually plays an important role in helping cells do their jobs. But cholesterol levels are precariously high in more than 100 million Americans.

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