Does LDL Cholesterol Have A Positive Impact On Your Health?
Cholesterol is a kind of lipid which is found in our cells and is a fatty material which repels water. Its purpose it to make the protective membrane which surrounds the inside of the cell suppler than it would be otherwise. Cholesterol needs to be delivered within lipoproteins which are basically just a combination of lipids and proteins and then transported throughout the blood to arrive at its destination. HDL or high density lipoprotein carries cholesterol away from the blood for secretion. HDL is typically referred to as the “good cholesterol.” Low density lipoprotein carries cholesterol into the blood. LDL cholesterol is typically referred to as the “bad cholesterol.”
A build up of LDL cholesterol in our arteries can cause blood vessels to become blocked or narrowed.
This then restricts the oxygen flow throughout the blood. High cholesterol is a main factor in developing the risk for heart disease. In 2007, heart disease, which encompasses a variety of diseases affecting the heart, was listed as the leading cause of death in the United States according to Wikipedia. It accounted for over twenty five percent of the total deaths in the U.S. High cholesterol increases the chances for chest pains and at in the worst case scenario, a heart attack, if not more than just one in a lifetime. The statistics are quite dreadful and sobering that over a million Americans suffer heart attacks each and every year, while about a half of a million die from heart disease and that is just referring only to Americans.
Before I go further into how bad high cholesterol truly is, let me interject some information about LDL cholesterol that perhaps you might not have known about. It has been reported that there have been adults who, after a strenuous workout and being in generally decent health, yet not normally quite active individuals, actually gained the most muscle mass yet also surprisingly had the highest levels of the “bad” LDL cholesterol. Has LDL cholesterol been given an unfair review all these years? We can’t quite go that far but it is recognized that we all need both the HDL cholesterol as well as the LDL cholesterol in our bodies. You cannot just eliminate all of the bad cholesterol from your body without experiencing some serious health problems.
Cholesterol is found in every human being and is a kind of fat around the body. As most of us know now, cholesterol is a combination of HDL cholesterol and LDL cholesterol. The bottom line reason that the LDL cholesterol has been dubbed the “bad” one of the two is because it tends to accumulate in the arteries’ walls which can slow down the blood flow, which often leads to serious health risks such as mentioned earlier in heart disease and heart attacks. HDL cholesterol or the “good” one often helps to eliminate cholesterol from the arteries. LDL cholesterol has a very useful purpose that often goes unrecognized. It acts as a warning sign and alerts us that something is wrong as it then signals the body to these signs. It carries out its job the way nature intended for it to do. How could this take place if there was no LDL in our system whatsoever?
Sometimes you might even hear people saying that they want to get rid of all of the bad LDL Cholesterol in their system, but the fact is that if you would ever find a way to even do such a thing, you would die. The bottom line here is that everyone needs a certain amount of both the good and the bad cholesterol in their bodies. Our tissues require cholesterol and LDL Cholesterol delivers that. The more LDL Cholesterol you have in your blood the better place you are in to being able to build muscle mass throughout resistance training. That is in no way meaning to throw away all that you have heard about the dangers of high cholesterol, particularly LDL Cholesterol or the bad one. This particular situation is only honing in on what appears to be body builders who hopefully are properly monitored and trained by highly trained doctors and perhaps personal trainers too. Any questions whatsoever in regards to something as serious as cholesterol, how much is acceptable, the good vs the bad and so forth really needs to be discussed in depth with a licensed physician.

