Good heart health is like building a house, which takes great effort and hard work. The healthier lifestyle that you had started, should continue with your growing age. You just need to work a bit ...

HDL cholesterol takes LDL cholesterol away from the arteries and moves it to the liver - where it is broken down and passed from the body. Cholesterol is a precursor to steroid hormones - which ...

Cholesterol is found in all the cells of the body. This cholesterol is necessary for making hormones in our body, vitamin D, and elements necessary for digesting food. Cholesterol is of two types, one ...

LDL cholesterol is often called the “bad” cholesterol because it collects in the walls of your blood vessels, raising your chances of health problems like a heart attack or stroke. But cholesterol isn ...

LDL and HDL are two forms of cholesterol associated with heart health. Keeping them within an optimal range reduces your risk of heart disease. Reviewed by Dietitian Jessica Ball, M.S., RD Cholesterol ...

You’ve probably heard of cholesterol. You might even know if your levels are too high. But what do you know about your triglycerides? More than a third of adults in the U.S. have high levels of ...