Post by ADMIN on Dec 19, 2011 14:03:59 GMT -5
According to the SSOA-material the lipid Cholesterol is of key importance in the ascension process. At this page you can read what is being written about cholesterol in the SSOA-articles. First, there is some basic knowledge about cholesterol taken from a googled page. Enjoy.
In January 2005 a Dutch health insurance company (VGZ) offered its clients a 50 dollar reduction if they started to use cholesterol-reducing products. In the Dutch 'Center of Ascension Information and Research' a special page was dedicated to this development.
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Cholesterol
Cholesterol is small molecule, one of the steroids. It is essential to life. It has also been responsible for 17 Nobel Prizes, countless pages of reports in scientific journals and the popular press, and mounting anxiety on the part of health-conscious people. Why?
The human body contains about 100 g of cholesterol. Most of this is incorporated in the membranes from which cells are constructed and is an indispensable component of them. The insulating layers of myelin wound around neurons are especially rich in cholesterol. In far smaller quantities, but no less important, cholesterol is starting ingredient for the synthesis of the steroid hormones:
progesterone; estrogens; androgens (e.g., testosterone); glucocorticoids (e.g., cortisol); mineralocorticoids (e.g., aldosterone). Cholesterol is also the precursor from which the body synthesizes vitamin D.
One of the major uses of cholesterol is the synthesis of bile acids. These are synthesized in the liver from cholesterol and are secreted in the bile. They are essential for the absorption of fat from the contents of the intestine. A clue to the importance of cholesterol is that most of the bile acids are not lost in the feces but are reabsorbed from the lower intestine and recycled to the liver. There is some loss, however, and to compensate for this and to meet other needs, the liver synthesizes some 1500–2000 mg of new cholesterol each day. It synthesizes cholesterol from the products of fat metabolism.
There is also an unceasing transport of cholesterol in the blood between the liver and all the other tissues. Most of this cholesterol travels complexed with fatty acids and protein in the form of low density lipoproteins (LDLs). Cells that need cholesterol trap and ingest LDLs by receptor-mediated endocytosis.
Cholesterol can also create problems. Cholesterol in the bile can crystallize to form gall stones that may block the bile ducts. Cholesterol is also strongly implicated in the development of atherosclerosis: fatty deposits (plaques) that form on the inside of blood vessels and predispose to heart attacks. The major culprit seems to be levels of LDLs that are in excess of the body's needs.
The level of cholesterol in the blood is measured in milligrams per deciliter (mg/dl), which is equivalent to parts per 100,000. The levels range from less than 50 in infants to an average of 215 in adults and to 1,200 or more in individuals suffering from a rare, inherited disorder called familial hypercholesterolemia. For those of us in the normal range, approximately two-thirds of our cholesterol is transported as LDLs. Most of the rest is carried by so-called high density lipoproteins (HDLs).
Because of their relationship to cardiovascular disease, the analysis of serum lipids has become an important health measure.
The table shows the range of typical values as well as the values above (or below) which the subject may be at increased risk of developing atherosclerosis.
READ FULL ARTICLE : home.tiscali.nl/gibbon/cholesterol.htm
In January 2005 a Dutch health insurance company (VGZ) offered its clients a 50 dollar reduction if they started to use cholesterol-reducing products. In the Dutch 'Center of Ascension Information and Research' a special page was dedicated to this development.
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Cholesterol
Cholesterol is small molecule, one of the steroids. It is essential to life. It has also been responsible for 17 Nobel Prizes, countless pages of reports in scientific journals and the popular press, and mounting anxiety on the part of health-conscious people. Why?
The human body contains about 100 g of cholesterol. Most of this is incorporated in the membranes from which cells are constructed and is an indispensable component of them. The insulating layers of myelin wound around neurons are especially rich in cholesterol. In far smaller quantities, but no less important, cholesterol is starting ingredient for the synthesis of the steroid hormones:
progesterone; estrogens; androgens (e.g., testosterone); glucocorticoids (e.g., cortisol); mineralocorticoids (e.g., aldosterone). Cholesterol is also the precursor from which the body synthesizes vitamin D.
One of the major uses of cholesterol is the synthesis of bile acids. These are synthesized in the liver from cholesterol and are secreted in the bile. They are essential for the absorption of fat from the contents of the intestine. A clue to the importance of cholesterol is that most of the bile acids are not lost in the feces but are reabsorbed from the lower intestine and recycled to the liver. There is some loss, however, and to compensate for this and to meet other needs, the liver synthesizes some 1500–2000 mg of new cholesterol each day. It synthesizes cholesterol from the products of fat metabolism.
There is also an unceasing transport of cholesterol in the blood between the liver and all the other tissues. Most of this cholesterol travels complexed with fatty acids and protein in the form of low density lipoproteins (LDLs). Cells that need cholesterol trap and ingest LDLs by receptor-mediated endocytosis.
Cholesterol can also create problems. Cholesterol in the bile can crystallize to form gall stones that may block the bile ducts. Cholesterol is also strongly implicated in the development of atherosclerosis: fatty deposits (plaques) that form on the inside of blood vessels and predispose to heart attacks. The major culprit seems to be levels of LDLs that are in excess of the body's needs.
The level of cholesterol in the blood is measured in milligrams per deciliter (mg/dl), which is equivalent to parts per 100,000. The levels range from less than 50 in infants to an average of 215 in adults and to 1,200 or more in individuals suffering from a rare, inherited disorder called familial hypercholesterolemia. For those of us in the normal range, approximately two-thirds of our cholesterol is transported as LDLs. Most of the rest is carried by so-called high density lipoproteins (HDLs).
Because of their relationship to cardiovascular disease, the analysis of serum lipids has become an important health measure.
The table shows the range of typical values as well as the values above (or below) which the subject may be at increased risk of developing atherosclerosis.
READ FULL ARTICLE : home.tiscali.nl/gibbon/cholesterol.htm
