High-density lipoprotein (HDL) is known as good cholesterol because it brings cholesterol to your liver, which gets rid of it.Very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL) is also called bad because it carries triglycerides that add to artery plaque.(Borderline high number: 130 mg/dL to 159 mg/dL. Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) is known as bad cholesterol because it can clog your arteries like a large truck that broke down and is blocking a traffic lane.
Think of cholesterol, a kind of fat, as traveling in lipoprotein cars through your blood. This can cause a stroke or heart attack depending on where the blockage is. The plaque itself can be irritated or inflamed, which can cause a clot to form around it. This makes it harder for your blood to get through, which puts you at risk for a stroke or heart attack. This damages your organs that don’t receive enough blood from your arteries.īad cholesterol (LDL) is the most dangerous type because it causes hardened cholesterol deposits (plaque) to collect inside of your blood vessels. Too much cholesterol (200 mg/dL to 239 mg/dL is borderline high and 240 mg/dL is high) isn’t healthy because it can create roadblocks in your artery highways where blood travels around to your body. As your liver can make as much cholesterol as you need, the cholesterol in foods you eat is extra. But you also eat cholesterol in foods from the meat and dairy aisles. Your liver creates cholesterol to help you digest food and make things like hormones. Hyperlipidemia, also known as dyslipidemia or high cholesterol, means you have too many lipids (fats) in your blood.
Bad cholesterol (LDL) and plaque in an artery.
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