Sources of Cholesterol

The first is food, the second is your body.
With 2 sources of cholesterol to deal with, it's no wonder that so manyadults have high cholesterol.
Most folks aren't even sure wherecholesterol comes from.Cholesterol from the foods you eat.
Cholesterol from food is hard to get away from, even though you may bewatching your diet.
All foods of animal origin contain cholesterol,including eggs, red meat, and shrimp.
Generally, foods that are high insaturated fats or trans fats should also be limited.

These include foods you may not even think of, such as:
Grilled-cheese sandwich
Margarine
Potato with butter
Chicken pot pie

As you eat, cholesterol from food is absorbed by your digestive tract.
It then makes its way into your liver and can circulate through yourbody in your bloodstream.
That's one source. There's also a little-knownsecond source of cholesterol-your body.
Cholesterol produced by your body, based on family history.
Like many people, you may not know that your body produces cholesterolnaturally, based on family history-despite the fact that it's where moreof your total cholesterol comes from.
Your liver makes cholesterol, asdo other individual cells throughout your body.
Once cholesterol isproduced, it can make its way into your bloodstream.
What does this process mean to you?
Take the cholesterol your body makesand add it to the cholesterol you get from food.
Now you can see howeasily cholesterol can build up in your bloodstream and how your overallcholesterol level can increase.