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Cholesterol

Cholesterol is mentioned in 691 articles and has appeared on 2 TIME covers

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Without cholesterol, your body couldn't function. This soft, waxy-textured substance is crucial in building cell membranes; it's a key ingredient in the biochemical synthesis of Vitamin D; it helps the body manufacture bile, which helps break down dietary fat; and it's used to make estrogen, testosterone and progesterone along with a half-dozen other essential hormones. ... Read More

Cholesterol Articles

Found: 691 Articles

Hold the Eggs and Butter

Mar. 26, 1984 | By Claudia Wallis

Cholesterol is proved deadly, and our diet may never be the same This year began with the announcement by the Federal Government of the results of the broadest and most expensive research project in medical history. Its subject was cholesterol, the vital yet dangerous yellowish substance whose level in the bloodstream is directly affected by ...
Medicine: Searching for Life's Elixir: HDL, the good cholesterol

Dec. 12, 1988 | By David Brand

HDL, the "good" cholesterol, seems to play a pivotal role in fighting heart disease by keeping arteries clear of deadly plaque
Medicine: The Fat of the Land

Jan. 13, 1961

(See Cover) The reading public, the theatergoing public, the skindiving public, the horseplaying public—all these and others fill substantial roles in U.S. life, but none is so varied, vast and vigilant as the eating public. The Department of Agriculture averaged out U.S. food consumption last year at 1,488 Ibs. per person, which, allowing for the ...
Medicine: Take A Walk on the Well Side

Dec. 12, 1988 | By David Brand

How you can eat, drink and jog your way to healthier cholesterol counts
Eat Your Heart Out

Jun. 7, 2006 | By MICHAEL D. LEMONICK

Forget what you know about eggs, margarine and salt. The conventional wisdom has been overturned--repeatedly--by surprising new research