Posts Tagged ‘cholesterol’

How will the body convert the ingested transfat and saturated fat into LDL cholesterol?

June 9th, 2010 by admin | 2 Comments | Filed in Asnwers

If you try to go to wikipedia and read its article about Cholesterol, you will find it in the article that total fat intake, especially saturated fat and trans fat, plays a larger role in blood cholesterol than intake of cholesterol itself. How will the body convert the ingested transfat and saturated fat into LDL cholesterol in the first place?

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When does cholesterol synthesis occurs during the night, or whenever one goes to sleeps?

May 16th, 2010 by admin | 1 Comment | Filed in Asnwers

-Statins are suggested to be taken at night when cholesterol synthesis occurs most. But does this process occurs during the daytime as well, when certain individuals goes to sleep (such as those with overnight working schedules), or does synthesis occur when there is very little or no sunlight present?

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