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What is the function of cholesterol for human body?

Male  46 years old 2018-06-01
I always think that cholesterol is a bad substance, but the health program says that if you don’t eat cholesterol-containing food for a long time, what is the function of cholesterol?

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  • BY Mamie Doris 2018-06-01
    Cholesterol is important and necessary for the human body. Such as steroid hormones, sex hormones, corticosteroids, vitamin D, etc., these important substances that maintain the normal physiological and metabolic functions of the human body, the synthetic raw material is cholesterol. In addition, the immune function of the human body can only function with the participation of cholesterol. Experiments have shown that the blood cholesterol concentration is inversely proportional to the incidence of cancer, especially esophageal cancer, rectal cancer, lymphoma and so on. People who do not eat high-cholesterol foods for a long time, because the cholesterol in the blood is too low, their cancer incidence is three times that of people with normal cholesterol.
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