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Cholesterol is essential. It's a key building block for the cell membrane, it's a precursor to multiple hormones and necessary for producing vitamin D and bile

Cholesterol is essential. It's a key building block for the cell membrane, it's a precursor to multiple hormones and necessary for producing vitamin D and bile acid. 2% of your body is cholesterol.

javascriptfan69 6mo ago
Your body is 50% water and you can still die from drinking too much.
acdha 6mo ago
To the extent that this is true, it’s irrelevant: your body has many things which need to be within certain ranges for health. Salt, water, oxygen, etc. are all vital but too much or too little will make you dangerously ill.
- naveen99 6mo ago
  Lower is always better is incompatible with reality of essential component of cell membrane.
  - acdha 6mo ago
    This is a weird response to the argument that things should be in appropriate ranges.
bitshiftfaced 6mo ago
And the liver creates cholesterol. It even senses and reduces cholesterol output when we have too much. Except saturated fats interfere with this process.