Paul Saladino· MD
cholesterol is transported around the body in these different protein molecules of local lipoprotein molecules which is outlined what they are and that's as he says the thing that people are talking about when they're doing these panels but people are thinking cholesterol is bad we must lower cholesterol an actual fact a drug like a statin what it does is directly inhibits the metabolic production of the molecule cholesterol yes it doesn't actually change directly it doesn't directly change the values of any of the lipoproteins whatsoever it's about reducing the amount of cargo that they have to keep so anyway so 50% of all your cell membranes cholesterol testosterone is made from cholesterol estrogen is made from cholesterol Milan for the myelin sheath is on all your neurons that's cholesterol vitamin d3 is synthesized by a reaction with sunlight just underneath your skin with cholesterol we could go on all day but bile acids are made from cholesterol you know there are hundreds and hundreds of examples of uses of cholesterol it's absolutely fundamental and necessary substance in your body