The body actively produces cholesterol to maintain necessary levels for new cell formation, bile salts, and hormones.

“our bodies are keen to keep this thing constantly getting made and then placed where it needs to be placed to keep us working and that includes not just you know when we start but as we continue going if we make new cells and we definitely do we need more cholesterol to do that but on top of that cholesterol is used with many other things that we may not be aware of such as bile salts such as hormones particularly sex hormones and many other different functions that are hugely relevant”