{"id":18487,"date":"2023-12-23T04:18:46","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T22:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=18487"},"modified":"2025-04-05T11:14:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T05:44:10","slug":"bad-cholesterol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/bad-cholesterol\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Bad Cholesterol?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>What is cholesterol?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Cholesterol is a\u00a0waxy, fat-like substance that&#8217;s\u00a0found in all the cells in your body.<\/li>\n<li>Your\u00a0liver makes cholesterol, and it is\u00a0also in some foods,\u00a0such as meat\u00a0and dairy products.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Your\u00a0body needs\u00a0some cholesterol\u00a0to work properly.<\/li>\n<li>What are LDL and HDL?\n<ul>\n<li>Cholesterol travels through the blood\u00a0on proteins called \u201clipoproteins.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Two types\u00a0of lipoproteins carry cholesterol throughout the body:\u00a0LDL (low-density lipoprotein) and HDL (high-density lipoprotein).<\/li>\n<li>LDL and HDL have different purposes.<\/li>\n<li>LDL cholesterol, sometimes\u00a0called \u201cbad\u201d cholesterol,\u00a0makes up most of your\u00a0body\u2019s cholesterol. A high LDL level leads to a buildup of cholesterol in your arteries.<\/li>\n<li>HDL cholesterol sometimes\u00a0called \u201cgood\u201d cholesterol, because it\u00a0carries cholesterol from other\u00a0parts of your body back to your liver. Your\u00a0liver then removes\u00a0the cholesterol from your body.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>How can a high LDL level raise my risk of disease?\n<ul>\n<li>If you have a high LDL level, this means that you have too much LDL cholesterol in your blood.<\/li>\n<li>This\u00a0extra LDL, along\u00a0with other substances, forms plaque. The plaque\u00a0builds up in your arteries; this is a condition called atherosclerosis.<\/li>\n<li>Coronary artery disease\u00a0happens\u00a0when\u00a0plaque builds up is\u00a0in the arteries of your heart. It causes the arteries to become hardened and narrowed, which slows down or blocks the blood flow to your heart. This\u00a0can cause angina\u00a0(chest pain) or, if the blood flow is completely blocked,\u00a0a heart attack.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What are Arteries?<\/h3>\n<p>Arteries, part of your circulatory (cardiovascular) system, are the blood vessels that bring oxygen-rich blood from your heart to all of your body&#8217;s cells. They play a crucial role in distributing oxygen, nutrients and hormones throughout your body.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/life-style\/health-fitness\/health-news\/new-affordable-vaccine-for-bad-cholesterol-a-game-changer-for-heart-disease\/articleshow\/106187161.cms?from=mdr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>New affordable vaccine for bad cholesterol: A game changer for heart disease\u00a0<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LDL (low-density lipoprotein)  cholesterol, sometimes called \u201cbad\u201d cholesterol, makes up most of your body\u2019s cholesterol. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":18488,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-18487","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}