Understanding CholesterolWritten by Dave Saunders
Whenever word cholesterol comes up in any conversation, almost always, people are talking about how high levels of cholesterol can be bad for your body and can even be fatal. What one never hears about is fact that cholesterol is essential for our bodies. Here’s a look at cholesterol molecule, and how it benefits our bodies.The cholesterol molecule is a wax like fatty substance, which comes from a family of molecules known as steroids. The cholesterol molecule is present in our blood, as well as all cells in body tissue. A cholesterol molecule does not enter our bodies through food, but is made by different parts of our body. Body tissues that have highly packed membranes, such as liver, arethoma, etc are known to produce more cholesterol molecules and have more cholesterol present in their cells. A form of cholesterol molecule, if present in large numbers in our bodies, can form deposits known as plaque on walls of our arteries, which can in turn block flow of blood supply and cause heart problems. But, cholesterol molecule also plays an important part in following:
| | The Trillion Dollar IndustryWritten by Mike Law
The wellness industry is projected to become next trillion dollar industry by year 2010, and this is on existing products alone, and not taking into account any new products and services that will be introduced in future. There is a generation called baby boomers that make up one third of population and about two thirds of purchasing population. They are individuals who were born around late 40’s to early 60’s. Trends have shown that industries have boomed in relation to needs of this generation. They are now of an age where health and aging is becoming extremely important issues to them and are prepared to spend big dollars. We have a seriously high rate of degenerative diseases reaching almost epidemic proportions. These have become alarmingly more predominant over last century. The leading causes of premature death in early 1900’s were influenza, diphtheria, tuberculosis and pneumonia. At present leading causes of premature death are cancer, stroke, cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease and diabetes. The reason for this is because our bodies are losing battle against free radicals. Free radicals come from stress, radiation from sun, environmental pollution, toxic chemicals in water and depletion of nutrients in food supply. An alarming discovery was found in a test undertaken on tomatoes. Results indicated a 90% loss of nutritional value of tomatoes over last century. One of most powerful oxidation defence agents for conquering free radicals is vitamin E. To obtain an optimal amount of vitamin E you would have to consume for example 15kg’s of spinach.
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