Cholesterol: Is it really bad?

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Cholesterol is found in every cell in the human body, it is especially abundant in the membrane of cells. This plays a main role in cell to cell recognition, strength, and communication. Cholesterol can make up nearly half of the cell membrane. Since it is smaller and weighs less than other molecules in the cell membrane, it makes up a less quantity of the cell membrane's mass. Cholesterol is important for the integrity for the cell membrane as it helps build and maintain. Without cholesterol, our cell membranes would turn into mush! So where then is the bad part? ah! You always here those commercials, connecting the words heart stroke / heart failure / heart attack / heart whatever to cholesterol, you get the point. By the way cholesterol has way more roles than i described above, i just want to keep it brief and to the point. I'm going to skip all the HDL/LDL cholesterol talk because frankly is irrelevant. However, i will focus on vitamin C, believe me that is more relevant. Studies have shown that insufficient amount of vitamin C is the true cause of heart whatever you want to call it. Vitamin C plays a main role in the repair of artery cells. When there is an insufficient amount, here comes cholesterol to the rescue and it will act as a "band-aid" to those damaged artery walls. This then causes blockage in the arteries which then ultimately leads to heart strokes. Cholesterol, you can say, is only trying to help the problem of the person's lack of vitamin C. Hence, cholesterol is only a sign of the problem NOT the problem. So drink up some orange juice! :)