The Connection Between High Blood Cholesterol & Heart Disease Cholesterol is a waxy, fat-like substance found in the body cells of humans and animals. Your body uses cholesterol to make essential body substances such as cell walls and hormones, as well as for various other functions. Cholesterol enters the body when you eat certain foods such as eggs, meat, and other dairy products, all of which are high in saturated fat. Another way your body obtains …showed first 75 words of 687 total…

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