{"id":654,"date":"2020-06-29T23:57:44","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T06:57:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gordongunnmd.com\/womens_wellness\/?p=654"},"modified":"2020-06-29T23:57:44","modified_gmt":"2020-06-30T06:57:44","slug":"what-is-cholesterol-fullerton-ca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gordongunnmd.com\/womens_wellness\/what-is-cholesterol-fullerton-ca\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Cholesterol? Fullerton, CA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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We are all aware that having too much cholesterol isn\u2019t\ngood, so we tailor our diets when things begin to go awry with our health. But how\nmuch do you actually know about cholesterol and what it does to our bodies?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cholesterol is an essential building block for the normal\nmetabolism of the body. Cholesterol is a lipid (fat). The liver produces 90% of\nthe body\u2019s cholesterol (usually during sleep). This is primarily a genetic\nfactor; only 10% comes from food. The problem is lipids cannot circulate alone\nin the blood stream because fat and water do not mix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They require a transport system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018Water-soluble\u2019 proteins called lipoproteins transport\ncholesterol in the blood, and the amount of lipoprotein determines how much cholesterol\ncan be moved. There are three main types of lipoproteins that transport\ncholesterol:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HDL\u2013high-density lipoprotein.<\/strong> Referred to as \u201cgood\u201d\ncholesterol, because it removes cholesterol from arterial plaque and transports\nit back to the liver to be metabolized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LDL\u2013low-density lipoprotein.<\/strong> Referred to as \u201cbad\u201d\ncholesterol, because it deposits cholesterol into the inflamed plaque of the\nartery wall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

VLDL-very low-density lipoprotein.<\/strong> This lipoprotein\nis directly related to the level of   triglycerides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Total cholesterol is the sum of all three types of\nlipoproteins. Measuring these and the triglyceride level produces a lipid\nprofile. The ratio is the total cholesterol divided by the HDL level (the\nlower, the better).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Women are frequently told by their physicians that their cholesterol levels and \u201cratio\u201d are either normal, or if abnormal, their \u2018good\u2019 cholesterol is \u2018OK\u2019. The problem with this message is the fact that 50% of women who suffer their first heart attack or stroke have \u2018normal\u2019 cholesterol levels, according to the American Heart Association<\/a><\/em> criteria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you would like more information on cholesterol, contact Dr. Gordon C. Gunn MD at 714-912-2211\u00a0or visit\u00a0www.gordongunnmd.com<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0to schedule an appointment today.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Gordon Gunn proudly serves Fullerton and all surrounding areas.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We are all aware that having too much cholesterol isn\u2019t good, so we tailor our diets when things begin to go awry with our health. But how much do you actually know about cholesterol and what it does to our bodies? Cholesterol is an essential building block for the normal metabolism of the body. Cholesterol … Continue reading What Is Cholesterol? Fullerton, CA<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[107,108,44,6,7,40,131,112,66,95,51,43,61,39,109,104,103,42,14,159,92,65,73,21],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3mKiD-ay","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gordongunnmd.com\/womens_wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gordongunnmd.com\/womens_wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gordongunnmd.com\/womens_wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gordongunnmd.com\/womens_wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gordongunnmd.com\/womens_wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=654"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gordongunnmd.com\/womens_wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":655,"href":"https:\/\/gordongunnmd.com\/womens_wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/654\/revisions\/655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gordongunnmd.com\/womens_wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gordongunnmd.com\/womens_wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gordongunnmd.com\/womens_wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}