Iyini i-cholesterol ne-cholesterol embi futhi kungani kufanele ngifune ukunciphisa amazinga ayo?
I-cholesterol iyinhlanganisela enjengamafutha etholakala kumaseli omzimba wakho. Isibindi sakho sikhiqiza i-cholesterol futhi iyatholakala kwezinye izinto ezifana nenyama nemikhiqizo yobisi. Umzimba wakho udinga amazinga athile e-cholesterol ukuze usebenze, kodwa ukweqisa kukhulisa ingozi yesifo senhliziyo nemithambo yegazi.  I-LDL, i-lipoprotein enobuningi obuphansi, yaziwa nangokuthi i-cholesterol embi. Ithola igama elithi "elibi" ngoba amazinga aphakeme kakhulu e-LDL angaholela ekwakhekeni kwe-cholesterol emithanjeni yakho. Inani elengeziwe le-LDL lakha ama-plaque futhi ukwakheka kwalama-plaque emithanjeni yakho kuholela esimweni esibizwa ngokuthi, i-artherosclerosis. Isifo semithambo yenhliziyo senzeka lapho ama-plaque enqwabelana emithanjeni yenhliziyo yakho. Kubangela ukuba imithambo yegazi ibe lukhuni futhi ibe mincane, okunciphisa ijubane noma kuvimbele ukugeleza kwegazi liye enhliziyweni yakho. Ngenxa yokuthi igazi lakho lithwala umoya- mpilo liye enhliziyweni yakho, lokhu kusho ukuthi inhliziyo yakho ingase ingakwazi ukuthola umoya- mpilo owanele. Lokhu kungabangela i-angina noma ubuhlungu esifubeni futhi kungaholela ekuhlaselweni ukushisa uma ukugeleza kwegazi kuvinjelwe ngokuphelele.