Person is also defined as a specific pattern of consciousness. Health is a process of expanding consciousness that synthesizes disease and non-disease and is recognized by patterns of person-environment interaction. An understanding of pattern is basic to an understanding of health, and involves the movement from looking at parts to looking at the whole.
1 High-density lipoproteins. 2  These lipoproteins are often referred to as HDL, or good, cholesterol. 3  They act as cholesterol scavengers, picking up excess cholesterol in your blood and taking it back to your liver where it's broken down. 4  The higher your HDL level, the less bad cholesterol you'll have in your blood.nderstanding HDL cholesterol. Cholesterol is a waxy substance that's found in all of your cells and has several useful functions, including helping to build your body's cells. It's carried through your bloodstream attached to proteins. These proteins are called lipoproteins. 1  Low-density lipoproteins.
1 High LDL cholesterol leads to a buildup of cholesterol in arteries. 2  The higher the LDL level in your blood, the greater chance you have for getting heart disease. 3  HDL (high density lipoprotein) cholesterol is sometimes called good cholesterol. 4  HDL carries cholesterol from other parts of your body back to your liver. Cholesterol is also found in some of the foods you eat. 2  You use cholesterol to make hormones, Vitamin D, and substances that help you digest foods. 3  LDL (low density lipoprotein) cholesterol is sometimes called bad cholesterol. 4  High LDL cholesterol leads to a buildup of cholesterol in arteries.