Ask your spouse, your child, your pastor or even your doctor to tell you what cholesterol is and you will probably get several answers. The most common answer is that cholesterol is bad—really bad—and that it causes heart disease and kills you. Well, that answer is false. Cholesterol is more like water, air and blood. You need it. Without it, you are dead. Cholesterol is the building block for your steroid metabolism. You would have no adrenalin, estrogen or testosterone without cholesterol. That is why it must be supported with proper nutrition and nutrients.

Getting a little more technical, cholesterol is like essential fatty acids and oils. You need the right amount at the right time and availability is a must. Balance is essential and homeodynamics is crucial to optimal health.  While homeodynamics is a big word derived from Greek, it breaks down easily into “homeo” meaning same or similar, and “dynamics,” meaning power or strength.  In other words, homeodynamics means that there is a living harmony between your physical body and the being or vitality within you called life or spirit. It has to mesh and move forward so that each day, every day, another will come. It’s that nice insurance for having another nice day. 

Cholesterol must not be feared, but at the same time, it must also be controlled, or else it will quickly turn into “too much of a good thing” and begin to adversely affect your health.  Keeping cholesterol levels in check requires a certain amount of vigilance, but you will find that the resulting good health is more than worth it.  For example, embrace healthy food even if there is some fat in it. Just avoid the foolishness. Free will does not mean reckless reign. Pay attention to appropriate exercise. This includes stretching, aerobics and muscle building.  Get a good night’s sleep. Think about the right things and be holy.

Also, take a proper blend of nutrients to support your healthy cholesterol.  These natural remedies should include healing botanicals like garlic, well-known for its proven ability to keep cholesterol levels in check, as well as guar gum and guggul extract. Vitamin C helps to keep our blood vessels healthy and less likely to need repair from sticky cholesterol, and vitamin E also works in our veins, preventing clogging and the conversion of cholesterol to fat deposits.  Chromium, a trace mineral, is crucial for people who are trying to keep their cholesterol levels in the healthy range. 

Tocotrienols, one of the molecules that is found in vitamin E (the other being tocopherols) are also particularly exciting in the fight against excessive cholesterol.  These molecules appear to interfere with an enzyme that is partially responsible for the liver creating cholesterol.  Suppress the work of this enzyme, and less cholesterol will be produced—talk about going right to the source!  And finally, a waxy extract of sugar cane called policosanol also appears to have a direct effect on the liver’s ability to produce cholesterol.

In a short piece like this, lots of medical jargon is not going to be learned or appreciated. So, the gist, the crux, and the point is simple. Live right. Be brave, Let the life, the vitality within you be expressed.

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