Uh HDL dietary cholesterol , saturated fat , uh at least in your view . Uh So first , let's differentiate between cholesterol and fat just for the listener . Um because we use them .
It'll go back into the Luminal side and away . It goes the c so all of the cholesterol in our body is not as terrified and it doesn't have that big bulky side chain attached to it . The cholesterol you eat is esterified and , and a ster cholesterol molecule simply can't physically pass through that Nieman Pixie one like one transporter .
So it's important to differentiate between the what what is saturated fat . So , saturated fat of course , is a fatty acid just so people understand totally different molecule from cholesterol . Cholesterol is very complicated ring structure , multiple rings stuck together .
Then let's talk about those cholesterol . Can you get cholesterol in your diet ? Yes , you can eat foods that are rich in cholesterol , what was known in 1960 but somehow escaped everybody's imagination until finally , the American Heart Association acknowledged this a few years ago is that the cholesterol you eat does not really make it into your body .
So that's , that's what aids in our digestion , which is another thing I should have mentioned earlier . In addition to using cholesterol for cell membranes and hormones , we wouldn't be able to digest our food without cholesterol because it's what makes up the bile salts . So our own cholesterol is basically recirculated in a pool throughout our body .
