When it gets in there , the body , this is the checkpoint of regulation . This is where the body says , do you have enough cholesterol in the body ? Yes or no .
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 . And this is the way it gets back into the body .
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 in other words , anything that really interferes with our ability to produce cholesterol will uh is a threat to us as a species . And the reason for that is cholesterol makes up the cell membrane of every cell in our body . So , you know , as you know , but maybe the listeners don't , even though a cell is a spherical thing , it has to be fluid , right ?
So it'll go off the basal lateral side of the cell , not the Luminal side into the body . Alternatively , the body says , you know what we have enough cholesterol . I'm gonna let you poop this out .
