Understanding the Types of Cholesterol

Understanding the Types of Cholesterol While most people talk about “cholesterol levels” there is in fact more than one type of cholesterol. In fact, there are several different body functions and several different substances that make up our understanding of “cholesterol.”  Lipoproteins equip the cholesterol to move around the body. The two main types of lipoproteins are:  1) High Density Lipoproteins (HDL.)  • HDL transports cholesterol from cells back to the liver.  2) Low Density Lipoproteins (LDL.)  •LDL carries approximately 60_70% of cholesterol around the body and are known as “bad" cholesterol.