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The waxy houseguest your liver invites, then blames for the traffic jam.
means A fatty, waxy substance your body needs to build cells and hormones, but which clogs arteries when there's too much of the wrong kind.
from From Greek chole (bile) plus stereos (solid) — first scraped out of gallstones in the 1700s, hence the unglamorous debut.
Self-suppliedYour liver makes most of it, not your dinner.
Good vs badHDL clears arteries, LDL litters them.
Hormone factoryRaw material for testosterone, estrogen, vitamin D.
Brain fuelA quarter of your body's stash lives there.