Lipids Explained 🧱 Cholesterol - is the material needed for building cell walls, making hormones etc 🛻 Lipoproteins - are basically Trucks transporting Cholesterol along with other things through blood. Depending on size they are of many types. ⛽ Triglycerides - are portable Fuel containers that trucks are carrying along. 🚛 HDL - They are the Recycling Trucks that patrol the roads collecting leftover cholesterol bricks from tissues & arteries, & bringing it back to the liver’s recycling center. (HDL-C in your reports is the cholesterol carried by these recycling trucks currently.) 🚚 LDL - They are the Delivery Trucks that deliver cholesterol bricks from the liver warehouse to construction sites (cells) around the body. (LDL-C in your reports is the cholesterol carried by these delivery trucks currently.) 🚨 Lp(a) - Some of these LDL delivery trucks have an extra problem. They have wheels that are extra sticky, making it more likely to contribute to plaque formation & blood clotting. 🚛📦 VLDL - They are the Fat Cargo Trucks that mainly transport big boxes of triglycerides (fat) from the liver to storage sites. 🪪♦️ApoB (Apolipoprotein B) - All the main delivery trucks (LDL, Lp(a), VLDL..) have a common license plate called ApoB. Counting them gives an idea of the no of trucks on road currently. More means too many cholesterol bricks & extra fuel (Tg) are being transported 🪪🔹ApoA1 (Apolipoprotein A1) - The recycling trucks have a different license plate called ApoA1. If more of these license plates are in action means more cleanup is done. 🔵 You need to make sure that your ✅ HDL - High
✅ LDL - Low
✅ Lp(a) - Low (Can’t do much)
✅ Triglyceride - Low
✅ VLDL - Low
✅ ApoB - Low
✅ ApoA1 - High
✅ Triglyceride/HDL ratio - Low
✅ Total Cholesterol - Less relevant if all above are in check Almost all of these except Lp(a) can be sorted out with simple dietary - lifestyle changes - Calorie deficit - Take it easy on saturated & eliminate trans fats - Take it easy on Refined Carbs - More fiber - Get enough Omega 3 - Workout