What Causes Elevated Low Density Lipoproteins?

But how does the understanding of functionality relate to lipoproteins? We know that cholesterol is a component of both high (HDL) or low (LDL) density lipoprotein forms, along with other fat soluble products. The significance of this statement is that cholesterol is not LDL or HDL, since lipoproteins are compounds that function as lipid transport systems moving all fat soluble products in the blood. How each of these forms of lipoproteins function and how levels are altered by exercise or the presence or absence of certain nutrients becomes the focal point in understanding elevated levels of lipoproteins. The notion of good and bad becomes less important and instead, what influences appropriate levels of lipoproteins, from a nutrient excess or deficiency standpoint, becomes the issue. With this in mind, along with the new revelations that some lipoprotein lowering drugs may not be able to decrease mortality , it seems prudent to explore how nutrient deficiencies or excesses or the need for more raw materials contribute to a change in lipoprotein levels in the body.