And the "bad" kind helps muscles most!
Bad Cholesterol is Good for Muscles
New research shows that having higher levels of “bad cholesterol” in your blood may make it easier for you to build your muscles. In a recent study published in the Journal of Gerontology, participants who completed vigorous workouts were found to gain the most muscle mass if they had higher levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL).
Cholesterol is a fat-based hormone with a large number of functions in the human body, so the idea that eliminating all cholesterol makes a person healthier has never been founded. But it has been thought that the high-density lipoprotein (the so-called “HDL”) was all the body needed for its internal processes. LDL has been known primarily as the substance that forms aterial plaque and causes heart attacks.
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