High Cholesterol: What All Menopausal Women Need to Know

Cholesterol has a few interesting roles in the body.
It's used in the synthesis of hormones, has a neuroprotective role in the brain, and is an essential component of cell membranes, allowing them to maintain fluidity. Yes, you heard it right. Cholesterol is a protective molecule. It is the single most protective all-purpose molecule. The reason it rises during stress is that it's our defensive molecule and it's the precursor to our anti-stress hormones.
When cholesterol is regulated properly, it causes no issues and actually has a protective effect on health.

So is high cholesterol bad?
First off, what is high? The ‘preferred’ level of blood cholesterol has now been taken to a level which makes 90% of the world’s population test over the accepted level, thereby needing medication (statins).
Studies show these relatively high cholesterol levels are not always a bad thing.