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Cholesterol: Good or bad?


In today’s world, almost everything is free… not that everything has no price.
It just seems that we have reached the era where we become more aware of our
health conditions. Thus, it seems to be the era of everything that is -free.
Try scanning every available product in your local grocery and you will see what
I mean.
Your bread is bromate-free; your yoghurt is fat-free; your cooking oil is
cholesterol-free; your canned soup is preservative-free; and the list goes on
and on. Now you are beginning to wonder about the next -free commodity that you
would encounter.
This is not exactly bad. In fact, health experts encourage us to be more
sensitive about the foods we eat and the nutrients that we get from them.
However, not everything that is –free is healthy. Our bodies need certain
substances to be able to function well.
Let us take a look at cholesterol for instance. Very simply defined,
cholesterol is a fatty substance that occurs naturally in the blood, cell walls,
and most body tissues. Cholesterol is made by the liver, and it enters the body
via foods rich in saturated fat.
There are two types of cholesterol; these are what they termed as the good and
bad cholesterol. Like the literary split personality of Jekyll and Hyde, it has
a good side because it is needed for certain important body functions. But for
many people, cholesterol also has an evil side. When present in excessive
amounts, it can injure blood vessels, cause heart attacks, and stroke.
Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL) is the "bad" cholesterol. This is the form in
which cholesterol is carried into the blood and is the main cause of harmful
fatty buildup in arteries. The higher the LDL cholesterol levels in the blood,
the greater the heart disease risk.
On the other hand, High Density Lipoprotein (HDL) is the “good” cholesterol.
This "good" cholesterol carries blood cholesterol back to the liver, where it
can be eliminated. HDL helps prevent a cholesterol buildup in blood vessels. Low
HDL levels increase heart disease risk.
So before you go into your cholesterol deprivation program, remember that
cholesterol is essential for human life. It builds and repairs cells, it is used
to produce sex hormones like estrogen and testosterone, it is converted to bile
acids to help you digest food and it is found in large amounts in brain and
nerve tissue.

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Wish For Bangladesh

Wish For Bangladesh

Bangladesh Informations

Bangladesh emerged as an independent and sovereign country in 1971 following a ninemonth war of liberation. It is one of the largest deltas of the world with a total area of 147,570 sq. km. With a unique communal harmony, Bangladesh has a population of about 142 million, making it one of the densely populated countries of the world. The majority (about 88%) of the people are Muslim. Over 98% of the people speak in Bangla. English, however, is widely spoken. The country is covered with a network of rivers and canals forming a maze of interconnecting channels.
Bangladesh has a glorious history and rich heritage. Once it was known as ‘Sonar Bangla’ or the Golden Bengal. The territory now constituting Bangladesh was under the Muslim rule for over five and a half centuries from 1201 to 1757 AD. Subsequently, it came under the British rule following the defeat of the sovereign ruler, Nawab Sirajuddaula, at the battle of Palassey on 23 June, 1757. The British ruled over the Indian sub-continent including this territory for nearly 190 years from 1757 to 1947. During that period, Bangladesh was a part of the British Indian provinces of Bengal and Assam. With the termination of British rule in August 1947, the sub-continent was partitioned into India and Pakistan. Bangladesh formed a part of Pakistan and was called ‘East Pakistan’. It remained so for about 24 years from August 14, 1947 to March 25, 1971. Bangladesh liberated on December 16, 1971 following the victory of the War of Liberation and appeared on the world map as an independent and sovereign country.The country is the pioneer in micro-credit concept for poverty reduction, which brought the Nobel Prize in Peace for the country in 2006. The founder of world reputed Grameen Bank Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus is the Nobel laureate.

The Natural Beauty Of Bangladesh

Have you thought of a dream holiday where you see yourself on that very attractive magical coastline with very beautiful features like those in the fairy tales? Did you know that such features really exist on this very planet?

Talking of wonderful eye-catching sites let us take a trip to the North Eastern part of south Asia and land safely in one of the most beautiful countries on the planet: Bangladesh. The country is surrounded by some of the most prominent geographical features studied worldwide. To the north of Bangladesh are the famous Himalayas while the bay of the Bengal borders her from the South. To her East is the hilly region of Tripura, India and Myanmar. Finally to her West lies the west Bengal. Together these features form a low lying plain in between that is the country in their midst; Bangladesh.

The plain between all these features has plenty of rivers flowing across it forming a nice natural beautiful pattern of rivers and streams network. Padma, Meghna, Kamafull and Brahmaputra are the major rivers in this very beautiful land.

History goes hand in hand with the Natural Beauty of Bangladesh. Talking of historical sites she has quite a number of rich archeological sites to offer. This includes the Paharpur, Maianamati, Sonargaon among many others.

It also has a historical mosques and monuments. The sixty Dome mosque built in the 15th century is the largest historical in Bangladesh as well as the words heritage is situated in Bagerhat. It is also upheld for an outstanding architectural value. However, the Shait Gombuj mosque is the most magnificent and the largest brick mosque surviving in the country.

Bangladesh is not just named a natural beauty for nothing this is a title that it has fought for through its great and eye catching extraordinary features. She happens to be the home to the world's longest natural beach in the whole world. The land is mainly covered by plant cover as most of the people practice Agriculture.

Apart from the natural beauty of Bangladesh brought forth by the flora in the country, the country also has a great deal of wildlife. She is the home of the dhole; the most endangered Asiatic top predator that is on the edge of extinction. It also has the Asian elephant which is the largest mammal. Finally she has the Bengal tiger which is the national animal of the country. The next time you thinking of spending time in a beautiful place where you will be able to watch and appreciate nature's beauty, think of Bangladesh.