Can Cholesterol Be Too Low?

<a href="http://www.betterhumans.com/News/news.aspx?articleID=2003-12-22-8" title="Betterhumans &gt; News &gt; Cholesterol-free Mouse Engineered">Cholesterol-free Mouse Engineered</a>: &ldquo;Too much cholesterol may be bad, but mice engineered to lack cholesterol completely have proven just how essential the compound is for health.



&ldquo;Quark Biotech of Fremont, California together with scientists from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and the Sackler School of Medicine in Israel were surprised that their cholesterol-lacking mouse survived and developed into adulthood at all&hellip;



&ldquo;Cholesterol is a waxy, fat-like steroid found in every cell of the body. It is used to help digest fats, strengthen cell membranes and make hormones.



&ldquo;It is primarily synthesized in the liver, although other sites include the intestines, adrenal glands and reproductive organs.&rdquo;