Question

Why is cholesterol not considered an essential nutrient? What organ manufactures cholesterol? What foods contain cholesterol? What other compounds in the body are made with cholesterol as the starting material?

Answer 1

1. Cholesterol is not considered an essential nutrient because the liver is able to produce it.

2. The liver manufactures cholesterol

3. Foods that come from animals contain cholesterol

4. Cholesterol is a precursor molecule for all steroid hormones and vitamin D.

Step-by-step explanation:

Cholesterol is a molecule biodynthesized by all animal cells and it is metabolized and produced in the liver of humans. It has a wide range of functions, including being part of all animal cell membranes, takes part in intercellular transport, in signaling, it is a precursor molecule in vitamins D and many hormones and it is part of our metabolism. Cholesterol is found in all animal products and in some plant foods such as avocado, flax seeds and peanuts.