Managing Cholesterol Level Cholesterol - Cholesterol is a substance present in blood plasma of all living animal tissues. Chemically it belongs to steroid family .Our body needs cholesterol for its proper working . We get it from two sources - nearly 80 % from the liver which makes it within our body and the remainder from our diets, mainly fats . But there is an upper limit beyond which cholesterol is bad for health . These days most of us know about fats’ role in our health . Fats can be a cause of high cholesterol . High cholesterol ultimately