Ingredient framework; direct source links are available in the studies library when published.
How it works
Build -- precursor for all steroid hormones (cortisol, testosterone, estrogen, aldosterone), for vitamin D synthesis in skin, and for bile acids used in fat digestion; also roughly a fifth of the dry weight of myelin, the insulating sheath around nerve fibers
Exchange -- a core structural component of the membrane bilayer, directly setting fluidity and forming lipid rafts
Sense -- lipid rafts organize receptor and signaling-protein clustering, so membrane cholesterol content directly shapes how efficiently a cell receives and responds to external signals
Maintain -- the body tightly regulates its own cholesterol synthesis (via HMG-CoA reductase) largely independent of dietary intake in most people, which is why dietary cholesterol has a smaller effect on blood cholesterol than saturated fat does for most individuals
Form matters
The same nutrient can be made in very different forms -- and a study done on one form does not automatically apply to another. Methylcobalamin is not cyanocobalamin; magnesium glycinate is not magnesium oxide; a whole-food extract is not the synthetic isolate that was studied. Two things decide whether what is in the bottle behaves like the research: the exact form, and independent lab verification (a Certificate of Analysis) that the form and dose on the label are truly what is inside. Without a COA, you are trusting a label, not the science.
The science on Cholesterol
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