While foods like eggs and shellfish contain cholesterol, cutting them from your diet is not the best thing for lowering your cholesterol level. Foods that reallyaffect your cholesterol level are those that affect the body's _(1)_ of lipoproteins. Cholesterol is actually _(2)_ for building cells, and lipoproteins are small protein packages which carry the cholesterol produced naturally in your liver through the body via the blood stream. The two types of lipoproteins that seriously affect cholesterol levels are low-density lipoproteins (LDLs) and high-density lipoproteins (HDLs). LDLs carry the necessary cholesterol to the body's cells. HDLs carry _(3)_ cholesterol back to the liver to be recycled or removed. Problems occur when LDLs _(4)_ arterywalls and accumulate there. Accumulated cholesterol from LDLs forms thickplaque along the artery walls, which can _(5)_ the blood flow and cause heart attacks. A high LDL count usually _(6)_ potential heart disease. Adversely, a high HDL count means your system is _(7)_ likely to be clogged up by cholesterol. To prevent cholesterol from _(8)_, people should eat foods that lower LDLs and those that increase HDLs. Foods which _(9)_ lots of saturated fat tend toincrease the level of harmful LDLs, so it's best to stay away from them. These are things like red meat, cakes, dairy products, and fried foods. Citrus fruits, soy products, fish, nuts, beans, and avocados, on the other hand, lower the body's production of LDLs and give your HDL level a _(10)_. Add these to your diet to help keep your arteries clean and cholesterol-free. (A) limit (B) boost (C) essential (D) contain (E) unnecessary (F) less (G) production (H) building up (I) penetrate (J) points to
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