Many people think that increased cholesterol levels only cause high blood pressure and heart attacks while the reality is there are many health effects on our body because of high cholesterol level other than cardiovascular diseases.
1) High Cholesterol level increases the risk of gallstones, a research by National Digestive Disease Information revealed that more than 80% of gallstones are because of high cholesterol.
2) It also causes chest pain because increase cholesterol affects the blood circulation in the body, when muscles receive less blood they contract causing pain.
3) In severe cases the arteries leading brain can be blocked after which brain cells starts to die.
4) High cholesterol results in plaque formation which blocks the blood flow to stomach. Usually people suffering from such bloody stools thinks it is a digestion problem though in reality it is a result of high cholesterol.
Now you will understand what happens to our body if cholesterol level is increased.