Hypolipoproteinemia is a rare condition, where the LDL blood cholesterol level, is extremely low. In spite of the rarity of the condition, it should not be taken lightly. Now. You must be thinking: isn’t lowering the LDL cholesterol in the blood a good thing? Well, it’s not. Let me explain. In normal conditions, your blood absorbs the fat in the intestines from the food that you eat and moves it along with proteins and cholesterol to your liver. Next, cholesterol is transferred to the bile. This is the normal condition.

However, in Hypolipoproteinemia the Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL) is almost non-existent. There could be several reasons for this. One possibility is that your body doesn’t produce the required amount of cholesterol needed for fat processing in the bloodstream. Genetic diseases such as the Tangier disease, hypobetalipoproteinemia and abetalipoproteinemia can cause low blood cholesterol. Hypolipoproteinemia can also be the end result of malnutrition, caused by the inability of your bowels the properly absorb the food that you eat.

Anemia is another condition that can lead to extremely low blood cholesterol, due to the existence of very few blood cells that reduce blood fat and cholesterol.

Simply put, low blood cholesterol level, which is below 120 mg/dl, can result in serious health consequences. If you were diagnosed with hypobetalipoproteinemia, your doctor may recommend checking for other diseases that can cause this abnormality in blood cholesterol level.

But that’s not all. In addition to having low LDL levels, Hypolipoproteinemia can also manifest itself in very low HDL levels. HDL is the good cholesterol, which cleanses the cells from excess of LDL, and regulates the processing of the bad LDL cholesterol. Without having normal levels of HDL in your blood (above 40 mg/dl) you are in fact exposed to having clogged arteries, or atherosclerosis. Note that smoking is yet another factor that lowers HDL levels. Therefore that combination of a bad diet (lack of nutrients contributing to elevating the HDL levels), poor lifestyle (smoking, inactivity and stress) can lead to dangerous consequences.

Abetalipoproteinemia, is an extreme and very rare genetic disorder that interferes with the normal absorption of fat. The result: LDL is not produce at all by your body. This condition may lead to central nervous system disorder and blindness.

The best way, to deal with lower HDL cholesterol levels and with abnormal total blood cholesterol in general, is the natural alternative to drugs, meaning: well balanced diet, optimal supplementation, exercising and Yoga, a combination that almost guarantees the lowering of LDL levels and keeping the all important HDL cholesterol above the 40mg/dl borderline.