If cholesterol is too high in the body it is mainly caused by diet, obesity, heredity and diseases. Cholesterol is mainly synthesized in the body, every cell of the human body has its trace, plays an important role in the normal operation of all parts of the body, once the cholesterol obtained from food is too high, in the long term will cause a variety of diseases. Modern dietary overnutrition, intake of food containing a large number of fats and high calories, such as egg yolks, animal offal, crab, animal brain, etc. are high cholesterol food, excessive intake will cause high cholesterol, obese people are often accompanied by high cholesterol, triglycerides are also high. Some diseases can also cause abnormal lipid metabolism so that high cholesterol, such as cardiovascular disease, hypertension, cirrhosis, fatty liver, diabetes mellitus, nephrotic syndrome patients, there will also be high cholesterol, but also family hereditary hypercholesterolemia.