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Health Myths (T/F)

True or False: Test your Kidney/Heart Health Smarts

1. Your kidneys filter 200 liters of blood each day.

   True or False

   TRUE: The kidneys filter 200 liters of blood each day, enough to fill a large bathtub. During this filtration process, the kidneys remove about two liters of toxins, wastes and water from your body.
2. Cholesterol is needed for some important functions in the body.

   True or False

   TRUE: Cholesterol is present in nerve tissue, muscles, skin, the liver, the intestines and the heart. Your body needs lipids like cholesterol for other purposes such as making hormones. However, the body only needs a very small amount of cholesterol to perform these necessary functions. Having too much cholesterol in the blood can be harmful because the extra cholesterol that your body doesn’t use can form buildup in your blood vessels which can lead to heart disease. Check out the Alphabet Soup section of KEEP Healthy to learn more about good versus bad cholesterol by clicking here.