How is hyperlipidemia caused?
Hyperlipidemia is caused when your diet contains too much cholesterol and fat (e.g., meat, cheese, cream, eggs, shellfish, etc.), when the body produces too much cholesterol and fat, or both. Fats do not dissolve in water. In order for them to be carried in the blood (which is mostly water) they combine with another substance called a protein to create a lipoprotein.
