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HDL is the main transport form of cholesterol from peripheral tissue to liver, which is later excreted through bile .This is called reverse cholesterol transport by HDL The only excretory route of cholesterol from the body is the bile. Excretion of cholesterol needs prior esterification with PUFA. Thus PUFA will help in lowering of cholesterol in the body, and so PUFA is anti-atherogenic The level of HDL in serum is inversely related to the incidence of myocardial infarction. As it is “anti-atherogenic” or protective in nature, HDL is known as “good cholesterol in common parlance”