LDL is called low-density lipoprotein because LDL particles tend to be less dense than other kinds of cholesterol particles. HDL cholesterol (HDL-C) is often termed the âgoodâ cholesterol while LDL-C is usually termed the âbadâ cholesterol.
Learner's definition of CACAO. [noncount] : the dried seeds of a tropical tree that are used to make cocoa and chocolate. a farmer who grows cacao. a cacao-producing region.
The cocoa bean, also cacao bean or simply cocoa (/ËkoÊ.koÊ/) or cacao (/kÉËkaÊ/), is the dried and fully fermented fatty seed of Theobroma cacao, from which cocoa solids and cocoa butter are extracted.They are the basis of chocolate, as well as many Mesoamerican foods such as mole sauce and tejate. typical pod contains 20 to 50 beans and about 400 dried beans are required to make one pound-or 880 per kilogram-of chocolate. Cocoa pods weigh an average of 400 grams (0.88 lb) and each one yields 35 to 40 grams (1.2 to 1.4 oz) dried beans (this yield is 40â44% of the total weight in the pod).