Gibran was born into a Maronite Catholic family from the historical town of Bsharri in northern Mount Lebanon, then a semi-autonomous part of the Ottoman Empire. His mother, Kamila, daughter of a priest, was thirty when he was born; his father, Khalil, was her third husband. As a result of his family's poverty, Gibran received no formal schooling during his youth in Lebanon.
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Excess calories, alcohol or sugar in the body are converted into triglycerides and stored in fat cells throughout the body. The NHS says for healthy adults: Total cholesterol should be 5.0 millimoles per litre (mmol/L) or lower. The average in the UK is actually around 5.5 mmol/l for men and 5.6 mmol/l for women. LDL cholesterol should be 3mmol/L or lower. HDL level above 1 mmol/L.