THE INFLUENCE OF CAPSULE CONSUMPTION LAOR (POLYCHAETA) DECLINE AGAINST CHOLESTEROL LEVELS IN PATIENTS WITH HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA IN THE VILLAGE OF PITU, DISTRICT CENTRAL TOBELO, NORTH HALMAHERA

Hypercholesterolemia is a disorder of blood lipid levels over 240 mg/dl. Cholesterol is a fat that is largely formed by the body itself, especially in the liver called endogenous, and approximately 30% is obtained from food called exogenous cholesterol. Laor worms (Polychaeta) consumed by the people actually posterior Polychaeta organisms that contain egg and sperm. This study aims to determine the effect of consumption of capsules Laor (Polychaeta) Total Cholesterol Levels To Decline In Hypercholesterolemia Patients In Rural Pitu, District Central Tobelo, North Halmahera Regency Year 2019. This type of research is the study "quasi Experiment Design With Pre-Post Test Control Group ". with a large sample of 10 respondents in the village of Pitu, Sampling by non-probability sampling types consecutive sampling. Statistic test using T-test with significance value alpha = 0.028> 0.05. And the value of T table 2,776 <3,364, the null hypothesis is rejected and the alternative hypothesis is acceptable means no influence consumption laor Capsules (Polychaeta) to the decrease in total cholesterol levels in patients with hypercholesterolemia. By consuming laor can lower cholesterol levels. This can be seen from the average cholesterol levels before and after consuming laor decline, before 323 mg/dL Copyright (C) 2019.